No. 12. — 1860-J .] BADULLA AND ITS PRODUCTS. 



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Rdjakdriya OR COMPULSORY DUTIES UNDER 



Native Rule. 



It will be seen by the subsequent remarks, that every 

 thing produced in the District was attained by a regular 

 system of compulsory labour, which alone seems to have 

 led the people to betake themselves to industrious pursuits: 

 nay, the very personal comforts of the Royal family were 

 administered to by such labour imposed on the inhabitants. 



From some of the old natives of Badulla, I have ascer- 

 tained a number of such rdjakdriya as were formerly 

 performed in the District, notice of which may perhaps 

 not be altogether uninteresting in connection with the 

 subject of this paper. 



1. Ilunu rdjakdriya. — To burn lime or chunam. This 

 compulsory duty was performed by the people of the village 

 called Hagilialle and in their own village. 



2. Hakuru rdjakdriya.— To make jaggery from the kitul 

 palm. A work performed by the villagers of Kumbalvela 

 and in their own village. 



3. Agave. — To dig for precious stones. It was performed 

 by the people of Yatapalata at and near Nuwara Eliya, 

 namely : — Vilmaue, Sita Eliya, Bopattalawa, Lindaoluva and 

 Palalmana. 



1. Pili viyanavd. — For weaving clothes from a species of 

 shrub cotton which is carried on to this day at Kandapalla. 

 Those of TJdapalata performed it in the village itself. 



f>. Tel rdjakdriya. — Collecting oil seeds, which was per- 

 formed by the people of Uva, and the oil extracted and 

 sent to Kandy. 



6. Miris rdjakdriya. — The people of Viyajuwa were to 

 collect chillies and send them to Kandy. 



7. DiilatUdra-rdjakariya. — The people of Passara, 



