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One or two men from each village are constantly on duty at the Desave’s 
house in Kandy, where a distinct head man, called Hitawila Vidan, is ap- 
pointed to control them and superintend their work. 
They are employed in many menial labours at the palace, or at the 
Desave’s house, consisting chiefly in the repair and cleansing of buildings 
and courts. When an important work is undertaken, a greater number of 
the inhabitants are called to Kandy. They cultivate royal fields within 
their respective villages, as will be notified hereafter. 
The Kottalbadde or Artificers’’ Department. 
These persons have been sometimes placed by the King under the orders 
of a separate chief, called Pata Rate Kotalbadde Nilame, but now frequently 
are under the Desave, who appoints a Vidan over them. 
They consist of the following classes :— 
Seven Wadawa or carpenters, under the orders of a head man, called 
Mulecharaya, appointed by the King, upon the Desave’s recommendation, 
who perform all carpenter’s work for the King or Desave, and are usually 
employed at the Dandu Maduwa in Kandy. Five yana Wadawa or turners. 
Five Hittaru, or painters. Fourteen Zwadawa, or arrow makers, under a 
head man called Hangidiya. 
They manufacture and paint bows, arrows, spear shafts, banner staves, 
and walking sticks, and two of them perform service in the Runawada 
Mandape (royal store of arms). 
Fourteen Alapattu Kareya, who furnish or execute fine work, and are 
principally employed in ornamenting or inlaying locks, guns, knives, handles, 
&c., with gold, silver, or brass; two of them perform service in the Runa- 
wada Mandape. 
Four Badallo, or silversmiths, under the orders of a Mohandiram, who 
perform any gold, silver, brass, or copper works, and two of them perform 
service in the Ranawada Mandape. 
One Galwaduwa, or stone cutter; twenty mura Atchario, or blacksmiths, 
under the orders of a Hangidiya and Atu Hangidiya, a certain number of 
them, varying according to the exigency of the service, attend con- 
stantly in Kandy, and, erecting workshops near the Desave’s house, exe- 
cute all kinds of common iron-works, for which the metal is furnished to 
them. 
Eight blacksmiths, without regular service lands, under the orders of a 
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