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Memoir on the Province of Lus. 



[March ; 



Jamootry, . . 

 Arab Gudoor, 

 Shooroo, 

 Boorah, 

 Shukh, 

 Warah, . . 

 Mungayah,. . 

 Brahooeys, . . 



600 

 600 

 200 

 300 

 100 

 100 

 300 

 500 



Total, . . 2,700 



Since the death of the Jam's father, who expired about eight years 

 ago, the revenues of the province have decreased considerably, and 

 do not now amount to more than 35,000 Rupees annually. They are 

 derived from a duty of three per cent, levied on all imports and 

 exports, and a bazar toll of one per cent, collected at the towns they 

 have to pass through on the road to Beylah. There is also a land tax of 

 one-third the produce on all grounds irrigated from the rivers, and one- 

 fifth on those which depend solely upon the rain for a supply of water. 



Last year the revenue collected at the diffe 

 At Soonmemy, 

 At Layaree, 

 At Ootul, 

 At Beylah, 

 At Oomarah, 

 Land tax, 



ent towns was as follows : 

 Rupees, 12,000 

 2,000 

 3,000 

 9,000 

 1,000 

 8,000 



Total, . . 35,000 

 Soonmemy is the principal sea-port of Lus, and for such a miserable 

 looking place possesses considerable trade. The town generally called 

 Meany by the natives is mean and dirty, and does not contain more 

 than 500 houses ; they tire built of sticks and mud, and have a small 

 turret rising above the roof open to the sea breeze, without which they 

 would scarcely be habitable in the summer months, on account of the 

 excessive heat ; formerly the town was surrounded by a mud wall, 

 but as no pains were taken to keep it in repair it gradually fell to 

 decay, and now scarcely a vestige of it remains. It contains a popu- 

 lation of about 2,000 souls, most of whom are employed in fishing, and 

 are extremely poor, and there are besides a few Hindoos who have the 

 whole trade of the place in their hands. At Meany the water is ex- 

 tremely bad. I examined all the wells in the neighbourhood, and 

 caused others to be dug in the most promising spots, but it was so 

 brackish that it was not drinkable, and I was obliged to send to 



