May 1861.] 



Report on Bustar. 



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to be very great, amounting as far as can be judged from suck 

 data to more than Us. 15,000. 



15. The most difficult question connected with tins large 

 Jurisdiction dependency appears to me to be the extent of 

 jurisdiction Civil and Criminal to be vested in 

 the local authority in charge of its affairs. The great distance of 

 Jugdulpore, the Rajah's residence, from Raipore, about 200 miles, 

 the amount of population and large tract of country to be carried 

 for, render it absolutely necessary that a more than usual power of 

 hearing and deciding such cases should be delegated to whomso- 

 ever may be entrusted with the management of the dependency ; but 

 the extreme difficulty of ascertaining the qualifications of the per- 

 son employed to exercise sufficient powers, and the almost impos- 

 sibility of effectively supervising his acts and operations, render it 

 worthy of consideration whether the object could not be more 

 successfully attained by the appointment of a Government Judicial 

 Officer at Jugdulpore, whose presence would also materially assist 

 our efforts in developing the resources and condition of this much 

 neglected district. It is stated at page 248 of Sir Richard Jenkins' 

 Report that " When the province of Nagpore was formerly under 

 " European Superintendence, in Bustar no attempt was made to 

 " put new restrictions on the Rajah in regard to the exercise of 

 " unlimited power in Judicial matters or in Sayer Collections." And 

 this understanding has up to the present time continued. As it 

 appeared advisable however that some explanation on this subject 

 should be made without delay, leaving the exact limitation and 

 future arrangement to be settled hereafter, I issued an order 

 directing all heinous offences to be committed to my Court, and 

 generally indicated the advantages and necessity of one uniform 

 system of legislation, as practiced in the country under our admin- 

 istration, extending also to the dependencies attached. From the 

 proceedings also will be seen the nature of the orders given to the 

 Thanadar at Jugdulpore, who has been instructed to take the 

 deposition of any one who may seek his aid complaining of injus- 

 tice, ill treatment or misdemeanour of any sort on the part of the 

 authorities in Bustar, or who has failed to obtain redress on a 

 representation to the manager, of any grievance, or matter in 



