May 1861.] 



Report on Bustar. 



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luctant to seek his aid and counsel. He is hasty in his acts, quick 

 in his temper and very indolent in his habits. Such is the charac- 

 ter he universally bears, confirmed by my own observations ; and 

 but for the desire he expressed of being allowed the advantage of 

 proper direction and guidance, the consideration of his not hitherto 

 having been fortunate on securing the control and interest of the 

 state by whose direction he might have been fitted, and the very 

 early age at which he became involved in his troubles, I could not 

 have recommended his being retained in the management of the 

 dependency even as a probationary measure. 



13. It is stated that formerly no tribute was paid by the Rajah 

 of Bustar to any acknowledged superior state, 



T5 Balance and but that ^ the time ° f Dar y ao De0 ( tlie S reat » 

 grand-father of the present Rajah) his younger 



brother Ajmeer Sing having rebelled against him, ordered to deprive 

 him of the throne, Daryao Deo applied to the Nagpore Government 

 for assistance to enable him to retain his inheritance and overcome 

 his brother which was granted on the condition of his acknowledg- 

 ing his allegiance to Nagpore and paying an annual tribute to that 

 state. At page 249 of Sir Richard Jenkin's report it is stated that 

 " the tribute of Bustar was nominally 10,000 Rupees but as it was 

 " payable in cowries, the value of which was subject to constant 

 " variation, it was considered desirable to commute it to a pay- 

 " ment in silver and 5,000 Rupees being considered a fair equiva- 

 " lent, it was fixed at that amount and a remission of one-fifth 

 " allowed while Rotepal and its dependencies are separated from 

 " Bustar." The tribute at that time therefore amounted to 4,000 

 Rupees which has remained without alteration up to the present 

 time. In the year 1240 Fusly the Rajah of Bustar gave over the 

 whole of the Sayer collections of the dependency together with the 

 talook of Shawah in lieu of the Takolee, but no document expla- 

 natory of this arrangement can now be found. When Dulgunjun 

 Sing visited the Rajah in Nagpore he petitioned that the former ar- 

 rangement of a money payment might be reverted to, and the Sayer 

 and Talook of Shawah restored, but the original papers were [not 

 at that time to be found and no change was made. The Sayer in- 

 cludes besides the transit duties, bazar tax &c, the whole of the 

 Abkareo, and as much of the Pandrce as accrues from the loom 



