y of California Tn Regional ry Facility UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES IDOLATRY (INDIA). RETURN lo an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 21 June 1849;— /or, A COPY " of any Communications in relation to the Connexion of the Government of British India with Idolatry, or with Mahometanism — (in continuation of ParUamentary Paper, No. 664, of Session 1845,)" East India House,! 26 July 1849. J JAMES C. M E L V I L L. (Sir Rohert Harry Iiiglis.) '•FP^-.H _^hr:.^r Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 1 August 1849. \ 621. LIST QF PAPERS. Page No. 1. — Letter from the Government of India to the Court of Directors; dated 7 January (No. 1) 1846 1 No. 2. — Letter from the Government of India to the Court of Directors ; dated 17 April (No. 8) 1847 4 No. 3. — Extract Letter from the Government of India to the Court of Directors ; dated 25 September (No. 14) 1847 4 No. 4 — Extract Letter from the Government of India to the Court of Directors ; dated 27 November (No. 18) 1847 5 No. 5. — Letter from the Government of India to the Court of Directors ; dated 7 July (No. 20) 1847 5 No. 6. — Extract Letter from the Government of India to the Court of Directors ; dated 12 February (No. 7) 1848 -5 No. 7. — Extract Letter from the Government of India to the Court of Directors ; dated 4 July (No. 23) 1848 , 6 No. 8. — Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to the Government of India; dated 17 March (No. 4) 1846 6 No. 9. — Letter from the Court of Directors to the Government of India ; dated 20 May (No. 9) 1846 6 No. 10. — Letter from the Court of Directors to the Government of India; dated 8 September (No. 8) 1847 6 No. 11. — Letter from the Court of Directors to the Government of India; dated 17 January (No. 2) 1849 7 No. 12. — Letter from Acting Secretary to Government of Fort St. George to Officiating Secretary to Government of India; dated 29 November 1842 - ... 8 No. 13. — Letter from Secretary to the Board of Revenue to Acting Chief Secretary to Govern- ment of Fort St. George ; dated 10 October 1842 ...... 9 No. 14. — Letter from Acting Principal Collector, North Arcot, to Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 6 April 1842 10 No. 15. — Letter from the Principal Collector, Madura, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 9 April 1842 11 No. 16. — Letter from the Principal Collector, Salem, to the Secretary to the Board of Re- venue; dated 19 April 1842 12 No. 17. — Letter from the Principal Collector, Chingleput, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 7 May 1842 13 No. 18. — Letter from the Collector of South Arcot to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 10 May 1842 14 No. 19. — Letter from the Collector of Tinnevelly to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 10 September 1842 16 No. 20. — Letter from the Principal Collector of Madura to the Secretary to Government of Fort St. George; dated 25 June 1842 IS Resolution of the Government of Fort St George; dated 5 July 1842 - - - 16 No. 21. — Letter from Acting Agent to the Governor, Vizagapatam, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George ; dated 14 June 1842 ..... 16 Letter from the Principal Assistant to the Agent to the Governor, Vizagapatam, to the Collector of Vizagapatam ; dated 10 June 1842 17 No. 22. — Letter from the Principal Assistant to the Agent to the Governor, Vizagapatam, to the Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George ; dated 14 June 1842 - . 18 No. 23. — Letter from Acting Agent to the Governor, Vizagapatam, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 7 February 1842 - - - - - - -18 Nc. 24. — Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 3 March 1842 - - - 21 No. 25. — Letter from the Acting Agent to the Governor, Vizagapatam, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George; dated 15 March 1845 - - - - 21 No. 26. Letter from the Acting Agent to the Governor, Vizagapatam, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 25 March 1842 - - - - 21 • -. • « » • ■.. ••• •• ( < ( ^77.1 A3 [ iii ] <« Page 3= No. 27.— Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 4 April 1842 - - - 22 i2 No. 28. Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 11 April 1842 - - - 22 No. 29. — Letter from the Acting' Agent to the Governor, Vizagapatani, |to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated April 1842 " - 22 No. 30 Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 28 April 1842 - - - 23 No. 31. Arzcc from Amccn of Coormum Tanah, addressed to the Acting Agent of the Go- vernor, Vizagapatani; dated 18 March 1842 23 (A.) Statement of Allowances to Pagodas in the Vizianagram Zemindarry - - 25 (B.)— Statement, showing the Rent of Villages at present appropriated to Pagodas - 20 (C.) — Statement, showing the Rent of Khumdowle, and Collection of certain Villages of the three Fuslies, at the time of the permanent Settlement . - - 27 (D.) — Statement, showing the Rent of Pagodas in Fusly 1250 - - - - 28 No. 32 E.\tract Minutes of Consultation ; 14 July 1842 - 29 No. 33. — Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Revenue to Acting Chief Secretary to Government; dated 14 July 1842 ----29 No. 34. — Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 14 July 1842 - - - 31 Letter from the Principal Collector, Salem, to Secretary to Board of Revenue ; dated 29 June 1842 31 No. 35. — Extract Minutes of Consultation ; dated 23 August 1842 - - - - - 31 No. 36. — Letter from Acting Senior Deputy Register of Sudder Adawlut to Acting Secretary to Government, Fort St. George ; dated 22 September 1842 . ... 32 ^ An Act for amending the existing Law in regard to Mosques, Hindoo Temples, &c. - 32 No. 37.— Order; dated 18 October 1842 -- 34 No. 38. — Extract Proceeding of the Board of Revenue; dated 6 October 1842 - - - 34 g No. 39. — Letter from the Collector of Tinnevelly to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; Z dated 12 September 1842 35 No. 40.— Resolution of the Government of Fort St. George; dated 3 November 1842 - - 36 No. 41. — Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 6 October 1842 - - - 3G No. 42. — Letter from the Collector of Trichinopoly to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 29 July 1842 - 37 Deeds marked (A.), (B.) and (C.) respectively -----.-38 Proposed Establishment for the Management of the Devastannm Lands in the District of Trichinopoly; dated 30 July 1842 ..---. 40 No. 43. — Letter from the Collector of Trichinopoly to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 9 August 1841 -.... ......40 Deed marked (A.); dated 7 August 1841 -----...43 Ditto - - ditto - - ditto ----...43 Ditto - - ditto - - ditto -----..43 No. 44. — Letter from the Secretary to Board of Revenue to the Collector'of Trichinopoly; dated 20 August 1841 44 No. 4.1. — Letter from the Collector of Trichinopoly to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 4 September 1841- - - - - - . . . . .44 Statements, Nos. lto3- - - - . - . . . - -GO No. 46. — Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 2 December 1841 - - 63 No. 47.— Letter from the Collector of Trichinopoly to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 22 February 1842 {54 No. 48.— Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Collector of Trichinopoly • dated 23 May 1842 - 05 No. 49. — Extract Minutes of Consultation; dated 7 November 1842 - - - . . oc No. 50.— Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 14 November 1842 - - 57 jWl Letter from Acting Principal Collector of Cuddapali to the Secretary to Board of a' Revenue; dated 5 November 1842 57 •^ Statement of the Names of the Individuals who have undertaken the Management ^ of the Pagodas in the District of Cuddapah ; dated o November 1842 - - 58 a No. 51 — Resolution of the Government of Fort St. George; dated 29 November 1842 - 02 No. 52 — Letter from AcUng Chief Secretary to Governmont, Fort St. George, to Officiating Secretary to Government of India; dated 25 April 1843 03 "-'• a 2 {continued) RFf^MAil [ iv ] Page No. 53. — Extract from Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 21 November 1842 - 63 Minute by the Honourable Mr. Bird ; dated 3 January 1843 . . . . c9 No. 54. — Extract Minutes of Consultation ; dated 25 April 1843 - - - _ . 70 No. 55. — Letter from the Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George to OfiSciating Secre- tary to the Government of India ; dated 5 September 1843 - - . - 71 Minute by the Governor of Fort St. George ; dated 26 May 1843 - - - 71 Minute by the Honourable Mr. Bird ; dated 1 June 1843 - - - - - 73 Minute by the Honourable Mr. Chamier: dated 7 June 1843 - ... 74 No. 56.— Extract Minutes of Consultation ; dated 5 September 1843 ----- 74 No. 57. — Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 24 October 1842 - - - 78 No. 58. Letter from the Collector of Chingleput to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 18 August 1841 81 Draft Rules 82 No. 59 Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 8 November 1841 - - 83 No. 60.— Letter from the Collector of Chingleput to the Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 8 February 1842 --- 83 (A.) —Statement of the Annual Revenues of the Pagodas and Mosques in the District of Chingleput; dated 8 February 1842 - 86 (B.) List of Trustees proposed to be appointed for the different Pagodas under the management of the Officers of Government in the District of Chingleput ; dated 8 February 1842 88 No. Gl. — Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Collector of Chingleput; dated 11 April 1842 --- 9I No. 62. Letter from Collector of Chingleput to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 17 June 1842 92 No. 63. Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 7 July 1842 - - - 93 No. 64 Letter from the Collector of Chingleput to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 30 June 1842 93 No. 65. Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 15 August 1842 - - - 94 No. 66. — Petition from certain Brahmins addressed to the Governor of Fort St. George; dated 22 November 1842 95 No. 67. Petition from the Chief Priest of the Pagoda at Conjeveram; dated 25 November 1842 97 No. 68. — Extract Minutes of Consultation; dated 16 December 1842 97 No. 69. Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 6 February 1843 - - - 98 Letter from Acting Collector, Tinnevelly, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 25 January 1843 98 No. 70. Letter from Acting Collector, Tinnevelly, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 29 November 1842 -- 98 No. 71. — Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 15 December 1842 - - 100 No. 72. Resolution of the Government Fort St. George ; dated 21 February 1843 - - 101 No. 73. Extract Minutes of Consultation (Secret Department); dated 28 March 1843 - - 101 Letter from Commissioner of Kurnooi to Acting Chief Secretary, Fort St. George ; dated 4 February 1843 ----.----.. loi List of Religious and Charitable Allowances disbursed in the District of Kurnooi (and Abstract); dated 4 February 1843 103 Resolution of Government of Fort St. George - - - - - • -107 Order; dated 10 April 1843 107 No. 74. — Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 23 February 1843 - - 107 Letter from the Collector of North Arcot to the Secretary to the Board of Reve- nue ; dated 13 February 1843 107 No. 75. Petition addressed to the Board of Revenue; dated 4 November 1841 - . - no No. 76. — Petition addressed to the Board of Revenue ; dated 23 December 1842 - - - 111 No. 77. Petition addressed to the Board of Revenue; dated January 1843 - - - - 113 No. 78. Petition addressed to the Governor in Council at Fort St. George ; dated 26 Feb- ruary 1843 - - 116 Page No. 79. — Letter to the Chief Secretary to Government of Fort St. Georg-e ; dated 27 February 1843 ' - - 115 Petition addressed to the Governor in Council, Fort St. George ; dated 27 February 1843 116 Petition addressed to the Governor in Council, Fort St. George ; dated 27 Februarv 1843 "-119 Petition addressed to the Governor in Council, Fort St. George ; dated 27 February 1843 ---120 No. 80.— Letter to Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St George ; dated 27 February 1843 121 Memorial addressed to the Governor in Council, Fort St. George - - - - 121 Petition addressed to the Governor in Council, Fort St. George ; dated 4 March 1843 122 Memorial addressed to the Governor in Council, Fort St. George ; dated 1 April 1843 123 Memorial addressed to Acting Chief Secretary to Government of Fort St. George ; dated 1 April 1843 124 Memorial addressed to the Honourable J. Bird, Esq.; dated 1 April 1843 - - 124 Memorial addressed to the Honourable H. Chamier, Esq.; dated 1 April 1843 - 125 No. 81. — E.xtract Minutes of Consultation; dated 21 April 1843 - - . • . 125 No. 82. — Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 16 February 1843 - . 126 Letter from the Collector of Chingleput to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 10 February 1843 126 A List of Dhurniakurtahs to whom the difl'erent Pagodas under the Management of the Officers of Government were made over, in the District of Chingleput ; dated 10 February 1843 - - - - - - - - - -127 No. 83. — Petition addressed to the Governor in Council, Fort St. George ; dated 16 Decem- ber 1842 129 No. 84. — Letter from Chief Secretary, Fort St. George, to the Board of Revenue ; dated 28 April 1843 130 No. 85. — Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 13 February 1843 - - 130 No. 86. — Letter from the Collector of Madras to Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 4 January 1843 --------.... igj Letter from the Collector of Madras to Honourable Company's Solicitor; dated 16 November 1842 I34. Letter from Honourable Company's Solicitor to the Collector of Madras ; dated 28 December 1842 I34 No. 87. — Extract Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 16 January 1843 - - 135 No. 88. —Letter from the Collector of Madras to Secretary to Board of Revenue; dated 23 January 1843 - - - - - - - - - - . -130 No. 89. — Letter from the Collector of Madras to Secretary to Board of Revenue ; dated 25 January 1843 ---------_.. i.-jy Two Mahazeruamahs; dated respectively the 10th and 25th January 1843 - - 137 No. 90. — Extract Minutes of Consultation ; dated 29 April 1843 - - - . . 137 No. 91. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 30 March 1843 - 139 No. 92. — Letter from Principal Collector of Mangaloro to Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 18 March 1843 I^q ' 1. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions infthe Talook of Oodi])V, show- ing the Annual Allowance and estimated Value of the Property "of eucii, and tliu Number of Trustees for their respective Management; dated 18 March 1843 141 2.— Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Barcoor, showing the Annual Allowance and estimated Value of-the Propcrtv of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management; dated IH Murrli 1843 143 3. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Cundupoor, showing the Annual Allowance and estimated Value of the Property ofearh, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management; dated 18 March 1843 Hfi f>2\ . a 3 (continued) [ vi ] Pago 4 Statement of the Deposits in the Treasurj' of the Principal Collector of Canara, accumulated from the unpaid Allowances of the decayed Pag'odas, and from Stoppages made from tlie Salaries of Servants in other Pagodas, up to 31 January 1843; dated 18 March 1843 149 5. — Statement, showing the " Becharac," or Lapses to Government from the Reli- gious Institutions ; dated 18 March 1843 - - - - - -150 No. 93. — Extract from the Minutes of Consultation; dated 12 Maj- 1843 .... loO No. 94.— Letter from the Acting Chief Secretary, Fort St. George; dated 12 May 1843 - 150 No. 95. — Letter from the Attorney at Madras to the Acting Chief Secretary, Fort St George; dated 9 May 1843 151 Letter to the Marquis of Tweeddale; dated 9 May 1843 - - . - . 151 No. 96. — Letter from the Acting Chief Secretary of Fort St. George to J. W. Branson, Esq. ; dated 16 May 1843 153 No. 97. — Letter from Mr. Acting Secretary Lovell to the Acting Chief Secretary to Govern- ment ; dated 11 May 1843 154 Letter from the Collector of Chingleput to Mr. Acting Secretary Lovell ; dated 6 May 1843 154 No. 98. — Extract from the Minutes of Consultation ; dated 23 May 1843 .... 155 No. 99. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 18 May 1843 . 155 No. 100. — Letter from Principal Collector Blair, Esq., to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 28 April 1843 150 1. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Honore, show- ing the Annual Allowance and estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management - . - 158 2. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Soopah, showing the Annual Allowances and estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management - - .160 3. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Soondah, showing the Annual Allowances and estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management . - - 161 4. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Bilghy, showing the Annual Allowance and estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management - - - 102 5. — Statement of the Circumstances under which the Eight Swamies administer the Affairs of the Kristna Deooroo Mutt - - - - - - -162 No. 101. — Extract from the Minutes of Consultation ; dated 8 June 1843 .... 163 No. 102. — Letter from Mr. Acting Secretary Lovell to the Acting Chief Secretary to Govern- ment ; dated 18 May 1843 103 No. 103. — Extract from the Minutes of Consultation; dated 20 June 1843 - - - .104 No. 104. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 3 July 1843 . . 165 No. 105. Letter from the Principal Collector of Mangalore to Mr. Acting Secretary Lovell ; dated 21 June 1843 105 1. Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Ankola, showing the Annual Allowance and estimated Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management - - - - 166 2.— Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Mangalore, showing the Annual Allowance and estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management ... 172 8. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Buntwal, showing the Annual Allowance and estimated Value of the Property, and the Number of the Trustees for their respective Management - - - 1 80 No. 100.— Extract from the Minutes of Consultation; dated 17 July 1843 - - - - 192 No. 107. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 15 June 1843 - 192 Report of the Inmates of the Lazar House at Negapatam, and of the Expenditure, during the Year 1842 ..193 Report of the Inmates of the Lazar House at Combaconum, and of the Expendi- ture, during the Year 1 842 - - - - - - - - - •193 No. 108.— Resolution ; dated 22 July 1843 194 No. 109. — Letter from Mr. Acting Secretary Lovell to the Chief Secretary to Government ; dated 17 July 1843 194 [ vii ] Page Letter from Mr. Acting Collector Babiogton to Mr. Acting Secretary Lovcll ; dated 10 July 1843 195 No. 110.— Resolution; dated 29 July 1843 196 No. 111. Letter from Secretary to the Revenue Board to the Acting Chief Secretary to Go- vernment ; dated 13 February 1843 -.---... iqq Letter from the Principal Collector, North Arcot, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 29 September 1841 197 Statement, showing the Particulars of the several Dcwasthuns, and tho Native Individuals to whom their Management may bo transferred ; dated 9 Sep- tember 1841 200 Letter from tho Secretary to tho Board of Revenue to tho Acring Principal Col- lector in the Northern Division of Arcot ; dated 23 May 1842 ... 208 Letter from tho Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Collector, Southern Division of Arcot; dated 1 September 1842 209 Letter from tho Collector, North Arcot, to the Secretary to tho Board of Revenue ; dated 7 September 1842 209 Letter from the Collector, North Arcot, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 17 December 1842 209 Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Collector in the Northern Divisionof Arcot; dated 23 January 1843 --..--. 311 Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Collector in the Southern Division of Arcot; dated 2 June 1842 211 Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Collector in tho Southern Division of Arcot; dated 1 September 1842 212 Letter from the Collector of Tannapandy, South Arcot, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 15 September 1842 213 Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Collector in the Southern Division of Arcot ; dated 6 October 1842 214 Letter from the Collector of Cuddaloro to tho Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 24 October 1842 ..--------- 215 Letter from tho Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Collector in the Southern Division of Arcot; dated 31 October 1842 216 Letter from tho Principal Collector of Mangalore to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 28 October 1842 217 Memorandum, showing tho Beriz of Pagoda, &c. - - - - -219 Statement of tlie Religious Institutions of Native Worship in tho Talook of Oodipy, showing the proposed Appointments of Trustees for their respective management ------------ 220 Abstract of Arrangements proposed relative to the Appointment of Trustees - 225 Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 14 November 1842 22G Letter from Mr. Principal Collector Blair to J. D. Bourdillon, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 10 December 1842 227 1. Memorandum, showing the Endowed Revenues assumed by Government belonging to the Institution of Native Worship, &c. ; dated 10 December 1842 230 2. — Statement, showing the Be Churak, or Lapses to Government from tho Religious Institutions in Canara ; dated 10 December 1842 - - - 231 3. — Statements of Deposits on account of tho Pagoda Allowances in Canara, accrued between 1245 and October 1252; dated 10 December 1842 - 231 4. — Statement, showing tho Number of Native Worshippers whoso Tusdcek is below 50 Rupees, and those in the receipt of higher Allowance, in tho Zillah of Salem; dated 10 December 1842 232 0. — Proposed Arrangement for tho Management of the Places of Native Worship in Cundopoor Talook; dated 10 December 1842 - - - 233 Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 22 December 1 842 - 234 No. 112. — Extract from the Proceedings of tho Board of Revenue ; dated 29 May 1843 - 236 Letter from tho Acting Principal Collector, Cuddapali, to tho Acting Secretary to tho Board of lloveniie, Fort St. George; dated May 1843 . - - - 236 Statement, showing the Names of the Individuals who consented to undertake tho Management of tho Pagodas and Mok(|U0S, &,e., in tho Zilluh of Cuddu- pah, for Fusly 1252 ; with Abstract 237 G21. a4 . (cuntinueci) [ viii ] Page No. 1 13. — Letter from the Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Chief Secretary to Government of Fort St. George ; dated 26 June 1843 245 No. 114. — Letter from Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Chief Secretary to the Government, Fort St. George ; dated 24 July 1843 245 Letter from Principal Collector of Madura to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 14 July 1842 246 Estimate for Repairs of Devastanums and Chuttrums in the District of Madura and Dindigul j dated 31 March 1843 247 Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 18 May 1843 - 247 Letter from the Acting Principal Collector, Salem, to the Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated C July 1843 --.----. 247 No. 115. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 17 August 1843 - 248 Letter from Mr. Principal Collector Blair to the Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 2 August 1843 I . . . 249 1. — Statement of Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Bekul, showing the Annual Allowance and Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management - - 250 2. — Abstract of the Arrangements effected in the withdrawal of Government Interference in the Affairs of the Native Religious Institutions in the Zillah of Canara 260 3. — Statement, showing the Circumstances of the principal Ryots selected as Co-Trustees of certain Pagodas in the Talooks of Udapy, Barcoor and Cundapar ..--.----.. ogo jsjo. 116. — Extract from the Minutes of Consultation ; dated 4 September 1843 ... 263 No 117. Letter from Mr. Secretary Thomas to Mr. Officiating Secretary Davidson: dated 9 March 1844 - - 264 No. 118. Letter from Mr. Officiating Secretary Davidson to Mr. Secretary Thomas ; dated 16 March 1844 264 No. 119. Letter from Mr. Chief Secretary Drury to Mr. Officiating Secretary Davidson; dated 12 April 1844 205 Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 9 November 1843 - 265 Sanction of the Government of Fort St. George; dated 28 December 1843 - - 265 Letter from the .Acting Collector of North Arcot to Mr. Acting SecretaryLovell ; dated 27 October 1843 266 Statement, showing the Amount of actual Charges incurred for constructing New Ruth, &c., of the Ranookambah Pagoda at Parvaid, in the Poloor Talook of North Arcot ; dated 27 October 1843 266 Letter from Mr. Secretary Porter to the Acting Chief Secretary to Government ; dated 18 July 1842 266 Sanction of the Government of Fort St. George; dated 2 August 1842 - - 267 Statement, showing the Amount of actual Charges incurred for repairing certain Deovastans, &c., in the Northern Division of Arcot, &c. ; dated 3 December 1841 268 Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue in the Department of Public Works; dated 20 June 1842 271 Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Revenue to the Chief Secretary to Go- vernment; dated 22 August 1839 271 Letter from the Principal Collector of North Arcot to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 8 August 1839 271 Estimate for repairing certain Deostanums in the Northern Division of Arcot; dated 8 August 1839 272 Sanction of the Government of Fort St. George ; dated 10 September 1839 - - 275 No. 120. Letter from Mr. Chief Secretary Drury to the Officiating Secretary to Government ; dated 10 June 1844 275 Minute by the Honourable H. Chamier ; dated 13 May 1844 .... 275 No. 121. — Letter from Mr. Secretary Thomas to Mr. Officiating Secretary Davidson; dated 3 December 1844 277 No. 122. — Extract from the Minutes of Consultation; dated 3 December 1844 ... 278 No. 123. Letter from Mr. Secretary Thomas to Mr. Officiating Secretary Davidson ; dated 3 December 1844 279 [ ix ] Page No. 124. — Letter from the Agent to the Governor of Madras to Mr. Chief Secretary Drury dated 90 October 1843 . . ' l 089 (A.) — Statement of Sadawared Allowances, and estimated Value of Enam Lund enjoyed by Religious Institutions in Kurnool - - . _ . 282 (B.) — Statement of Religious Institutions receiving Money Allowances from the Trea- sury in the Zilluh of Kurnool ; distinguishing those having no other fixed Support from those having it either from Village Saderward or from Enam Land, or from both, in addition ; dated 30 October 1843 - . . 288 No. 155. — Extract from the Minutes of Consultation ; dated 3 February 1844 ... oge No. 126. — Letter from Mr. Chief Secretary Drury to the President and Members of the Board Revenue; dated 1(5 November 1844 ------.. 287 No. 127. — Letter from T. V. Stonhouse, Esq., Acting Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, to T. R. Davidson. Esq., Officiating Secretary to Government of India ; dated )4 January {No. 61) 1845 ----..-.. 287 Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 2 December 1844 - 288 Letter from 8. Scott, Esq., Commissioner of Kurnool, to E. C. Lovell, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 30 .Septem- ber (No. 35) 1844 290 1. — List of Religious Institutions maintained by Grants of Land or Money - 292 2. — Statement, e,\hibiting the Individual Mahomedan Institutions, &c., which receive a Money Allowance from the Treasury in the District of Kurnool 307 3. — Statement, exhibiting the Individual Hindoo Institutions, &c., which receive a Money Allowance from the Treasury in the District of Kurnool 309 4. — Statement, showing the Institutions receiving only Saderward Allowance above 10 Rupees, in the District of Kurnool - - - - . 309 No. 128. — Letter from E. P. Thompson, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George, to G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to Government of India; dated 14 June (No. 703) 1845 -' 310 Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 19 May (No. 318) 1845 310 Letter from S. Scott, Esq., Commissioner of Kurnool, to E. C. Lovell, Esq., Acting Secretary to Board of Revenue, Fort St. George; dated 26 December (No. 45) 1844 311 No. 129. — Letter from L. R. Reid, Esq., Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay, to F. J. Halliday, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Government of India; dated 28 April (No. 1,379) 1843 312 Letter from W. Simson, Esq., Revenue Commissioner, to L. R. Reid, Esq., Chief Secretary, Bombay; dated 19 September (No. 1,333) 1842 - . . . 313 No. 130. — Letter from T. R. Davidson, Esq., Officiating Secretary to Government of India, to F. J. Halliday, Esq., Secretary to Government of Bengal ; dated 30 Sep- tember (No. 75) 1843 3-20 Summary of Proceedings in connexion with withdrawal of Government from Management of Native Religious Institutions ------ 315 No. 131. — Letter from Secretary to the Government of Bengal to T. R. Davidson, Esq., Officiating Secretary to Government of India; dated 8 August (No. 601) 1844 - 320 An Act for repealing Regulation XIX. 1810 (together with Notes and Minutes) -------...-- 303 No. 132. — Letter from C. Beadon, Esq., Under Secretary to Government of Bengal, to G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to Government of India ; dated 13 August (No. 642) 1845 3.39 Letter from G. Plowden, Esq., Officiating Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue, to F. J. Halliday, Esq., Secretary to Government of bengal; dated 29 July (No. 283) 1845 340 Letter from A. J. M. Mills, Esq., Commissioner of the Cuttack Division, to G. Plowden, Esq., Officiating Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue; dated 15 May (No. 1,016) 1845, (together with Notes) 341 No. 133. — Letter from G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to Government of India, to C. Readon, Esq., Under Secretary to Government of Bengal; dated 6 September (No. 638) 1845 354 No. 134. — Letter from Under Secretary to Government of Bengal to G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to Government of India; dated 10 December (No. 1,023) 1845 - 356 Letter from Officiating Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue to F. J. Halliday, Esq., Secretary to Government of IJengul ; dated 25 November (No. 426) 1846 056 Letter from the Commissioner of the Cuttark Division to the Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Fort William ; dated 10 November 1846 - - - 357 621. b (cuntinucd) [ -X 1 Page Letter from R, B. Garrett, Esq., Collector, Southern Division of Zilluli Cuttack, to A. J. M. Mills, Esq., Commissioner of the Fourteenth Division, Cuttack ; dated 7 November (No. 371) 1845 ..... . . 360 No. 135. — Letter from G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to Government of India, to F. J. Halliday, Esq., Secretary to Government of Bengal : dated 20 December (890) 1845 - 363 No, 136. — Letter from R. N. C. Hamilton, Esq., Secretarj- to Government, North Western Provinces, to T. R. Davidson, Esq., Secretary to Government of India; dated 9 June (No. 3,116) 1843 - -. 363 Letter from H. M. Elliot, Esq., Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue, &c. (Alla- habad), to R. N. C. Hamilton, Esq. ; dated 5 May (No. 202) 1843 - - 3G4 Letter from T. T. Metcalfe, Esq., Commissioner, Dehlee Division, to H. M. Elliot, Esq., Secretary, Sudder Board of Revenue; dated 4 May (No. 154) 1842 - 365 Letter from Lieutenant E. J. Robinson, Officiatinif Superintendent, Uhuttee Terri- tory, to T. T. Metcalfe, Esq. ; dated 29 January (,No. 17) 1842 - - - 366 Letter from Mr. Collector Woodcock to T, T. Metcalfe, Esq. ; dated 8 April (No. 92) 1842 366 Letter from Mr. Collector Sj'mpson to Mr Commissioner Metcalfe ; dated 1 February (No. 19) 1842 '-367 Letter from Mr. Collector Gubbins to Mr. Commissioner Metcalfe; dated 15 April (No. 191) 1342 368 Letter from Mr. Collector Gubbins to Mr. Commissioner Metcalfe ; dated 27 April (No. 109) 1843 369 Letter from Mr. Collector Smith to Mr. Commissioner Metcalfe; dated 31 January (No. 10) 1842 370 Letter from Mr. Commissioner Franco to the Sudder Board of Revenue ; dated 28 May (No. 190) 1842 370 Letter from Mr. Commissioner Conolly to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Allahabad ; dated 27 August (No. 284) 1842 370 Le ter from Mr. Commissioner Tyler to Mr. Secretary Elliot, Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad ; dated 20 May (No. 172) 1842 371 Letter from Mr. Collector Kinlock to Mr. Commissioner W. H. Tj'ler ; dated 28 February (No. 54) 1842 371 Letter from Mr. Collector Morland to Mr. Commissioner (of Revenue) Tyler, Agra ; dated 12 April (No. 169) 1842 372 List of Letters regarding Futtehpoor Sicri Endowment : (No. 1.) Letter from Local Agents, Agra, to Sir J. E. Colebrooke, Bart., and John Deane, Esq., Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad ; dated 22 October 1812 375 (No. 2.) Letter from Mr. Acting Secretary M. Moore to Local Agents, Agra; dated 12 December 1812 375 (No. 3.) Letter from Local Agents, Agra, to Sir J. E. Colebrooke, Bart., and John Dean, Esq.; dated 17 September 1813 .... 376 (No. 4.) Letter from M. Moore, Esq , Sub-Secretary to the Board of Commis- sioners-, Furruckabad, to Local Agents at Agra ; dated 29 July 1814 379 (No. 6.) Letter from Local Agents, Agra, to Sir J. E. Colebrooke, Bart., and W. H. TranI, Esq. ; dated 29 April 1818 380 (No. 6.) Letter from Local Agents, Agra, to Sir J. E. Colebrooke, Bart., and W. H. Trant, Esq. ; dated 10 May 1818 381 (No. 7.) Letter from Mr. Secretary Newnham to Messrs. Moore, Reid and Farquhar; dated 5 May 1818 382 (No. 8.) Letter from Mr. Secretary Newnham to Messrs. Moore, Reid and Farquhar; dated 20 May 1818 382 (No. 9.) Letter from Local Agents at Agra to Mr. Secretary Newnham ; dated 25 March 1819 382 (No. 10.) Letter from Mr. Secretary Newnham to Local Agents at Agra; dated 2 April 1819 385 (No. 11.) Letter from Mr. Secretary Newnham to Local Agents at Agra; dated 2 July 1819 385 (No. 12.) Letter from Local Agents at Agra to Mr. Secretary Newnham; dated 25 November 1819 386 (No. 13.) Letter from H. S. Oldfield, Esq., Secretary to Board of Com- missioners, Furruckabad, to Local Agents; dated 10 December 1819 388 [ xi ] Page (No, 14.) Letter from the Local Agents, Agra, to H. Fraser, Esq., Acting Sccretarj- to the Board of ConimissioDers, Furruckabad ; dated 14 February 1820 388 (No. 15.) Letter from H. S. Oldfield, Acting Secretary, Board of Revenue, Furruckiibad, to Local Agents; dated 24 August 1821 - - 389 (No. 16.) Letter from Local Agents at Agra to A. Gumming, Esq., Acting Secretary ; dated 17 December 1821 390 (No. 17.) Letter from R. Adams, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad, to Local Agents, Agra ; dated 16 April 1822 393 (No. 18.) Letter from Local Agents at Agra, to W. Ewer, Esq., OfiBciating Junior Member of the Board of Revenue, Western Provinces, Camp Furruckabad; dated 6 October 1824 - - - - 393 (No. 19.) Letter from G. W. Bacon, Esq., Acting As.sistant Secretary to the Board of Revenue, VN'estern Provinces, Camp Furruckabad, to Local Agents at Agra; dated 19 October 1824 - - - - 393 (No. 20.) Letter from Local Agents at Agra to G. W. Bacon, Esq., Officiating Assistant Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Western Provinces, Camp Furruckabad ; dated 9 December 1824 ... - 394 (No. 21.) Letter from G. II. Bacon, Esq., Acting Assistant Secretary to the Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Camp Nonbutgunge, Oude, to Local Agents at Agra ; dated 20 December 1824 - - 394 (No. 22.) Letter from Local Agents at Agra to W, Ewer, Esq., Officiating Member of the Board of Revenue, Western Provinces, Dehlie ; dated 17 June 1825 394 (No. 23.) Letter from H. Fraser, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Western Provinces, Dehlie, to Local Agents at Agra ; dated 21 July 1825 - 395 (No. 24.) Letter from Mr. Collector Tyler to Mr. Commissioner Boddam ; dated 31 October 1831 396 (No. 24 *.) Letter from Mr. Macsween to R. H. Boddam, Esq., Collector of Agra; dated 24 December 1831 396 (No. 25.) Letter from R. H. Boddam, Esq., Collector of Agra, to Mr. Mac- sween ; dated 31 January 1832 ...... 