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On the 1st June, 1816, the number of Tahsildaiis was eight, at an annual 

 expense of 20,216 rupees; since that period a reduction has also been effected 

 in the Sudder native establishment, the yearly total of which is now 74S8, in- 

 stead of 9840, as it then stood. The Defteris, or Kanongos, nine in number, 

 receive salaries to the aggregate of 3009 rupees per annum. Nine pergunna 

 Patwaris have been established with a monthly stipend of five rupees each. 

 The revenue of the resumed nanhar lands has fully covered these allowances. 



Of the mode of collections, it is only necessary to state, that the demand 

 is divided into four kists, three of which fall on the kJiary] and one on the 

 rabi crop. No talabana is levied from the malguzars. 



Transit duties of every description were finally abolished in this province 

 in 1818. The consumption of spirituous liquors and drugs is trifling, and the 

 revenue from that source correspondingly small, the present not exceeding 

 500 rupees annually. The use of stampt paper has been partially introduced 

 in Judicial proceedings, during the last two years. The annual receipt on 

 this account now amounts to 2000 rupees. A comparative view of receipts 

 and expenditure of the province in the years 1815-16 and 1822-23, will be 

 seen in the Appendix, statement E. . 



The rent-free lands may be classed under two lieads, first the " Gunt" 

 or religious assignments, and secondly, those granted to individuals. The 

 •' Gunt" villages amount to 973j and contain about l-15th of the arable lands 

 of the province, all of which are permanently alienated from the rent-roll of 

 government. There are 175 villages enjoyed by individuals, the rakba of which 

 may be estimated at 3000 bisls, or l-70th of the arable lands of the province : 

 the terms on which these lands are held are various, mostly for life. The 

 largest rent-free estate in the possession of an individual yields about 1,000 Rs. 

 per annum, and is held on a grant from the Nipal government in tenure of 



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