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preserve order and cleanliness throughout the Bazaar, to see 

 that all rubbish and filth were removed, and more especially to 

 examine weights and measures and see that the market was 

 well supplied with an abundance of good meat, vegetables and 

 fruits. In the event of his finding any articles of bad quality P 

 he had power to remove them and fine the seller, and should there 

 have been a scarcity of any particular article of daily consump- 

 tion he was bound to report the same to the Governor who would 

 then cause supplies to be brought in from the country at any cost. 

 This system appears to have worked well, and though the rent yielded 

 little or nothing to Government, all parties seem to have been 

 satisfied with it. 



The remainder of the Farmed Revenue not included under the 

 two preceding heads we may term various. 



Sundry duties collected at Manaar were trifling in extent and 

 appear to have been remains of Cinghalese taxes kept up from 

 time immemorial, long since abolished in all other parts of the 

 Colony, but said to be retained here as their collection tended 

 to afford information as to the nature and extent of the traffic 

 carried on between the Kandyan Country and the Coast to the 

 northward. The jealousy of the Dutch added to their con- 

 stant warfare with their Kandyan neighbours would greatly favor 

 thi« supposition. 



Service Taxes were levied in lieu of certain fixed services 

 exacted of some of the lower orders of people. It was some- 

 times in money but more frequently in kind. 



The Tobacco Tithe, the Brokerage in Tobacco and Jaggery 

 and the Toll at Ferries were all inconsiderable in amount, 

 arising from want of proper and faithful management : a great 

 deal of favoratism and jobbing seems to have existed in the 

 farming of these dues. 



The Stamp duty on Cloth woven at Jaffna yielded about 

 £800 a year, but there appears to have been no manufacture 

 carried on at Batticaloa, nor indeed elsewhere: much abuse crept 