397 (No. 26.) Letter from R. H. Boddam, Esq., Local Agent at Agra, to C. Macsween, Esq , Commissioner of Revenue, Second Division, Agra; dated 22 February 1832 - 399 (No. 27.) Letter from C. Macsween, Esq., Commissioner of Agra Division, to R. H. Boddam, Esq., Collector and Local Agent, Agra ; dated 24 February 1832 399 (No. 28.) Letter from C. Macsween, Esq., Commissioner, Agra Division, to C. G. Mansell, Esq., Acting Collector and Local Agent, Agra ; dated 4 April 1832 399 Letter from R. Campbell, Esq., OfiBciating Collector of Furruckabad, to W. H. Tj'ler, Esq., Officiating Commissioner, Second Division, Agra ; dated 24 Febru- ary 1842 400 Letter from W. D. Smith, Esq., Acting Collector of Mynpoorce, to W. H. Tjler, Esq., Officiating Commissioner, Second Division, Agra; dated 22 January 1842 400 Letter from A. Shank, Esq., Collector of Etawah, to W. H. Tyler, Esq., Officiating Commissioner, Second Division, Agra; dated 4 February 1842 ... 400 Letter from G. T. Lusliington, Esq., Commissioner of Kumaon, to H. M. Elliot, Esq., Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, North NVestern Provinces, Allahabad; dated 1 March 1842 401 Letter from R. Lowther, Esq., Commissioner, Allaluibad Division, to the Sudder Board of Uevenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad ; dated 29 March 1842 402 Letter from C. M. Caldecotf, Esq., Officiating Collector of Cawnpore, to R. Lowther, Esq., Commissioner of Revenue, Fourth Division, Allahabad ; dated 8 March 1842 403 Letter from Officiating Collector of Futtehpore to R. Lowther, Esq., Commissioner of Revenue, Fourth Division, Allahabad ; dated 5 March 1842 ... 403 Letter from J. M. Taunton, Esq., Collector of Humecrpore, to R. Lowther, Esq., Commissioner, Fourth Division, Allahabad ; dated 24 January 1842 - - 404 Letter from R. Montgomery, Esq., Collector of Allahabad, to R. Lowther, Esq., Commissioner of Allahabad Division ; dated 23 February 1842 ... 404 Letter from W. P. Masson, Esq., Collector of Banda, (o U. Lowther, Esq., Com- missioner, Fourth Division, Allahabad ; dated 24 March 1842 ... 405 621. b 2 (continued) [ xii ] Pa-e Letter from D. B. Morrison, Esq., Officiating Commissioner, Benares Division, to Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad ; dated 28 Fe- bruary 1842 405 Letter from W. E. Money, Esq., Acting Collector of Mirzapore, to D. B. Morrison, Eiq., Officiating- Commissioner, Fifth Division, Ghazeepore ; dated 29 January 1842 406 Letter from R. N. C. Hamilton, Esq., Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces, to Mr. Secretary Elliot; dated June 1843 408 No. 137. — Resolution of the Government of India; dated 1 February 1845 - - - - 408 No. 138. — Letter from D. Elliot, Esq., Member of the Indian Law Commission, to G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to Government of India; dated 1 March 1845 - - 408 Report upon the Arrangements made in the Presidency of Madras for transferring to Native Administrators the Charge of the Religious Institutions heretofore managed by European Officers of the Government, and upon the Questions referred by the Government of Madras for the Determination of the Governor-General in Council 409 No. 139. — Note by the Secretary ; dated 20 May 1845 426 No. 140. — Minute by the Honourable Sir T. H. Maddock, Knight; dated 10 June 1845 - 432 No. 141. — Note by the Under Secretary ; dated 1 July 1844 437 An Act for amending the Laws respecting Hindoo and Mahomedaa Religious Institutions, in the Presidency of Fort St. George - . . . . 443 Statement, showing the Sum remaining in Deposit in the several Treasuries of the Collectors on 30 June 1843, on account of Pagodas, &c. ; dated 16 De- cember 1843 447 No. 142. — Minute by the Honourable Mr. Millett; dated 16 September 1845 - - . 447 No. 143. — Letter from Secretary to Government of India to D. Eliott, Esq., Member of the Indian Law Commission ; dated 20 September 1845 . - . . . 453 No. 144. — Letter from Secretary to Government of India to Chief Secretary to Government of Fort St. George ; dated 20 September 1845 -----.. 453 No. 145. — Letter from Secretary to Government of India to Secretary to Government of Bom- bay ; dated 20 September 1845 --....-.. 457 No. 146. — Letter from Secretary to Government of India to Secretary to Government of Bengal; dated 20 September 1845 .-----.. 457 No. 147. — Letter from Secretary- to Government of India to Secretary to Government of North Western Provinces; dated 20 September 1845 ...... 459 No. 148. — Letter from Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces, to Secretary to Government of India with the Governor-general; dated 14 August 1846 - - 460 Letter from Secretary to Government of North Western Provinces to Officiating Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces; dated 14 August 1846 461 Letter from Court of Directors to Government of India ; dated 25 August 1841 - 462 Letter from Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, to Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces; dated 5 May 1843 - - 463 Letter from Officiating Commissioner, Agra Division, to Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces; dated 20 May 1842 - . - . 455 Letter from Collector of Agra to Officiating Commissioner of Revenue, Agra ; dated 12 April 1842 465 Jummabundee of Futtehpore Lien Villages --.--.. 467 Letter from Secretary to Government of India to Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces ; dated 20 September 1845 ...... 467 Letter from Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces, to Officiating Secre» tary to Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces ; dated 18 May 1846 469 Letter from Officiating Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, to Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces; dated 14 July 1846 409 Letter from Commissioner of the Agra Division to Officiating Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue ; datea 2 July 1846 --.--... 470 No. 149. — Letter from Secretary to Government of India with Governor-general to Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces ; dated 27 August 1846 ... 470 No. 150. — Lett«r from Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces, to Secretary to Government of India with Governor-general ; dated 27 February 1847 - - 471 [ xiii ] Page Letter from Commissioner, Benares Division, to Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces ; dated 23 April 1846 ---.... 470 Translation of Mr. J. Duncan's Pcrwannah ; dated U November 1788 - - 473 Translate of a Junima VV'asil Bakee, of 1195 F. S. - - . - . 473 Letter from Deputy Collector of Mirzapore to Collector of Mirzapore ; dated 4 February 1846 473 Letter from Sccretary^ to Government, North Western Provinces, to OiTiciating' Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue, North ^Vestern Provinces ; dated 18 May 1846 474 Letter from Officiating Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Pro- vinces, to Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces ; dated 30 Octo- ber 1846 - - 475 Letter from Commissioner, Fifth Division, to Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces; dated 13 October 1846 ------- 475 Letter from Collector of Mirzapore to Commissioner of Revenue, Fifth Division ; dated 10 October 1840 47G Letter from Commissioner, Fifth Division, to Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces; dated 13 October 1846 --..-.- 476 Letter from Collector of Mirzapore to Commissioner of Revenue, Fifth Division ; dated 10 October 1840 477 Letter from Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces, to Officiating Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue ; dated 20 November 1846 - - . 477 Letter from Commissioner, Fifth Division, to the Sudder Board of Revenue ; dated li! January 1847 - - 477 List of Pensioners of the Temple of Bindachul, in Zilliih Mirzapore, as it stood at the end of 1253 F. S., or September 1840 ; dated 8 January 1847 - - 478 List of Subscribers or Pundahs from whom Collections are made; dated 8 January 1847 479 No. 151. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department (Revenue), under date the 25th April 1846 480 Letter from Secretary to the Government of India to Secretary to the Government of Bombay; dated 25 April 1846 480 No. 152. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Honoiirable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department ^Revenue), under date the Cth June 1846 480 Letter from Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Secretary to the Government of India; dated 22 May 1846 480 Letter from Collector of Kaira to Revenue Commissioner, Northern Division ; dated 18 December 1845 481 Letter from Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Revenue Commissioner, Northern Division; dated 12 February 1846 ------- 481 Letter from Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Revenue Commissioner, Northern Division; dated 8 January 1846 --...-- 481 Letter from Secretary to Government of India to Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay; dated 6 June 1846 482 Letter from Secretary to Government of India to Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay ; dated 8"May 1847 482 No. 163. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department (Hcvenue;, under date 26th June 1847 482 Letter from Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay to Secretary to Government of India; dated 7 June 1847 482 Statement of Allowances granted to Native Religious Institutions in the Dis- tricts under the Presidency of Bombay ; dated 7 June 1847 - - - 483 No. 154. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Dcpurtnient (Revenue), under date 2 Janunrj 1847 485 Letter from the Commissioner of the Cuttack Division to Sudder Hoard of I'evenuc ; dated 19 February 1846 •lf'5 Order of the Sudder Board of Revenue; dated 3 March 1846 ... - 486 Order of the Governor of Bengal ; dated 11 March 1846 ----- 486 Office Memorandum ; dated 21 March 1846 485 621. b 3 (continued) [ xiv ] Page No. 155. — Letter from Secretary to Government of Fort St. George to Secretary to Govern- ment of India ; dated 29 April 1 847 -- 486 Extract Minutes of Consultation ; dated 8 April 1846 ..... 486 Official Memorandum ; dated 11 June 1846 ....... 488 Statement, showing the Sums remaining in the several Treasuries of the Collec- tors on account of Pagodas, &c. ; dated 11 June 1846 - • . . 489 Extract Minutes of Consultation ; dated 14 July 1846 ..... 489 Letter from the Accountant-general to Chief Secretary to Government ; dated 10 September 1846 491 Letter from Collector of Trichinopoly to the Accountant-general ; dated 19 August 1846 491 Statement, showing the Sum in the Treasury of the Collector of Trichinopoly on account of Pagodas, &c. ; dated 15 August 1846 - ... - 493 Letter from Secretary to Board of Revenue to Chief Secretary to Government of Fort St. George ; dated 14 September 1846 ..--... 493 Letter from Collector of Tanjore to Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 3 September 1846 493 Extract from a Letter from Collector of Tanjore to Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 26 November 1841 495 Letter from Accountant-general to Chief Secretary to Government; dated 18 December 1847 495 Letter from Principal Collector of Madura to Accountant-general ; dated 11 Octo- ber 1846 496 Letter from Principal Collector of Madura to Secretary (o Board of Revenue ; dated 31 August 1846 497 Memorandum, exhibiting the Surplus Funds of Devastanums in different Zemin- daries of the late Maroongapoory Talook -...-.- 498 Letter from Principal Collector of Madura to Secretary to Board of Revenuo ; dated 11 October 1846 498 Letter from Accountant-general to Principal Collector of Madura ; dated 3 Novem- ber 1846 500 Letter from Principal Collector of Madura to the Accountant-general ; dated 13 November 1846 500 Sums in Deposit in the Principal Collector's Treasury on account of Pagodas, &c. ; dated 13 November 1846 501 Letter from Accountant-general to Principal Collector of Madura; dated 23 Novem- ber 1846 601 Letter from Principal Collector of Madura to Accountant-general ; dated 28 Novem- ber 1846 502 Letter from Secretary to Board of Revenue to Chief Secretary to Government ; dated 8 February 1347 502 Extract Minutes of Consultation ; dated 16 February 1847 - - . . 503 Letter from Collector of Malabar to Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 23 January 1847 503 Extract of a Letter from the Collector of Malabar to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue; dated 30 July 1846 503 Letter from Secretary to the Board of Revenue to Chief Secretary to the Govern- ment of Fort St. George ; dated 1 February 1847 ---.-. 504 Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 22 October 1846 507 Letter from Secretary to Board of Revenue to Principal Collector of Madura ; dated 14 January 1847 508 Letter from Principal Collector of Madura to Secretary to Board of Revenue; dated 31 August 1846 500 Statement of Surplus Proceeds of the Landed Endowments of the Devastanums, &c. of the Shevagunga Zemindary ; dated 31 August 1846 . - . 510 Letter from Principal Collector of Madura to Secretary to the Board of Revenue ; dated 31 August 1846 511 Memorandum, exliibiting the Surplus Funds of Devastanums in different Zemin- daries. Sec; dated 31 August 1846 - - . - . - - .511 Letter from Principal Collector of Madura to Secretary to Board of Revenue ; dated 17 November 1846 512 [ x-v ] Page Letter from Principal Collector of Mudura to Secretary to Board of Revenue ; dated 22 January 1847 513 Statement of the Surplus Funds of Devastanums, &c. j dated 22 January 1847 ol4 Extract Minutes of Consultation ; dated 18 March 1847 516 Petition of the Churchwardens of the Pag-odas in the Zillah of Chingleput to the Marquis of Tweeddale ----------- 515 Petition of the Durmakurtuhs of the Pagoda of Sree Davoroja Swamy, at Con- jeveram, in the Zillah of Ching'leput, to the Marquis of Tweeddale ; dated 22 August 184C 516 Petition to the President and Members of the Board of Revenue; dated 12 July 1846 517 Petition of the Durmakurtahs of Stree Maroondeaswar Devastanum ; dated 29 Sep- tember 1846 518 Petition to the Most Noble the Governor in Council; dated 20 October 1846 - 518 Petition to the President and Members of the Board of Revenue ; dated 28 August 1846 519 Translation of a Tamil Urzy, addressed to the Acting Collector of Chingleput - 519 Petition to the Marquis of Tweeddale; dated 14 November 1846 - - . . 520 Petition to the President and Members of the Board of Revenue; dated 13 August 1846 621 Extract of a Letter from the Board of Revenue; dated 26 November 1794 - 522 Extract of a Letter from Mr. Darmall; dated 10 November 1794 ... 522 Extract of a Letter to the Board of Revenue ; dated 26 November 1794 - - 522 Perwanah granted by the Right Honourable Lord Hobart, President, Gover- nor, &.C., Council of Fort St. George ------- 522 Petition to the Right Honourable the Governor in Council ; dated 23 September 1846 523 Petition to the Right Honourable the Governor in Council ; dated 23 September 1846 524 Letter from Attorney for Ramipillay to Deput}' Secretary to Government of Fort St. George; dated 2 October 1846 525 Petition to the Governor in Council of Fort St. George; dated 16 September 1846 526 Letter from Attorney for Ramipilliiy to OfiBciating Secretary to Government, Fort St. George; dated 27 October 1846 527 From Puramaswara Goorcool Ghencekum, of Streesuptureshaswaraswamyar, in Saulguddy Tulook ; dated 24 November 1840 ------ 527 Petition to President and Members of the Board of Revenue ; dated 4 January 1847 628 Petition to the Marquis of Tweeddale; dated January 1847 - . - . 529 From Meerassidars and Merchants of the Zillah of Tanjore; dated 26 January 1847 530 Memorial to the Marquis of Tweeddale ; dated 16 February 1847 - . - 530 Translation 'of a Malabar Mohezornamah --.-.... 532 No. 166. — List of Petitions; dated 20 April 1847 533 No. 157. — Letter from Under Secretary to Government of India to Secretary to Government, Fort St. George ; dated 22 May 1847 534 Letter from Under Secretary to Government of India to Secretary to Government of India with the Governor-General ; dated 22 May 1847 . - - - 534 No. 158. — Letter from Secretary to Government, Fort .St. George, to Secretary to Govern- ment of India j dated l.'J May 1847 537 Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 12 April 1847 - 637 Memorial to Governor in Council of Fort St. George ; dated 22 April 1847 - - 63» Extract from Minutes of Consultation ; dated 13 May 1847 - - . - 539 No. 159. — Extract from 'the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department ; dated 1 May 1847 . - - 639 Letter from Ofliciating Secretary to Governninnt of India with Governor-general to Secretary to Government, North Western I'rovinces ; dated 3 April 1847 - - 639 No. 160. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department (Revenue) ; dated 22 May 1847 - 540 621. b4 {continued) [ xvi ] Page Letter from Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces, to Secretary to Government of India with Governor-General ; dated 4 May 1847 - - • 540 Letter from Commissioner of Kumaon to Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces; dated 10 April 1847 540 Letter from Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces, to Commissioner of Kumaon; dated 4 May 1847 541 No. ICl. — Extract from the Procceding-s of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department (Revenue); dated 12 June 1847 - 542 Letter from Secretary to Government of India with Goveinor-General to Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces; dated 21 May 1847 ... 543 No. 1G2. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department (Legislative) ; dated 21 August 1847 642 Letter from Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, to Under Secretary to Government of India ; dated 15 July 1847 ------. 542 Minute by the President ; dated 5 July 1847 ..-.--- 545 Minute by Honourable Mr. Chamier ; dated 8 July 1847 - - . - . 546 Minute by Honourable Mr. Dickinson; dated 9 July 1847 - - - - . 546 No. 163. — Letter from Secretary to Government of India to Chief Secretary to Government of Fort St. George; "dated 21 August 1847 546 No. 164. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department (Legislative); dated 16 October 1847 547 Letter from Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, to Secretary to Government of India; dated 21 September 1847 .-..-. 547 No. 165. — Letter from Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, to Secretary to Government of India ; dated 22 September 1847 --..-. 547 Letter from Government of Fort St. George to Honourable Court of Directors ; dated 22 September 1847 543 Memorial to the Court of Directors ; dated 6 August 1847 .... 548 Order of Government on Petition from Churcli wardens, &c. ; dated 20 April 1847 550 No. 166. — Letter from Secretary to Government of India to Chief Secretary to Government of Fort St. George; dated 16 October 1847 -----.- 550 No. 167. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India in Council, in the Home Department (Legislative) ; dated 18 December 1847 551 Letter from Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, to ^ Secretary to Government of India ; dated 1 December 1847 --.... 551 Statement, showing the Surplus Devastanum Funds, &c. ; dated 10 November 1847 551 Statement, showing the Balance remaining in Deposit, &c. ; dated 10 November 1847 552 Extract Minutes of Consultation ; dated 1 December 1847 - . - - . 552 Minute by the Governor of Fort St. George ; dated 9 November 1847 ... 553 Minute by the Honourable H. Chamier; dated 11 November 1847 ... 553 Minute by the Honourable H. Dickinson; dated 17 November 1847 ... 554 Minute by the Governor of Fort St. George; dated 22 November 1847 - - 554 No. 168. — Letter from Secretary to Government of India to Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George ; dated 18 December 1847 ....... 555 COPIES r • 1 COPIES of Communications in relation to the Connexion of the Government of British India witii Idolatry, or with Mahometanism — (In continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 664, of Session 1845). [The last Letter in this Department was No. 42, of 1845.] - No. 1.— (No. i, of 1846.) To the Honourable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. Home Department, Legislative. Honourable Sirs, Para. 1. With reference to your despatches as per margin,* we have now the • (Noted below.) honour -to lay before your Honourable C^ourt, the accompanying Returns from the several Presidencies, concerning the disconnexion of the Government officers from the religious institutions of tlie natives, the minutes as per margin, t which t (Noted below 1 have been recorded by the members of this Board, and the orders which we have issued on the subject to the several Governments. 2. The reports from the Government of Madras show, that in that Pre- p^^^ g^ ^^^^ ^ sidency, where interference in the management of native religious institutions had prevailed to a very great extent, a separation has been effected in regard to their internal administration and the expenditure of the revenues, and also the appointment of oflicers; the question of the management of the lands belonging to such institutions having been reserved for our orders. 3. Much difficulty was experienced in effecting the transfer, in some instances, from European to native agency, and difi'erent modes have been adopted, accord- ing to local circumstances and feelings. In some cases the temples have been committed to the single charge of Rajahs, influential zemindars and dhurraa- kurtas ; in others to committees or punchayets, in which hereditary village officers and the superintendents and priests of the temples have been associated with residents of wealth and respectability. One celebrated pagoda has been committed to the care of a mohunt. 4. Ijefore deciding on the questions submitted by the Madras Government, we deemed it expedient to consult Mr. D. Eliott, member of the Law Commis- sion, whose local experience and knowledge of the administration of that Presidency, enabled him to ofJer several valuable suggestions, which your Honourable Court will find in his lleport, dated the 1st March last. 5. The Madras Government has been now directed to have transferred to the proper native agents, or trustees of the institutions, all the lands belonging to tho.se institutions, after adopting such measures for securing the rights of the cultivators, as shall be considered a suflicient protection by the district officers, excepting the great Devastanum estates, with respect to which we are making further iii{|uiries. 6. It will be observed, that the Madras Government and Board of Revenue at that Presidency, have advocated the retention of the management of the lands " comprising the great Devastanum estates, generally of considerable extent / * No. 7, of lR4n, ,lat.(l 2 June. No. 2, of 1841, datcU 3 Muich, Ucvciiuc. No. 17, of 11)41, .lale.l 2,5 August. .No. 'ir,, of 1844, dated 18 IVii iiiIki, i>initliiliv<-. t Minute l.y the lloiiouialdo Sir T. 11. Muddock, dated II .lune 1845. Minute liv the Honourable Mr. Milklt, dated 15 i5e|.tLiul)tr 184... 62 1 . A 2 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT, OF extent, and occupied by numerous ryots." With respect to these lands, we have requested the Madras Ciovernaient to state wliether, ai'tcr dehvery of pottahs to the ryots, specifying the extent of land, the amount of the revenue and the periods at which it becomes due, these estates might not also be transferred to native agents and trustees, the cultivators having the immediate protection of the visitors and committees, and, when necessary, of the courts of justice. We have called for particulars of such lands as it might not be found practicable to include in the transference ; viz. their extent, the institutions to which they belong, and the reasons why they should be made exceptions. 7. On the supposition that the lands which were managed by the Government officers would not be relinquished, a proposition was made by the Madras Government to resume the endowment lands, and substitute fixed annual pay- ments calculated on a ten years' average of their net produce. Such a commu- tation was stated to have been made in Tinnevelly and other districts ; but we cannot see that any important object would be gained by such an arrangement. 8. There was a large surplus in deposit in the Government treasuries on the 30th June 1843, which had accrued entirely from an excess in the endowments above what was needed for keeping the temples, &c. in repair, and for the due performance of the services and duties intended by the founder. The surplus was estimated at lis. 8,71,118. 7. 3., which we directed shall be held to be at the absolute disposal of the State, and shall be regarded as a fund to be devoted to the public beneht in works of general utility, preference being given as to the locality where the surplus is to be expended to the neighbourhood from which it was derived ; and the education of the people being held forth as the most legitimate object to which it could be applied. Such an appropriation of the surplus funds will accord with the views of your Honourable Court, commu- nicated to the Government of Fort St. George, in paras. 47 and 48 of your despatch dated the 9th May 1838. 9. Two suggestions were made by the Madras Government ; one for an allotment of land to be made for the support of a mosque at Quilandy in Malabar, in lieu of a money allowance [)aid from the treasury ; the other for redeeming certain allowances made to mosques, by the payment to the trustees of a sura of money yielding interest equal to the amount of the excise duty resumed, for which annual payments were made to those institutions. We did not attach much importance to the first arrangement ; the second did not promise any benefit, and was otherwise objectionable. 10. There are some cases of alienations of land and rent for the support of religious institutions in the Kurnool territory. We have directed that all lands held rent-free on our assumption of the Government, shall continue undisturbed till the survey now in progress is completed, and the investigation of rights can commence. We agreed with the Board of Revenue at Madras, that the separate collection of the saderwared allowances should cease, and that the parties entitled to participate in them should receive a fixed sum in lieu, in an annual payment calculated to equal the average amount of the last 10 years of the saderwared itself. We have also sanctioned the continuance of the present money-payments from the treasury in every case where the grants under which they are claimed are found to be valid. Bombay. !'• ^t Bombay there has been a complete separation of the officers of f iovernment from the religious institutions of the natives. The only exception, if it be one, is the case of two villages in the Ahmedabad Collectorate, the manage- ment of which has apparently been continued in the mamlutdar, he paying over to the native committee, without accounting to the Collector, the revenue as realized, to be appropriated to the objects of the grant, viz. the support of a temple and the maintenance of j)ilgrims. 12. There appear to have been but few cases in Bombay, compared with the other Presidencies, where the revenue officers have had the charge of endowment lands. The transference in these has been effected with little difficulty, and it is gratifying to observe, that no apprehension is entertained of injury to either the institutions or to the ryots, from the change in the management. Bengal. 13. With reference to your Honourable Court's despatch, No. 17, 1841, dated the 25th August, the Government of Bengal submitted the discussions which had taken place on the subject of Regulation XIX. of 1810. The late senior member of the Board of Revenue i)roposed a modification of that law, whereby native agency would be substituted for the control of European public officers INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 3 ofBccrs in the management and appropriation of funds set apart for native reli- gious establishments. From this proposition the junior member difiered, and suggested that matters should be left as they were. The late Deputy-governor of Bengal, differing in opinion with both members of the Hoard, recommended the repeal of the Regulation in all its parts, but with prospective effect. 14. We think that it is necessary so to modify the law as to make it corre- spond with the practice. 1.5. The only case of direct interference on the part of the European officers of Government with the administration of a native religious in.stitution in the Hengal Presidency, was that of the temple of Juggernauth, the lands belong- ing to which have been made over to the Rajah of Khoordu. IG. In your despatch No. 25, of 1844, your Honourable Court suggested, that any lands yielding an annual produce equal to the present money-payment, viz. Ks. 35,780. 9. 0. per annum, which might formerly have belonged to the temple, should be re-transferred to it. 17. The Report of Mr. Mills, the Commissioner of Cuttack, which, together with the sentiments of the Sudder Board of Revenue, we have the honour also to transmit with this despatch, shows that, although there were formerly assign- ments of the revenue of certain lands appropriated to the temjjle, there were no other particular mchals exclusively set aside for the support of the temple, besides the Suttais Hazaree estate, which has already been restored to it. 18. Mr. Mills proposed to purchase lands yielding produce equal to those assignments, for the purpose of making them over to the temple ; but it was found that there would be considerable diflficulty in acting on this suggestion. 19. Under these circumstances, it is suggested, that the most reasonable course would be, to place the endowments of the temple as nearly as possible on the same footing as we found them on the acquisition of the province, and to discontinue the payment of any sum in excess of the funds then existing. 20. From particulars which your Honourable Court will find detailed in our Secretary's letter of the Gth September last, we had reckoned that the amount •which, on the withdrawal of the present payment, Rs. 35,738. 9. (>., will have to be substituted, would be 22,860 rupees, or thereabouts, in lieu of sayer abohshed, and assignments on the revenue which have long since been approjjriated by the State. In consequence of further explanations from the local authorities, we have adopted their computation, according to which the annual payment would be 23,321 rupees. 21. We have requested the Government of Bengal to effect an adjustment of this matter, and to report the result lor communication to your Honourable Court. 22. The only other case of endowment lands in Bengal, administered by the revenue authorities, is that of Syedpore estate, by which the Hooghly Imambarah is supported. One-ninth share of the profits of this estate is devoted to educa- tion, the remaining eight shares being paid 'over to the trustee, to be appropriated to the purposes, rehgious and charitable, specified in the touleat-namah (deed of bequest). 23. The Government of Bengal advocated the retention of the manage- ment of the estate, because a portion of the profits is devoted to educa- tional purposes. We have not concurred in tliis opinion. We think that Regulation XIX. of 1810 of the Bengal Code, and Regulation VII. of J817 of the Madras Code, should be repealed, and that the local governments should be empowered, by an Act of the Legislature, to provide for the ajjpointmcnt of com- mittees to discharge the functions which the existing Regulations above named recjuire the Boards of Revenue and the local agents to perform, in reSj)ect to endowments for the support of the religious institutions of the natives, and that the Syedpore trust estate should be administered under this new law, like all other endowments. 24. We are about to take into consideration a law for the administration of these trusts by committees, which shall be free from the objections entertained to the Bengal and Madras Regulations, There is no such regulation in the Bombay Code. 25. The returns from the North Western Provinces showed several instances North Western in which the officers of Government exercised more or less control over native I'^vuicca. religious establishments. In some of these cases we have ordered an immediate transfer of the management to native agents, to be appointed by the parties most interested in the institutions. ^'o- 2&3. Honourable Court in para. 2(1 of our despatch in the Legislative Dej)artmcnt, No. 1, of 1846, dated 7th January, will take efi'ect from the commencement of 1254 Umlce, the three first instalments for 1253 Umlee having been already disbursed. — No. 5. — (No. 20, of 1847.) To the Honourable the Court of Directors of the East India Companv. ^"""^ l>eparfmcnt, '■ ' Legislative. Honourable Sirs, We have received from the Government of Fort St. George a report of the proceedings of that Government, pursuant to our instructions, reported to your Honourable Court in our despatch No. 1 of 1S4G, dated 7th January, for dis- connecting pubUc officers with native religious institutions, for transferring to native managers the lands belonging to these institutions, and for the disposal of the surplus funds remaining in deposit in the Government treasuries, to their credit. 