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On the SlaUsCics of Du'Itun, 



[April 



Ooml)rapnttee, from Oonibi;i. throslioUl : iL is generally a rupee per 

 house. 



At Tellegaon, Pergunuah r.iubul, roi)n:i colleotorate, (he t;\X(\s on 

 trades are fixed ou a seale of annas rclativt^ly to the visible means and 

 profits of the tradespeople. 'I'he anna is considered equivalent to 3^ 

 rupees. The trades are (a\eil from iili anna to 2 annas, or 7 I'npoes, 

 which is the highest sum for one slio}\ 



The highest tax on one weaver is h df an anna, or \ l rupee ; oilman, 

 highest rate one ann:i, or a* rupees ; the saddler, dyer, and butcher, at 

 half an anna each, or 1 5 rupee; fisliormen, dealers in sweet potatoes, 

 and makers of bridles, 1 rupee eacli ; the comnntnifj/ o\' hnv/AQV^i, 10 

 rupees. All ihe Momeens who are Moosulmnns and weavers of turbands 

 taxed in the lump at 25 rupees ; shepherds at 1 1 rupees. These taxes 

 are not raised on any systematic principles of application. 



B dlooU'h Tac.— The BuUooteh is a tax levied on the persons called 

 the Bara Bullootch, or artiz.ms and functionaries twelve in number, who 

 are iaiporlant personages in the village constitution. 



The taxes on the Bullootch are generally deemed to be on the exer- 

 cise of their profession ; but this is a mistake, as the astrologer and 

 Guruw, or sweeper of the village temple, pay BuUooteh tax, although 

 not artizans : and 1 have known individuals of a trade (in one instance 

 a boy the survivor of a family) paying from '20 to 25 rupees per annum, 

 which they could not possibly do from the gain of (heir handicrafts. 



The fact is, tl^e Bara Bullooteeh have annual grain fees from the cul- 

 tivators ; and government, in former times, deeniing these fees more 

 than commensurate with the value of the labours performed, took a part 

 of them in money. The (axes on the BuUootehdar, are therefore in- 

 directly derived from the land ; some of these taxes f^^dl very heavily. 

 At Wangee three carpenters pay WCy rupees Bidlooteh tax, Wurgut 9 

 rupees, and house tux 3 rupees for tliree houses. At Tellegaon, Tur- 

 ru:f, Paubul, the BuUooteh taxes are yet higher : carpenter 50 rupees, 

 shoe-makers 60 rupees, Guruw or sweeper of the temple 30 rupees, 

 barber 24 rupees, washerm m 8 rupees, Moolana, or IVloosulman priest, 

 who also gets BuUooteh, 8 rupees ; but the cultivators are numerous, 

 and the lands of Tellegaon under cultivation extensive. The BuUoo- 

 tehdar on the whole therefore reypsa rich harvest, in spite of government 

 participating in his fees, from the culrivntors. It is unnecessary to 

 multiply instances of the bearing of the Sahyer taxf^s. Taxes for the sale 

 of spirituous liquors, ;ind the amount of customs or transit duiies, rarely 

 appear in village papers, as those branches of tlie revenue are mostly 

 farmed. 



