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the ensuing year ; and for this permission they had to pay a fee 

 of 2\d., which was divided as perquisites amongst the officials. 

 The Moors who usually commuted their personal service, could 

 only do so by a payment annually of 18s., and in some cases 

 even more than this was paid. The collections of this com- 

 mutation was occasionally sold by auction under the title of 

 the Farm of the absent Oulliame; and in 1794 appears to have 

 produced for the Colombo district about £100. In the North- 

 ern Collectorate a much larger sum was produced. 