2. The Government of Fort St. George has mistaken our instructions respect- ing the appropriation of the surplus funds, by proposing to apply, we think, an undue proportion of such funds to purposes of general provincial education. It would ajipear that some representations from public officers, and remon- strances by petition, were addressed to the Government on the subject, and we have considered it fit to point out, that the proposed large appropriation from the accumulated surplus to purposes of general provincial education, without pro- viding for other legitimate wants, or consulting the local advantages of the par- ticular districts from which such funds have been derived, is not in accordance either with our views or with those of your Honourable Court We have accordingly requested the ^Madras Government to reconsider their orders on this branch of the subject. We have, &c. (signed) 2\ H. Muddock. F. MUlett. F. Currie. Fort William, 7 July 1847. C. H. Cameron. — No. 0. — Extract from a Despatch from the Government of India to the Honourable the Court of Directors in the Home Department (Legislative) ; dated 12 February 1848, No. 7. 40. In continuation of the letter from this depart- SucccssionamonfitiiciUwaisdftiic nimloo Temples ment, No. 8, of 1847, dated 17th April, we beg to .. "' 'h« i^'^vincc <.f Kmnao... U.i 1 • ■ ,■ Ilonie Cons., 1 RIuv 1!!47, No. 2. ic accompanying papers on the subject ol sue- Hlvcuuc 22 No. 10. cessions among tiie rawals of the temples of Budrenath, ,. „ 12 June ', No. 4. Kednarnath and Gopesrr, in the province of Kumaon. •i-'i. A3 — No. 7. — Leg 6 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF — No. 7. — Extract from a Despatch from the Government of India to the Honourable the Court of Directors in the Home Department (Legislative), dated, 4 July 1848, No. 23. Surplus Pagoda Funds. 58. These papers relate to the appropriotion of the surplus . Cons., 2! August 1847, No. 2.5 to 29. Pagoda Funds on which the Government of India and the IG October „ No. 8 to 12. r-^ ,• ii ^ Oi. /-< t • i j- 18 Dec. ,, No. 5 to 13. Government ot L ort St. George were at issue, and regarding which the Government of India addressed your Honourable Court in their Legislative Letter, No. 20, of 1847, dated the 7th July. — No. 8. — Extract Legislative Letter to India ; dated, 17 March (No. 4) 1846. India Revenue Letter, dated 4 July (No. 11) 1844. (Paras. 11,12.) Supcrintcndonce of Native Religious i4_ The proceedings reported in thesc paragraphs are Institutions in South Arcot. approved. No. 9.— Legislative Depart- ment. Superintendence of Native Itcligious Institutions. (No. 9, of 1846.) Our Governor-General of India in Council. In your letter of the 7th January (No. 1) 1846, you have reported the measures taken under your directions, for discontinuing the connexion of the Government officers at the several Presidencies, with the religious institutions and ceremonies of the natives. We entirely approve of your proceedings on the subject, and are happy to learn that the end in view has been so satisfactorily prosecuted. We are, &c. London, 20 May 1846. (signed) J. W. Hogg. H. St Gtorge Tucker. Sic. &c. No. 10.— Legislative Depart- ment. (No. 8, of 1847.) Our Governor-General of India in Council. Para. 1. In your letter in this department of the 17th April (No. 8) 1847, you have brought to our notice the arrangements in progress in the North-western Pro- vinces of Bengal, for withdrawing the interference of the officers of Government with the affairs belonging to native reUgious institutions. Of those arrangements we entirely approve. 2. We have also had before us a letter on the same subject, from the Government of Fort St. George, of the 2.9th April (No. 24) 1847. In our despatches to that Government of the 5th April (No. 2) 1843, and 3d January (No. 1) 1844, we apprised them that all measures for the purpose in question had been specially committed to your superintendence, and we desired that as it was of importance that such measures should be framed on uniform principles, they should be guided by the directions regarding them which they might receive from you. We observe accordingly, that, under date the 20th September 184.'), you entered upon a review of the several questions which were raised in the correspondence referred for your consideration by the Government of Fort St. George ; and we concur in the general tenor of the instructions which you addressed to that Govern- ment. 3. Among other points, you adverted to the disposal of the available surplus of funds deposited in the Government treasuries to the credit of religious insti- tutions ; the management of which had been transferred to native administra- tors. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 7 tors. That surplus had been reported by the Accountant-general, as amounting on the 80th June 1843, to 8,71,118 rupees, and you inferred that it had " accrued entirely from an excess in the endowments, above what is needed for keeping the temples, kc, in repair, and for the due performance of the services and duties intended by the founder." With regard to the disposal of this surplus, you signified to the Madras Government, that in your opinion it " should be regarded as a fund to be devoted to the public benefit in works of general utility, preference being given as to the locality where the suri)lus is to be expended, to the neighbourhood from which it was derived, and the education of the people being held forth as the most legitimate object to which it should be applied." 4. The Madras Government, acting on these instructions, and having before it a statement of the surplus fund prepared by the Accountant-general up to a late date, came to the resolution, that in those districts in which the surplus was inconsiderable in amount, it should be ai)propriated entirely to works of p\d)lic benefit, at the discretion of the several Collectors, but that in five districts in which the aggregate surplus was stated to amount to 10,80,4G8 rupees, the sum of 2,80,468 rupees only should be applied to local purposes, leaving 8,00,000 rupees, which the Government gave directions for transferring to the General Education Fund of the Presidency. 5. We find that two successive Collectors of Tanjore, in which the surplus amounted to 4,85,65G rupees, had represented to the Madras Government in very strong terms, that as the surplus Pagoda Funds in that district had always been appropriated to purposes of local utility, such as roads and bridges, in which the convenience and advantage of the inhabitants were deeply concerned, it would give cause for great dissatisfaction if those funds were diverted to general instead of local purposes, or to any object in which the people took no interest. We find also, that the Collector of Madura represented to the Madras Government, that the impression under which your instructions on the subject were framed, viz. that the surplus had accrued from an excess in the endowments above what was needed for the repairs and ceremonies of the pagodas, was not well founded. 6. We feel assured that you have made it your object, as far as practicable, that the measures in progress for withdrawing all interference on the part of the officers of Government with the religious institutions and ceremonies of the natives, should afford no just ground of complaint, and, under that impression, we desire that you will take into consideration the circumstances to which we have adverted, and will furnish the Government of Fort St. George with such instructions regarding them as may seem to you to be proper. We transmit for your information a copy of the letter of the ])resent date, addressed by us to that Government. We are, &c. (signed) H. Si. George Tucker. J. L. Lushirigton. London, 8 September 1847. &c. &c. — No. 11.— (No. 2, 1840.) Our Governor-General of India in Council. Lopislative Depart- Agra Revenue Narrative (N. W. P.), l.'> March (No. 1) 1847. (Para. GO.) Further arranijrincnts for witliilrawinRi the iuterfiTcniT of (lovcrniiiciit (pllicrrs with native rclicioiis institutions. Tlic live huilJings connceteJ / Para. 1. Approved, with a .shrine at Kuttchpore, to be preserved uiiUer public autliority. -* Agra Revenue Narrative, 12 May (No. 2) 1847. (G4, 05.) Further arrangements for witlulrawini,'-! the interference of Government oliicers witli native'. 2. Approved, religious institutions. J ^>2i. A 4 Legislative inent. PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Legislative Letter, 7 July (No. 20) 1847. Legislative Letter, 4 July (No. 23) 1848, p. 58. Direction, given to the Government of Fort St."! 3 ^e entirely approve of these itt- George with regar.l to the disposal of surplus tunas > . 1 • 1 i • 1 1 belonging to native religious institutions. J StruCtlOUS, WhlCtl correspond With the tenor of our remarks on the same subject, communicated to you in our des- patch in this department, dated the 8th of September (No. 8) 1847. Revenue Letter, 25 September (No. 14) 1847. (4.) With statement of allowances to native re-~\ 4. It appears from this Statement, ligious institutions under the Presidency of Boiuhay. / that the allowances in monev, grain or land to native religious institutions of all descriptions under the Presidency of Bombay, amounts to 6,98,593 rupees per annum. Agra Revenue Narrative, 15 October (No. 4) 1847. (205 and 209.) Measures adopted for the diseon-"! luanco of interference with native religious insti- ]■ 5. Approved. tinuance tutions. Revenue Letter, 27 November (No. 18) 1847. > 6. Approved. (12.) The reduced annual payment of 2.3,.321 rupees to the Temple of Juggernaut has taken effect from the commencement of 1254 Umlec. Governor-general's Judicial and Revenue Narrative, 7 August (No. 4) 1847. Governor-general's Judicial and Revenue Narrative, 7 September (No. 7) 1847. Governor-general's Judicial and Revenue Narrative, 7 February (No. 2) 1848. (1.) A compensation of 1,000 rupees, granted in consequence of its having become necessary, for_ military purposes, to stop access to a small temple in the fort of Saugor. 7. We observe that the priests have declined to accept this sum, and that the Commissioner is adverse to any larger amount being offered. Governor-general's Narrative, 7 February (No. 2) 1848, para. 11. Ten Beegahs and 46 biswas of land continued rent-") free in perpetuity for the support of two small j, 8. Approved, pagodas. J London, 17 January 1849. We are, &c. (signed) /. L. Lushington. A. Galloway. &c. &c. Revenue Depart- ment. Dated 10 October 1842, No. 444. Rev.. 5 July 1842, Nos. 74 and 75- Rev., 10 July 1842, Nos. 1 & 2. — No. 12.— (No. 1,389.) From Walter Elliot, Esq., Acting Secretary to Government of Fort St. George, to F. J. Halliday, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Government of India. Sir, Para 1. Referring to Mr. Secretary Maddock's letter (No. 182) dated 1st November 1841, 1 am directed by the Most honourable the Governor in Council to transmit, for submission to the Honourable the President in Council, the accompanying copy of a communication from the Board of Revenue, conveying the sentiments of the revenue officers in the provinces as to the probable result, in the event of the landed endowments of the native religious institutions hitherto managed by the officers of Government, being given up to the management of agents appointed for their superintendence. 2. A despatch on the general subject of the arrangements in regard to the administration of the aft'airs of native religious institutions being under prepara- tion, his Lordship in Council has taken the opportunity of communicating to the Honourable Court the letter from the Board of Revenue, now forwarded to you. 3. I am desired also to transmit, in continuation of the letter to your address, dated 26th July 1842, No. 902, the further correspondence which has taken place INDIA WITH IU<.)LATRV, UR WITH .MAHOMETANISM. g j)lace relative to the arrangements lor wilhdrawint^ the interference of thcotiicers Xor'af^^dl-''^^' of Government with native religious establishments. Rcv.fis Oct"i842, , 1 ., No3. 2ij ami '.'(>. I have i^-C Hev., 8 Nov. 1842, (signed) H olUr I'Jllot, Xos. 5, « nnU 10. Acting Secretary to the Government Rev., 2u Nov. i84r Fort Si. George, 29 Xoveml)er 1«42. — No. 1:3.— (No. 44.4.) From ./. J). Bourdithu, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, to the Acting Chief Secretary to Government ; dated 10 October 1842. Sir, Para. 1. Tn pursuance of tlic order of Government, conveyed in an extract from the .Minutes of Consultation, dated 1 1th December 1841 , the Collectors of the districts noted in the margin,* were furnished with copy of para. 1 1 of the Board's '(See below.) proceedings of the 24th "March last, and reciucsted to report their sentiments on the (juestion propounded by the Honourable the Court of Directors; viz. what would be the result if the landed endowments of the native religious institutions hitherto managed by the officers of Government, were given up to the manage- ment of the individuals or bodies appointed to superintend the institutions them- selves. 2. The replies of all those officers have now been received, and are herewith submitted lor the consideration of the Most honourable the Governor in Council.! It will be seen that three | of them are unreservedly opposed to the transfer, considering that the result would be oppression to the ryots and decay to the institutions from mismanagement of the lands. Of the rest, the Collector of South Arcot is of opinion that the ryots, in lands wholly free from Government demand, would be better of!" than those on the lands of Government, only because the possessors of Surwamunum enams are without the means, under existing laws, of enforcing their rights. It is not necessary to notice what this officer says regarding lands partially free, as it was never contemplated that any given up to private management should be of this description. '1 he Collector of N. orth Arcot suggests some trilling precautionaiy measures which would be sufficient, he thinks, to guard the ryots from injustice. The Principal Collector of Madura recommends, that the endowments situated within the zemindaries of Hamnad and Shivagun;za should be given up to the managers of the respective pagodas ; but with regard to those within the Government talooks, although of opinion that the existing law provides for the security of the ryots from oppression, he nevertheless recommends that such lands should be retained in the hands of Government. 3. Besides the replies above noticed from officers specially consulted on this question, the Hoard have received the sentiments of some others expressed inci- dentally in their rej)orts on the general subject. The Princijfal Collector of 2G Novenil>er 1841, Tanjore, in his able report on the davastanums of that province, declares his j"^^°"'' *^ ^'^'^^ opinion, that the retention of the lands is " due as a measure of justice to the agriculturists, whose contracts and engagements have been made in expectation of it." The Collector of 1 riciiinopoly, on the other hand, considers that the lands "may^ be made over without compromising the interests of any party ;'" and again, "the II lands attached to tiie pagodas consist of 23 entiiv villages, and detached portions of land situated in 91 villages. The ready money collections are already, in numy instances, made by the head-men and others, who take a principal part in pagoda aH'airs. The revenue from topes, and lands not con- para. VI sisting • III Cons. 17 Jaiiuiiiy 1IM2 ; Cliiiii;]r|>ut, Saliin, Nmtli .\iTot, Suutli Arcot, M.ulura iiiul Timievellv. t From the Colli-ct.ir i.f('hiiii,'lf|iul. Till i" ('oiis. I'.t May ll!42 ; from tlio l'riiKi|ii\l C'llettor of Salem, Hull ill Cons. 2H April 1842; from the Collector of Nortti Aivot, 'Itli in Cons. 18 .Vpiil 1842; from the Collector of South Arcot, K'th in Cons. 2.'! May 1842; from the Principal Collector of Mtiduru, ttthiuConn. 2.'" April 1842 ; from the Collector of '1 innevclly, 10th in Cons. 16 September 1S42. t ChiiiL-lcput, Salem ami Tiiinevclly. S Letter. Jttli .\iigii?t, in Cons 2G August 1841. para. D. I Letter, 4 Sc-ptembir, in Cona. :iO Spun.ti-r 18-11, parus. 35 uuJ 38. 6.M. B 10 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF sisting of whole villages, is also, in many instances, collected without the inter- ference of the circar servants, and I am not aware of any reason why all the lands should not be entrusted to the management of the trustees. Tiie riglits of the agriculturists will not in any way be affected by this measure." Mr. Onslow here refers to villages now actually enam, but managed by the officers of Govern- ment, and not to lands resumed long ago on the substitution of a tusdeek ; as regards the ryots, however, both cases are the same. Tlie Collector of Malabar recommended* that the lands belonging to two pagodas, but under circar management, should be given up to the manager appointed, and this proposal was supported by the Board, t and approved and sanctioned by Government; J but the tenure of land in Malabar is such as to make the transfer there safe and proper. 4. The sentiments of the Board on the question, in opposition to such transfer 24 March 1842, jj^ general, are set forth at length in the proceedings above adverted to, and thev paras. 11 and iz. , ~ . ^ ,. - ^ i • , •' have since seen no reason to modiiy them. 1 hey desire, however, to point the attention of Government more particularly than was bL'fore done to the case of lands granted in former times to pagodas or other institutions, but resumed very many years ago in exchange for a money allowance, and whose very extent or situation is now unknown. It is, of course, necessarily impossible that these lands should be given up in lieu of the tusdeek. (signed) /. D. BourdUlojt, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. 10 October 1842. — No. 14.— From J. Goldingham, Esq., Acting Principal Collector, North Arcot, to the Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 6 April 1842. Sir, Para. 1. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of extract from the proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 24th ultimo, relative to the manage- ment in future of pagoda lands. Two points are involved in the reference on this subject. 1st, The demands of the principle on which the orders of the Honourable the Court of Directors are founded ; and, 2d, The claims of the ryots. 2. In reirard to the first, the relief contemplated would be incomplete if the management of the pagoda lands is retained in the hands of the Collector. The principal would remain dissatisfied, and a partial measure now would only be embarrassing hereafter. The question, however, does not present any difficulties in this district, as there are no lands belonging to pagodas under the management of the Collector. The pagoda revenue in this district is derived from tusdeeks and the land. ^Ihe former is a commutation effected many years ago, and will continue as it is ; it amounts to Rs. 2(J,941. 4. 7.§ annually, which will be paid to the trustee of the pagoda, unaccompanied by any application to render an account, unless called upon specially to do so. The latter consists of ancient alienations of land, dry, wet, garden and tope ; these yield annually about Ks. 70.730. 4. 11.: as these lands have never been under the management of the officers of Govern- ment, they will continue as heretofore, the trustee assuming the n)anagement of them; any interference on the part of the Collector is not called for. 3. If lands belonging to pagodas have been heretofore under the Collector, the demands of the principal that they shall no longer continue under that officer without sufficient cause shown, are imperative. The separation must now be made, and, in this case, all that appears necessary is, that the nomination by the trustee of the person to manage these lands, shall be subject to the confirma- tion of the Collector. The pay of this person should be fixed, and regularly dis- charged, • Letter, 4 September, in Cons. "October 1841, pnra. 7. + Letter to Chief Secretary, 7 October 1841, para. 0. t Extract Minutes of Cons. 20 November, in Cons. 6 December 1841, para. 3. § This does not include tnpaty : the payments on account of tripaty are about R3. 32,528. 1. 8. per annum ; but as these are made out of the oneriugs, they do not strictly come vmder the heads of tusdeek.. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY. OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. n charged, to secure respectability and efficiency, and the individual should be liable to dismissal by the Collector, under the orders of the Board of Revenue ; a duly fjualitied person will thus be secured. This and the existing regulations would appear to be sutficient for maintaining without infraction the rights of the ryots ; cither this course, or a commutation, as formerly, may be adopted Where rates of assessment liave been fixed, the person entrusted Avith the management must be required to conform to these, as well as to the mode of settlement hitherto in force. (signed) J. Goldlvgham, Acting Principal Collector. North Arcot. Principal Collector's Cutcherry, Chittoor, ()• April 1842. — No. 15.- From J. Btackhurt}, Esq., Principal Collector, iVTadura, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George : dated 9 April 1842. Sir, Para. 1. I had, on the 4th instant, the honour to receive the extract from the Board's proceedings of the 24th ultimo (para. 11), communicating copy of minutes of consultation of the 11th December last, and calling for my opinion with the least possible delay. 1st. On the expediency of retaining pagoda lands in the charge of Government, in order to secure protection and justice to the ryots. 2d. On the suggestion that in all lands where the revenue has been fixed for a term of years, the collection of the revenues should be realized by the trustees charged with superintendence of the religious institutions. 3d. Taking care that the above suggestion ap])ly to entire villages, or distinct portions of villages, the revenue of which has been distinctly defined, and a pottah or lease issued to each ryot, but that in all villages where the religious institutions derive only a limited portion of the revenue or government share of produce in form of per centage of fees, in all such, revenue administration must remain with Government ; and, 4th. That provision should be made for charges of irrigation and management being deducted before making over the net revenue of pagoda lands to their use. 2. In my letter of the l.')th Fchruar\' last, I recommended, after much con- sideration of the subject on which my opinion is now required, that the pagoda land endowments in the large zemindaries of Ramnad and Shevagunga never having been under the charge of the Government officers any more than the institutions themselves (except when the estates also were under temporary sequestration), should be abandoned to those from whom they were taken, or left with these with whom they are, and that all pagoda land endowments situated amongst and surrounded liy the Government lands, the management of which has always been in the Company's ofhccrs, shall remciin with them, and the revenue, or the allowance fixed in lieu of it, should alone be made over to the managers of tiie institutions. .'}. The Board will consider if my reasons for advocating a different course under the vai-vinir circumstances of these two kinds of land be sufficientlv strong, and whether the principles be two, or one onlya modilicationof the other, rendered desirable from circumstances. I look upon all land endowments from Ibrmer or present governments as rcsuniable by the existing Goverimicnt, where no treaties bind to the contrary, and as such, that the Government always have the ])o\\er to resume the administration of the land, and appropriate only its proceeds to the object for which it was first given, and I am of opinion such a practice is very common, and in the same way, 1 am of opinion, the Government have right to resume administration of private land endowments, and make over their proceeds alone to the purposes for which they were alienated, in all cases where the descendants of the original donor have disappeared ; and this also appears to me to have been an usually understood practice. 4. The executive officers, to whom, in most cases, it would be necessary to abandon land endowments, in case it be decided their revenue shall not be col- (iji . B 2 Iccted 12 PAPERS OX CONNEXION OF THE GOVL^RN.MEXT OF lected by Government officers, would be pundarums, or other religious votaries, utterly unskilled in the nature of revenue affairs, and sometimes being selected from distant colleges, ignorant even of the language of the people from wliom their revenues are to be derived. 5. Within the last few years I have had, as the Board must be aware from my periodical reports, much experience of the mismanagement of endowed huids on a very extensive scale in the zemindaries of llamnad and Shevagungah. I have proved to them the increased revenues of the latter in my hands, and 1 have assured them that the circumstances of the ryots had eiiualiy improved as respects the endowed lands of Ramuswarum in Uamnad, which is alluded to in example bv the Court of Directors. I feel sure (though I have no documents before me) that 1 am within the mark when 1 state my belief, there is more than one year's revenue, averaging 35,000 rupees, at this moment outstanding in balance as^ainst the ryots. The advocate for abandonment of the lands to such persons must not draw from this an argument in his favour, as a proof of the leniency of the pundarum towards the ryots ; on the contrary, it should be looked upon as caused by imbecility, partiality, or as a means of obtaining a more decided hold over the persons and property of the ryots, for the balances are not remitted to them, are, perhaps, in many cases, fairly liable to dispute, but after being j)assed over for a length of time, when the same, or, on his decease, a newly elected pundarum would enforce his claim by summary or legal i)rocess to recovery of the arrears, the ryot has no longer the means to contest his right, and is liable to impoverishment and incarceration 6. I am of opinion, too, that it is a matter of hardship, if not of injustice, to a ryot to deprive him of the right of paying his taxes direct to the officer of Government, without his own consent being obtained to its receipt through the intervention of another party. 7. Finally, though believing the law provides for the security of the ryot from oppression if land endowments intermingled with that under direct control of the Company's officers be made over to pundarums or other trustees, still I am of opinion it is much more desirable to preserve possession and management, and make over periodically the fixed allowance*, where such are secured on land yielding an additional revenue besides, without any deduction for tank repairs or management. That the management should be retained, as in this coUectorate has ever been the practice of tliuse lands, the whole Ciovernment profits of which have been appropriated to pagodas, and the net revenue, after deduction of tank repairs, should continue to be paid periodically, and that the land endowments in the large zemindaries of Ramnad and Shevagungah should be restored to or left in the hands of those who have hitherto been in possession, leaving the zemindars, under the courts, the right to resume the management, and make over only the proceeds of the institutions, or to act towards them precisely as far as the law will allow ; in fact leaving them in the same relation to the zemindars, by whom and by whose ancestors such lands have been alienated, as other endowed lands are to the officers of Government. Madura, 9 April l84->. (signed) J. Blackburue, Principal Collector. — No. IG. — From ./. D. Gleig, Esq., Principal Collector, Salem Zillah, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George; dated 19 April 1842. Sir, Para. 1. I have the honour to acknowledge the orders of the Board, de- spatched 31st ultimo, conveying paragraph 11, of extract from their proceedings, dated 24th March 1842, and requiring my sentiments on the points proposed for consideration in the Minutes of Consultation, dated 11th December 1841. 2. The Court of Directors, in their despatch of 27th August 1841, seem desirous of giving up to the management of the pagoda officers the lands formerly belonging to the devastanums, but subsequently resumed, and the points on which the Board require my sentiments, appearing to be the difference which would take place in the condition of the cultivators were such a measure carried into effect, I can have no hesitation in stating, that I think the condition of the cultivator INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, Oil \MT1I MAHOMETANISM. 13 cultivator would be worse bj- many degrees, than if he continued to hold his lands direct from the Government. 3. The dithculties he would experience in losing the different village privileges as described by the Board, do not exist in this district ; but the first and greatest loss he would experience would be in exchanging a Uberal landlord for one who does not know what liberal means. Among the Government ryots balances are never allowed to hang over ; if the cultivator cannot pay, unless under very unusual circumstances, his balances are remitted. Under a native landlord this never takes j)lace ; the balances arc left hanging over him to keep him on his ground, and to secure his subserviency to any orders the landlord may impose. When once in arrear, he has no resource but obedience or a gaol. Under such circumstances he is subject to numerous petty annoyances, for which he fears to complain ; his ploughs, his labour are liable to be called in request, and at times extra payments are expected from him on extra occasions. 4. The greatest evil, however, and one to which the Government would, 1 should think, scarcely be inclined to subject a cultivator who has been enjoying their protection for 40 years, would be the liability he is subject to, of having his money-payment changed for a payment in kind. To this, there is no doubt, it would come at last ; that all the better lands would be held on warum, and the poorer and less productive would be left on a money settlement. o. In order to show the injustice which might be occasioned by this, we may suppose a family having liad possession of lands since the settlement, and been enabled during that period to bring them to a state of superior productiveness. The average teerwah on pooniah is about Ih rupee an acre, and, at a very moderate average, the acre will yield six pootees of raggay, each of which at a low average valuation is worth two rupees, so that, holding of Government, he pays for this acre of land li rupee, retaining for himsLif lOi rupees; but if he is obliged to give a warum share, he will have to pay six rupees to his land- lord, retaining only six for his wages and profits. 6. I also fear that giving over the lands, instead of the present money pay- ments to the devastanum, will be the cause of preventing very many of the parties from consenting to take charge of the churches ; they are already sensible of the suspicion which will exist against them, in their duties as curators of the pagodas ; but if to the charge of superintending the expenditure be added also that of collection on pagoda lands, the burden will be such, that I am sure the greater part ot the moie respectable parties will refuse to act. There is but one opinion among the people regarding the measures of Government, which is, that they are calculated to ruin the pagodas, by the malversation of the parties into whose hands they are to be placed. (signed) J. D.Gleig, Salem Zillah, Trij)atore, Principal Collector. Principal Collector's Cutclierry, 19 April 1842. — No. 1 /. From A. Frccse, Esq., Principal Collector, Chingleput District, to the Secretary tu the Board of Revenue, l-'ort St. George ; dated 7 May 1842. Sir, Para. 1. I havk the honour to acknowledge the receipt of an extract from the proceedings of the Board of Revenue under date the 24th March, giving cover to a transcript of a despatch from the Honourable the Court of Directors, and extract of the Minutes of Consultation thereon, and desiring me to submit my sentiments on the proposal of transferring the whole of the lands and villages appertaining to the ditierent temjiles, but now under the management of the Government olficers, to that of their respective trustees. 2. '1 he survey assessment on each separate field in these villages having been completed, and the demand fi.ved, it might ap|jear at first sight that an adequate protection was secured to the actual cultivators, and therefore that ihcrc could be no objection to the immediate transfer of tiie villages to the management of the individual trustees, or their authorized agents ; but experience has clearly shown, that mere protection against ihe demand of unauthorized taxes is not the only point necessary to preserve the actual cultivators and meerasdars or heredi- '1^1. B 5 tarv 14 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNiMENT OF tary landlords from poverty and ruin ; for should the controlling authority neglect the reservoirs or other means of irrigation, the cultivator and inerassidar will be equally impoverished, even perhaps without having to pay one single rupee of revenue, because the land, by cultivating which their daily bread is obtained, must, in consequence, remain fallow, or, should it be cultivated, will not, from a deficiency of water, yield a remunerating produce, whilst tlie demand is fixed and unfluctuating. 3. These very causes have led to a great portion of the villages being taken out of the hands of the trustees and their agents; for, through their neglect and mismanagement, not only had the revenues decreased below the sums required for the maintenance of tlie institutions, hut the Government peishcush or quit- rent remained unpaid. NVhilst large tracts of land that formerly yielded a support to the inhabitants, were abandoned. If the decay of the villages and consequent decrease of revenue affected only the interests of the respective institutions, I should be iuchned at once to relinquish them to the charge of the trustees ; but as I conceive the happiness and prosperity of a large body of people depend on the continuance of the villages under the control of the Government authorities, it will, I think, be inexpedient to relinquish the management of them. 4. When the villages were originally assigned for the support of the institutions, that which was given was merely the proportion of the grain, or its equivalent in money, which would accrue to the Government as revenue ; and though the collection of the revenue was then left in the hands of the persons controlling the ati'airs of the temples, &c., the mere retaining the management of the villages in the hands of the officers of Government, paying over to the trustees the net revenues realized, cannot be viewed in the light of a material interference with the internal concerns and economy of the temples, wliilst the protection that is thereby afforded to the merasdars and cultivators is that only to which they may justly lay claim. 5. Under these circumstances, I do not consider it expedient to transfer the management of the pagoda and temple villages now in the hands of Government to the trustees of the respective institutions. Chingleput District, (signed) yi. Freese, Collector. Collector's Cutcherry, Pullecarnay, 7 May 1842. — No. 18.