LITEJ^ARy REGISTER SUPPLEMENT : 
AND CEYLON 
"NOTES AND QUERIES." 
[Unr'er this heading we mean to give a small " Supplement " with our Trgpi'etl Agriculturist monthly 
according as there is matter of sufficient value so to be preserved.] 
JXJNE, 190^. 
MONSIEUR BURNARD'S MEMOIR ON 
CEYLON. 
{Continued from pape 160, j 
Duties that the Cingalese are liable to, and 
their different names, to wit : — 
Mahamadapoo, that is the great Revenue of 
the country as that of Dolosdas Corle, so called. 
Naoappoo. — Another kind of Duty collected 
in the same manner as the foregoing, and is 
derived from the custom of the Bsiligam and 
Murna Corles. 
Maeale. — This is a duty due to the Lord of 
the country by virtue of which the one-third 
share of the iiroperty of the deceased is appro- 
priated for his use, on the principle of the deceased's 
having possessed lands from the Prince or the 
Lord of the country, which tlie Company now 
cause to be recovered for themselves from all 
such as inhabit the District of Matura, the 
Christian inhabitants are however excepted. 
BAI9NAICKE. — The orator of the temple. He 
is called Canganem in the Cingalese language. 
Some of the Bai^naicke are liable to service, and 
some are not. A Baisnaicke is the head of the 
Pagoda at Dondera called Dewiaauera, signifying 
God's town. The people under him of all des- 
criptions, excepting those who are in the service 
of the Pagoda, annually pay the poll-tax as at 
Matura, which duty is called Dewallebadde in 
the Cingalese language. Besides these duties and 
services, there are eighteen Vidanies under this 
head who from ancient times are placed in tlie 
same footing as tliose of Matura, and which will 
appear in the sequel in the description of the 
subordinate castes. 
Sabandoo, or the Sjahbandaar, as that of 
Belligam, wlio is the chief of the place, having 
under him tliree writers, who deliver in monthly 
at Matura accounts of the estates under their 
charge ; the Sabandoo must appear personally every 
month and the inhabitants of Matura are sub- 
ject to his control. 
Gaginaicke.— The head of the Elephants' stable 
at Matura, who has the charge of those animals, 
taking care that they are provided with a suffi- 
cient quantity of food, that they are attended 
to by the persons appointed for that purpose, 
and who are under the Vidanies ot Matura. 
The Gaginaicke must also take care of the ele- 
phants that are in the stables at Dick- 
welle and other places, besides which he must 
deliver annually an account of the Revenue arising 
from elephants. 
Etbandenne. — He is in the situation of Wedde- 
rale, or the elephants' children, meaning the 
elephant catchers. These appertain to the elephant 
hunt, to which all such persons belong, as in 
the other Vidanies, and Deceumcareas together 
with those paying the poll-tax, all of whom are 
bound to train up a certain number of elephants. 
The following are the additional great and 
lesser Vidanies, the Revenue of the country, 
as well as of the villages and their names. 
Kattalbadde, or Andebadde, are the Vidanies 
of the smiths, which situation is now performed 
by one Vidan, under whom the whole ot the 
iron-smiths are placed, who are bound to work 
for the Lord of the country, and amongst whom 
there are Deceumcareas also. 
Dewalle-BAUDO, a Vidane that is cilled Wes 
in the Pagoda of Dewandera, but ought to be 
called Dewalebadde in Cihgaiese language af ter 
Dewale, which means a temple. There are under 
his authority not only such of the mechanics as 
are liable to service, but all of them of the high 
as well as of the low castes and Deceumcareas, 
RoONEBADDE.— That is those that are liable 
to the duty of the interior, such as the Chalia 
caste, or the cinnamon peeler have not a fixed 
residence but move trom one village to another. 
Wellallesaroo, Adigarsaroo, Matere 
Magisaroo, Reyganbandegesaroo, Unoonchi- 
TULESARoo, Gangebadesaroo. — These are also 
the Revenues of the country which the inhabi- 
tants are to pay annually. 
ViDANES are the Superintendents of the village, 
whose duty it is to take care that the inhabitants 
are not in any way oppressed, that the land 
is cultivated in its due season, and that the whole 
is collected, an account of which they must 
render to the Lord ot the country. 
Pattic\REA-Deckme. — These are herdmen who 
milk the cows ; the Portuguese call them Bojeros. 
These pay the Deccum or Poll-tax annually, 
and if the Lord of the country requires milk 
in lieu thereof they are obliged to furnish the same. 
Caraen Deckma.— Tliis is a duty arisin? from 
the Beetei gardens at Matura, which is paid 
annually. 
POLEWALLE PiEDiE.— This is a duty on the 
coconut gardens of Matura within the four 
Gravets, being a stiven upon every ten coconat 
trees. 
Mallidoowepitteoay.— Being the tax due from 
a particularly low caste, named Hangereme, who 
draw toddy from the jaggery or mijsere tree. 
