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but they do not 'reside in one place, and are 
scattered here and there in the villages and 
corles. 
Canoomooldenie PiLAGAWA, being a revenue 
of the country the same as the foregoing. 
Radebadde.— Being a duty paid annually by 
the washermen, 
Sajakarabadde.— These are also washermen 
but they dye and paint cloth, and some of them 
wash and pay the Deccum annually, 
Udugangatteee and Welligamgatteee.— 
These are two Vidanies, under whom certain 
persons are placed, who also pay the Poll-tax 
annually. 
Kinnerebadde. — This is one of the lowest and 
meanest caste, who pay their Deccum in fine 
mats or caleles weaved by themselves or pay a 
certain sum of money annually. 
From the whole of which the principal services 
in ^the district of Matura clearly appear. 
. Governments and Directions in India. 
India is divided into Governments and Direc- 
tions after the following manner : — I. Batavia 
is the chief and capita), where reside the 
Governor-General and Council Ordinary of India, 
to whom also the Governments and Directions 
are subordinate, sending their accounts to 
them, the balance whereof is entered into the 
Accounts-General of India, kept there; besides 
which, there are several places immediately 
under the Government and Direction of the 
Governor and Council of Batavia, viz., Japan a 
chief-ship, Tonquin a chief-ship. Macassar a Com- 
mandant, Siam a chief-chip, Bantam a factory, 
Japaraa factory, Jambee a chief -ship, Pallambaiu 
a chief-ship, Arrakan a chief-ship. II. Amboyna 
a Government, under which are several Islands, 
where they pay a yearly pension to the inhabi- 
tants, not to suffer Cloves or other spices to 
grow. III. Banda is a Government, and under 
it are several Islands, to the Natives of which 
they likewise pay money yearly to destroy the 
Spice. IV. Ternate is a Government. V, 
Malacca is a Government. VI. Zelon, or Ceylon, 
is a Government, where they have many factories, 
and all their accounts are sent to Colombo, the 
principal place. V^II. Cochin is a Government, 
and under it lies all the Malabar Coast. VIII. 
Policat is a Government, under which are the 
Coasts of Coromandel and Pegu. IX. Bengal 
is a Direction, and under it all the factories 
in that Bay. Eughly is the chief from whence 
they send their accounts to Batavia. X. Surat, 
another Direction, under which are many fac- 
tories. XI. Persia, a Direction the chief Resi- 
dence Gomhroom, and under it are Ispahan and 
Bassora. XII. Cape of Good Hope a Government, 
and under it the Mauritius, or Island of Prince 
Maurice. 
To understand this perfectly, it must be observed 
that Governments are when the places are their 
own. Directions when they are under a foreign 
prince, and have no garrisons. Batavia excepted, 
no Government, Direction or Command hath 
precedence of place; but the persons in those 
places, and all other degrees and qualities take 
place according to their seniority in standing. 
This account sufficiently explains the general 
Bcberae of their Government, from whence we 
eball descend into particulars, that it may appear 
with how much wisdom, justice and prudence, 
all things are regulated by this Company to 
prevent either corruption' or confusion, which 
though it is very probable they may not ab- 
solutely do, yet it is very certain "they must 
do it in a great measure ; for otherwise the 
Company's affairs must have fallen long ago 
into a very distracted state, whereas we see 
them at this day in as good a condition as ever. 
This I conceive to be especially owing to that 
nicety of judgment shewn in adjusting all 
their salaries, and allowances for diet, to the 
several qualities and degrees of their servants, 
so that none has either so little as to be pinched 
by necessity, nor any so much as to set them 
above the performance of their duty, which is, 
generally speaking, the ruin of such Governments 
as pursue a contrary conduct; for the more easy 
understanding of this point, we shall take their 
inferior officers first, and so ascend gradually 
to the Governor«General of the Indies. The 
under-assistant, seriver or writer is the lowest 
degree, and is chiefly supplied with soldiers, 
taken out of the guards from nine to fourteen 
guilders per mensem. Next is the Assistant ati 
twenty guilders per mensem salary, and four 
Rix-dollars diet. After him the upper-Assistant 
Book-keeper, or Secretary, from twenty-eight to 
thirty-six guilders per mensem salary, and four 
Rix-dollars diet. In the fourth place, the under- 
Copenian from thirty-six to forty-five guilders 
per mensem salary, and eight Kix-dollais diet. 
Then theCopeman from fifty to fifty-five guilders per 
mensem salary, and eight Rix-dolJars diet. Next 
to him, upper-Copeman from eighty to one hundred 
and twenty guilders per mensem salary, and twelve 
Rix-dollars diet. Some from the lesser Chambers 
are sent out at seventy-two guilders per mensem 
salary. 
(To be continued,) 
THE COLOMBO MUSEUM. 
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR FOR 1903, 
visitors. 
The total number of visitors as recorded by the 
counting of heads by the watchers on duty in the 
entrance hall was 100,775, an increase of 18,218 on 
last year. The number of signatures in the Visitors^ 
Book was 2,614. 
committee. 
The Committee of Management has beer 
increased by the addition of Dr A J Chalmers, 
F R C S., Registrar of the Medical College, and 
Mr E E Green, Government Entomologist. Not 
many meetings have been held, owing to tne 
inconvenience of the hour appointed for them and 
the consequent difficulty of making a quorum 
Members of the Committee from distant stations 
are apt to come to Colombo for the special purpose 
of attending an announced meeting, which cannot 
be held after all. It would probably be advanta« 
geous to call a general meeting of the Committee 
once or twice during the year, or in order to 
inspect any alterations which may have been in- 
troduced in the exhibition galleries and to consider 
suggestions for the fcetterment of the Museum, 
The ordinary routine work of the Committee has 
been satisfactorily accomplished by the circulation 
of docaments, 
BUILDINGS. 
A small though handsome two-storied office for 
the Director has been erected in the grounds of the 
Museum by the Public Works Department. There 