— From C. H. Hallett, Esq., Collector, South Arcot, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 10 May 1842. Sir, Para. 1. I have the honour to acknowledge extract from the Board's pro- ceedings of 24 March last, enclosing extract from the Minutes of Consultation of 11 December 1841. 2. It appears to me, that in the question involved in these papers, all conside- ration of the exact tenure of the lands alluded to has been omitted, and I am induced to think that this point materially affects the general subject. Letter from s. W., 3. For it has been decidedly laid down, that where no rent is paid to the .latc.i 6 Feb. 18,32 Government, an enamdar or freeholder of land has the power of distraint. lorwavded in Board s » ,. , . , ,, , i , i .• ^ i i. .^ r o»ri ■% ij nn Circular of 7 June 4. In South Arcot almost all the pagoda lands, estimated at lb,^-l\^ pags. I'i.t. 28c. 1832. ppr annum, for which on assumption a money compensation was granted, were sur\a maneim, or entirely free ; of the lands now held by pagodas esti- mated at Rs.65,97G. 11. 11. per annum, lis. 65,344. 4. 5. are surva manumeim, and Rs.632. 7. G. only pay a rent. If cast on the whole original lands held by the pagodas, the proportion of the latter to the former will be % per cent. ; if only on those now held, it will be 1 per cent. 5. On the records of this office there are no instances of complaint by a ryot or cultivator of surva mouneim land against his landlord ; there has occasionally been one against the tenant, but it has been the custom always to refuse assistance. It is well known that these lands are rented on more favourable terms than those regularly assessed, and I am confident that the cultivator has all the advantage on his side ; for when the summary power of distraint does not exist, while thecultivator by everv act withholds payment, the sole resource of the INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 15 the landlord is a court of law, in which he immediately sees the folly of pursuing his tenant, who is invariably a pauper. 6. With respect to lands which pay any annual rent, if restored, the trustees or raanajrers of them must be considered mootahdars, and then Regulation V. of 1822 becomes the protection of both sides. 7. If generally the proportion of the surva niauneim to the other description of lands is in at all the same ratio as in South Arcot, the question will, I think, be very much narrowed, and it a\ ill be necessary to ascertain the exact tenure of the entire lands before a fair conclusion can be arrived at. 8. My own opinion is, that with perfect safety to the interests of the culti- vators, the surva mauncim lands may be restored to the pagodas or their trustees, but that the latter will be worse oti' than with a commuted money allowance ; that the lands |)aying rent can only be restored to the inconvenience of the land holder, the tenant and the Government ; tor quarrels betw een mootahdars and rj'ots are sure to arise, and never to end, and that, to do justice to both parties, and to ensure the first object, viz. complete non-interference in all cases where the Collector's control is withdrawn, the lands should be held by Government, and a money compensation, calculated on the actual cultivation of 10 or 1-5 years, granted in heu. South Arcot, Chelumbrum, (signed) C. t1 . Hulldt, Collector. Collector's Circuit Cutcherry, 10 Mav 1842 — No. 19.— From //. C Jlfo7itgomerj/, Esq., Collector, Tinnevelly, to the Secretary to tlie Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 10 September 1842. Sir, Para. 1. In my letter of the 22d April last, reporting on the devastanum establishments of this district, and written subsequently to the receipt of the extract from the Board's jiroceedings of the 24 March, I expressed my opinion on the points therein submitted ibr my consideration ; in consequence of your letter of the 25tli ultimo, I have now the honour to state, that the control of lands alienated for the support of the religious institutions, whether the revenue has been fixed for a term of years (w hich is not the case in Tinnevelly) or not hitherto held under the immediate management of the otiicers of Government, cannot, I believe, without detriment to the interests of all parties concerned, be transferred to the trustees or agents appointed to the charge of the institutions. The avowed cause for the assumption of some of such lands in this district, was the mis- management of the jiagoda agents of the time, which was so injurious to the interests of the Government to whom revenue was payable, and to the persons cultivating, that nothing but the measure of depriving the agents of all power over the lands was thought sulHcieiit to prevent their being sold for arrears of revenue. 2. In many cases where lands the property of pagodas are held, engagements have been made with the cultivating ryots, under the full expectation that they were to look to the Government alone as their landlords ; in Tanjore, for instance, the paracoodies of the villasres belonging to some of the large pagodas have agreed to the fixed assessment on the lands they cultivate, and a certain amount of the payments made is carried to the credit of the f)agoda as the mcerassy varem. I'liat these men entered into these engagements under the firm con- viction that they were to continue under the sole control of the (Government officers, is as clear as they would justly have cause of complaint were these lands to be transferred to that of the pagoda managers. 3. In Tinnevelly the greater part of the pagodas are supported by a fixed tusdeek, or ready-money allowance paid by Government ever since the assump- tion of the district, in lieu certainly of lands resumed by the Government preceding; but what these lands consist of, or where they are situated, is unknown ; they have long since merged into the general jjroperty of the district, and the transfer of them cannot under any circumstances be made; as before stated, the ground rj.Apnra. 4, <;ir U-t- for resuming the rest, was the mismanagement of the revenues by the Brahmin coiu.',.}'7ot'TUinc- Matators, and it can hardly be .supposed that similar mismanagement would not volly, 22 April again occur, were the control entrusted to persons having neither jjersonal nor {".'j^ls^umKb- pcrmanent interest in the property. li.slimcnis. '>2i. " B 4 I. The Hi PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVEllNMENT OF 4. The Board, in tlieir proceedings, have so correctly depicted the vexatious interference to which the cultivators of the soil would be liable under the administration of the new trustees, and the inadequacy of the protection that could be afforded to the cultivator, that there is no necessity for further remarks on those points as far as Tinnevelly is concerned ; besides these considerations against the relinquishment by Government of the management of these lands, there is in favour of their final assumption, and of the allotment in lieu of a fixed tusdeek, the advantage that this measure would place all the religious establish- ments on an equal footing, and maintain one regular and uniform system throughout the district. (signed) H. C. Montgomtry, Tinnevelly, Teneusey, Collector. 10 September 1842. (True copies.) (signed) R. Cimlife, Deputy-secretary to Government. — No. 20. — (No. 13.) From J. Blackburne, Esq., Principal Collector, Madura, to the Secretary to Government, Fort St. George ; dated 25 June 1842. Sir, In reference to the Government Order of the 1 7th instant, communicated with your list, notice of the 21st idem, I have the honour to inform you, I have not as yet received any instructions from the Board of Revenue respecting the Pra- malai Devastanums. (signed) /. Blackburne, Madura, 25 June 1842. Principal Collector. (No. 832.) The Right honourable the Governor in Council observes, that the Principal Collector of Madura should have addressed the Board of Revenue on the subject of the Pramalai Devastanums. The Board will communicate this observation to Mr. Blackburne. (signed) John Orr, Fort St. George, 5 July 1842. Acting Chief Secretary. (True copies.) (signed) W. CunUffc, Deputy-secretary to Government. — No. 21.— (No. 10.) From P. B. SoioUett, Esq., Acting Agent to the Governor, to the Ciiief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, dated 14 June 1842. Sir, Para. 1. At Mr. Conway's express desire, preferred in an official address, copy of which is annexed hereto, 1 have the honour to request you will submit, for the consideration of the Right honourable the Governor in Council, the accom- panying original conmiunicatioii from that officer, with enclosures, having refer- ence to the measures taken in this district, to relieve the officers of Government from further interference in the internal management of native religious insti- tutions. 2. Mr. Conway's reference, so far as I understand it, is, as a matter of com- plaint, inappropriate and aimless, and is moreover devoid of any useful suggestion that could be practically applied. From the tenor of the correspondence sent, and from the printed allusion therein to the refusal of the Board of Revenue to forward a previous remonstrance to Government on the same subject, it might perhaps be supposed that the Board had treated with disrespect every endeavour of the local authorities to obtain relief from duties which Government and the home authorities had ordered them to bt; freed. Tlie very reverse is the case. Upon INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 17 Upon the receipt of the instructions from the Honourable the Court of Directors, the Board of Revenue desired the Collector and Agent to the Governor in Vizigapatam to submit his opinion of the steps necessary to give full effect to the Court's orders, so far as they seemed ajiplicable to this jirovmce. Mr. Arbuthnot did so in his letters under date the 17th July and 28th Aujzust 1841, and the Board and Government approved and sanctioned that officer's arrangements. 3. Mr. Conway, on succeeding to the temporary charge of the district, repre- sented to the Board, that Mr. Arbuthnot's arrangements did not provide for the management of some pagodas in the Vizianagram estate, under temporary charge of the officers of Government, consequent on the Rajah's absence at Benares, and he suggested some further measures in regard to them, calculated to make the withdrawal of Government interference complete and final in respect to these institutions likewise. The Board desired to know the sentiments of Mr. Arbuthnot's successor on this point before determining finally, but Mr. Con- way would brook no delay, and requested his application might be laid before Government at once, which was refused. In the end, however, the suggestion was sanctioned on my recommendation, and thus every measure conducive to the attainment of the object in view, which seemed practicable and necessary to the local officers, has been unhesitatingly adopted and sanctioned by superior authority. 4. Notwithstanding, then, that everything has been done in this district which Mr. Conway himself, while in charge, considered to be adequate, some vague apprehension seems still to pursue him, that duties may be possibly required of him which his conscience would not permit him to perform. What these are, or what is alluded to, 1 hav^e no means of judging ; but reference having been made to Regulation VII. of 1817, I trust I may be permitted to express a hope that Government will not sanction the rescission of this Regulation without at least substituting an equal stringent and efficient enactment to protect the religious and charitable endowments of the State from waste and misappropria- tion. This property requires and deserves to be efiiciently guarded from v\aste and decay ; and the more prompt the law's remedy, and the more immediate the redress, so much the more salutary and beneficial will the enactment be regarded by the people whose interests and property it is designed to protect. (signed) P. B. Smollett, Vizagapatam District, Bimlipotam, Governor's Agent's Cutcherry, 14 June 1842. Acting Agent to the Governor. From T. Conway, Esq, Principal Assistant to the Agent to the Governor, Viza- gapatam, to the Acting Collector of Vizagapatam ; dated 10 June 1842. Sir, I HAVE the honour to request you will have the goodness to forward the accom- panying letter, with its enclosures, to the Chief Secretary to Government, for the purpose of being laid before the Right honourable the Ciovernor in Council. 1 am led to request the direct transmission of these papers to the Government, in consequence of the Board of Revenue having declined, on a former occasion, to forward an appeal made by me on the same subject, and I observe that their final orders on the subject of that appeal have not provided for the complete withdrawal of State interference in the affairs of the pagodas, which the Honour- able the Court of Directors and the Government of India have recently ordered to be effected. (signed) T. Conway, Priu^ Asst. to the Agent to the Governor. Vizagapatam, 10 June 1842. (True copy.) (signed) P. B. Smollett, Acting Agent to the Governor. (True copies.) (signed) R. Cunliffc, Deputy Secretary to Government. 621. C -No. 22.- i8 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF — No. 22.— From T. Conway, Esq., Principal Assistant to the Agent to the Governor, Viza- gapatam, to the Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George ; dated 14 June 1842. Sir, Para. 1. I have the honour to request you will have ihe goodness to lay before the Right honourable the Governor in Council the accompanying copies of correspondence, having reference to an interference, which, on a recent occa- sion, when in charge of the district, I found to be existing on the part of the Collector, with the affairs of the nagodas of the Vizianagram zemindary, originating solely in an accommodation to the Rajah on his departure to Benares. 2. The Board of Revenue, upon my bringing the subject to their notice, deferred to comply with my suggestions for its removal, until they had received j\Jr. Smollett's opinion as to the expediency of adopting them, and ordered that the existing mode of administration should not be disturbed. They declined, moreover, to forward an appeal which I desired to make to higher authority on the subject, as, after the receipt of such instructions, I was apprehensive lest an omission on my part to undertake the duties might seem to be an improper opposition to the orders of my immediate superiors. 3. The final result of the question has been the sanction of the Board of Revenue for the adoption of the measures first suggested by me ; Mr. Smollett having concurred in them, " as being unobjectionable, as causing a small saving of expense annually to the estate, and tending to promote the prosperity of the villagers allotted to them, and being acceptable to the parties interested ;" but at the same time he has pointedly shown, " that the arrangements afford but a temporary relief, and that such measures are inadequate to effect a complete severance of State interference in the atlairs of the pagodas, while Regulation VII. of 1817 is unrepealed." The Board, in tiieir reply, have virtually assented to the accuracy of this view ; and thus, if I w^ere again called on to discharge such duties, I should be placed in the very circumstances which the Honourable the Court of Directors have designed to remove. 4. I respectfully hope that the circumstance of my having brought the matter to notice in the prescribed course, when placed in a situation requiring me to do so, and the desire I have of knowing whether the forecited Regulation is or is not to be considered rescinded, as a rule of practice, in consequence of the recent orders from the home authorities, may be admitted in justification of this appeal to his Lordship in Council. (signed) T. Conway, P' Asst. to the Agent to the Governor. Vizagapatam, 14 June 1842- (True copies.) (signed) R. Canliffe, Deputy Secretary to Government. — No. 23, — From T. Conway, Esq., Acting Agent to the Governor, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 7 February 1842. Sir, Para. 1. With reference to the concluding paragraphs of Mr. Arbuthnot's report on the management of the Vizianagram zemindary, during Fusly 1250, bearing date the 17th ultimo, I have the honour to request, that you will have the goodness to submit, for the consideration of tlie Board of Revenue, the following observations, which I respectfully beg leave to make, with the view of obtaining a more complete withdrawal of the interference, by the officers of Government, with the affairs and interests of the pagodas in that zemin- dary, than the arrangements made by Mr. Arbuthnot have, in my opinion, provided for. 2. Those arrangements are to the eftect, that the administration of the funds allotted to 13 pagodas out of 20, hitherto vested in the Revenue Ameens, has been INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 19 been transferred to G . Veneatareddy, the private agent of the zemindar ; but the villages appropriated to certain other pagodas, are continued under the manage- ment of the Collector. 3. I here beg leave to request the attention of the Board to an important feature in reference to these pagodas ; viz. that at the period of the assumption of the countrv, the Government did not involve themselves by forming any engagement in respect to the ready-money allowances allotted to them, or in the management of their revenues ; but the interference which now exists, originated with the management of the zemindaiy by the officers of Government, and, therefore, only as an accommodation to the Rajah. 4. The annexed Statement (A.)* exhibits the names of the paoodas, together with their respective allotments, either of money or lands. The Statement (B.) shows what villages (now appropriated to pagodas) are entered in the permanent settlement accounts and permanent cowle, as jerreyetty or mocassah, and I shall here proceed to give a brief account of the nature and origin of the resources of each pagoda. 5. Certain villages were allotted as mocassahs to this pagoda ;t but there is a discrepancy between the permanent settlement accounts and the cowle in respect to the number, as will be seen by reference to Statement (B). I am aware, that by Regulation XXXI. of a. d. 1802, the Government are not bound to respect these lands as mocassahs, in virtue of their being entered in either one or the other ; but the courts have invariably acknowledged the permanent accounts to be the correct data, and the Board j themselves have recognized, in reference to the village of Toomapollum, that so long as the zemindary remains the property of the Vizianagram zemindar, the alienations shown by those accounts cannot be disturbed. 6. 'i he Rajah, from his position in the country, has always been considered at the head of its aflTairs, and formerly expended large sums for the improvement and in the expenses of this pagoda. He took the management of the villages allotted to it in his own hands, and substituted a stated allowance of 1G,000 rupees, reserving to himself the right of collecting the offerings and pilgrim tax, &.C. If the zemindary should at any time lapse to the Government, it will be for them to decide then whether the villages shall be continued to the pagodas, or otherwise, but it is evident that they are now considered the property of the pagoda, and the money allowance substituted by the Rajah merely an arrange- ment considered by him most conducive to its welfare. He has always expressed himself desirous of meeting the wishes of the Government in all matters relating to his zemindary, and I trust the Board will sanction my request, that his private agent be placed in charge of these villages, as the constituted endowment of the pagodas, at the same time leaving it at the option of the Rajah to make good any deficiency which may result in the resources of the pagoda by the arrange- ment. 7. The Statement (C.) which accompanies, exhibits the kham dowle and col- lections of the aforesaid villages of the three years at the time of the permanent settlement, and also of the last Fusly 12.')0, by which it will be observed, that the gross proceeds of those villages then fell far short of the amount of the 2)re- sent allowance to the pagoda. 8. The allowance to the pagodas from 2 to 14, originated in a gift from the pri- vate purse of the Rajah, and would be necessarily discontinued on the lapse of the estate to Government. Mr. Arbuthnot has made a distinction between seven of them and the remainder,^ by authorizing G. Veneatareddy to draw upon him for the allowances granted to the latter, and the worshi])pcrs to draw the allowances allotted to the former ; this distinction he appears to have made because, when we took the management of the zemindary, it was found that the affairs of the 13 were under the immediate direction of the Rajah, and those of the remaining 7 had been left to the worshippers themselves. J'his distinction appears to me to be unnecessary to observe, and must lead to the conclusion, that they are received in a more favourable light than the others; and 1 therefore trust, that the Board will approve of my having authorized G. Veneatareddy to draw for the amount allotted to these also, thereby leaving the responsibility of the faithfid payment of those allowances to him, as tlie agent of the Itajah in such matters, in lieu of retaining it myself. 9. The villages attached to this pagoda || are entered in the permanent settlement accounts and permanent cowle also as mocassah to the pagoda. Vide p. 25. f Vunmaciialmu Vinlianaisimlia Swamy, No. 1. ;}: J'^idc Letter from the Acting Secretary, Mr. Uiissell, dated 13 Jul V 1818, { Sic in ori;;;innl. 0:2 1. C 2 The Rajah retained II Pudmaiiahasw.imy. * Stree Jujganadha- swamy and llamu- tertus\vam3'. Vide Statement (B.) No. 3 and 0. t 1. ^'anoogOl)ala- swamy. 2. Jugga- nadhaswaiuy. 3. Ramaliugaswamj- and Narrainaswara- samv. I'tde State- ment (A.)No. IG, 17 and 18. I Stree ('oonnun and Catepilly. 20 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF retained the management of them in his own hands in order to secure the inte- rests of the pagoda. My only desire is, that a distinction shall not be main- tained between this pagoda and the one mentioned in the succeeding paragraph, or between the mocassah villages of any private individual, which are in no instance retained in the hands of the officers of Government for the purpose of securing the better interests of the individuals concerned ; and I beg to suggest, that G. Vencatareddy may be allowed to represent the Rajah in the management of the lands allotted to it, instead of myself. 10. The villages attached to these pagodas* are entered as mocassahs, and have always been under the management of the M-orshippers. 11. The villages appropriated to these pagodas f are entered in the accounts and cowle as jerojetty, the net proceeds having been allotted by the zemindar since the settlement for the service of the pagodas. They are in consequence resuraable, and the present appropriation of their revenues liable to cease with the interest of the Rajah in them ; and it will be obvious, that so long as the management is retained in the hands of the officers of Government, the resources of the pagoda are dependent on their successful administration or otherwise. Several jeroyetty villages are now in the possession of members of the Rajah's family ; so the transfer of these to the management of G. Venkatareddy, so long as the Rajah wishes them to be set apart for the particular object to which their revenues are now ajipropriated, will not place them in a singular position, and I have therefore to solicit authority for making them over. 12. These two pagodas J are differently circumstanced to the above-men- tioned. The lands of the former village were a gift to the Rajah's ancestors from the then zemindar of Purlah Kinedy, and the latter from the Caukerlapoody people of Rajahmundry. They are both included under the head of jeroyetty in the permanent settlement accounts and cowle, and in those accounts a money allowance of 4,000 rupees and Rs. 2,203. 4. 2. respectively, is shown to have been then allotted for their support. Subsequently, the allowance has been increased by the Rajah. I have no objection to make, in reference to my present position in regard to these, though I am of opinion that the prospective position of the Government in regard to them is worthy of their notice, considering the general interest which now prevails on the subject of the connexion of Government v/ith the pagodas, &c. of the country. 13. I should acquaint the Board, that I understood from Mr. Arbuthnot, that the reason why he proposed to continue the villages above-mentioned under his own management, was in consequence of the instructions conveyed in para. 3 of the letter from Government under date the l'2th June 1841, but I am led to think that those instructions are applicable to the management of lands attached to pagodas differently circumstanced to those now under reference. 14. In conclusion I beg to observe, that the aumeens of Cateepilly, Streecoor- mum and Simhachellum are still deputed to collect the rents of the gardens distinctly attached to these pagodas, and also of the pilgrim tax, &c., and these rents are put up annually to the highest bidder, through the agency of the Col- lector. I am quite aware that the zemindar is entitled to collect these rents, as they form a set-off against the ready-money allowances granted by him ; but I respectfully beg that his agent may be the party to superintend their collection, and not myself, or the officers subordinate to me in my capacity of an officer of Government. 15. The Appendix, Statement (D.) will show in detail the nature of the rents alluded to. (signed) T. Conway, Acting Agent to the Governor. Vizagapatam District, Vizianagram Zemindary, Circuit Cutcherry, 7 February 1842. No. 24. — IXDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 21 mcnt. — No. 24.— Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 3 March 1842. Revenue Depavt- Read the following letter from the Acting Agent to the Governor at Vizaga- patam, dated 7 February 1842. (Here enter No. 4.) The I'oard think that it would be better that the arrangements reported in Mr. Arbuthnot's letter of the 17th January last, as those under which he had left the management of the pagoda villages belonging to the Vizianagram zemin- daiy, should be allowed to remain in force until .Mr. Smollett shall have assumed charge of the district, when they desire to be furnished with his opinion as to the expediency of the alterations suggested in the foregoing letter. (A true extract.) (signed) R. Porte); Acting Secretary. — No. 25.— From T. Conuat/, Esq., Acting Agent to the Governor, Vizigapatam, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 15 March 1845. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of an extract from the proceed- ings of the Board of Revenue, dated 3d March 1842, convejdng their opinion that the pagoda villages belonging to the Vizianagram zemindary should be allowed to remain in the position they were left by Mr. Arbuthnot, until Mr. Smollett shall have assumed charge of the district. As this decision imposes upon me the duty of iiow making the settlement of the villages which are devoted to the support of pagodas only recently taken under the protection of Government, and as I cannot thus act in behalf of the absent Rajah without giving a real attention to the interests of the pagodas in question, a duty painful to my conscience, and one which the spirit of the order of the Court of Directors and Government of India contemplates their servants should be relieved from even in resjjcct to pagodas situated in their own estates, I retjuest that my former and present letter may be submitted for the information and orders of the Riirht honourable the Governor in Council. 'O' V'izagapatam Zemindary Cutcherry, 15 March 1842. (signed) T. Conway, Acting Agent to the Governor. — No. 26.— From T. Conu-ay, Esq., Acting Agent to the Governor, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 25 March 1842. Sir, Adverting to my letter of the 15th instant, I have the honour to enclose copy * and translation t of an urzee addressed to me by the aumcen of Stree- • Omitted, coormum, by which the Board cannot fail to observe, that the interference in the ^Vide'So.ii\\\^.^. affairs of the pagodas of this district by the officers of Government, has been but partially withdrawn, and I respectfully recpicst that copy of this conununication and its enclosure may be transmitted to the Rigiit honourable the Governor in Council, in lurther support of my former reference. (signed) T. Comvay, Acting Agent to the Governor. Vizagapatam, Governor's Agent's Office, 25 March 1842. C21. C3 — No. 27.— 22 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF — No. 27.— Revenue Uipait- ExTKACT from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 4 April 1842. uieut. Read the following letter from the Actine: Collector of Vizagapatam, dated LO March 1842. (Here enter No. G.) The Board have received official intimation of ]Mr. Smollett's having arrived at Vizagapatam and assumed charge of the district ; it does not appear neces- sary to take into consideration the request contained in the foregoing letter. Mr. Smollett's early attention will he requested to the instructions conveyed in the Board's proceedings of the 3d ultimo. (A true extract.) (signed) R. Porter, Acting Secretary. — No. 28.— Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 11 April 1842. Read the following letter from the Acting Agent to the Governor of Fort St. George, at Vizagapatam, dated 25 March 1842. (Here enter No. 9.) The matter alluded to in the foregoing letter will be disposed of by the pre- sent Acting Collector of Vizagapatam, with reference to the Board's proceedings dated the 4th April 1842. (A true extract.) (signed) R. Porter, Acting Secretary. — No. 29.— To the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George. Sir, Para. 1. In an extract from the Board's proceedings of date the 3d ultimo, it was directed, that my opinion should be submitted on the expediency of a measure suggested by Mr. Conway to vest the revenue management of certain \illages forming the endowment of pagodas situated in the Vizianagram zemindary, in the native agent of the zemindar, instead of retaining them, as they now are, under the direct superintendence of the officers of Government. 2. The number and value of the villages in question have been already shown in INIr. Conway's letter of the 7th February last, and the statements which accompanied that communication ; these are chiefly alienations for the support of the Simachellum Pagoda, entered as such in the permanent settlement accounts. The Rajah had assumed possession of the villages, managing them on his own account, and granting a commuted allowance to the pagoda of 16,000 rupees per annum, a sum which considerably exceeded the average col- lections derived from the lands. 3. This assumption of the villages by the Rajah was clearly one for the benefit of the pagoda, to secure its revenues, and was not intended to deprive the foundation of its legal endowment. 4. Since the management of the Vizianagram zemindary has been undertaken by the officers of Government, the system introduced by the Rajah has been con- tinued. The settlement of the villages has been made by them, the collections carried to account, and payment of 16,000 rupees per annum has been annually made to the pagoda. The collections have in no year, I believe, equalled the donation, and in some thev have fallen crreatlv below that amount. 5. Mr. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMKTANISM. 23 o. Mr. Conway has suggested, that the revenue administration of the villages may be entrusted to the private vakeel of the Rajah, and tliat the receipts be by him appropriated to the purposes of the pagoda. This arrangement appears to me to be unobjectionable ; it will be a small saving of expense annually to the estate, it will promote the prosperity of the villages, and it will not be unac- ceptable to the parties interested. i). A similar cause of proceeding is recommended in reference to the pagodas noted in the margin,* the endowment of which comprises eight villages ; they are in like manner managed directly by the officers of Government, and they only differ from those villages of the Simhachellum Pagoda in this, that the net collections are paid to the servants of the pagodas, and not a commuted allowance. 7. I have directed that the settlement of these villages and the pagoda rents be proceeded with as usual for the present year ; but I will take steps to give eft'ect to the arrangement proposed by .Mr. Conway, for the future years, at the commencement of the ensuing Fusly, unless the Board see objections to the measure. 8. The arrangement lias little tendency, in my judgment, to effect a complete severance of state interference in the affairs of pagodas, and is not recommended by me on these grounds, w^hile Regulation VII. of 1817 is unrepealed; and until some new enactment shall define the course to be observed in these mat- ters, the control of the Collector must, I conclude, be exercised as authorized by that Regulation, whenever well authenticated complaints of malversation or mal-administration of the funds of those institutions are brought before him. \'^izagapatam Zemindary Cutcherrv, G April 1842. (signed) P. B. Smollett, Acting Agent to the Governor. Pudnanalcuiii Poosbpagerry Vauougopaiilu- -1 swainy . 1 Dausunnapett* Juggunnada- I swamy - J ^'izianag^am ^ Ramalinga- I swamy arn' Narrainaswara swsDiy :■: • 1 ...J meut. — No. 30. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 28 April 1842. Revenue Dcpavt- Read the following letter from the Acting Collector of Vizagapatam, dated G April 1842. (Here enter No. 10.) The Board sanction the arrangement proposed to be made in regard to the settlement of the \-illages alluded to in paras. 2 and 6 of the foregoing letter, from the commencement of the ensuing Fusly. (A true extract.) (signed) R- Poi'ter, Secretary. (True copies.) (signed) T. Coinvay, Principal Assistant to the Agent to the Governor. (True copies.) (signed) R. Cunliffe^ Deputy Secretary to Government. — No.31.— To Maharajastry T. Conway, Es(|., Acting Agent to the Governor, &c. &c. &c, Arzee from Chreekoopilly Ramiah, Ameen of Sree Coormum Tanah. I BEG leave to state, that, on advertising for a longtime throughout all the villages under my jurisdiction, as well as in the neighbouring villages, by communicating with the "tahsildar of Wadadah and the head of police of Chicacolc, for the purpose G21. 