May 1861.] 



Report on Bustar. 



29 



10. The whole Revenue of Bustar as shewn in the accounts pro- 

 duced (which are very defective and incom- 



Accounts. 



plete) is stated at Rupees 25,870-14-0 for every 

 branch, the details of which are as follows : — 





9,040 



14 



0 







1,416 



0 



0 



Particulars of these 











are shewn in the 





3,200 



0 



0 



annexed State- 











ment No. 2. 





214 



0 



0 







12,000 



0 

 — 



0 





Total Rupees... 



25,870 



14 



— 

 0 





The Expenses being stated as follows :— 











3,760 



0 



0 







1,307 



0 



0 



Particulars of these 









are shewn in the 



Sudder Establishment 



7,883 



8 



0 



annexed State- 











ment No. 3. 





25,130 





0 





Total Rupees . . 



38,081 



0 







being one-half more than the receipts. It may not be unrea- 

 sonable therefore to assume that the accounts that have been 

 produced are incorrect, either from negligence or intention, per- 

 haps partly from both. The Rajah (as will hereafter be noticed) 

 being only 18 years of age, and incapable of undertaking the ma- 

 nagement of the country, that office has devolved on his uncle Dul- 

 gunjun Sing who hitherto, whether from unfitness or from want of 

 the requisite information and guidance, has not succeeded in es- 

 tablishing any system of administration by which alone the affairs 

 of so extensive a dependency can be worked with an advantageous 

 result. The Talooks are managed by means of a Talookdar hav- 

 ing under him a karkoon and five or six peons, all however under 

 paid, the first not receiving more than from Rupees 4 to 5, and the 

 accounts rendered by them very incomplete. It appears probable 



