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on his account. There were formerly five ammonams, of which two 
ammonams have been assigned at different times to temples by the 
chiefs. 
There was also a Ninde mullettu field of one ammonam at Falgomuwe, 
delivered some years ago by Leake Desave to another person, who has since 
paid an annual fee to the chief; and the three Nélakaraya who before culti- 
vated it have since served him as coolies. 
The Mohandiram and Lekams pay annually for their appointment five 
ridi each to the chief, and one or two ridi to the Vidan. 
Besides the forty bullocks above mentioned, there are twelve bullocks 
appropriated to the chief from the same J/adige villages, which supply him 
each with one goni of salt and three karawala per annum. 
There are fourteen Gammahes in the above villages, who, with the other 
regular Madige people, contributed annually a sum of near fifty rdi to the 
chief, which is called pandura mila, and principally supplies the funds to 
pay to the Treasury his fixed annual dekam. 
The three Gammahes of Talgomawe, having a larger extent of lands, give 
in rotation to the chief one pingo of fifteen cocoa-nuts per month. 
The Gammahes furnish provisions gratuitously to the chief, or to his 
messengers when they come on duty to their respective villages. ‘They 
attend him in travelling, and are sometimes employed to convey his mes- 
sages, but perform no J/adige service with bullocks. 
Villages. 
The several classes of desavony people, and duties to which they are 
liable, having been described, it remains to notice several villages, which 
are the property of the crown, or of temples, or otherwise circumstanced, 
which render dues and services distinct from the foregoing. ‘Those which 
are properly exempt from the Desave’s authority, were, on occasions of 
urgent public service, sometimes placed under his orders, 
The following villages belonged to the public /Vahala, or establishment 
of the queens, but were occasionally granted to the others of the royal 
family. 
They contain muilettu lands of the extent hereafter specified, which are 
cultivated on account of the royal family, or other grantee; and the inha- 
bitants, amongst whom are many low-caste people, of all except the three 
last, are bound to perform appropriate personal services for them. 
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