04 of 24 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF of obtaining proposals for the rent of the gate, and for that of the pots, firewood, &c., sundry farms of the Si-ee Coormum village for the Swamy's feast — Dola- yatrah, two proposals only have been received from Curnum Vencunah, of this place, viz. one for the gate-rent for 226 rupees, and the other for the pots, fire- wood, &c. for 85 rupees. I then sent for some other persons, with a view to put them up at auction, and thereby raise the amount ; but they said that as they are well aware of the losses sustained by the renters in the last and the preceding- years, and of the trouble they have undergone in making good the amount of the rent, they could not otfer proposals ; after my having stated that the season is now favourable, and they Avould sustain no loss as in the preceding years, Chumpadah Seetiah, an inhabitant of this place, offered 10 rupees more on the pots (firewood, &c.) farm, being a proposal for 95 rupees. Although I have used my best endeavours, yet nobody has bid higher for the gate-rent than Vakiah. As the feast is approaching, I beg leave to forward the aforesaid two proposals, together with a statement of the average amount of the five past years, and hope you will receive them, three in number ; considering existing circumstances, I do not think that any higher proposal will be made, still I am using my best endeavours on the subject. The 11th increasing moon of the month of Palgoonum, on which the Bhuggundah (or red powder) Feast falls, is at hand, and in case of any proposals for higher sums are brought in, there will be hardly any time even to make a reference to, or obtain an answer thereto from you. I therefore pray for your orders to rent out the said farms to a higher bidder, should there be one, or in failure to put them in possession of the above-mentioned persons. The gate-rent farm having commenced on the first increasing moon of the month of Palgoonum, it has been kept under aumany for these five days, and 35 dules have been collected. If these farms are kept under aumany, I, with reference to the amount collected by the renters in the last and the preceding years, fear whether the amount now offered could be realized or not. I represent all these circumstances to your honour, and will act in the manner yon may direct. I beg leave to repeat, that as there is no time to be delayed, your honour will furnish me with orders as soon as possible. (signed) Chreekoopilly Ramiah, 18 March 1842. Ameen. Makam, Sree Coormum. (A true copy.) (signed) JR. Cunliffe, Deputy Secretary to Government. 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O. d -= s to d O w o -2 a a a d -a a 3 S k. o o O ^ o B d ^ H a "adOOOOOO tc a s 5 S S £ C d a a H "d d •a o o o 2 03 t. o o o a> d ii ii " ? .3 .t: .^ .r tp JQQQ g .a d •o a !t O o O B g a a d a a il to tf d a> C -3 d o o o O •=0 S > CO o — it n ■^ la '^ f OB o •-• e) to -f" o> o D 26 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (B.)_STATEMENT, showing the Villages at present appropriated to Pagodas, and entered in the Permanent Settlement Acts and Permanent Cowle, as Jerooyetty or Mocassahs. As per Permanent Settlement NAMES of SWAMIES. Names of Villages according to the Account received from As per Permanent Cowle. Acconnts. No. the Record Keeper. Jeroytee Villages. ..'^g" Mocassahs. Harums. Jeroytee Villages. Agra Harums. Mocassahs. 1. Sinimachellum Varaha Lu- Simachellum Purganah : chimmursimma Swamy. 1. Addivarum - - - - - 1 - - 1 2. Carassah . . - - — 1 - - 1 .3. Peddagaudy 1 - — - - 1 4. Eroovadah - - - 1 — - - - 1 6. Jerrypatoolapallem 1 - — - - 1 6. Cliemalapclly - - 1 — — 1 7. Maddavadarah - - 1 - — 1 8. Poorshotapoorum - - - 1 - - 1 9. Askapilly . - - I - ~ ~ - 1 10. Porloopallem 1 - — — - 1 11. Vapagoontah - - 1 — — 1 12. Gopallapatum — - 1 — — I 13. Gorintah - - - - - 1 - - 1 14. Capparadah . - - - - 1 - - 1 15. Venkatapoonim — — 1 — — 1 16. Moongadah - - - - - 1 - — 1 Zerroomoolah tax - Patnoor Purganah : — — "~ ~ ~ 1 - 11 - - 16 2. Pudnranabha Swamy - 1. Moocherlah - - - - - 1 — '- 1 2. Gorlapatah - - - - - 1 - 1 3. Ceroostapoorum - — — 1 — 1 4. Jagenty Agraharum — - 1 — 1 — 5. Zirromolah tax ~ ~* ~ ~ 1 _ 4 _ 1 4 Strejaganadah Swamy Sembam Purgannah : * 1. Surraswarapoorum 3. — — 1 - _ 1 Streecoormah Nadda Swamy 2. Potayulsah - - - Streecoormum - - - - 1 ~ - 1 — - 1 1 - 1 1 4. _ - - - 5. Soomaswarah Swamy - Cottapilly . - - - - - - 6. Pooshapagherry Vanoogapalah Swamy. Vizeanogarum Ramalinga Arumtavaram of Patnoor Purganah. 1. Palanky of Bogapooram - - — _ - - - - 7. - - - - Swamy Pudnabhum Nar- ramaswara Swamy. Purganah. 8. Dassamnupattah Juggunatha Swamy. 1 . Doomadah of Gandreadoo 2. Kanapaka of Rajoolavulsa - - - - 9. Ramateerda Swamy - 1. Peellavalsah of Rajoola- vulsah Purgunah. Bagapoorum Purganah : 1 - 1 - 2. Deenapattah - - • - - 1 - - 1 3. Nalevadah . . - - - 1 - - 1 4. Zungadapilly - - - 1 - - - - 1 • Zeeroomala tax — — "" - — — 1 1 2 - 1 3 12 2 18 6 3 24 The Villages appropriated to this Pagoda are under the direct management of the worshippers. (A true copy.) (signed) R. Cunliffe, Dep> Sec> to Government. STATEMENT, INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR \MTH MAIIOMETANISM. 27 00 •k 00 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 , 1 X f. •^ CS 3 J 2 ^^ ^^ u < P CI o CI ■* -* ^ ■* 1 OS ■* «4 u; r-* r-« 1— t ^^ l-N <-H »-• C/3 _1 "1< w «■ C5 "H ■^ „ r» -* 00 r-4 i^ s CS t>« CI . re 1 TO 00 6 iA J CI I ■* c» 1 1 CI -t CI Ol 1 CD TO ei f^ 1—" >-■ r^ f^ 1-^ _^ <— « >.0 cs t CO 00 00 •^ •* cs 13 •«* '^ a -r r^ l>i t>. 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"a 00 a s t a (A 03 3 03 J3 C9 -a a "o 'S. a E > a C3 C3 J3 tn 2 03 s .— ■« Oh ,5 a a 1 E 3 3 cu C3 a .g "3 ■a a g 1 2 a C3 ■a 1 C3 ■0 01 ft} 00 § 03 Oh 3 a 0) ^ < U! a. —3 S Ph < b f- > cu S d is ■^ o» n ■*' to l-^ ■ai OS 6 -■ ci re -1" ■■■5 to' t^' a a o O 8 rcO c to a. o b2i. u 2 STATIiMENT, 28 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (D.)— STATEMENT, showing the Rknts of Pagodas in Fusly 1250. No. Col. 1. NAMES of VILLAGES. 2. Suveaedy Rent. 3. Oil Rent. 4. Bazaar, Pots, &c. Rent. 5. Cappantamburn Rent. 6. Rent of Gate of Pagoda. 1. 2. 3. Simhachellum Pagoda Tax Strcecoormum Pagoda Tax Colapilly Pagoda Tax 840 - - 150 - - 244 - - 278 4 - 150 - - 1,009 - - 326 - - 840 - - 150 - - 522 4 - 150 - - 1,335 - - GARDEN RENTS. 1 . Lovah Garden. 8. Gagrow Garden. 9. Bapagio Garden. 10. Jack Garden. 11. Cocoa-nut Garden. 12. Boaclierauze Garden. 13. Bungariah Garden. 14. Simhachellum Pagoda Tax Streecoormum Pagoda Tax Colapilly Pagoda Tax Total. 1. 2. 3. UO - - 6 - - 26 - - 20 - - 415 - - 200 - - 65 - - 20 - - 692 - - 200 - - 140 - - 6 - - 26 - - 20 - - 615 - - 65 - - 20 - - 892 - - 15. TOTAL RENT in the Gerealty Dowle under Pagoda. RENTS IN THE MOTURPHA DOWLE. 20. 16. Buttermilk and Plantains Rent. 17. Bazaar Rent in tbe Savarety Feast. 18. Annual Arrack Rent. 19. TOTAI, GRAND Simliacliellum Pagoda Tax Streecoormum Pagoda Tax Colapilly Pagoda Tax TOTAL. 1. 2. 3. 9,085 - - 804 4 - 3 - - 38 14 9 24 - - 65 14 9 3,085 - - 804 4 - 65 14 9 3,889 4 - 3 - - 38 14 9 24 - - 65 14 9 3,955 2 9 Particulars. — Col. 4. Simhachellum Pagoda Tax : Bazaar, &c. Rent Pot Rent - Streecoonnum Pagoda Tax : Bangle Rent Pots and Firewood Beetel-nut Rent - Vegetable Rent - Firenood Rent - - 230 - - 14 - 15 144 67 20 27 Total 244 - 278 4 522 4 Particulars Col. 17. Oil Rent - Arrack Rent Toddy Rent Boats' Rent Bazaar Rent Total - 10 - - - 10 8 - - 4 8 . 3 _ - . 10 14 9 • 38 14 9 (A true copy.) (signed) li. Cutiliffe, Dep\ity Sec. to Govt. —No. 32.- niciit. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 29 — No. 32. — (No. 863.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date the 14th July 1842. Rcvonuc Dopnrt- RE.\n the following Letter from the Acting Agent to the Governor of Fort St. George, in V'izagapatam. Fonvards copy of a letter and Enclosures rccsived") from Mr. Conway relative to Pugo.his, for sul.- . (J-Jgrg enter 14 JuUC 1842, No 16 ^ mission to the uight honourable the Governor in ^ ^ t^, xiv. lu.; Council. -" Para. 1. On a perusal of the correspondence which accompanied the foregoinsr letter, it seems that the acting agent in Vizagapatam and the Board of Revenue have doue all that was necessary rcsiiecting the pagodas of the Vizeanatiram zemindary in that district. The Board will, however, be instructed to intimate to Mr. Smollett, that the provisions of Regulation A'll. of 1817, are not to be acted upon so as to connect the Government in any way with religious insti- tutions, though of course misappro])riations and frauds are punishable as here- tofore. 2. His Lordship in Council observes, that the subject of the above communi- cation should have been submitted to Government through the Board of Revenue, and that its transmission direct is irregular. 3. Ordered, that the foregoing resolutions be furnished to the Board of Revenue for information and guidance, and for communication to the actin"- agent at Vizagapatam. (A true extract.) (signed) Walter Elliot, Acting Secretary to Government. (A true copy.) (signed) R. Cunliffe, Deputy Secretary to Government. — No. 33.— (No. 294.) From 1\. T. Porter, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, to the Acting ncvenuc Denari- Chief Secretary to Government; dated 14 July 1842. ment. Sir, Para. 1. In compliance with the instructions conveyed by extract Minutes of Consultation, 2d June last, 1 am directed by the Board of Revenue to submit the following observations, suggested by the strictures of Sudder Adawlut, on the draft Act for the modification of Regulation VII. of 1817. 2. The preamble and general tenor of that regulation imjjly that the due and faithful administration of the endowments referred to considered in the light of a trust or duty by Government, is imposed thereby on the Board of Revenue. In divesting themselves of it by virtue of the orders under which they are actinir, they consider themselves bound to make it over to the parties receiving it, in the manner best calculated to secure the property from misappropriation or damage. But the number and variety of the religious institutions under their contml lias prevented the application of any uniform ])lan, and they have been eomju'llcd to modify and adopt the agency available to suit the varied and often conflicting interests for which they have had to provide. In all cases it has been their especial object to select such arrangements as would most comjiletcly secure a permanent and final withdrawal of interference; but it has not been possible in every instance to attain so desirable an end, with a reasonable hope of success. For instance, the othcrwi.se satisfactory guardianship of a local chief or zemindar has been extensively cm])loye(l, but in case of the party now ajipointed, or of his successors dying without heirs, and the estate reverting to Government, or in case it should be found necessary to resume such estates, and to seclude the pro])rietor from all connexion with the district in which it is situated (as the case of Palcondah), some new arrangement wuuld be retpiired. These and probably other unforeseen cases, which may be expected to present themselves h^'reafter, induced the Board to propose the introduction of the second clause of Section 1 1 b2\. u 3 of 30 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF of the draft ; and this, it may be observed, does not contemplate an interference with matters essentially religious, but merely reserves to Government the means of supplying omissions in arrangements designed to put a stop to such inter- ference, the completion of which has been restricted to a period which does not admit of their sufficiency being proved by the test of experience. 3. The Board are unable to perceive how Section 3. can be understood as providing that they should continue " to hold their influence over all the con- cerns of the pagoda." The object of the proposed draft, and of this section in particular, was merely to transfer the powers vested in them by Regulation VII. of 18 1 7, to trustees chosen by them, such transfers, as far as relates to the Board, being final and complete. This could not be eff'ected without a clearly defined enumeration of the duties to be made over. The parties (not always cordial or willin<^) who have been selected, could not otherwise understand the degree of responsibility to be undertaken by them, nor the extent of risk to which they may be exposed. ^Moreover, in the absence of such a document, it will be impos- sible for parties dissatisfied with the proceedings of trustees to find tangible grounds on which to found a prosecution. 4. The necessity for some provision of the nature of a trust-deed has presented itself to all the local officers who have been charged with the details of the transfer, and they have in almost every instance spontaneously suggested forms of instruments for that purpose. This was alluded to in the Board's proceedings of the 24th March last. 5. The wording of the draft submitted by the Board may be wanting in legal precision, that paper having been intended rather to suggest points calhng for notice in a new enactment ; but the Board are still of opinion that due provision for these cannot be omitted, if it be desired to secure the maintenance of the endowments, and if the object in view be, as they have assumed, to transfer the powers of trust from one party connected with the State to others divested of any such connexion. 6. If the religious institutions now to be dealt with were few in number, similar in character, and free from the dissension and enmities of contending sects, equally interested in the concerns of the particular shrine, yet constantly at strife with each other, some general plan, as suggested in para. 6 of the letter under consideration, might have been successfully carried out. But Government are aware, from the reports already submitted, of the districts in which all diffi- culties have been overcome, that any such expectation is hopeless under existing circumstances. The principle of electing trustees by the voices of those inter- ested, has been strenuously and invariably inculcated as that best calculated to give satisfaction, and to obviate the necessity for future interference ; neither has any opportunity of employing it been omitted ; but, instead of making the office hereditary, the Board thought it preferable to leave the electors to fill up vacan- cies in the same manner. But, as has been already observed, no one plan is sus- ceptible of practical application to every case. 7. With reference to the observations contained in the 8th para., the Board have nothing to add to the opinions detailed at length in para. 1 1 of their Pro- ceedino-s of the 24th March last. Neither of the Regulations quoted are, in their jud"-ment, sufficient to meet all the various descriptions of maladministration therein noticed. They will only add, that Regulation V. of 1822 has not been found in practice to answer the ends for which it was intended, and that an extensive modification of its provisions is already before Government. (signed) R. T. Porter, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. 14 July 1842. (A true copy.) (signed) R. Cunliffe, Deputy Secretary to Government. — No. 34.— INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 31 — No. 34.— (No. 304-) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 14 July 1842. Read the following letter from the Principal Collector of Salem : — " To the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George. " Sir, •' 1. I HAVE the honour to acltrict, or form a part of my public establishment, and the Board do not consider that their special sanction is necessary to the measure. 5. Government have declared it objectional)le that any trust-deeds or em?a"-e- ments of the kind should be executed by the trustees, and the Board therefore cannot contirm those submitted by Mr. Onslow. 0. The di.-posal of the surplus funds of the Dcvastanum institutions now in deposit, is a subject that has been referred for the determination of the home authorities, and pending the receipt of their instructions no orders can be passed resjardini;- it in this country. 7. Ordered, that petitions 1,178 and 1,211 of 1842 be respectively endorsed as follows : On 1,178 of 1842, " Petitioners are informed, that it is not considered proper to associate them with the stullatars in the management of the Seringham Pagoda, and that no reason appears for setting aside the persons selected for the trust in favour of those whom they recommend."" On 1,211 of 1^42, " Petitioners are inlbrmed, that it is not considered expe- dient to associate the archagaurs with the stullatars m the management of the Seringham Pagoda."' Ordered, that extract of the foregoing proceedings be submitted for the information of Government, together fi'"'" the Collector, nth in Cons. 2G Augtist 1841. ^vith the former correspondence on the subject, as noted 'v:^rl:::^::Z^!r.'^^\^:sosevt.iim. in the margin; and that a copy be lurnished to the ri'iciodinssof the- Boanl, 2 Deccmher i84i. Collector of Trichinopolv for his 'information and guid- l"7''\«l''- ^'oi'j'-t'''-, 22 Fobi-uary U!42, in ('ons. 1 -. ~ 10 Alai-cli l!i42. ance, with reference to his letter recorded above. To the Acting Collector, 2.3 May 1842. (signed) ./. D. Bourdillon, Secretary. — No. 42.— From A. P. Oiis/oic, Esq., Collector of Trichinopoly, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 29 July 1842. Sir, Para. 1. Ln acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 23d May last, approving the plans submitted by me for the management of the minor jiagodas in the district of Trichinopoly, and suggestino- certain measures regarding the three principal ones, 1 beg to express my regret that so much time should have elapsed betbre I could bring my arrangements regarding the latter to a sufficient state of maturity to enable me to reply to the Board's observations. 2. With reference to the suggestion that I should o])en a communication witli Mr. Blackburne for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Tordiman family would be willing to undertake the administration of the great pagoda at Seringham, I beg to observe, that as this measure appeared to me the "readiest means for getting rid of tlie trust, ' I almost as soon as the order for the witiidrawal of interference was issued, made overtures on the subject to the Rajah of Tondiman, and met with an immediate and decided discouragement from the then acting Resident, Mr. I'ayley, and as I know that Mr. Blackburne entertains the same .sentiments on the subject as his predecessor, I have not thougiit it necessary to enter into a correspondence with him, esjjecially as 1 caimot but a(]uiesce in the justice of the objections urged against the measure. I did not in the first instance think it necessaiy to accjuaint the Boaid with my having made this fruitless •endeavour, any more than I did to trouble them with the details of the many other schemes which I had formed in vain, deeming that I should best perform my duty by laying before them that which, after giving the subject my best conside- ration, should seem to be most feasible and most likely to efiect the object in view. 3. The plan, which in their letter under reply, the Board have api)roved lor the management of two of the three principal j)agodas, is in substance, as regards its details, the same as that which 1 originally submitted on the IHh 621. E •» Amrust 't)"- ail. 8^44 38 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GO^'ERNMENT OF August 1841, that which I take to be the chief objection to it being obviated by the omission of the names of persons in the employment of Government as trustees, and the substitution of a single individual as dhurmacurtah, instead of a committee, and in the deeds of tnist noAv submitted, it will be perceived that the succession to the office of dhurmacurtah is, in the absence of the qualifica- tions considered by the Board necessary to constitute it hereditary, rendered dependent on the officers of the pagoda, to wliom, if to any one, it is quite clear to me the right of election belongs. 4. The Board will further perceive, that, instead of the arrangement proposed in my letter of the 22d February 1842, viz. that D. Banlasoobramannium Moodelliar should take charge of the temple at Jumbookaishwaram, and the Tumberau of that in the Trichinopoly Fort, the former person is now proposed as the trustee of the latter institution, and that for the former Chundrashaikarum Pillav, one of tlie trustees originally recommended by me, is named; this pro- posal is made in accordance with the request of some of the most I'espectable persons connected with the pagodas, contained in the accompanying copies of *Nos. land2. petitions* preferred by them. The first of these two individuals is a well- known and respectable merchant and landholder ; the other is the son of a per- son who was employed under the former, and continued in employment under the British Government, is a large meerassidar in this and the Tanjore district, and is universally looked up to as a respectable man. 5. In regard to the great Pagoda at Seringham (Runghanada Swamy's), I am glad to be able to say, that a considerable number of the principal persons t Sepcopyof Pcti- interested in it, having come to an amicable agreement, f have proposed two twn, No. 3. persons as trustees in conjunction with the stulattars; viz. Kistnah Rao, for- merly Nazir in the court at the station, and now an independent inhabitant of Warrcore ; and the above-mentioned Chundrashaikaram Pillay, who resides in the talook of Laulgoody. 6. If the above arrangements meet the approval of the Board, the withdrawal of interference in the management of the religious institutions of the natives in the district of Trichinopoly will be complete. 7. The lands, which, under the instructions of the Board, are to be continued under management, yield an average annual revenue of Rs. 36,061. 8. 11., and the stipulated ready-money allowances to be paid from the treasury amount to Rs. 56,298. 13. 7. per annum. It will, of course, be necessary to employ a small estabUshment to keep the accounts, &c., of the lands and monies in question, and for this purpose I request that sanction may be granted for the employ- ment of servants according to the accompanying list, at a charge to be borne by the pagoda funds of 109 rupees per mensem, or 1,308 rupees per annum, being about half per cent, on the whole amount. 8. The amount of the surplus funds of the several institutions is about Rs. 1,08,835. 11. 5j., and I solicit the Board's instructions as to what reply I am to make to the trustees in the event of their making application for them, as I have every reason to suppose some of them will do so. (signed) A. P. Oiulow, Trichinopoly, Collector's Cutcherrv, Collector. 29 July 1842. (A.) IJEED for the Management of the Streerangham Renganada Sawmy Pagoda, in tlie District of Trichinojwly . 1. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to become durmacurtahs of the above-men- tioned pagcjda, and the several institutions attached to it, iiromising to fulfil the duties of that situation with fidelity. 2. The authority usually belonging to the ofiice of durmakurtah shall be vested in us, and those who hereafter may be ap]>ointed durmakurtahs. 3. The durmakurtaiis shall be subject to no autliority in regard to their management of their trust, save and except sucii as belongs to the established law of the land. The durmakurtahs shall keep regular accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the funds entrusted to them, and tlie accounts shall be attested by the entire number of hereditary stalatahrs, according to the custom hitherto prevailing. 4. Moreover, INDIA Wnn IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 39 4. Moreover, the four stalatahrs and tlieir heirs sliall be considered as belonging to the body of durinakurtiihs, but one of them only at a time shall exercise the office in co- operation with the other members, and each shall be appointed for one year in rotation. o. The names r)r the present stalatahrs are, — 1. Vadavasa Butter. 2. Vadooladasika Rungacharry. :i. Para Sora Butter. 4. Woolamananibee. ti. V"adavasa Butter shall hold office for the first year, and the others in the succession in which their names are written above. 7. In the event of vacancies occurring amongst the durmakurtahs by death or resigna- tion, it shall be the duty of the remainder to appoint successors. The durmakurtahs shall have the treneral authority and control over the servants^ of the pagoda. 8. It shall be the duty of the durmakurtahs to receive charge of such monies as may from time to time be payable on account of the pagoda from the Sirkar treasury. They shall be at liberty to appoint a vakeel to receive the said monies. 1). This deed is subject to the confirmation of tlie Board of Revenue, and eventually of the Government and of the Court of Directors. Signed before me, at Trichinopoly, this iieth day of July 1842. (signed) .-1. P. Onslow, Collector and Maeistrate. (B.) DEED for the Management of the Jam boo Casevaram Sawmy Pagoda, in the District of Trichinopoli/. 1. I, the undersigned, do hereby agree to become durmakurtah of such part of the affairs of the Jamboo Casevaram Sawmy Pagoda, in the district of Trichinopoly, as have been hitherto carried on by means of the moyen or allowance paitl from the Circar treasury, promising to fulfil the duties of that situation with fidelity. 2. The authority usually belonging to the office of durmakurtah shall be vested in me, and I shall accordin>j;ly have the general control over the servants of the pagoda. 3. As Durmakurtah, I shall be subject to no authority in regard to the management of my trust, save and except such as belongs to the established law of the land. 4. In the event of my death, it shall be tlie duty of the hereditai'y officers of the pagoda to appoint successor or successors to n;e. ). It shall be the duty of the durmakurtah to receive charge of such monies as may from time to time be payable on account of the pagoda, from the Circar treasury. . It shall be the duly of the durmakurtah, to receive charge of such monies as may trom time to time be payable on account of the pagoda from the Circar treasury. G21. E 4 " ■ (i. It 40 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 6. It shall be the duty of the durmakurtah or durmakurtahs, to keep regular accounts of all receipts and disbinseuients connected with the pagoda, and the accounts thus kept, shall be attested by the entire number of hereditary stalatahrs, according to the customr hitherto prevailing. 7. This deed is subject to the confirmation of the Board of Revenue, and eventually of the Government, and ol the Court of Directors. (signed) D. Balasoohramanicn. Moodelliar. Signed before mc, at Trichinopoly, this 26th day of July 1842. (signed) A. P. Onsloiv, Collector and Magistrate. PnoposED Establishment for the Management of the Devastanum Lands in the District of Trichinopoly. Hoozoor }> 'J 1 Goomastah - - - 1 „ . - - 1 » - - - 1 Sampautty _ - - 1 >, - - - 1 „ - - - 1 „ . - - 1 Goomastah - - - 1 Sampratty - - - 3 Peons, at 2^ 1 Sumpratty - - _ 1 Goomastah - - - 1 Sumpratty - - - 3 Peons _ - - Es. a. 21 - 14 - 10 - P- Rs. 45 3 3 3 3 21 3 21 3 a. p. 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 _ 8 - Rs. a. 109 - P- Conaud Vitticutty Moosery Laulgoody Toorcore >y JO - 4 - 7 8 - WoodiarpoUiem Arcalore 10 - 4 - 7 8 - Volcondapooram 1 Sumprautty - - Total per Month Total per Annum - - - - 1,308 - - Trichinopoly, 30 July 1842. (E. E.) (signed) A. P. Onslow, Collector. — No. 43. To the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George. Sir, Para. 1 . With reference to the extract from the proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated the 21st of June 1841, I have the honour to suhinit for their consideration the following proposals for the management of the three principal pagodas in the district of Trichmopoly ; viz. The pagoda of Runganada Swamy, at Seerengham. The pagoda of Jamboo Kcisveram, at Seeringham. The pagoda of Toymanaswamy, in the Trichinopoly Fort (usually called the Rock Fort Pagoda.) 2. I am induced to submit the proposed arrangements for the above institu- tions separately, because as they are those of the greatest note in the district, and indeed of great celebrity throughout the Hindoo world, the knowledge that the Government has withdrawn interference from them will tend to facilitate the measures INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 41 measures I have in view for carrying out the orders of Government in regard to the other institutions in the district under my charge, and because I hope it will be satisfactory to Government to learn, that so little difficulty has been expe- rienced in making what I most sincerely trust will be considered satisfactory arrangements for the important pagodas in question. 3. 1 have endeavoured to make the arrangements as simple as possible, keep- ing in mind that the great object of Government is to divest themselves of all necessity of interference in the religious rites of the people, in such a manner as not to give oflence to prejudice, or in any way to give rise to suspicion that there is any other object in view than that which is plainly expressed in the extract fromthe Minutes of Consultation communicated in the proceedings of the Board under allusion, and I feel confident that I have been successful in this respect. 4. I will now proceed to explain the arrangement, which indeed are contained in the three deeds submitted, and are so simple as to need little explanation. 5. After consulting with the most respectable inhabitants of the district, who in the most cheerful and unreserved manner expressed their opinions, the follow- ing highly trustworthy individuals have agreed to become managers of the pagodas mentioned above, as " durmakurtahs," succession to the office being provided for by a rule that vacancies occurring shall be supplied by those who remain in office. 1st. Chundrashackurum Pillay, whose father under the former government held For Ruuganada a situation equivalent to that of head sheristadar under the British Govern- ^*,^"y ^t''i)°todi ment, and who was himself for a long time a tahsildar, under the former and at Shet^gham). under the British Government. 2d. Appasawmy Moodliar Hoozoor, Cash-keeper of the Collector's Treasury. 3d. Ponnambala JNIoodliar, manager of the Pay-office, Southern Division, and the four stalattars. 1st. D. Baulasoobramania Moodiliar, an independent landholder and merchant tionsotJamboo' of large possession. Faishwaram Pagoda 2d." Sungralongum Pillay, manager. Commissariat Department. SoSiasa"w at 3d. Arnachellah Pillay, translator, Provincial Court, Southern Division. Trichinopoly. " G. The conditions upon which the transfer of the administration of these institutions is to be made, is of course subject to the approval of the Board, and I trust that the terms of the agreement will be approved of. I had some diffi- culty in drawing tliem up so as to meet the views of all the parties ; some were fearful that their subjection to the authority of the courts would render them liable to the same sort of supervision as is now exercised by the Collector, and I had to guard against adverting to their responsibility in any manner which could possibly excite jealousy in regard to the degree of trust reposed in them. They expressed themselves desirous of undertaking the charge only upon an explicit understanding that they were to be free agents, and completely and bond fide at the head of affairs ; and as this is agreeable to the intentions of Go\ ern- ment, I have endeavoured to make terms accordingly. 7. It is not to be supposed, however, that the cliange in the administration of affairs of these pagodas can be effected in such a manner as to please all parties. The archikaurs, whose office is to adorn and dress the idols, have expressed themselves dissatisfied with the proposed arrangements, because the stallattars are included; and I have no doubt that the Board will be assailed with petitions, remonstrating against the measure as proposed by me. I do not, however, con- sider the opposition of the archikaurs reasonable; they have particular ofnces to perform in the pagodas, for doing which they are rewarded by salaries and esta- blished emoluments, and cannot be considered in any other light than as here- ditary officers of the pagoda, whereas the stalattars have always been recognised by the authorities acting on the part of Government, as having a right to inter- fere in the general management. The stalattars are certainly not tit to be trusted with the sole management of funds, but there can be no doubt of their having an hereditary right to be consulted, at least, in regard to their disjiosal. It would not, therefore be, in my opinion, just to exclude them from the arrangements which may eventually be adojited. H. The archikaurs have staled to me that they have no objection to any part of the measures proposed, except that which includes the stalattars. The stalat- tars Avill not, of course, submit quietly to being excluded ; and as it is quite 621. F clear 42 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF clear that it will be impossible to please both parties, I most respectfully submit to the Board that the opposition of the archikaurs should be disregarded. 9, With regard to the transfer of the property of the pagoda to the durraa- kurtas, there will be but little difliculty. The revenue consists mainly of the ready-money allowances paid from the Circar treasury ; the lands are of trifling value, comprising a few cawnies in the immediate neighbourhood of the pagodas, and may be made over without compromising the interests of any party. The readv -money allowance may be paid to the durmakurtas at a fixed time here- after to be determined, and the surplus funds, which I conceive to be entirely at the disposal of Government, but which it does not seem to be the wish of Government to appropriate, may be paid whenever the durmakurtas may apply for them, and I would suggest at once. 10. The annexed statement exhibits the amount of the annual allowance to the three institutions in question, the surplus funds remaining up to the end of Fusly 1249, and the estimated amount of the latter for the Fusly just con- cluded, the accounts of which are not yet quite made up. Memorandum, showing the Moj-en and Surplus Funds remaining in the Treasury of Seeringham, Jambookaisneram and Rock Fort Pasroda. NAMES of the D E V A S T A X U M S. Annual Moyen or Ready Jfoney Allowance paid from the Trea-sury. Surplus Funds remaining in the Treasury, up to the end of Fusly 1249. Estimated Amount of Surplus Fund for Fusly 1230. TOTAL. Seeringham Renganadaswamy Jumboonadnswamy of Jam- boo Caisveram. Toyamanaswamy Rock Fort - Rs. a. p. 35,000 - - 9,450 - - 7,897 9 11 Rs. a. p. 27,002 7 9 6,047 13 11 3,755 2 - Rs. a. p. 5,116 15 6 429 14 11 341 - 7 Rs. a. p. 32,119 7 3 6,477 12 10 4,096 2 7 Total - - - 5'>,347 9 11 36,805 7 8 5,887 15 - 42,693 6 8 1 1 . It may be proper to mention, in regard to the Toyman Swamy Pagoda, that rites are performed in it l)y several distinct parties, the superintendence of the principal part of which belongs to the tamberain, whose appointment to the office depends on a society of Tamberans at Dharmupooram, in Tanjore, and who have the right of making these appointments, it is alleged, throughout India. The arrangements now submitted in regard to this institution have reference only to those rites which have been performed with money paid from the Sircar treasury. The other concerns of the institution may be conducted as heretofore by the parties to whom by usage they belong. 