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Statistics of the Sircar Yelgunthul. [No. 39, 



North to Juctial and Thurumpooree ; this is joined by one from 

 Yamulcoortee, Metpully and Korutla ; another from Yelgunthul 

 to Gurrapully in the direction of Chennoor, one from Yelgun- 

 thul to Gumbeerowpett by Yamulwadda, and Sircilla ; there is 

 also one from Sircilla to Hyderabad by Siddeepett, all these roads 

 are open for traffic throughout the year. Communication with 

 Hyderabad by letter is kept up by Hurkaras, public letters are 

 carried within the Sircar by Dhers who relieve each other at the 

 successive village on the way. 



Sources of Re- * These are the assessment on land, the sayer or 

 venue. tax on g 00 j s during transit, the kullall or tax up- 



on the drawer of toddy and distiller of arrack, and the moturpha 

 or tax upon looms, shops, &c. The assessment upon khalsa lands 

 amounts to Rs. 2,74,559-15-6, which sum has to be provided by 

 the Zemindars and paid to the Naibs for transmission to the Talook- 

 dars ; it will be seen on reference to the abstract appended that for 

 the year under consideration Rs. 2,36,990-1-8 was the sum realiz- 

 ed under the head land revenue, the deficiency when Zemindars 

 have not sufficient influence to obtain a remission, is provided for 

 from private resources or increased exactions. The sayer and kul- 

 lalee are let by contract and produced Rs. 49,853-3-10. The mo- 

 turpha is paid to the Naibs, and amounted to Rs. 8,580-6-11, thus 

 showing with the seivae jumma which is made up of fines, taxes 

 on fruit trees, marriages and processions, a total of Rs. 300,407-8-8 

 as realized from all sources during the year. The jagheres pro- 

 duced to their holders from similar sources Rs. 53,689-14-3 ; the 

 whole of this sum cannot be said to be entirely withdrawn from 

 the state revenues, as some grants have been made as payment for 

 services in the act of performance, such as that of Lingapoor 

 where the revenues of seven villages are assigned for the Tahreer 

 of the Duftarwallahs, then again of Juctial, Yelgunthul, and Co- 

 deemaul, for the repairs of their respective forts and support of 

 the garrison ; there are in all eleven jagheres of which four are 

 gifts to Brahmins, four granted in consideration of the perform- 

 ance of certain works, and three alienated as rewards for services 

 rendered. 



