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rapidly be brought into cultivation. It must also be borne in mind that 

 the cultivation has been under-measured. The rights, &c. of the pro- 

 prietors have been well recorded, and the subsequent separation of shares 

 generally completed. 



168th. The settlement of each Pergunnah has been thus reviewed. 

 Under ordinary seasons, and with good management, I have little 

 doubt of the stability of the whole, with the exception of a few vil- 

 lages in Nizamabad. 



169th. If the present demand for the staples of the district, Sugar, 

 Opium, and Indigo, continues undiminished for a few years, the ad- 

 vance of the district in wealth and prosperity will be more than re- 

 paid. Its welfare will however depend much for the few first years 

 on the firmness of the civil administration. If the arrangements 

 made at the settlement are disregarded, the boundaries violated, the 

 rights of proprietors and cultivators neglected, and misrule allowed to 

 prevail, great confusion will ensue, industry will be checked, and 

 improvement stopped. The effect also will immediately be felt in 

 the collections of the Government revenue. The number of persons 

 from whom these collections are to be made are numerous, and their 

 rights nicely balanced. Each man now knows what he has to 

 pay, and it will be difficult to make the redundancy of one com- 

 pensate for the deficiency of another. If rights are usurped, the injur- 

 ed party will be deprived of the power of meeting the demand against 

 him, and a balance will accrue. If hereafter balances should arise in 

 the district, it must be remembered that this may be occasioned by 

 mal-administration as well as by other causes, and is more likely 

 perhaps to do so here than in many other parts of the country. 



170th. The Tuhsildaree establishment should not be diminished. 

 It is now strong and well disposed, but this is necessary on account of 

 the minute division of property, and the numerous persons from whom 

 the collections have to be made. 



171st. Much increase must not be expected to the present demand. 

 The Pergunnah of Deogaon is settled fully as high as it can ever bear. 

 Much good would arise from its being declared perpetual. The same 

 is the case in Gopalpoor, Kororeeah, and Atroleeah Tilhenee. In 

 Mahol, Cheriakote, Belhabans, and Suggree, the assessment has 

 reached its maximum, or so nearly, that further investigation would not 

 be repaid. In Nizamabad there is still much valuable uncultivated 

 land. The total demand from this Pergunnah will probably never be 

 increased, but its readjustment and fresh distribution after the expira- 

 tion of the present period of settlement would be a great advantage. 

 In Mahomedabad, Mhow, Ghoosee, and Nuthopoor there is still much 