12. I have much satisfaction in stating, that I have been enabled to nominate durmakurtas for all the pagodas now under Circar management (except one of such trifling importance that no one will have any thing to do with it), in two talooks, and that I do not anticipate any serious difficulty in the others. I hope to be able to submit detailed proposals for each institution in less than a month; but it will be very satisfactory to me to be favoured with an expression of the sentiments of the Board, and, if they approve of my proposals, of Government, at an early period. Csigned) Trichinopoly District, Voytalay Goodalore, Collector's Circuit Cutcherry, 9 August 1841. A. P. Onslow, Collector. (A.)— DEED INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 43 (A.) DEED for the Management of the Stieeiun^um Runganadaswamy Pagoda, in the District of Tricldnopoly. 1. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to become dhurmacurtas of the above- mentioned pagoda, and the several institutions attached to it, promising to fulfil the duties of that situation with fidelity. 2. The authority usually belonging to the office of dhurmakurta shall be vested in us, and those who hereafter may be appointed dhurniakurtah, 3. The dhurmakurtah shall be subject to no authority in regard to their management of their trust, save and except such as belongs to the established law of the land. 4. Moreover, the four stallattars and their heirs shall be considered as belonging to the body of dhurmakurtahs, but one of them only at a time shall exercise the office in co-opera- tion with the other members, and each shall be appointed for one year in rotation. 5. The names of the present stalattars arc : — 1st. Vadavasa Butter. 2d. Veedooladasika Renjah Charry. 3d. Parasara Butter. 4th. Wootama Numbee. C. Vadavasa Butter shall hold office for the first year, and the others in the succession in which their names are written above. 7. In the event of vacancies occurring amongst the dhurmakurtahs by death or resio"na- tion, it shall be the duty of the remainder to appoint successors. 8. It shall be the duty of the dhurmakurtahs to receive charge of such monies as may from time to time be payable on account of the pagoda from the Circar treasury. (signed) Chundrasagurum Pilluy - (in Malabar). M. Pooioambuhim Moodchj (in English). S. Appmcsawimj „ (in English). Stree Vadavasa Butter - (in Grundum). Slree Vadaladasika Cherry (in Telogoo). Stree Parasa Butter - (in Telogoo). Stree Wootlamee Numbee - (in Grundum). Executed in my presence, at Voytalay, Goodalore, in the district of Trichinpoly, this 7th day of August 1841. (signed) A. P. Onslow, Collector. DEED for the Management of Teeroovaimy Covil Jumboonadaswamy Pagoda, in the District of Trichinopoty. 1. Wii, the undersigned, do hereby agree to become dhurmakurtahs of the above-men- tioned pagoda, and the several institutions attached to it, promising to fulfil the duties of that situation with fidelity. 2. The authority usually belonging to the office of dhurmakurtahs shall be vested in us, and those who hereafter may be appointed dhurmakurtahs. 3. The dhurmakurtahs shall be subject to no authority in regard to their management of their trust, save and except such as belongs to the established law of the land. 4. In the event of vacancies occurring amongst the dhurmakurtahs by death or resio-na- tion, it shall be the duty of the remainder to appoint successors. 5. It shall be the duty of dhurmakurtahs to receive charge of such monies as may from time to time be payable on account of the pagoda from the Circar treasury. (signed) T. D. Bahisoohramaniem Moodiliar. T. Suntjarallngum Pillay. Arnachullum Pillay. Executed in my presence, at Voytalay, Goodalore, in the district of Trichinopoly, this 7th day of August 1841. (signed) A. P. Onslow, Collector. DEliD for the Management of the Tayooman Swamy Pagoda, in the District of Trichinopoly. 1. Wi:, the undersigned, do hereby agree to become dhurmakurtahs of such part of the afiixirs of tiio Tayoutnan Swamy, in the district of Trichinopoly, as have been hitherto carried on by means of the moyen or allowance paid from the Circar treasury, promising to fulfil the duties of that situation with fidelity. 2. The authority usually belonging to the office of dhurmakurtahs shall be vested in us, and tliose who hereafter may be appointed dhurmakurtahs. (321. r 2 3. The 44 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 3. The dhurmakurtahs shall be subject to no authority in regard to their management of their trust, save and except such as belongs to the established law of the land. 4. In the event of vacancies occurring amongst the dhurmakurtahs, it shall be the duty of the remainder to appoint successors. 5. It shall be the duty of the dhurmakurtahs to receive charge of such monies as may from time to time be payable on account of the pagoda from tiie Circar treasury. (signed) T. D. Balasoohramaniem MooJiliar. T. SiDigaralongHin Pillay. Arnachellum Pillay. Executed in my presence, at Voytalay, Goodalore, in the district of Trichinopoly, this 7th day of August 1841. (signed) A. P. Onslow, Collector. — No. 44.— To the Collector of Trichinopoly. Sir, I AM directed by the Board of Revenue to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant : it appears to the Board that the object of Government in transferring the superintendence of religious institutions to the people them- selves, is not, as stated in the 3d para, of your letter, simply "to divest themselves of all necessity of interference " in future, by adopting the readiest means that offer for getting rid of the trust now vested in them, but to devolve the trust upon the people in such a way as shall appear best calculated to preserve the funds of the charities from misappropriation or spoliation. 2. The scheme suggested by you does not appear to provide sufficiently for the latter purpose, the jealousy of interference evinced by the members of the committee now selected, the mode of supplying vacancies in their body by self- election, and the operation of the third article of the form of agreement, will tend to invest that body with the character of a close corporation : some provision is necessary for keeping the accounts of the trust open to the inspection of parties legitimately interested in the welfare of the institution, by whom alone the administrators of the funds could be I'endered amenable in a court of justice. 3. With regard to the choice of proper persons to fill the office of trustee, a suggestion of the Collector of Bellary for this purpose is deserving of attention; he proposes to give the principal inhabitants of the town or district in which the temple is situated, the power of electing qualified individuals by majority of votes ; if found susceptible of practical application, the Board would be glad to see this principle generally adopted. 4. An objection suggests itself to the selection of parties to fill the office of pagoda managers from the public servants of Government: it might lead to an erroneous impression on the minds of persons at a distance, who have been most earnest in pressing the dissolution of the interference of Government in such matters, that the withdrawal has not beeii so final and complete as was looked for. When the arguments that have been drawn in recent publications from the voluntary attendance of native public servants at religious ceremonies of their own faith are recalled to mind, the necessity for caution in this respect will be apparent. (signed) P. B. Smollett, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. 26 August 1841. — No. 45.— To the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George. Sir, Para. I. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo, conveying the Board's sentiments regarding the scheme proposed by me for effijcting the transfer of religious institutions from the management of he officers of Government. 2. I must INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 45 2. I must beg leave to observe, that the first paragraph of your letter does not convey a faithful portraiture of my sentiments, nor does it correctly describe the mode of operation which I have thought it my duty to adopt. I have not, I beg to assure the Board, caught at " the readiest means that offered forgetting: rid of the trust now vested in Government," but, on the contrary, I have taken the greatest pains to devise a scheme which would ensure the full attainment of the objects Government have in vie-v, in the manner plainlv pointed out in the instructions of the Government of India, by transferring the management of the institutions to the most respectable individuals I can find, who, profcssins; the Hindoo faith, seem to mo best qualified to conduct the administration of theni with fidelity and regularity, holding them responsible to the courts of justice for the due performance of the duties they have undertaken. 3. I cannot therefore but express my regret that the Board should apparently have put a constniction on my letter so completely the reverse of the sentiments I intended to convey, and of the line of conduct I have actuallv adopted. 4. The plan I have submitted is certainly simple and short, but I submit that it is not therefore not complete, and that, in virtue of its brevity, there is no room for a doubt and debate as to the intentions of Government, nor for hesitation as to accepting it on the part of the people. 5. The Board's objections to the scheme seem to be, that I have not made sufficient provision to preserve the funds of the institutions from misappropriation and spoliation, for the reasons stated in the 2d para, of your letter, and an objection is always made on the score of some of the proposed trustees being in the employ of Government. 6. I beg respectfully to submit the following observations, in elucidation of the reasons by which I have been guided in forming the proposed scheme. 7. The circumstance of the trust being composed of several parties occupving- different stations in life (at least as far as the trustees of the most important pagodas are concerned), and each having his own separate interests, seem to me to be a sufficient guarantee against misappropriation and spoliation ; the jealousy with which any attempt by either of the parties to apply the emoluments of the institutions to his own purposes would be regarded by the rest, Avould, I think, be sufficiently effectual, and it does not seem to me that a body of natives composed as these arc (1 allude more particularly to the trusts for the three principal pagodas), are likely to come to such a good mutual understanding as to make a successful combination for fraudulent ends ; but if they are, I do not see how an exposure of accounts to public inspection would prevent them from so doing, for, in the event of a combination, what would be easier than to exhibit false accounts. 8. If any parties legitimately interested in the welfare of the institution should have objections to make to anything in the mode of management, I beg to submit, that an inspection of accounts would not give them much facility for bringing delinquents to punishment ; a complaint of mismanagement, it seems to me, would be as readily redressed without, as with an inspection of accounts, when the delinquent was aware that he was liable to the penalties involved in an action at law for not properly performing the duties assigned to him. 9. The parties who would be most aggrieved by misappropriation are the several officers of the pagoda, and those who derive emoluments from the per- formance of ceremonies and rites. These people will ever be on the watch to see that the dhurmacurtas perform their duty, and, from their situation, have excel- lent opportunities of bringing them to account for malversation. 10. No one will be found willing to accept the office of dhurmacurtah if the accounts are to be open to public inspection ; because they would feel that the mistrust of them inqjlied by such a measure would be a digrada- tion (I speak from what I feel upon inquiry to be the sentiments of the natives on this point), and would subject them to an infinitude of trouble for which they receive no adequate compensation. 11. It would be a matter of extreme difficulty to define who are the parties 621. F 3 legitimately 46 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF legitimately interested in any particular pagoda in such a degree as to give them a riglit to inspect accounts. 12. In regard to the tendency of the proposed scheme to invest the trust with the character of a close corporation, I beg leave to ask the Board what is the case with regard to Hindoo rehgious institutions which never liave been inter- fered with by Government. Is it customary for any of these institutions to exhibit their accounts for public criticism ? Do the managers, whoever they may be, allow any interference on the part of persons not chosen by themselves ? and, do the parties who may be legitimately interested in the welfare of the insti- tutions, find any obstruction to the performance of religious duties in them, because they are managed by an exclusive body. 13. The example pointed out by the Government of India for guidance, is that of the Ramisseram Pagoda, over which a zemindar is to preside, without any such conditions as are involved in the Board's suggestions. 14. The records of the Board's office will abundantly show that parties inte- rested have had the means of detecting malversation. There is nothing in the scheme I have proposed which has a tendency to increase difficulties in this respect. 15. The office of dhurmacurtah is well understood by and is an acceptable arrangement to the Hindoo community; and the usages of the country will place a sufficient restraint on any attempts on the part of the persons holding the office to overstep due bounds. 16. The jealousy to which I alluded as being exhibited by the individuals I have nominated as trustees, is not peculiar to those individuals. The office of trustee has been rejected by some highly respectable persons, because the form of agreement which I have submitted to the Board does not leave them so much at liberty as they think they ought to be. I assure the Board, that any further restrictions than those involved in the form of agreement, would create jealousies which would be utterly destructive of all attempts to procure managers. 17. The proposed provision for succession is not certainly the most perfect that could be devised for procuring an assemblage of persons to represent the feelings and wishes of the people at large ; but I submit that it is the best which under existing circumstances can be made, and the only one at all feasible. I have been careful to select parties of good reputation, and acceptable to their countrymen ; and I cannot devise a method more likely to ensure a succession of trustees " competent and willing" to perform the duties in question, than that which I have proposed. 18. Instances hereafter to be noticed, in which there is only one dhurma- curtah, will be sufficiently provided for by the Hindoo law of succession. 1 9. The method suggested by the Board seems to me to be so fraught with difficulties, as to be utterly incapable of adoption. In the first place it must be determined what is to constitute a " principal inhabitant," to establish which point a scrutiny and a registry must be made ; and in the next place, it would have to be determined whether the principal inhabitants of the town or district in which the pagoda was situated, are those who have legitimately a principal interest in the pagoda; it very often happens that a pagoda is supported by per- sons living in several places remote from it. 20. The jealousy with which any attempt to define the title of persons to be considered principal inhabitants would be regarded in the large towns, will be obvious to the Board, and the heart-burnings, to which errors both of omission and commission in the selections made would give rise, can be more easily con- ceived than described. 21. A very great number of the institutions belong to particular sects, so that anything like a general election would frequently be productive of great injus- tice. I have only to advert to a dispute in this district, which has frequently called for the interference of civil power to exemplify w^hat I mean. I allude to the dispute between the "Tengaliars" and " Vadagaliars," the superiority of right belonging to the weakest of the two sects in point of number. 22. A popular INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH -MAHOMETAN ISM. 47 22. A popular election of dliurmacurtahs (however limited the number of voters), cannot, therefore, in my ojiinion, be arranged, and the constant succession of elections which would be called for throughout the country, if the suggestion of the Board were to be adopted, would, in the present state of society, give rise to turmoils and troubles which the magistracy would have no little difficulty in allaying, and cause distresses which would affect the whole community. 23. The Board have objections to persons holding office under Government being introduced into the trusts, lest suspicion should arise that there still re- mains some kind of connexion between Government and the management of the institutions in question ; such a suspicion would certainly be most unjust, for it is not to be supposed that among the numbers of tlie Hindoo community who hold places under Government, there are not some who have a personal interest in the management of establishments of the religion which they profess ; and it would be hard to suppose that because they retain the riglit of interference, they in any wav involve the Government with the concerns of their religion. The head accountant of my establishment, for instance, is the chief of a family to whom from time immemorial the right of presiding over the affairs of a pagoda ha« appertained; the interference of the officers of Government with this institution renders it necessary to include it in those now to be transferred from the hands of Government, and to deliver it to the charge of any one but the head account- ant, would be an act of injustice, so that the managers of pagodas under the new arrangements must in some instances be the servants of Government. 24. But there is another consideration which I would respectfully and urgently press upon the Board. The exclusion of the servants of Government from all participation in the distinction to which many of them, from a variety of causes, may have claims, will have a very great tendency to cause embarrassment, by creating suspicion in the minds of the people, and will be, I respectfully submit, an infringement of that perfect cordiality which it is the professed desire of Government to observe. Of this I am quite certain, that if it had not been for the agreement of some of the servants of Government to associate themselves with the dhurmakurtahs, I should in vain have sought for a sufficient number of respectable persons to undertake the charge. The admixture of the servants of Government has created a confidence which would otherwise have been wanting. 25. Upon the whole, I am persuaded, that, imperfect as my scheme may be, the conditions of it are the only ones upon which a transfer can be effected, anything more complicated, or imposing more onerous duties, would at once be I'ejected, and the Government would find itself in the awkward predicament of having resolved to make a transfer which it could not effect. 26. The Board will, I trust, pardon the freedom with which I have given expression to sentiment. The subject is a serious one ; and whatever errors of judgment I have committed, has been considered as such by me ; but I beg to assure the Board, that I shall bo as ready cheerfully to obey any instructions they may give me for the furtherance of the orders of Government, as to carry out my own views. 27. I'efore, however, they resolve upon rejecting my scheme, I beg that tliey will bear in mind, that to find persons willing and competent to undertake the management of the three principal pagodas of the district, is not an easy matter (for the officers of Government are not in a position to dictate terms which are not perfectly agreeable to the parties to whom the pagodas arc to be made over) ; and that the knowledge that managers have been found for these pagodas has lessened my difficulties throughout the rest of the district. Further, my scheme has not, as far as I am aware, been objected to by the people; my proceedings have been conducted with the greatest publicity, hundreds having been present during the discussions I have had on the subject. I have asked people of all castes and classes to start objections to the scheme ; but the only one made has been against the withdrawal of interference on the part of Government. 28. Under these circumstances, the Board must not think me obstinately wedded to my own o])inions when I state that I have no alterations to suggest in the plan I have already submitted. 621. F4 29. The 48 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 29. The arrangement which I had in contemplation to submit for the manage- ment of all the other Hindoo religious institutions in the Trichinopoly district, differs little from those proposed for the three pagodas alluded to in my letter of the 9th July. Since ihat date I have had before me persons who are willing and competent to undertake the administration of the several institutions, upon terms exactlv similar to those proposed for the three large pagodas, in the form of agreement which accompanied my letter of the 9 th July. 30. The individuals selected as dhurmakurtahs are for the most part inhabit- ants of the villages in which the pagodas are situated, or of the villages in their vicinity. They are principally the head men of the. village ; in some instances they are merchants, and in all, the most respectable who could be found willing to engage in the undertaking. The number of dhurmakurtahs proposed to be appointed is seldom less than three for each institution ; but in a few cases it is proposed that the administration should be entrusted to a single individual, as being the heir of the founder of the institution. 31. The institution in the talook of Toriore I propose to transfer to the pro- prietor of the zemindary of the same name. This measure has been opposed by the officiating Brahmins of two or three pagodas, and a few interested individuals, professedly upon the grounds that the present zemindar is a female. The oppo- sition I consider factious, having been obviously got up by a member of the zemindar's family, and being limited to a few individuals. 32. There are two other zemindaries in the district — the zemindaries of Oodiarpollam and Arealore. The^former is a minor, and his estate is under the management of the Court of Wards — the latter does not possess the confidence of the people; sufficient objections, in my opinion, to their being entrusted with the administration of the pagodas. 33. The number of pagodas which in the Trichinopoly district have been con- sidered subject to the control of the officers of Government, is, including the three principal pagodas, 116. The degree of control exercised has been very various : in some it has extended to the appointment of officers to supervise and control the expenditure ; in some the expenditure has been left entirely to the hereditary officers of the pagoda, subject to an appeal to the Collector, the inter- ference on the part of the officers of Government having been confined to the receipt of accounts, which have, however, seldom been inspected. In regard to all, the appointment of persons to offices not hereditary has been vested in the officers of Goverimient, and they have also exercised authority in deciding upon the succession to hereditary offices ; but the degree of interference actually exer- cised in this respect has varied very much, and the courts of law have been open to disputants. 34. The annual emoluments of the several institu- ^^- "• P- tions amounts to -.-.._ 1,37,914 6 6 * Viz. Nos. 1, 2, 3. ' Alienations of land revenues - - - - 51,100 13 5 Profit derived from certain lauds fully assessed to the Revenue- - ----- 1,764 3 3 Ready money collecti ons in the villages, orchards, &c. 28,389 11 2 Paid from the Treasury 56,298 13 7 1,37,553 9 :> Revenue from villages in other districts - - 360 12 10 1,37,914 6 G 35. The lands attached to the pagodas consist of 23 entire villages [.^^-c State- ment, No. 1] ; and detached portions situated in 91 villages [see Statement, No. 2]. 36. The number of pagodas receiving payments of ready money from the Treasury is 22. 37. The INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH ^JAHOMETANISM. 49 37. The follov/ing items comprise all the different sources from which the pagodas derive revenue : — 1st. Entire villages, the land assessment of whicli is altogether remitted. 2d. Entire villages partially exempt from assessment. 3d. Portions of villages altogether exempt from assessment. 4tli. Portions of villages subject to a favourable assessment. 5th. Lands fully assessed to the revenue. Gth. Orchards. 7th. Ready money collections ; viz. voluntary contributions by the villagers, offerings made by pilgrims, devotees, &c. 38. The ready-money collections are already, in many instances, made by the head-men and others who take a princijjal part in pagoda affairs. The revenue from topes and lands not consisting of whole villages, is also, in many instances, collected without the interference of the Circar servants ; and I am not aware of any reason why all the lands should not be entrusted to the management of the trustees. The rights of the agriculturists will not be any way affected by this measure, as any attempt on the part of the dhurmakurtahs to make exactions unauthorized by the regulations, can, and I doubt not will be, without hesitation, met by actions at law. An agriculturist in a pagoda village, under tiie new arrangements, will be in exactly the same position as an agriculturist in a i)agoda village in which the servants of Government have not been accustomed to exercise control, or in an euam village, or in a village belonging to a large pro- prietor. 39. In regard to the collection of the revenue of Government from pagoda lands, the same means as are now in force to secure the payment of jodighee, See. in pagoda lands, which have not hitherto been under Government, will, of course, be sufficient. 40. In short, it seems to me that the lands may safely be made over to the management of the trustees, without contravening the wish of (rovernment regarding the maintenance of the rights of individuals, and without risking the loss of Government revenue. 41. With these remarks, I beg respectfully to lay my proposals for the with- drawal of the interference of (lovernmeiit from the religious institutions of the natives, before the Board. Detailed statements regarding each institution will be submitted by Bangy. 42. I should have mentioned before, that in the district of Trichinopoly there is only one Mahomedan religious institution under management, which was sequestrated for a particular purpose, and for releasing which I havi; sub- mitted a request in a separate address. (signed) A. P. Onslow, Trichinopoly, Collector's Office, Collector. 4 September 1^41. (r2\. G No. 1. 50 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 2 Total he reasc goes to the agodas, as Columns 3 anil 14. c CO OI oo 2 1 g c 2 o i QO CO ^ CO CO ifS ^ >■• o lO CO •o CO < U ft, u — &■' C^ 01 CO '^ DO a u 1- e. ^- >^ '^ 00 cT CD s" OJ ^ • .2 ^ o ~ ft. •5 1 S S 4 5P "« • -a CJ rt =^ f rC O ti. r 1 c I'. ■* r* O •4-> "^^ l^'~A « CO I^ CO CO •s B O a ::^ ■^ CO CO CO V « / ■*^ , s^ ^ s « § 1 - 5 3 o Cl CJ 1) CO W ^ n " 2 1^ 4 iO -* ■o CO CO o ^ CO CO CD ■^ •* ■tj 10 CO CO 1 c. 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Conaud - - - - 18 4,391 2 10 2,353 3 - 830 10 8 7,575 — 6 2. Vittoocutty ... 10 5,505 11 8 3,455 2 10 1,096 1 4 10,056 15 10 3. Mooserry - - . 10 6,079 9 8 690 13 6 476 13 - 7,250 4 - 4. Laulgoody - - - 12 2,187 11 7 3,118 5 10 1,544 10 8 6,850 12 1 5. Torriore . - . 10 14,258 3 6 1,951 8 1 . 16,209 11 7 C. Woodiarpolliem 25 5,811 14 4 2,979 2 9 . 8,791 1 1 7. Arrealore - . - 10 8,986 10 8 2,409 6 10 - 11,396 1 6 8. Valegondapoorum - 12 5,644 - 8 1,195 9 11 7,639 10 7 Total - - - 113 52,865 - 10 18,953 4 9 3,951 3 8 75,769 9 3 Seerungum ... 1 8,161 13 7 35,000 - - 43,151 13 7 Jambookasoorum 1 - 1,005 7 3 9,450 - - 10,455 7 3 Toyman Rock Pagoda 1 - 279 1 7 7,897 9 11 8,176 11 6 Total . - - 3 . 9,436 6 o 52,347 9 11 61,7)^4 - 4 Total - - - 116 52,865 - 10 28,389 11 2 56,298 13 7 137,553 9 7 Devastanum attached to"\ Madura . . -j - 338 13 8 21 15 2 . 360 12 10 Tr chinopoly, September 1841. (E. E.) (signed) A. I '. Onslow, Collector. 621. 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The ]iroj)Osition to entrust the management of the tliree principal pagodas in the district of Trichinopoly to parties, two-thirds of whom arc now emj)loyed in the public service of Ciovernment, as shown in the margin,* being . (Se< below.) opposed to tlie spirit of the instructions of tlie Government for the witlidrawal of the interference of all public otiicers, either with the internal arrangements of the native religious institutions, or with the administration of their revenues and funds of every description, the Board are unwilling to adopt it, if any other satisfactory arrangements can be made; and although Mr. Onslow has stated that he has no alteiation to suggest in the plan he has already submitted, they would wish that lie should again place himself in communicati-oHice of tin- S.MUlieiii Division ; :\. Siinuniliniiuiii I'ill.iy, MimiiKcr of tlu' Comiiiissariut Dipurt- nifiit ; 4. ArnathcUii I'llluy, tnmslutor in the rioviiiciul Court of the buutlitm l>ivisiou. t)2I. G3 54 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 5. The question of entrusting to the manag-ement of the trustees all the lands appropriated for the maintenance of the pagodas, as well as all surplus funds, will be determined hereafter, on receiving further information i-especting the selection of the parties on whom the trusts will devolve. (signed) P. B. Smollett, Secretary. — No. 47. - To the Secretary to the Board of Hevenue, Fort St. George. Sir, Para. 1. Adverting to the extract from the Board's proceedings under date the 2d December 1841, upon the subject of religious institutions in the Trichi- nopoly district, I have the honour to request that you will lay before the Board the following observations. 2. I have in vain endeavoured to form another committee for the management of the affairs of the great temple of Runganatha Swamy, at Seeringhara ; and as the j^oard's orders seem to be conclusive against the committee originally named by me, I beg to submit for their consideration the only proposal which, after the most attentive deliberation I have been able to give the subject, seems to me to be capable of being carried into effect ; viz. that the management of the pagoda should be entrusted to the hereditary officers of the institution, headed by a jeer (religious devotee), an arrangement which, being in exact accordance with Hindoo usage, and, as far as my inquiries have enabled me to discover, the ver}' arrangement which did in former times obtain, does not seem to me to be open to any valid objection on the part of the Hindoo community or of the Government. 3. Owing to long desuetude, the stalattars could not be entrusted MJth the management of the funds belonging to the pagoda, without a powerful check; and such, 1 am assured, will be found in the superintendence of a jeer, who, being bound by his profession not to accumulate wealth for worldly aggrandise- ment, and having, in virtue of his high office, renounced all ties of kindred, and so being free from all the motives which commonly conduce to cause peculation, will not fail to enforce in the pagoda of which he is the head, the due appropria- tion of the funds allotted to its maintenance. 4. If it be objected to this scheme that sufficient dependence is not to be placed on the class of religionists from which the jeer is to be selected, inasnmch as they are enthusiasts, devotees and so forth, 1 can only reply, that, if there is not in the religion which they profess any inherent quality likely to produce a sufficient quantity of honesty, or at all events a sufficient degree of attention to protect the interests of the institution against fraud and corruption, I can only reply, that I know not where this quality is to be found, for no one will have anvthing to do with the pagodas except from a desire' to maintain the religion to which they belong ; and this desire is assuredly rather to be looked for in the highest class of the professors of that religion, than in any other. 5. But it is not simply upon the vigilance of the superintending officer of the pagoda, whoever he may be, that dependence need be placed ; custom has ordained a regular routine of ceremonies, for the due performance of which there is an abundance of hereditary officers ; and as an omission of any of them would infringe the privileges of these officers, and deprive them of the emoluments which they enjoy only on condition of the performance of the rites, and which, indeed, in almost every instance form an ingredient in the several rites, it is clear that the interests of these people will prompt them to keep a sufficiently vigilant watch to prevent misappropriation of the funds. 6. I beg to propose, then, that the administration of the pagoda of Runganahda Swamy. at Seringliam, should be entrusted to the hereditary stalattars, and the hereditary principal archikar or poojary (priest) of the pagoda, and jeer, the latter to have the immediate adjustment of all disputes ; the disputants being at liberty to apply to the usual courts of justice for a final settlement ; that the jeer shall, during his life-time, nominate a person to succeed him, in the same manner as gooroos are accustomed to name their successors ; that all monies payable to the pagoda from tiie public treasury shall be paid to any parties duly authorized to receive them by the managers, of whom one shall invariably be a manager ; that the accounts of the pagoda shall be registered (on a date to be determined) in the registry office of the civil court of the district in which the pagoda is situated ; and that the administrators shall be liable to be sued for acts of malversation. 7. The INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WiTH MAIIOMETANISM. .•)j 7. The same difficulty exists in finding persons to undertake the office of dhurmakurtah lor the other two ])rincipal pajiodas ; and J know of no alternative but to entrust the administration of the Juniboocasveruni Pagoda to the heredi- tary stalattar, a Bralnnin, and that of Toyman Swamy Pagoda to the head pan- daram, who aheady has large funds at his disposal. 8. I should observe, however, that a respectable native inhabitant of Tri- chinopoly, D. Balasoobramaniem Moodiliar, the son of the late Monicum Moodiliar, is willing to undertake the management of the pagodas, provided he be nominated sole trustee ; but although I am confident he would faithfully perform the duties of dhurmakurlah, it does not seem to be in accordance with the Board's wishes, that a single private individual should be entrusted with the charge, and I do not therefore recommend the measure. 