I may here mention a similar repudiation of a supposed eldest son by the late King.  Mostafa Allee was brought up in the palace as his eldest son, and on all occasions treated as such.  Mahommed Allee Shah, the late King’s father, was always very fond of him, but shortly before his death he became angry with him for some outrages committed in the palace, and put him under restraint.  The young man requested the late King, his supposed father, to mediate with his grandfather for his release.  He refused to do so, and the young man drew his sword, and threatened to kill him.  He was kept under more strict restraint till the grandfather died, and his father ascended the throne, on the 16th of May, 1842.  The King then requested the Resident to assure the Governor-General that Mostafa Allee was not his son—­that he was a year and a-half old when his mother entered the palace.  The Resident reported accordingly on the 26th of that month.  The Governor-General required the statement to be made under the King’s own sign and seal, and it was transmitted on the 6th of June, 1842.  The present King was then declared heir-apparent to the throne, and Mostafa Allee has ever since been in strict confinement under him.  The general impression, however, is that he was the eldest son of the late King, and repudiated solely on account of his violent temper and turbulent conduct.  That he was treated as such during the life of Mahommed Allee Shah, and that the late King dared not repudiate him while his father lived, is certain.

By the treaty of 1801 we bound ourselves to defend the territories of the sovereign of Oude from all foreign and domestic enemies; and to defray the cost of maintaining the troops required for this purpose, and paying some pensions at Furruckabad and Benares, the sovereign of Oude ceded to our Government the under-mentioned districts, then yielding the revenues specified opposite their respective names.*

* Districts ceded by Oude to the British Government by the treaty of 1801.

Etawa, Korah, Kurra — — — — — 55,48,577 11 9
Rehur and others — — — — — 5,33,374 0 6
Furruckabad — — — — — — 4,50,001 0 6
Khyreegurh, and Kunchunpore — — — 2,10,001 0 0
Azimgurh, Mounal, and Benjun — — — 6,95,624 7 6
Goruckpore — — — 5,09,853 8 0
Botwul — — — — 40,001 0 0 5,49,854 8 0
Allahabad and others- — — — — 9,34,963 1 3
Bareilly, Moradabad, Bijnore, Budown,
    Pilibheet, and Shahjehanpore — — 43,13,457 11 3
Nawabgunge, Rehlee, &c. — — — — 1,19,242 12 0
Mohowl and others, with exception of
    Jaulluk Arwu — — — — — 1,68,378 4 0
          
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                           Total — — 1,35,23,474 8 3

Deduct

Nawabgunge — — — 1,19,242 12 0
Khyreegurh — — — 2,10,001 0 0 3,29,243 12 0
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                           Total — — 1,31,94,230 12 3