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porated into the present settlement, with no further change than the 

 extension of the period of the lease. 



159th. The boundary work was done almost entirely by the Tuh- 

 sildar, Sheikh Waheedooz-zuman, with constant supervision and 

 occasional assistance from the Native Deputy Collector, or the Euro- 

 pean functionaries. It appears to have been very well performed. 



160th. The survey was well conducted. These Pergunnahs are 

 undoubtedly the best surveyed in the district. 



161st. The assessment is fair and equable. Adverting to the nature 

 and capabilities of the soil, it is low ; but if the character of the people 

 and the nature of the tenures is borne in mind, it is quite as high as it 

 ought to be. In comparing the averages of this assessment with those 

 in other Pergunnahs, it must be remembered that here the survey is a 

 very faithful representation of the extent and character of the land, 

 and that therefore the rate of assessment is not actually as much below 

 that of the rest as it appears to be. The Zemindars are high caste, 

 pugnacious Rajpoots, and their tenures bhyachara. There are also 

 many Brahmins who hold lands at low rates as under-tenants, and 

 exercise a powerful religious influence over their superstitious land- 

 lords. The revenue administration of this district has always been 

 most difficult. The late operations will materially facilitate the col- 

 lections, but still difficulties must be anticipated. It is only some 

 years of firm and consistent rule, which will suffice to bring the tur- 

 bulent inhabitants to industrious and regular habits. 



162nd. The settlement of Pergunnah Suggree occupied a long 

 period, and was not finally completed till the year 1836-7- Some few 

 settlements were made by Mr. Barlow, under Regulation vn, 1822, 

 but the greatest bulk by Mr. Montgomery, who also recast the prior 

 settlements. The work was completed and reported in 1834, before the 

 introduction of the new system, but the Commissioner judiciously 

 declined forwarding the report then, and desired the whole to be 

 reviewed under the new rule. This was admirably done by Mr. 

 Montgomery. 



163rd. The Kishwaree survey was long ago completed by the 

 revenue authorities, so that the Surveyor was relieved from this duty, 

 and desired merely to survey the boundaries, sketching on the geo- 

 graphical features of the country and omitting the interior survey, or 

 that part of the operations which was designed to distinguish the cul- 

 tivated from the uncultivated lands. 



164th. The adjustment of boundaries had formerly, as in Pergun- 

 nah Nizamabad, been much mismanaged, but before the approach of 

 the survey these were all definitely settled, and well marked off, so 