9. In regard to the pagodas in Tooiiore and other parts of the district, 1 am not aware that the Board have any objection to the proposals already submitted, except that due provision is not made for the exhibition of the accounts to the public; and to obviate this, I propose that it should form a part of the agreement to be executed by the dhurmakurtahs, that the accounts sliould be registered in the civil courts. 10. If the above plan does not accord with the wishes of the Board, I must confess myself to be at a loss how to carry out the wishes of Government. There are no large zemindars or persons of wealth and responsibility in the dis- trict of Trichinopoly, nor have I been able to discover that there are in any other part of the country any |)ersons willing to burden themselves with so troublesome a charge. I consider that the formation of a plan which will in every respect please all parties, is impossibU', and I believe that some of the ser- vants attached to the pagoda will object to the introduction of archikers into the committee of management ; this however is necessary, as a preventative against the peculation which might be exercised by the parties, who will, I have reason to believe, make objections. 1 1. I have in my former addresses detailed, as fully as I am capable of doing, the measures which appear to me to be necessary and sufficient to eflect an entire and permanent withdrawal of interference in the management of the reH- gious institutions of the country. It only remains for me to observe, that the surplus funds of the several institutions in the district of Trichinopoly amount to 98,424 rupees. It does not seem to me that k is obligatory on the Govern- ment to make over this sum to the institutions, as it is not the result of an improvement of estates belonging to them, but the amount in w^hich the actual expenditure has fallen short of the ma.ximum expenditure fixed for the institu- tions by the Clovernment ; and it is quite clear, from the circumstances of these allowances having been increased or decreased at the phiasure of Government, that it was just as competent to them to have fixed them at a lower scale, and that the particular sums allotted to each pagoda must be considered as the amount beyonii which the executive officers were prohibited from making dis- bursement not that they of course belong to the pagodas. If the pagodas have been kept in repair, and the ceremonies performed, as is the case, I cannot see that they are entitled to what are called the surplus funds. To give them over with the institutions, will be to assign so much of the property of the State to the most extravagant and absurd purposes. (signed) //. P. Onxlow, Trichinopoly, Collector's Office, Collector. 22 February 1842. - No. 4n. — To the Colhclor ul'Trichinopoly. bir. Para. 1. The Board regret that they continue to perceive objections in the plans for the transfer of the numagemenl of thegreatir pagodas, contained in Mr. Onslow's letter of the 22d February. 2. The nomination of the hereditaiy ministerial officers of Seringham, under the guidance of a devotee or jeer of the temple, who by his vows :is a snnniyasee, in roup. io M.iuli is bound to renounce all worldly cares and occupations, does not seem to them to 's-*-- hold out a fair expectation of ensuring the ellicient control of the large expendi- ture, or of preserving inviolate the accumulated wealth of that institution ; while the objection stated to exist on the pait of the stalattars to their association with Para. lo. 621. 04 the 56 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF the archikars, leads to the a))prehension that the elements of discord exist even in the original constitution of the proposed committees. 3. Under these circumstances, it has occurred to the Board, that the wealth and importance of the Seringum Pagoda, might render the regulation of its affairs an object of interest and solicitude to the Tondamon family, and they would suggest therefore, that you should open a communication with Mr. Black- burne, for the purpose of ascertaining how far this proposal may be found feasible. 4. With regard to the two remaining principal pagodas, there appears to be no alternative but to adopt the plans ottered by Mr. Onslow, though the unfit- ness of the head pundaraia of tiic I'oyman Swamy Pagoda has been made suffi- ciently appari'ut by that gentleman's letter of 14th February 1840. 5 The Board are not aware of any objection to the nomination of the indi- vidual mentioned in the 8th paragraph of .Mr. Onslow's letter, provided he is not in the j)ublic service, but it would be necessary to make due provision for Ids suc- cessor. It would not be proper to recognise the office as hereditary, unle-s the family is possessed of sutticient weight and property permanently connected with the district as to ensure the probability of their exercising a lasting influence on the charge committed to them. With these advantages, the superintendence of either or both of the last-mentioned institutions might perhaps be well conferred on 1). Balasoobramanya Moodiliar. I'nuu the Collector, G. Mr. Onslow's arrangements for the smaller temples are unexceptionable; laras'sM'toV-''^'' tliose in the aumanie villages falling under the care of the village officers Ditf.i iinilpvit-iily. and chief inhabitants, and those of Toriore, under the poiigar, upon whom ''•''• in both cases such superiority would naturally devolve. The trust-deed for- warded by iVIr. Onslow, can only be executed conditionally, pending the trans- mission of a general instrument now under the consideration of Government, which will be forwarded for general adoption hereafter. 7. The question of the disposal of the surplus funds, has been reserved by superior authority for future decision, meantime they will continue in deposit, as at present. (signed) R. T. Porter, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. 23 May 1842. • (Ti'ue copies.) (signed) R. Ciinliffc, Deputy Secretary to Government. (No. 1.306.) — No. 49.— Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date 7 November 1842. Re.\d the following extract from the proceedings of the Board of Revenue. Recordins- oliscrvations and ordere on a further i report from tile Collector of Trichinopolv, rc:;ardinu' I /-tt ». c r^„«-„1 «.. loio \t io"t\ th'e witharaw,d of the servants of Government fron, ( (Here enter 6 October 1842, No. 43/.) devastiinuni nianagonicnt in that cistriet. •' Para. 1. The arrangements recommended by the Board of Revenue and the Collector of Trichino|)oly for the withdrawal from future interference with the native religious establishments of the district, appear to the Most honourable the (iovernor in Council to be such as under the circumstances of the case, are most likely to attain the object in view. 2. His Lordship in Council understands from the correspondence, that there are altogether UG pagodas in the district ; viz. the three principal ones of Run- ganada Swamy and Jembookeisveram, at Seringham, and Tayamana Swamy, in the Fort of Trichino])olv, and the remaining 113 of inferior importance, and that the withdrawal of public interference in ail these is now complete. (A true extract.) (signed) IV. Elliot, Acting Secretary to Government. (A true copy.) (signed) R. CiiiiUffc, Deputy Secretary to Government. — No. .50.— INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISiM. 57 — No. 50.— (No. 500.) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 14 November 1842. Read the following letter from the Acting Principal Collector of Cuddapah, sthinCons., reporting the further progress that has been made towards the final disseverance ^^ ^°^' ^''^"' of the native religious institutions in that district from the interference of the servants of Government. " To the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George. '■• Sir, " Para. 1. With reference to the extract from the proceedings of the Board of Revenue, under date the 30th May 1842, I have the honour to report on the measures which I have since adopted, with a view to divest the Government of all concern in the religious institutions in the district. " 2. On the 23d February, the date of the report of the sub-collector in charge, there remained GO pagodas, for which no persons willing to undertake the management had tlien been found. 1 have now made arrangements for the with- drawal of interference on the part of the servants of Government in the manage- ment of all except one : the particulars of these arranp:ements are detailed in the accompanying statements " 3. The pagoda for which arrangements remain to be made is situated at Royaclioty. The village authorities and the respectable inhabitants of that neighbourhood seem to dread the responsibility attached to an undertaking of the kind. "4. As the spirit of the proceedings of the Board seemed to authorize the measure, I have already })laced the ditl'erent institutions in the charge of those persons to whose management they are for the future to be consigned. From these persons I have taken an engagement to the following etfect : — "I, , resident of , in the talook of having been appointed manager of the pagoda of do hereby engage that the sums which shall be given into my hands for the use of the said pagoda, shall be faithfully disbursed for the purposes for which thev have been appropriated, whether as allowances to the servants attached to the said pagoda, or for the ceremonies connected therewith. I also under- take to keep true and correct account of all such disbursements, which accounts I shall be prepared to produce, if required, to the constituted authorities of the district. " For the due performance of the duties which I have now undertaken, I hold myself responsible to any tribunal to which the Government mav be pleased to grant jurisdiction in such matters. " If, on the contrary, the funds should be in any way misappropriated, 1 and my heirs will be responsible for the same." " 5. I have also put a stop to the practice heretofore pursued, of renting out the collections of certain pagodas, and I have published a proclamation making it generally known that all contributions on the part of the peo|)le to these pagodas are entirely voluntary, and that the Government has no concern whatever with them. " i). I propose to pay the ready-money endowments attached to these pagodas quarterly in advance, without any distinction with reference to the amount of endowments. "7. The connexion of Government with the religious institutions of tliis dis- trict has thus been entirely dissevered, except in the case of one }iagoda, and I hope to be able to make satisfactory arrangements for the management of this pagoda also in the course of the present jummahbundy. (signed) " ir. IT'. Arbuthnot, " Acting Principal Collector.'' " Cuddapah District, Principal Collector's Cutcherry, on Circuit Junnnulmudgoo, 5 November 1842."''' €)2\. H No. I. 58 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNME^sT OF No. 1. — STATEMENT, showing the Names of the Individuals who have consented to undertake the Duties of the dififerent Pagodas in the District of Cuddapah. Tilooks. No. Names of the Pagodas. Anuual Allowances granted for each Pagoda. Mode how the Ceremonies of each Pagoda was carried on hitherto. Names of the Persons who agreed to stand as Managers for each Pagodn. Doopaud Talook 1 - - Tennalanathaswamy, of Rajumpully. 192 15 - - daily expenses through the poojaries or worship- pers, and that of Car, through Circar servants. - - Yaroova ' Tinimareddy, Candoor Nagereddy, Condoor Sasliareddy, Curiuini Soob- baruzoo, in the iiiissul of Rajumpully, and Cunium Pa- goola iat}- Mulliah, is in the missa of Boj-adagoompoolah. - - Vencataswaras wanij, of Lutchmepollem. 297 8 - - ditto ... - - Anuntachany, who has been conducting the cere- monies of tlie temple from a length of }-ears. Budwail Talook 1 - - Narapoorasawmy, of Jummulmudgoo. 723 5 4 - - ditto ... - - Curnum Camaswarum, in the missul of Jummulmudgoo. 2 - - Vurdarajasawmy, of Doodalah. 66 12 8 - - daily expenses, and that of Car Feasts through the village authorities. - - Curnum Appiah, in the missul of Doodalah. 3 4 1 - -Chennacasawasawnay, of Yatoor. -- Neelacontaswarasamy, of Condarabad. 81 10 112 - 8 _ f- - daily expenses through" the poojaries, or worship- l pers, and that of Car Feast through the village autho- [rities. - - Car Feast through the village authorities. - • Sashuppa missul Curnum of Yatoor. - - Narapareddy in the missul of Condarabad. 983 12 8 Doo-oor Talook - - Termalanathasawmy, of Mundalumpett. 58 5 4 - - Poota Tirmala Coondoo, a wealthy merchant, who has long been superintending the pagoda. 2 - - Kasawasawmy, of Kulloor. o8 5 4 - - ditto - - Chinna Chennareddy and Curnum Appiah, in the mis- sul of Kulloor. 3 - - Kasawasawmy, of Gunjeecoontah. 52 8 - - - ditto - - Chenna Appiah and Andec Mooty in the missul of Gun- jeecoontah. •1 - - Kasawasawmy, of Tungatoor. 52 8 - - - ditto - - Gona Nursima Reddy, in the missul of Tungatoor. 5 - - Anjanayasawmy, of Vellah. 291 10 8 . - daily expenses through worshippers, and that of Car Feast through the vil- lage authorities. - - Curnum Paparauze, in the missul of Vellalah. C - - Ramalingasawmy, of Ramaswarum. 189 9 4 - - ditto - - Chinna Byapah Reddy and Curnum R. Vencataehel- lum, in the missul of Ramas- warum. 7 - - Gopaulsawmy, of Camanoor. 116 10 8 - . ditto ... - - Nundj-ala Pedda Conda- reddy and Curnum Soobiali, in the missul of Cannanore. 8 - - Kasawasawmy, of Wanepentah. 148 12 - - . ditto - - Apasastry, in the missul of Wanepentah. - - Kasawasawmy, of Settepully. 52 8 - - ditto - - Gungcrcdd)' and Curnum Chenchoorauze, in the missul of Settypully. ■ 10 - - Kasawasawmy, of Podatoor. 116 10 8 - - ditto . . Soobereddy and Curnum Poollumrauze in the missul, of Peddatoor. u - - Codundaramasawmy, of Doo-oor. 03 5 4 . . ditto . - Casavareddy and Garood- adry, in the missul of Doo-oor. 12 - - Mandavasawmy, of Mj-dcoor. 99 2 8 - - ditto ... - - Madavareddy and Curnum Hamasawmy, in the missul of Mydcoor. 1,330 - - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 50 Statement of Names of Individuals consenting to undertake Duties of Pagodas of t 'uddapah — continued. Annual Allow mces Mode how the Ceremonies Names of tlie Persons Talook.». No. Names of the Pagodas. granteil of each Pagoda who agreed to stand as Manas-ers for each Pagoda. was carried on hitherto. for each Pagoda. 1 - - Boogga Vencatara- niasawDiy, of Nossuna. 446 13 4 - - daily expenses, and that of the Car Feast, through the Circar servants. - - Obul Condareddy and ' Curnum Sooruppah, in the missul of Nossuin. 2 - - Cliinna Kasawa- sawniy, of Nossuin. 35 - — - - daily expenses through ditto. - ditto. 3 - - Hungasawmy, of Koilcoontlah. 160 15 2 - - daily charges through the poojaries or worship- pers, and that of the Car Feast through thb village servants. - - Cainala Trinraareddy and Gudduui Ankereddy, in the missul of Coilcoontlah. 4 - - Chtnna Kasawa- snwmy, of Owk. 154 - _ - ditto - - - - - - Curnum Gooroomoorty and Appiah, in the missul of Owk. 5 - - Cumbgerrjsawmy, of Oopalapaud. 144 2 2 - ditto - - - . - - ditto, Chalamiah and Ramasawmy, in the missul of Oppalapaud. 6 - - Nursimmasawniy, of Koleniegoondlah. 136 8 - ditto . - - - - - Yarecalareddy and Cur- num Soobiah, in the missul of Kolemegoondlnh. 7 - - Chinna Kasawa- sawmy,of Paroosamaly. 147 - ' - ditto - - . - - - Ramareddy Vencatadry Curnum Soobiah and Appa- sawniy, in the missul of Pa- roosamala. 8 - - Chinna Kasawa- sawmy, of Sungapatam. 116 6 - - ditto - - - . - - Edamaeunty Nagereddy and Curnum Soobiah, in the mispul of Sungapatam. 9 - - Agustaswarasawmy, of Temmanayanepett. 105 - - - ditto - - - . - - Goodooraoory Chenna Reddy and Curnum Aswar- 1,445 12 8 duni, in the missul of Teni- ^^^^ maj-anepett. - - Bomania Condareddy and 1 - - Sownianadasawmj-, 607 11 11 - - daily expenses, as well of Nundalore. as that of Car Feast, through Curnum Condapah, in the Circar servants. missul of Nandalore. 2 - - Varadarajasawmy, of Chitwail. 496 4 4 - - daily expenses through poojaries or worshippers, and that of Car Feast, through Circar servants. - - Cliowdavarum Narrain- reddy and Sasharcddy, in the missul of Chitwail. 3 - - Somaswarasawmy, of ditto. 634 10 8 - ditto .... - ditto. 4 - - Vcerabadrasawmy, of ditto. 107 14 8 - ditto - - - . - ditto. 5 - - Vurdarajasawiiiy, of Pundalore. 139 1 5 - ditto - - - . - - Goodla Narrainreddy, in the missul of Pondalore. 6 - - Chenna Kasawa- sawmy, of MylapuUj-. 101 - ditto - - - . - - Moodah Tirmulreddy, in the missul of Mylapully. 7 - - Clienna Kasawa- sawmy, of Nagavarum. 97 12 3 - ditto - - - . - - Ancapaty Chinna Venca- tadry, in the missul of Naga- varum. 8 - - Codunde Rama- gawmy, of Malaniar- SO 10 11 - ditto - - . . - - Yorrapoloo Panpunnah's Goomastah, Ancapaty Sasha- pore. reddy, in the missul of Ma- hiiiiarpoor. 9 - - Trataswarasawmy, of Attoralali. 830 - 9 - ditto - - . - - - Pooly Rumacristnarcddy, in the missul of Atteralah. 111 - - Gadadarasawniy, of ditto. 296 10 - - ditto - . - . - ditto. 11 - - Kylasanatliasawniy, of Tungatore. 72 10 — - ditto . - . - - - Singareddy and Curnum Gopauliah, in the missul of Tungatoor. 12 - - Audechcnna Kasa- wnsawmy, of ditto. 73 8 - - ditto - - . - - ditto. 13 - - Svitcliiiienarrain- sawniy, of Goondloor. 93 - 8 - ditto - - - - - - Chopah Narrain lleddy and \Vooniad3-.4ndapoo Reddy, in the missul of Goondloor. 14 - - Siddaswarasawmy, of T<'Ila])aculi. 60 10 1 - ditto - - - . - - Seetaraniroddy, in the missul of T«llai)acali. 15 - - Clienna Kasuwa- sttwmy, of ditto. 60 6 - - ditto - . - - - ditto. 16 - - Nagaswarasawmj-, of Ootacoor. 88 8 2 - ditto - - - - - - Ycrrabnpoo Peinialroddj-, in the missul of Ootacoor. 17 - - Miillaswarasawiiiy, of Mundapally. 71 «J 3 - ditto - - - - - - IJhernoo Vcncutareddy, ih till' iiii^-nl iif Mundapally. 3,912 10 10 6 _'l. H 2 Iconlinued) 6o PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Statement of Names of Individuals consenting to undertake Duties of Pagodas of Cuddapah — continued. T^Ieoks. Sidhout Talook Camalapoor Ta- look. Muddenpiilly Talook. PoolccienJliili Talook. No. Names of the Pagodas. - - Raingaswamy, of Sidhout. - - Codenda Rauia- sawmy, of Wuntunittah - - Balaraniaswara- sawmy, of Sidhout. Annual Allowances granteil ior each P.ogod.i. ] - - Varadarajasawmy, of Camalapoor. J - - Raniasawmy, of Voilpaud. - - Narasimmasawniy, of Turrycondah. - - Caseeneswarasaw- my, of Peelaroo. - - Noorisimmasaw- aniy, of Kulkery. - - Noorissimmaswa- my, of Madicoorty. - - Ramasawniy, of Ramapoonim. - - Nursimmasuwiiiy, of PaupapuUy. - - Mullaswarasawniy, of Tumbalapully. - - Vanogoopaulasawmy, of Tettoo. - - Ramasawniy, of Coorabalacottah . - - Narasimmasawmy, of Tippasamoodrum. - - Ramasawmy, of Cundacoor. - - Somaswarasawmy, of Cottapully. - Bjinwnsawiny, of Mopoor. 105 - Mode how the Ceremonies of each Pagoda was carried on hitherto. •280 200 o 9 •391 o 9 •215 13 4 8.34 7 4 434 9 4 145 13 4 58 5 4 105 - 93 5 4 1,071 8 8 1 4 233 5 4 099 11 4 43 12 - 43 12 35 - - J8 5 4 1,285 15 4 53 5 4 - - daily expenses through poojaries or worshippers, and that of Car Feast through Circar servants. - ditto ditto ditto - - daily expenses, as well as Car Feast, through pub- lic servants. - - ditto . . - - - dailj' charges through poojaries or worshippers, and that of Car Feast through public servants. - - ditto, and that of Car Feast through village au- thorities. - - ditto . - . ditto - - daily expenses through poojarees or worshippers, and Car Feast through public servants. - - daily charges through public servants. - - daily charges, as well asthatof Car Feast, through the public servants. Car Feast through ditto - ditto - - ditto - - ditto ditto Names of the Persons who agreed to stand as Managers for each Pagoda. - Pala Condareddy and Myoonm Narainachary. The Reddy is in missul, and the other is tlic worshipper of the said pagoda. - - Trimala Condareddy, in the missul of Wuntemittah. - Pala Condareddj' and Myoorum Narraina Charrj". The Reddy is in missul, and the other is the worshipper of the said pagoda. - - Anvolareddy Curnum, Ven- cata Condapahand Timinapah, in the missul of Camalapoor. - - Ragavareddy, in the missul of Voilpaud. - - Rameredd}-, in the missul of Turrj-condah. Yarasalareddy, in the missul of Pelaroo. - - Timmareddy, in the mis- sul of Kullekerv. - - Bodereddy, in the missul of Madecoorty. - - Vencatareddy, in tlie mis- sul of Ramapoorum. - - Starbaur Nursuppali, in the missul of Paupapullj-. - - Nagereddy, in the missul of TumbullapuUy. - - Curnum Teroonanduni, in the missul of Tettoo. - - Curnum Ragavendruppali, in the missul of Coorabala- cottah. - - ditto, Puttabe Ramiah, in the missul of Tippasamoo- drum. - - ditto, Narainappali Goo- niastah of Sidunimali, in tlie missul of Cundacoor. - - Rungareddy and Crist- namniah, in the missul of Cot- tapully. - - Hunnoomuntaraj-adoo, in the missul of Nullacher- lah. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 6i .SrAliMr.NT of Names ot Individuals rnnstntiiig to iiiukit;ikc Dutii - of P;iL;odas of Cud'lupfilt — contiiiii Talookii. Rovchoty Ta- loolv. No. C9 70 NamCT of ihe Pagodas. Annual Allowances granted for each Pasroda. Vincataramanasawniy, of Masapett. Anjanava-'^awniy, of Rovchoty. Nursinimasawmy, of Mundem. Amunta Pudnianala- sawmy, of Dinna- paiid. Nnrsimmasawmy, of Bramana Ajaragoo- Ramasawmy, of Miitly Vencataramanasawiny, of Apanapoorum. Total - Veerabadrasawniy, of Cusbah Roychoty. - GRAND TOTAL - 3.-^0 - - ICO C 8 iC2 8 - 140 - 110 10 S (8 12 - 3j - - 1,143 Mode how ihe Ceremonies of each Pagoda w'as carried ou hitherto. Names of the Persons who agreed to stand as Managers for each pagwla. 13,129 - 11 l,4ut 14,587 6 3 - - daily cliarg-es through poojarias or worshippers, and Car Feast throufrh pub- lic servants. - - daily charges through poojaries or worshippers. - - daily charges throiigii poojaries or worshippers, and Car Feast through pub- lic servants. - - ditto, and that of Car Feast through village au- thorities. - - ditto - . . - - ditto ditto J-- the managers have agreed l^for all the above pagodas. - - daily charges through poojaries or worshippers, and Car Feast through pub- lic servants. Chinna Mullereddy, Chinna Heddygarrj", Mulle- reddy Chenchereddy and Cur- num Vencatascvuppah, in the niissul of Tooroopvaregah. - - Pulla Raniachary, the wor- shipper of the said pagoda. - - Dawagoodepully Vencata- butloo, Shotriemdar of the Da- vagoodypnlly. - - Chinna Baseereddy and Byarcddy, in the misstil of Dinnapaud. - - Veeruni Nagertddy and Nacereddy, in the niissul of Bramana \erragoody. - Malreddy, in tlie niissul of Mutlee. - .lyodapooruni Chenna Kiistnareddy and Narasininia- rc'ddy, in tlie niissul of Asana- poor. - - No person has consented to undertake the management of this pagoda. Total Pagodas and Mosques in the District ........ PARTICULARS. Pagodas undertaken by Managers, as reported in the first instance - - . . Ditto - ditto by Managers at present ........ Pagodas for which Managers are not necessary -----... Pagoda which was undertaken by a Manager, but inadvertently entered in the former Statement amongst tliose for wliieh ^lanagers are not required - - . . - Pagoda for whicli no Manager has yet been found --..... Total 284 28 G8 ISO 1 ] 284 Cuddapah District, 1 Principal Collector's Cutcherry, Jummulmudi-oo, }■ .'i November 1842. J (signed) 11. W. Arbulhnot, Acting Principal Collector. 62 H 3 Para. I. From Sub-collector in charge, Feb. 23, in Cons. Id March 1842. Extract Proceedings Board of Revenue. 30 IVIay 1842. G2 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Para. 1. Out of 284 pagodas considered to be in connexion wath the Govern- ment, all except 69 have been already disposed of; the particulars of those 69 are as follows : Wholly managed by Government servants - - - - Wholly managed by the village authorities . - - - Daily charges through the priests, and the Car Feasts by Government servants ------- Daily charges by the priests and the Car Feasts by the village authorities --------- 6 9 34 20 69 Fide enclosed State ment. Annual allowance, 1,4.58. 5. 4. Para. S. 2. The Board suggested, in their former proceedings on this subject, that the 63 temples not wholly under Circar control might be made over entirely to the villa"-e authorities ; and this proposal Mr. Arbuthnot appears to have carried out, managers having been nominated for 62 out of the 63, who are in almost every instance the reddies or curnums, or both conjointly. The same plan also has been adopted in the case of the six pagodas heretofore entirely managed by the servants of Government ; the new managers appointed to those institutions being, without exception, of the classes above mentioned. The selections for the office of manager appear on the whole to be judicious ; but in the cases where a curnum has been appointed sole manager, in some of which the emoluments of the institutions are large, the Board suggest to the acting Principal Collector that it would be very desirable if practicable to associate one or more reddies or influential ryots in the charge. AVith this reservation the Board approve and confirm all Mr. Arbuthnot's arrangements. 3. Only one pagoda now remains undisposed of; this is that which has the lars;est endowments of the whole, and the reddies and other respectable people of "the neighbourhood are stated to be afraid of the responsibiUty. The Board hope Mr. Arbuthnot will be able, as he anticipates, to make a settlement for the charge of this institution in his approaching jummabundy circuit. 4. A legislative enactment is in course of preparation, which wiU supersede the engagements mentioned in para. 4, by defining the liabilities of parties entrusted with the charge of pagodas. Government have also declared the principle of such bonds open to objection ; pending the promulgation of the Act, however, it does not seem requisite to cancel these documents where they have been executed. 5. The Boardap prove the measures of the Acting Principal Collector, reported in para. 5 ; and his proposed future plan of disbursing the pagoda allowances Boards Proceedings, stated in para. 6. Mr. Arbuthnot has omitted, however, to mention whether he has m May, para. 7. ^^^ deposit in hand on behalf of these institutions. Ordered, That copy of the foregoing proceedings be furnished for the informa- tion and guidance of the Acting Principal Collector of Cuddapah, and that transcript be also submitted for the information of Government. (signed) J. D. Bourdillon, Secretary. — No. 51.— (No. 1,434-) The Most honourable the Governor in Council approves the arrangements reported in the foregoing proceedings. Fort St. George, 29 November 1842. (signed) Waltet- Elliot, Acting Secretary- to Government. (True copies.) (signed) R- Cunliffe, Deputy Secretary to Government. — No. 52. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 03 — No. 52. — (No. 4-21.) From J. F. Thomas, Esq., Acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Fort Revenue St. George, to F. J. Haltiday, Esq., Othciating Secretary to the Government department, of India ; dated 25 April 1 843. Sir, Para. 1. REtT.uRixG to the despatcli ot the Honourable tlie Court of Directors which accompanied Mr. Secretary Maddock's letter dated 1st November 1841, No. 182, 1 am directed by the Most honourable the Governor in Council, to transmit the correspondence (noted in the margin*) which has passed with tlie * (^^'c Mow. Board of Revenue and the Judges of the Sudder Adawlut, on the subject of "amending tlie existing Law in regard to Mosques, Hindoo Temples, and other places of reHgious worship in the territories of Fort St. George." 2. The Government of India will observe, that the drafts prepared by the authorities above mentioned have not answered the views of this Government; and that his Lordship in Council is of opinion, that it is not at present desirable to do more than pass a short enactment, wiiich shall annul the power of inter- ference with such institutions now vested in the Board of Revenue, by repealing so much of Reg. VII. of 1817, as confers this power. A draft for this purpose accompanies for the consideration of the Supreme Government and the Law Commission ; and his Lordship in Council recommends that it may be passed into law, and promulgated at an early period. Fort St. George, 25 April 1843. 1 have, &c. (signed) /. F. ThomuK, Acting Chief Secretary. — No. 53. — (No. .5 1 5-) Extract from the Proceedina;s of the Board of Revenue 21 NoVetnber 1842. dated Revenue Department. In accordance with the order of Government, dated 18 October 1842, No. 1,240, the Board proceed to record the remarks that occur to them regard- ing the Draft Act prepared by the Sudder Adawlut, " for amending the existing Law in regard to Xlosques, Hindoo Temples and other places of I'eligious wor- ship in the territories of Fort St. George," which accompanied that order. 1. The tirst observation is, that the provisions of this draft perpetuate the direct interference of Government and its officers in the control and management of native religious institutions. The preamble indeed declares it to be proper that the native superintendents to be appointed under the Act shall be " under a full responsibility to tbe established courts of justice ;" but the enacting clauses make no corresponding provision, but give authority to the Collector (an execu- tive officer of Government), 1st, To decide on the titles of parties claiming to Sec. 12. superintend a reHgious institution under the Act ; 2d. To a])point a commission sec. i-i. of inquiry into the conduct of superintendents, and to receive the report of such commissioners ; 3d, To investi!j;ate personally ; and, 4tli, To punish acts Sec. lo. w. of fraud or embezzlement committed by superintendents or others on the pro- perty of pagodas. In the tirst of tiie foregoing cases the Government, and in the 1st, 3d and 4th the Board of Revenue, are also directly to take part. All these provisions appear to the Board to be not only in opposition to the explicit and repeated instructions of the Court of Directors, but also to be totally incon- sistent with the preamble of the draft it«elf ; because they contemplate that Government ' ■ Procecili'ii^'s of the Uoaid of Revenue, li .Mareh 1042, and Extract Minutes Cons. 20 A[iiil 1842, transnutted in Letter to tlic Government of India, 2;i Ajnil ir.42, No. .018. Li-ttor from tlie Sudder .Vdawlut, 17 May 11M2, transmitted (o tlie (Jovernmeiit of India, 2f! July 1042, No. 002. Letter anl r'roeeediiius from the Hoard of Revenue of 14 Julv, No. 2!)4 mid ."WU, and Kxtniet MinutcH Cons. 2:? Aujjiist 1H42, liaiismitted to Government of India, 21) Novemher 1842, No. 1,:!(!'J. Letter from the Sudder ,\St. George," but by its servants and others. ^lost of those to be fulfilled by the latter two classes, and sec. 12, among those to be fulfilled by Government, are perpetual in their very nature, and not capable of a final fulfilment. The time for the cessation of the Government connexion with the institutions referred to should, therefore, be more precisely indicated. la Preamble, clause 1. Preamble, clause 3. Sec. 2- INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 65 III accordance with the 2(1 clause of the preamble, the draft should contain a partial repeal of Rug. \''1I. of 1817, but such a j)rovisiou is not found in it. 9. The power here bestowed on Government to nominate superintendents Sect 3. should be precisely limited to the case of those institutions onlv which have heretofore been under the management of the officers of Government, for it is those alone in which any change is to be made. It is to be supposed, that in framing this section, the nommation of a separate sujjerintendent or superinten- dents to each institution was intended, although its terms would imply that there are to be one or more, a corporate body for the management of all jointly. The terms in which the proposed superintendents are invested with authority are less comprehensive than the corresponding ])rovisions of the Juggernauth Act.* * X. of 1840, sect. 2. In addition to superintendence over " its interior economy, the conduct and management of its atlairs," which terms are adopted in the present draft, that Act likewise confers on the superintendent the " control over the priests, officers and servants attached to the pagoda." This power should not be withheld from the superintendents to be constituted under the proposed Act. The additional provision introduced in the draft, giving the superintendents authority "over the custody and disbursement of their funds, and of all their endowments," appears also necessary, with tiie same limitations, however, of the latter phrase as is suggested above, in ])ara. 5. Sect. 4 and 6. 10. The purport of these two sections seems to be nearly coincident, the latter being a slight enlargement of the former. It appears to the Board that both are not necessary, and that sect. 4 might be omitted, some trifling change being made in the wording of sect. G. 11. This is taken almost literally from the Juggernauth Act.f For the sake Sect. 5. of precision, it might be as well if the words " in the discharge of their functions tSect. 2. in connexion with the institution under his or their control," or some other of similar meaning, were inserted immediately after the word " guided." The succeeding passage also might be beneficially altered as follows : " by the recorded rules, and the ancient and established usage of that institution, so far," kc. It appears to the Board, also, that the i)roper place for this section is after sect. 12, and that the terms of it should be enlarged, so as to include not only the superintendents " nominated by the Government," but also those elected under sect. 8, and those succeeding, or appointed to vacancies under sect. 10 and 1 1. 12. This provision appears unnecessary. The object of the Act is declared sect. 7. to be, 1st, The severance of the Ciovernment connexion with native religious Preamble, clause i- institutions ; and, 2d, The withdrawal of the superintendence exercised by the Board of Revenue over their endowments ; and it is in substitution for (iovern- ment and the Board that individual superintendents are to be constituted, and the " superintendence and management of such institutions and their endow- I'rcamble, clause 2. meats" to be "transferred" to them. No parties, therefore, "in possession and holding the authority set forth in the Act " can be disturbed in their rights by it, because in their case there is no Government interference ; none, there- fore, is withdrawn, and no authority, consequently, has to be substituted fur it. More especially is this clause sujierfluous, if the limitation suggested above, in the first part of para. 9, be adopted. 