1839] 071 thi Statistics of Duklnm. 409 



chifies. So slncily i'l it their province to cut wood nnd gr;iss, that their 

 signr-itrii-e to all village or public document-; is a siokle or liat.'lii^f^ to cut 

 grass and wood, and a rope to tie them up. In addilioii to {u-ir Eenain 

 lands, the M-ibrs, in virtue of their office as one of the Bara BuUooteli 

 or tw( Ive vilhjo-e oil'cers, cr.ifts;nen, ai.'d profes-ions, receive Ives in kind 

 from all the culiivatois : the lee in kind is a per centaije upon the pro- 

 duce, bat it is not uniform in amount tiiron^hout the Diikhun. Thesa 

 twelve villafje oiiicer-; are divided into tln-ee v ia3S?>s, according to the 

 supposed inijortaiice of their services to the villaii'e ; the hrst cla^s in 

 some villages received 50, tbe secon l 20, and the third iO or 15 bundles 

 or sheaves of Joaree, {An 'ropo^/on s >ygha:ii^ stalk and grain in duded 

 upon every 1000 cut down: anl the same proportion of othci' grains. 

 Many firmers in various parts of the coiVii'ry assured me that they put 

 by 25 per cent, of their produce for tlie vi'Iage ci-af;s'nen and profes- 

 sions : and <;s the IMalirs from th-ir usc-fidneGs ^^hare in a'l those classes, 

 their returns must be considerable : {\\r' ia;!lvid.;al benafl!: d -panding of 

 course upon the magnitude of the ho !y consliiuiing this chiss of [lersons 

 in the village. As low casts do not cahivate their ISlcnam lands, they 

 derive less advar.ta.ge from them than other Eenamdars, but m d.e the 

 best tcnvis they a;ni with the Kooubet^s to cultivate their Ian Is for thero. 

 The l\ ■ nai pav any rax to government upon his Bullooteh. In 

 the V,".. ■-■e idle du'iosof the Malirs, whether for g-overnanent, the vil- 

 lage, or individuals, tliev tire not bound to go beycnd the village next to 

 their own : herf^ they ha.nd over their chai-ge and return.* 



Bara Bui'.GOili 'l e.'vare. tvrelve craftsmen or })rofessions v.djicli 



were originally in ev;-iy village were, So^tar (Carpenter), C/iambar 

 (Shoi-maker), Lohar ( ironsniith), and AJahr ; these constituted the 

 Torlee Khas or hrst class. In the Liudlee Khas, or second class, were the 

 Purcef (Washer.nau), A'of>;j?6«r (Poi-maker), Nalnoee (Ba!ber),aDd Mrang 

 (Skinner and Rop--maker). And in llie third or Dhaktee Khas, the Koidce 

 (Waterman), JoJ^e^cc {k>[Y^uO[''cx) .G.ormv (eh ancr of, and attendant at 

 ^be temyde), and the S >n'.ir (ydUTS'^ai idO : and, since (he Moosnhnan rule, 

 the ^^oof!!7ia or i\[o;iSulman priest and clioolmaster has been added. These 

 persons, in their several linos, and ac^'ording to their several abilities, 

 were to do for the cuUivators individaaliy and the vill ige ci.]U\ (ively 

 whatever might be required from thcni ; and liiey vr^re paid Ij ..n au- 



* In spcaodr. T of the fluties of the IMahrs I ought to have uspd the pa?t tonsc instosd 

 of the present iii , so M..' cf7o.' goYornmrnt havi::i;- pa\ lly absolved them from d uties, t]i<p 

 perfoi-u)anc5 of which iL< their teuure foi' hol'Jm^- their land-j ;\ud fees. 



