May 1861.] 



Report on Bustar. 



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place of the one who has been obliged to leave, of experience in 

 pursuing enquiries on such subjects as that more particularly 

 recommended to the notice of the Thannahs of Dhuntewarrah and 

 Jugdulpore, and also to furnish me with a copy of instructions 

 usually given to subordinate Officers in charge of detached Than- 

 nahs in the Hill Tracts together with any other suggestions that 

 may strike him as being of use or importance in connection with 

 the subject. As mentioned in para 15 the news-writers will report 

 the case of any complainant and furnish periodical monthly 

 reports of all circumstances and occurrences worthy of note, and 

 affecting the well-being of the people of Bustar. On account of 

 the irregularity of communication, and on the representation of 

 the news -writer as well as on that of the Burkundazes who com- 

 plain of their isolated position, I arranged that every two months 

 one Burkundauze from each Thannah shall proceed to Raipore on 

 leave, bringing with him the reports of the news-writers in which 

 shall be noted the previous reports with contents and date of des- 

 patch, thus ensuring early notice of any interruption. I would 

 again also earnestly draw your attention in reference to this sub- 

 ject to the incalculable advantages that would arise from the 

 opening of a road through the dependency of Bustar on account 

 of its inaccessibility during two-thirds of the year, the immense 

 extent of country left without intersection, its peculiar circum- 

 stances and condition, and the increased degree of attention that 

 will require for the future to be bestowed upon it. The construc- 

 tion of a road, which would bring the transaction of the affairs of 

 this dependency more immediately and speedily under the control 

 of the district Officer at Raipore, presents no other difficulties than 

 its length and the expense attendant. The soil is admirably adapt- 

 ed, no obstacles are presented by the physical features of the coun- 

 try, and a line from Dhumterree, the station of a Tahsildar, to Jug- 

 dulpore will lead directly on to meet the road now under construc- 

 tion from the Coast at Parwatipore. 



17. Having arrived at Jugdulpore and found the state of the 



accounts and other dufter papers to be such 

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teswarry. as to re( l U3re a * ew ™Y S > preparation and 



arrangement, I determined on proceeding to 



