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government. It would much assist to illustrate the internal 
ceconomy of a village and many local usages, but I have not space. 
I can only say that the whole accounts of a village are kept on 
a ribbon of paper, about five inches wide and some yards long, not 
rolled up but folded in lengths of twelve inches or more: one of 
these is required for each year. At Wangee it is called Gao 
Jarah, or village search ; at KurmullaJhartee Akaar, or figures 
or signs of search; at Barlonee it has the compound term of 
 Lownee Putruck, (detail of cultivation,) and Zameen Jarha, 
_ (land search); at Rawgaon it is called Wussool Jarha, or 
search of collections: occasionally it is 4kaarbund, or roll of 
signs, items, figures: These varying names result from the 
_ union of two papers which are usually kept separate; namely 
the Zhul Jarha, or roll of lands by family estates; and the 
 Lownee Putruck, or roll of cultivation and assessments. 
_ In closing the notice of assessments, a few words are neces- 
sary to explain the method of keeping village accounts. Atthe 
head of the paper called Gao Jarha is the name of the village, 
the Pergunnah and Soobeh it is in, the year and the name 
of the government it is under; this is followed by the Tunkha 
or Moghul money assignment upon the village, the Moosul- 
_ mans having fixed each village to pay a definite sum, leaving 
_ the whole details of assessment and distribution to the Pateel 
and villagers; then follows the total quantity of land belonging 
to the village: deductions are made for land in boundary 
_ disputes, for Kenams of all kinds, whether to the temples, 
to the village officers, to the Deshmook or Deshpandeh, or 
_ to individuals, the quantity to each being carefully marked ; all 
these being deducted, the remainder is distinguished into 
_ garden and field-land ; then follows a roll of the cultivators, with 
_anumber of columns to record the quantity of land held upon 
each tenure, and the amount payable for each; a column for 
the share of the extra assessments, previously noticed, inclu- 
_ ding the share of village expenses, which is always consider- 
able; also columns for totals of the different heads. Then follow 
rolls of the Bullooteh, shopkeepers, trades, and others subject 
to fixed taxes, with columns for the proportion of tax upon 
the particular trade; the Bullooteh, the house-tax, and share 
of extra assessments, which these people pay although they are 
not landholders. 
__ An abstract of the preceding details is now made, called the 
Ekunder Tereej. The contract for the transit duties, if not 
farmed, is added; and the Kumall, which means “total,” “all,” 
_“whole,’’ is put at the bottom. Then follow the deductions under 
_ the heads of money—EKenams, Hukdars, village, and other ex- 
_ penses, every item of which is detailed. Amongst the expenses 
