106 Sixth Report o;? J\[acJxcnzie Manuscripts. [No. 30. 



individuals, to have lands restored to them, which had been 

 seized. One estate was worth 50 Pagodas annually, and one 

 worth only five. Their claims were conceded. 



M. S. Book No. 30. C. M. 999. 



There is only a little Mahratti scattered through this book, 

 and the subjects of these brief notes are transactions of Maho- 

 medan chiefs and managers, in matters of local revenue. One 

 or two foundations of Brah?nans-a}ms houses are mentioned ; 

 and are the most important part ; but the whole amounts to 

 very little. The book is in good preservation. 



M. S. Book No. 26. C. M. 995. 



There is a little Mahratti writing at the end of this book, 

 which on examination proved to be only copies of letters on 

 revenue subjects, under the government of the Mahomedans. 

 The letters are from revenue officers, addressed to renters or 

 farmers on minor topics; and, by no strain of words, can 

 possibly come under the discription of " Ancient Inscriptions 

 illustrative of Hindu history &c./' endorsed, as in the pre- 

 ceding cases, on the outer label. In most of the preceeding 

 instances, such a title is much too magniloquent. 



M. S. Book. No. 2. C. M. 971. 



This is the second of the series so endorsed, it is a supe- 

 rior folio. About one fourth towards the end is in Mahratti, 

 and contains copies of Inscriptions, which however relate en- 

 tirely to the Mahrattas, and are of modern times, as well as 

 of trifling moment. The first of the series is dated Sal. Sac. 

 1693. (A. D. 1770) and records that Meer Sahib had inves- 

 tigated, and restored, certain rights granted by Mahrattas, 

 previous to his authority. What follows, prevailingly, has no 

 other date than that of the day and month, and relates to small 

 grants by Samhaji ; by the Peislmah or Simantar ; lower 



