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10. Gift from the Peishwah of two villages to Meramudim 



1 1. Order to collect tax and pay it into the public treasury. 



12. Summons to an individual to appear in " the presence 

 in consequence of a defalcation in the amount of collections. 



13. Directions to the same individual to meet Raghimatfha- 

 rao at Garumconda. 



The whole of the remaining contents, in the Mahratti lan- 

 guage, have been gone through ; and carefully examined » 

 but as they offer nothing more important than the preceding 

 minutiae, it seems useless to write them out in detail. The 

 only exceptions are the gift of two agraharams, as of some 

 consequence ; and an order from Tippoo Sultan to make an 

 allowance to the fane at Tripeti ; but even these are not 

 subjects of magnitude. The book is very incorrectly labelled 

 ts Ancient Inscriptions, illustrative of the Hindoo history of 

 the South of the Peninsula ;" and the title inside " 52 Grants 

 in the Cuddapah Tukodi of the Ceded Districts," is only 

 a little less free from exception. At'some period there must 

 have been some fraudulent design to magnify. The book is 

 a little damaged by worms ; but the entire contents appear 

 to be of very little consequence. 



M. S. Book. No. 43. C. M. 1012. 



This book is labelled like the preceding one, and inside 

 " 204 Grants in the Chamar district." The larger portion 

 of the contents is in Persian and Canarese. Small portions 

 in Mahratti are scattered throughout; and they relate to 

 trifling matters. Such things as the grant of one Rupee 

 weekly to a Mahomedan ascetic ; of two annas daily to ano- 

 ther ; and of one fanam per diem to maintain lamps in dif- 

 ferent mosques, are the prevailing contents. A few grants of 

 no great importance appear. The whole relates to Mahome- 



