248 Notes on Moorcrofts Travels in Ladakh, [No. 148. 



Captain T. Button's Tour. — I have more than once referred to 

 Captain Hutton's Tour in Kunawar, performed under the auspices of 

 the Asiatic Society ; and while I am about to conclude this paper 

 by correcting or modifying some of his statements, I must in the first 

 instance bear witness to the general accuracy of the impressions he 

 conveys. 



Rampur. — Ram pur is a considerable entrepot as well as a manu- 

 facturing town, vol. I, p. 4, as is also evident from what is subsequently 

 said of the fair, p. 5. Among the Tibet exports to Rampur, p. 5, 

 Charas should have a permanent place, instead of being omitted or in- 

 cluded in an et cetera. 



Raja of Bissehir, fyc. — The Rajah of Bissehir has a legitimate son, 

 as well as an illegitimate one, vol. II, p. 6 ; he has &\so four chief vizeers 

 instead of three, the fourth being a Kunawaree placed over the Tartar 

 district, and now changed from time to time. The only inferior 

 officer called vizeer by courtesy, may be the person placed over 

 Rampur. 



Charias. — The charias, vol. I, p. 6, were originally chosen from the 

 wealthiest families, but several have now fallen to decay. There 

 are, that is, ought to be, upwards of 80 of them, as 50 are required 

 from Kunawar Proper, and about 40 from Dassow. In Kunawar the 

 revenue is fixed, and in that district the assessment cannot therefore 

 depend on the report of a charia. 



Revenues — British Tribute. — All houses which pay revenue supply 

 a hazri, vol. I, p. 7, same as those which furnish a charia each. They 

 muster about 300 in all. 



In Kunawar, no house pays I think less than 8 annas on account 

 of the British tribute, vol. I, p. 7, and none more than 9 rupees. The 

 vizeers pay nine, and these are the limits instead of twelve rupees for 

 vizeers, and from ten rupees to four annas for other people, as Captain 

 Hutton was informed. I may here mention, that the Raja when we 

 imposed a tribute on him, did not lessen his own expences in order to 

 meet it, but levied an additional tax on his subjects for the purpose. 

 Our rule is therefore felt as a grievance by the people, and not by the 

 Raja. 



Captain Hutton says, the whole revenues of Bissehir may be 

 estimated at 50 or 55,000 annually. In 1817, they were estimated at 



