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The collections on cultivation arc in some places 

 paid in kind, in othcrs'in specie, and g-enendly in the 

 piopc i tion of one half of the produce of the soil. 



The remittances in specie, to the capital, I believe, 

 n.re very inconsiderable; for a great deal goes in tht.^ 

 Duvment of the troops allowed to each district, one 

 fo*^ th of whom are never in employ. It is also a 

 custom to pay, by tunkJias on different districts, the 

 troops alKnit'the capital, some descriptions of ser- 

 vants, and even the dancing girls and raysicians 

 -who are kept in monthly hire. 



Of the latter description I met several, travelling, 

 perhaps twenty or thirty cosscs, M'ith an order on 

 some Zemindar for three or four months arrears of 

 pay. 



The produce on washing the sands for gold does 

 not depend on the quantity found, but upon the 

 number employed in this business, each man under- 

 taking this research, pays to the rajah, for that pri- 

 vilege, the sum of one hundred rupees yearly, and 

 the quantity obtained is tl]C property of the worker, 

 "without deduction. 



The different places, where it is sougiit for, are 

 Kerempraag, Faeenkunda, Deicpraag, Jlkkarase, and 

 Laker -gliat. 



The position of these five places, from the best 

 descriptions I could obtain, are as follows: Kcrcm- 

 praag lies three days journey to the eastward of 

 Kcdlirnaat, and on a small river called the Pindcy, 

 which has its source in the district called Budhaaji, 

 farther east, but here joins the Aluknundra. Faeen- 

 1 kimda 



