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The public officers and servants are : — 

 The Kardar or Governor. 



Darogha 



Izardar or Revenue Farmer. 



Masool or Karao. 



Dhurwaee, or Weighman. 



Kotwal or Watchman. 



Muhta. 



Moohurrir. 

 The Kardar is the Magistrate of Police. Lattu Nimbhun, the present 

 incumbent, is a Chhutree of Thatta and usually resides at the capital, 

 and deputes his brother, Mool Ram, to administer the functions of office 

 in Roree. He has held the situation two years, and has considerable pro- 

 perty in land. He is frequently bribed by offenders against the law to 

 remit their punishment, but enjoys on the whole a fair share of popu- 

 larity. His stipend is 40 rupees a month. 



Lattu Deeper, the Izardar, resides in Roree. The Darogha exercises 

 a general surveillance over the Izardar or Revenue Farmer, and checks 

 his accounts, and assists the Kardar to control the Police. 



The Masool is invariably a Moosulman and under the Kardar. He 

 receives a seer of flour and two pys per diem, and a Khurwar of grain 

 every six months. It is his duty to guard the crops and to see that no 

 one cuts and injures them. 



A Dhurw r aee is nominated to every town and considerable village in 

 Khyrpoor and Mogherlee, and his duties correspond in some respects 

 with those of the Dundeedar Dundiya who collects the market duties 

 in India. He weighs grain, oil, spices, drugs, &c. sold in the town, 

 and receives from the dealer two pys on a mun of ghee and oil, and 

 a double hand full of each rupee's w T orth of wheat, rice, joowaree, lajra, 

 and other grain. No grain can be sold of a mun weight and upwards 

 without his attending to weigh it. He usually helps himself to a great 

 deal more than the quantity he can legally claim Without waiting to 

 see the grain weighed he thrust his hands into the heap and scoops up 

 a couple of double hands full. This is so much the custom of these 

 officers that shopkeepers almost regard it as their right, and do not utter 

 a remonstrance unless the Dhurwaee is more greedy than usual. 



Since the British camp was established at Sukhur, the Bunnealis had 

 such extensive dealings w 7 ith their brethren of Roree, that to facilitate 

 business, they found it necessary to have a weighman of their own, and 

 appointed a Sindee to the office by consent of the Bunneahs of Roree. 



