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travelling agent— for whom I propose to appoint Bhata Nanu 

 Rama of Jodhpur, his age about forty, a very keen explorer, 

 to whom we owe the discovery of both Slho's and Dhuhara's 

 inscriptions — shall be given a pay of Rs. 300 (Rs. 25 a 

 month). He will be on permanent travelling duty, and will 

 therefore get travelling allowances for 365 days, which, at the 

 rate of Re. 0-4-0 a day, make the annual sum of Rs. 91-4-0. 

 The travelling expenses of this officer may be calculated at 

 the average of Re. 0-8-0 a day — the cost of hiring a camel — 

 which comes to Rs. 180 a year. This sum will also cover 

 occasional use of railway. The second travelling agent, i.e., 

 the Carana, gets his pay from the editing and local superin- 

 tending department. He will have to tour 15 days in a month, 

 i.e., 183 days in the year, for which he will get Rs. 68-4-0 as 

 annual travelling allowances, calculated at the rate of Re. 0-6-0 

 a day. His travelling expenses would theoretically come to half 

 those of the Bhata, i.e., Rs. 90 a year, but since, owing to his 

 being an assistant in the editor department, he will have to 

 make a larger use of railway to go from Jodhpur to the field of 

 research and from this back to Jodhpur, an additional provi- 

 sion of Rs. 3 a month, i.e., Rs. 36 a year, should be made for 

 him, which added to the Rs. 90, representing the cost of enter- 

 taining a camel for half the period in the year, make Rs. 126. 



The editor and local superintendent will have to spend 

 about 6 days in a month in touring, i.e., 72 days in a year. 

 To save time and money, he will arrange his tours so as to make 

 them as few and at the same time as comprehensive as 

 possible. He will go by railway — when railway is available — 

 olose to the field of research, and thence by camel to each 

 village in the neighbourhood that deserves to be visited. 

 Supposing that out of the 72 days in the year, he has to travel 

 by camel 36 days and when travelling by camel makes about 

 12 miles a day, and out of the other 36 days has to halt 12 and 

 travel by train 24, his mileage allowances for the 36 days will 

 be Rs. 216, and his halting allowances for the 12 days Rs. 60. 

 He will always be accompanied by his first assistant who will 

 get Rs. 27 as mileage allowances for the 36 camel-days, and 

 Rs. 6 as halting allowances for the 12 halting days. When 

 travelling by camel, the editor and his assistant will require 

 four camels, which mean an expense of Rs. 2-0 a day, 

 i.e., Rs. 76 for the 36 days. When travelling by railway 

 the editor will incur the average expense of Rs. 6-9-6 a day 

 (first class), which doubled comes to Rs. 13-3-0, i.e., Rs. 316-8-0 

 for the 24 days. The railway expenses of the first assistant 

 will be Re. 1-2-6 a day (intermediate), i.e. Rs. 27-12-0 for the 

 24 days, which doubled is Rs. 55-8-0. The above railway 

 charges are calculated on an average distance, equal to half the 

 number of miles from Jodhpur to the farthest station in 

 Mar war (Jasvantgadh, 149 miles). 



