154 CIVIL SUITS. 



deputy magistrate, who is also acting political 

 agent in Cutch. He has full magisterial j^owers, 

 and has under him three kardars, but the system 

 here differs from that throughout the rest of the 

 province. 



Civil suits in value above 20 rupees are liable 

 to a 5 per cent, fee on admission, and a similar 

 charge for every appeal. All suits below that 

 amount pay one rupee ; the only other cost is 

 for batta to the peon who serves summonses 

 from any distance, and four annas for each copy 

 of a decree. 



There are no other charges for justice in 

 civil suits in Sindh, unless the parties employ 

 vakeels. 



The Civil Court administration in the Thurr 

 and Parkur districts is conducted in a manner 

 very agreeable to the wishes and feelings of the 

 simple-minded people of that country; for a 

 time no fees were levied, as in the more civil- 

 ized districts, but I believe that a small fee is 

 now taken on the institution of a suit. Natives 

 of India, and especially Hindoos, are exceedingly 

 fond of litigation ; it is therefore undoubtedly 

 desirable to place obstacles, as far as possible, 

 in its wa}^, but at the same time the fewer 



