194 GANJAM. 



tiugs of the interior were as perfect as 

 the best workmen specially summoned 



from Calcutta could make them. Here 



ji 

 Mr. S passed his days in great 



luxury, with his house always full of 

 guests, his stable full of horses, and his 

 yacht on the lake. His district estab- 

 lishment was located at Ganjam, nine 

 miles off, and his head official appeared 

 only once a week for the transaction of 

 business. 



Yery little revenue from Gran jam 

 found its way to the seat of Govern- 

 ment in those days, and very evil 



reports of Mr. S 's administration 



reached Madras. Reproofs and warn- 

 ings came at last in quick succession, 

 with urgent orders for the submission 

 of his long- delayed accounts. Then 