13. Strong objections appear against the classes of persons here endowed Sctt.c. with the right of election. " Officers and others employed in the management and funds " (even allowing any determinate meaning to the phrase " officers and others ") do not seem to the Board to have any pretensions to such a privilege. They will generally be merely the servants of the superintendent, and often with- out hereditary or permanent connexion with the institution. The only jjcople belonging to the institution who have any claim to share the right of suffrage are those who by hereditary title perform rehgious services iii the pagoda ; and where, as is common, such hereditary duties arc discharged in turn by various members of a family, the holder for the time being should alone exercise that right. As regards the other jjarties to be associated with such officers in the election, the term "persons interested in the institution" is certain, from its vagueness, to cause much embarrassment in practice, and the Board recur to the suggestion offered in para. 2, that the right should depend on some definite qualification. It is concluded that this section is intended for cases where no valid claim to the right of superintendence may be found. As it stands at pre- sent it is liable to be misunderstood to include cases where there are conflicting 621. I claims, 66 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF claims, but so well balanced as to make discrimination impossible. To prevent such misconstruction, the wording may be slightly altered ; " if in any case no party or parties may be able to make a title," &c. Sect. 9. 14. Some remarks have been offered above on the principles involved in this section. The Board would add here, that if that principle is, nevertheless, approved and affirmed, it will be necessary to supply an important omission. It is not specified whetlier the right of suffrage shall vest in all the heirs of the original nominees (and the heirs of an individual Hindoo may be numerous), or whether each such original nominee is to have but one representative, and by what principles of descent that one is to be ascertained out of many descendants. It is further to be observed here, with reference also to sect. 8 and 1 1 , that a specification is required, to declare whether unanimity of choice, or three- fourths, or any other proportion, shall be necessary to an election, or whether a bare majority shall suffice, and what is to be done when the numbers are equally divided. Sect. 10. l-'' ^'o remark appears necessary on this section, except that the purport of it might be, perhaps, more concisely and clearly conveyed by a slight altera- tion of the wording of sect. 6, or by an additional clause to it. Sect. 11. 16. As it stands at present, this section limits the right of election to fill vacancies in the office of superintendent to the original electors appointed under sect. 9; if the word "declared" were omitted, and the phraseology slightly altered, their successors in perpetuity would be included. The words "or superintendents " might be omitted in both parts of the section with advantage of brevity and perspicuity. The addition of a few words to sect. 8, or any other that may eventually be substituted for it, would render this whole section needless. Sect. 12. 17. Some remarks have already been made on this section. The object of it is not very apparent. It would seem that a Collector is not to act on it except under the special orders of Government. It does not clearly appear what are the precise claims adv^erted to ; whether founded on objections to the validity of an election, or in a disputed light of succession, or in either indifferently. The force of the expressions "for the time being" is not clear — whether it refers to the right of appeal to the Government, or to a regular action expected to be afterwards instituted in a civil court. From the use of the word " sum- marily," the latter might be supposed the meaning, were it not that no provisioa for subjecting the superintendents to the courts for their official acts is found in the draft. Again, it is not specified for how long a time this decision " for the time being " shall be valid, supposing no such after proceedings to follow. Sect. 13. 18. There would seem to be some important omission in this section, which, as it stands at present, empowers individuals impertinently to scrutinize the affairs of institutions with which they have no sort of interest or connexion; and not merely that, but also gives authority to Hindoos or Mahomedans indiscri- minately to insist on inspecting the accounts of the religious institutions of each other; if' three "principal inhabitants" (a very vague term) concur in the design, and make a requisition on the .superintendent (verbal or written is not stated) to produce his accounts ; wdiile so lax in one point of view, the enactment is as objectionably rigid and confined in another; the Hoard cannot comprehend the reason of i-estrictino- the inquisitorial privilege, if given to the public at all, to persons resident within five miles of the particular institution wliose affairs are in question ; as it often happens that the persons most interested, and most capable of exercising an effectual supervision, reside at a great distance. Thus Chundoo Lol, of Hyderabad, and the Rajah of Mysore, are among the largest contributors to the Tripetty Pagoda ; the TrichendoorTemple is largely supported by the Rajah of Travancore ; many independent services are performed in the Rock Pagoda at Trichinopoly, at the private charge of the Tondamon Rajah, and of other persons resident far distant ; one of the great temples at Conjeeverani receives very large contributions from wealthy merchants, i>«:c. at Madras ; and many other instances might be given were it necessary. Tiie right of scrutiny into the affairs of a pagoda or other religious institution should be limited to the respectable part of those who pay their devotions at it, or contribute to its sup- port. There is nothing in the draft to oblige the superintendents to keep accounts, and nothing to show wliat after proceedings shall or may be taken by the reqiusitionists, supposing accounts to be produced to them, and to be de- fective or unsatisfactory ; for the succeeding sections refer to a different subject INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETAXISM. 67 subject — direct investigation by the collector; and tbere is no |)rovision for engrafting proceedings under Regulation IX. of 1822 in the report of the Commission. 19. It is not specified \vho arc the parties to whom a " reliisal to expose Sect. 14. the accounts of the institution" entails the consequenc(s here set forth; and it can only be conjectured, which is not sufficient for a legislative Act, that thev are the "three principal inhabitants" refernd to in the preceding section. In an enactment of this importance, it is essential that the constitution of the commis- sion to be apjjointed should be defined, both as to number and personal (jualitica- tion, to guide and limit the Collector in the discb.arge of his novel duty ; it should be stated who have the right of making complaint and application for such a commission, and what is to follow on its report. All these particulars are at present wanting. In addition to these remarks on the indefinite wording and defective provisions of this section, the Board entertain strong objections against the tribunal and course of proceeding here intended. They are persuaded that such a body as the proposed commission, however fair the design may seem in theory, would in practice be an utter failure ; that they would very seldom meet (even if the Collector were armed with powers to enforce their assembling, and by this Act he has none), that the inspection of the accounts would be iiKiolcntly drawn out from month to month and from year to year ; that the commis- sioners would be actuated by fear or favour to adopt one side or the other, and that thus the report, if ever made, would be worthless. 20. The Board have already stated* the general objection which appears to Sect. 1.5 and IC them to lie against these enactments. If that should be overruled, the provi- « Para. 1. sions of Regulation IX. of 1822 might sufficiently serve for the investigation and punishment of frauds and embezzlement by devastanum su}>erintendents ; but some modifications of it would previously be requisite to make it applicable, and those modifications should be provided for, the Board think, in the pro))osed Act. The 2d clause of section 2 of the Regulation defines the classes of offences cognizable under it; the 3d, 4th and oth classes are those most likely to be called into exercise under the proposed Act; but as at present worded thev could not apply, inasmuch as the money and accounts under charge of the superintendents could not, except by an objectionable perversion of the word from its proper sense, be considered " public." The word " official" too, in class 1. could only be applied to acts of a superintendent, by giving it a meaning which in that place it has not hitherto borne, and for assigning which it appears to the Board that a special enactment is necessary. In like manner section 9 gives authority to the Collectors to make search for " revenue" papers and accounts, and for such as respect " frauds or embezzlements of the public revenue;" but it could not be ap])lied to the case of documents concerning a religious institution or its revenues. Again, the 3d clause of the same section specifies the persons subject to the Collectors jurisdiction under this Regulation ; but none of the three classes in which they are there arranged could include either a superintendent or any other servant of a pagoda as such. 21. Regulation IX. of 1822 having been found inadequate to the object intended by it. Regulation \'II. of 1828 was passed to supply its defects; and more recently its operation was enlarged by Act 3G, of 1837," so as to comjjre- hend public property of all descriptions, and not merely public money. The draft does not provide for the extension of these two enlarging enactiiicnts to the case of davastanums under the new superintendents, but merely of the original regulation. With reference to parts of Regulation VII. of 1828, the Sect. 4. Board would observe, that they consider the interference of the Collector's native subordinates in the affairs of pagodas, to be especially objectionable ; it is a power which those subordinates are particularly fond of exercising, as it gives them influence and consideration, and affords excellent faciltties for peculation. 22. Regulation V, of 1822 has been acknowledged by Government to ^'^■^'^'•. . . contain " inaccurate assumptions of the lawf which it was intended to modify," xxxi^'^lcoV.''^"^ to want clearness and precision in its enacting clauses, and to " contain pro- visions of an injurious tendency," and on these grounds its repeal was ordered so early as 28 .lanuary 182.'); more recently olijcctions have anew been taken against it as defective in practice, and extensive modifications of it arc under consideration. Notwithstanding its defects, however, it is the chief law which regulates the relations between the ryot and his superior over large tracts of (^21. I _' territory ; 68 TAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF territory ; and, pending its repeal or amendment, the Board see no objection to the comparatively trivial extension of its operation which it is now proposed to give it. Regulation XXVIII. of 1802 should simultaneously receive a like extension ; and both require to be so extended in more particular and precise language than the draft at present contains. 23. The Board have thus gone through the draft, section by section, and pointed out those things in it which to them appear to require amendment. They have done this in some instances with a minuteness which may appear excessive; but it must be remembered, that the use and efficiency of a legis- lative Act depends on its perspicuity and precision, and anything which tends to increase those qualities is beneficial. The Board will now proceed to mention a few omissions in the draft, which it seems necessary to supply. 24. And tirst tbey would observe, that by far the larger part of the native religious institutions heretofore under charge of the servants of Government, have already been disconnected from sucli interference, and placed under sepa- rate and independent management ; and it is not improbable that the sever- ance may be completed in every case before the draft becomes law. It is therefore essentially necessary that the Act should contain a clause sanctioning and confirming all that has been done prior to its enactment, in and towards effecting the severance ; and whether precisely in conformity with its provisions or not. 25. 2d. In many, especially of the larger pagodas, the best plan for their future management has seemed to be to commit them severally to the superin- tendence of a zemindar or rajah, and his heirs and successors for ever ; and this arrangement has been in many instances effected, and has received the sanction of Government. Such a disposition is contrary to the present draft, except where a rajah may possess an hereditary claim to the superintendence, and then no other is allowable ; if, therefore, the draft receive the approval of Govern- ment in its present state, none such could be adopted for the pagodas still undisposed of, however desirable it might appear. The Board think that a pro- vision should be inserted, authorizing such a method of disposal in ca.ses in which it may appear expedient, where it would not interfere with ascertained rights. This is the plan that was adopted in the case of the temple of Jug- gurnauth. Letter from Regis- 2G. 3d. A Sweeping objection was taken by the court of Sudder Adawlut against irarSudtrAdawiut, clausc 2d, scction 2, of the draft Act* submitted bv the Board, but under an •''4 M I'm-^ entire misconception of its meaning, which they could hardly have entertained + ^4Marchi842" if the Board's proceedings,t which accompanied it, had been before them; and para. 7. ' which, it may be supposed, was still more effectually removed from the mind of Government at least, if ever by them adopted, by the further explanation of its i To Govemniont, intention subsequently given, j It still appears necessary to the Board that some 14 July 1842, para. 2. provision should be made for cases similar to those instanced in those pro- ceedings, and in that explanation ; for, in the absence of such provision, the escheat, or resumption or forfeiture of an estate or zemindary, or even its purchase by Government when sold for arrears (a transaction of frequent occurrence), may throw upon Government again the management of institutions from which it was supposed that the disseverance was final and complete, or entail upon them the charge of such as had never before been under Government control at all ; and a new Act may thus be required to enable Government to devolve that responsibility on other parties. 27. 4th. The question has been propounded, what shall be done, where, from decay of a pagoda, or other cause, the services for whicli endowments in land or money have been granted may cease; whether the grant should be resumed by Government, and if so, how long a cessation of service should render it liable to resumption ; and whether it should be again allowed on the renewal of the services. The Board are of opinion that such resumption would be inconsistent with the wishes of the home authorities, and that it would entail a continuance of tlie interference which it is now sought to put an end to. For the consistent and final abandonnjent of that interference, it seems necessary, that where land or money allowances have been granted to religious institutions, they sbould so continue permanently and unconditionally, (iovernnient not interposing to take cognizance of the performance or neglect of the services whicli they were intended to maintain. In all or most districts it is now the practise to collect, on behalf of Government, the revenue of lands, usually very triflinir INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH .MAHOMETAXISM. 69 trifling in extent, belonging to pagodas, in whicii, from any cause, no poojali or ceremonies are performed. In like manner the endowments also, generally very small, of readers of the Yadiim, Calendar Crahmins, ice. arc brought to the credit of Government, where the otiice may be vacant, or the holder absent. The Board think that this practise should cease in both cases, and that Collectors should be forbidden, for the future, to take any notice of such cases. 28. The custody of religious endowments and their security from misappro- priation and spoliation, are not sutHcieiitly ensured by placing the parties entrusted with them under a liability to a suit in court, and empowering any person interested in the institution to act as prosecutor, both because so few persons would be at the trouble to come forward Avith such an action, and because of the expense and tediousness of the process. The latter obstacle would be removed by authorizing the courts to take summary and instant cognizance of such cliarges ; and such a provision, the Board think, should be contained in the Act, and^in cases of misfeasance proved, the Court should have discretionary power to reimburse the informant or prosecutor for his necessary expenses out of the funds of the institution, if the defendant should be without means to defray them. The former obstacle, the unwillingness of parties to come forward, would be lessened by the same measure ; and in the absence of any individual or body invested with power to take cognizance of misappropriation of the funds or endowments of religious institutions, and as public prosecutor to present them to the court for investigation, no other more effectual plan occurs to the Board. Ordered, That extract of the foregoing proceedings be submitted for the consideration of the JMost honourable the Governor in Council, with reference to tlie order of Government recorded above. (A true extract.) (signed) J. D. Bourdillon, Secretary. (A true copy.) (signed; J. F. Thofnas, Acting Chief Secretary. Minute by the Honourable Mr. Bird; dated 3 January 1843. I.v their letter of the 17th of May last, the Court of Sudder Adawlut pointed out that the draft Act for withdrawing from all interference with, and for the future management of native religious institutions, submitted by the Board of lievenue with their proceedings of the 24t]i of jMarch last, was not adapted to effect the object proposed ; and the Board of Revenue have now, in their jiroceedings of the 21st of November last, sliown that the draft Act proposed by the Sudder Adawlut in their letter of the 22d of September last, is at least equally objec- tionable. It would, 1 think, be a vain attempt to make a law adapted in every particular to all the numerous pagodas in difl'erent parts of the country, the management of which has been assumed by the revenue authorities under Reg. \'II. of 1N17. The main object, I conceive, is to divest the Government of all interference with the affairs and funds of the institutions in question, and to place them under as efficient control as can be provided, consistent with that great object, and with reference to existing rights and usages. It may eventually be necessary to make separate Acts for the management of some of the large and most important pagodas, such as Trippety, Conjeveram, and Seringham, in like manner as provision has been made in Act X. of 1840 for the numagement of the aflairs oi the Tcmjdc of .luggurnauth; but I think that all that is at present n quired is, an Act to tlic (.ticct of liie draft aj)ponded to this minute, or one as simple and as general as possible. The CJovernment of India will, however, be far better able than I am to judge whether either of the proposed draft Acts will suffice; and I tiiiidc tiiat it would C21. I ^. be 70 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF be advisable to forward the papers now before the Board for their consideration, and for the preparation by the Law Commission, if necessary, of an Act to effect the desired objects. 3 January 1843. (signed) John Bird. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Acting Chief Secretary. — No. 54. — (No. 420.) I^^^'^iy"^ , Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date 25 April 1843. Department. ■* Read again letters from the Register of the Sudder Adawliit, dated 1 7 May and 22 September, Nos. 72 and 125, and entered in Consultation 7 June and 18 October 1842. Read also extract from the proceedings of the Board of Revenue. (Here enter 21 November 1842, No. 515.) Read also Minute by the Honourable Mr. Bird. (Here enter 3 January 1843, No. G.) Para. 1. On a full and careful review of the proceedings of the Board of Revenue, and of the communications from the Sudder Adawlut recorded above, it is clear to the Most honourable the Governor in Council, that neither the draft prepared by the Court of Sudder Adawlut nor that originally submitted by the Board with their proceedings of the 24.th March 1842, No. i 17, would effect the object desired by the home authorities, the final and complete disconnexion of the Government, directly and indirectly, from native religious institutions. 2. The Court of Sudder Adawlut have observed on the draft Act prepared by the Board of Revenue, that the provisions in clause 2, sect. 2, are incompatible with this complete separation, that " it lays down a principle by which the con- nexion of the officers of the Government, in lieu of being withdrawn, is upheld for the future ;" in these observations his Lordship in Council concurs. Taia 1, PjocccJings. 3. The Board of Revenue have also observed in their recent proceedings, and with much truth, that the draft Act laid before the Government by the Sudder Court, would likewise, if carried out, " perpetuate the direct interference of Government and its officers in the control and management of native religious institutions ;" and that the draft is in other respects defective, and too diffuse. His Lordship in Council is of opinion that it is not at present desirable to do more than pass a short enactment, which shall annul the power of interference with pagodas, mosques and other native religious institutions now vested in the Board of Revenue, by repealing so much of Regulation VH. of 1817 as confers this power. It would be inexpedient, in his Lordship's opinion, to attempt to frame an Act which shall provide for all institutions, varying so greatly as they do, and often regulated by local usage. All that now api)ears necessary is an enactment with a few clear and explicit provisions, embodying distinctly the great principle of a complete separation from the Government, which the honourable Court of Directors have laid down ; and his Lordship in Council accordingly submits a draft of this character for the consideration of the Supreme Government, of which", if approved, he would recommend the early pronmlgation. (A true extract.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Acting Chief Secretary. — No. 55. — INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 71 — No. 55.— (No. 952.) T- r. ^ r- Revenue From J. F. Thomas, Esq., Secretary to tlie Uoveinment ot lort St. George, to Department. F. J. HaUHlay, Esq., Officiating .Secretary to the Government of India ; dated I) September 1843. Sir, With reference to instructions received from tlie Honourable the Court of Directors, in a despatch in the Legislative Department, dated .""^th April 184-3, No. "2, 1 am directed by the Most noble the Governor in Council to tran.smit copies of minutes recorded by the members of Government, and of an extract from the Minutes of Consultation of this day's date, on the subject of the further arrangements necessarv for the full and final disconnexion of Government from the religious institutions of the country, and to request the orders of the Right honourable the Governor- general of India in Council on the various points therein noticed. I have, &c. (signed) J. F. Thomas, Fort St. George, .*> September 1843. Secretary to Government. MiNLTE by the Most noble the Governor ; dated 26 May 1843. In reading over the letters of the Honourable Court of Directors, there is no subject on which their instructions convey to my mind a more anxious and decided wish than that the local Government of the Madras Presidency should, at the very earliest period, disconnect itself from the native rehgious institutions of the country. The clear and impressive language used by the Honourable Court, in its des- patch of the 2.")th of August 184 1 , leaves no doubt of its wishes. It says, " It is our object to give complete effect to the principles recognised in the despatches to which we have referred (viz. 2d .Tunc 1840, 3d ]\Tarch 1841), and we rely on your promoting that object to the utmost extent which may be practicable." With such positive instructions, it appears to me that this fiovernment is called on to give efl'ect to the orders of the Honourable Court, and to follow up without delay what remains to be done of a work which seems to me to be so completely within our reach. The Honourable Court, by a recent order, desires that all communications on this subject shall be made to the Supreme Government, to which high authority power has been conveyed to ai)prove of such final arrangements as may be pro- posed by the Madras Government, as well as to issue such instructions as it may deem necessary for carrying out the object of the Honourable Company. The example set us by the Bengal Presidency, under similar circumstances, affords us reasonable grounds for anticipating its decision, upon any just plan for carrying into effect the severance of all connexion between the Government of the Honourable Company and the religious institutions of the natives ; if any- thing, however, was wanting to ensure the approval of the Supreme Government for effecting this object, it will be found in their recorded principle on which this Government is called to act, viz. " that the separation when made should not be partial and uncertain, but final and complete," and the Honourable Court, approving of this principle, instruct that no time should be lost in following It out. .(uniov Scirotaiv to The Board of Revenue, in the case of Malabar, has proposed a remedy, by <''ivirnm- of in<1in, 11 if- • f 1 1 • 4.- r vi 1 11 • 1 1 V' ilati-il 10 AuL'. IIUO. allotting a piece of land m compensation for the annual allowance paid by Go- i)(.s|,,,,^.], of tlu- A'ernmcnt from tlie public treasury to religious institutions, as an alternative; if llon.tho Coint of thought more desirable, a sum of money in full might be substituted. Dcnnlt'm^u ! N "s!^ Impressed, as I feci, that 1 should only be giving effect to the object of the diitoa :? .Maviii 1!MI*. Honourable Court, I would recommend the proposition of the Board of IJevenuc* * 7 October mil. and the Collector of Malabar. f In it, I think, with a little consideration on the 1 14 September ic 11. part of Government, satisfactory means of accommodation for all parties will be found, which will quietly overcome all the difficulties that have presented them- es 1 . 14 selves Letter from tbe 72 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF selves in efFectinc: the desirable disconnexion of Government from the religious institutions of that province- The measure proposed by the Board of Revenue, viz. " that an allotment of land be made for the support of the mosque at Quilandry, yielding- a revenue equivalent to the present endowment in money. 1,800 rupees per annum, to be placed in the hands of the managers or trustees." In lieu of this payment, if necessary, it appears to me that Government would act with perfect justice bv granting an allotment of land of equal value to the money payment as an indemnification. Such an exchange, 1 think, would be satisfactory to all parties, and would absolve Government from any connexion with the moscjue, and it cannot be doubted that it is more the interest of those connected with the institution to be in possession of a landed property, than to depend on an annual payment by Government, as no disconnexion between the Government and the religious institutions can be complete until the one, by documentary proof, is shown to be independent of the other. If the above recommendation should meet the approbation of Government, I would direct the Board of Revenue to prepare for carrying the above-mentioned proposition into execution, with the hope that it will receive the sanction of the Supreme Government, and impress upon its members the wish of Government, that a full equivalent in land should be transferred for the interest of the rehgious institution in lieu of the annual sum now paid from the treasury. In the mean- time, I would ask the sanction of the Supreme Government for their approval of this proposition. In the proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 22 December 1842, para- grajih 2, the Board observe, " The Government connexion with native religious institutions in Ganjam is very limited ; it is confined to the payment of money allowances to 176 institutions in the Hareelly talooks, the aggregate amount of which is Rs. .3,809. 8. annually ; many of these allowances are very trifling, even as low as one rupee per annum ; and only one exceeds 200 rupees a year. These payments appear to be partly in lieu of lands and roossums which were in the possession of the various institutions at the time when the country was trans- ferred to the British, and which were shortly after converted into money allow- ances, and partly the continuation, wholly or in part, of similar commutations made by the Mahomedan Government." The remark subsecjuently in paragraph 3, " that Government have never inter- fered in any way in the management of the native religious institutions in Ganjam, those in the hill zemindaries being left to the superintendence of those chiefs, and those iu the low country to the officiating |)riests and their ecclesias- tical superiors. In all of them the rule and order of the succession of the con- trolling authorities and priests is well defined, being either hereditary in various modes or by nomination of a superior. The fixed allowances have been regu- larly paid, no extraordinary expenses have been incurred for repairs of edifices, &c., and there is no deposit in hand." Under these circumstances, I would apply not only in this district, but in all those similarly situated, the course recommended in Malabar, which would at once effect a final and complete disconnexion on the part of Government with the affairs and with the funds of the religious institutions of the native commu- nity. The small pieces of land belonging to religious institutions in Ganjam, might be restored as far as practicable, or an equivalent given in their stead, as well as allotments equally valuable in the fees or roossooms. should be made over to the officiating priest and village authorities. Nothing, I think, could be more satisfactory than such a measure, as it will be placing these institutions in the same position as prior to Mahomedan or British interference. In the Coimbatoor collectorate, the small pieces of land with wdiich the village tomj)les are endowed are " in the hands of the people." I am not aware why this principle should not be made a precedent on a small scale in Ganjam and Nellore. In order that Government may know what still remains to be done to enable it to carry into effect the object of the Honourable Court, I would propose that the Board of Revenue be called on to lay before Government without delay, a statement of all sums which it still may be called on to pay from the public treasury, so that Government may be enabled to carr}- into'effect the recog- nized principle of the Honourable Court, as expressed in their despatch dated 1st February 1843, in which they directed that an allowance granted by this Government INDIA WITH DOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAMSM. 73 Government for five years, should be commuted for the immediate payment of the principal sum as a compensation for lands resumed from pagodas in South Arcot. In that case, the lands held by the pagodas were on an unauthorized tenure • but still their claim to compensation was clear; and if the Honourable Court considered it advisable to close at once their connexion with these institutions, which, under the orders of Government, would terminate at the end of five vears it appears to me that if a similar course was followed with all institutions of a like nature, it would only be carrying out a principle recognized by the Court, and which has already been acted upon by this Government. I consider it also peculiarly desirable that the Government should relieve itself from its obligation for the support, by an annual stipend, of certain pagodas at Madras ; and I obsen'^e by the report of the Collector of Madras, that the allowances of the two pagodas at Callatapct, was made originally by Govern- ment " in compensation for their arrack revenue formerly enjoyed by them." On the same principle, I would recommend that a sum of money, producing inte- rest equal to the revenue paid from the arrack revenue, ascertained upon an average of years, should be assigned to the trustees or managers, in trust for these institutions, a measure the more desirable, as these institutions are situated within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. I would therefore call upon the Board of Revenue to report upon these and all similar allowances, and require a statement, distinguishing wholly and par- tially gratuitous allowances, from those granted in commutation of fees or pri- vileges which have been at any time alienated from the pagodas, and assumed by the Government for the general interest, and to state the amount which in such case would be a full and equitable compensation for the existing annual payment It appears to me, in asking the members of Government to act on their own responsibility in carrying out the recommendations I ofter in this minute, I am only asking them to give effect to the already expressed object of the Honour- able Court, on a subject to which it has devoted for a long period so much of its consideration, as well as of the Supreme Government, which has already relieved the Bengal and Agra Presidencies from a similar position, and from •whom we have every reason to expect that this proposition will be most heartily welcomed. 26 May 1843, (signed) Tweeddale. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas^, Secretary to Goverment. Minute by the Honourable Mr. Bird; dated I June 1843. On the I2th of June 1841, the Government of Fort St. George issued detailed instructions to the Board of Revenue, directing them to carry into eftect the orders of the Honourable the Court of Directors, for " the immediate withdrawal from all interference with native temples and places of religious resort." Ihe Board of Revenue have reported, from time to t'me, the progress they have made in carrying these orders into eftect, and I am not aware that there has been any unavoidable delay ; final orders have, I believe, been issued, con- firming or modifying the arrangements made by tlie revenue authorities in all the districts, witii the exception of one or two, and I think that it would scarcely be advisable to disturb what has been already settled. There does not appear to have been any great difficulty in making arrangements for Malabar and Ganjam, and the Government order of the 20tii of ^ovenibcr 1841 appeared to be final respectmg the former, and that of the 21st of January 1843 as regards the latter. 621. K In 74 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF In accordance with the directions contained in the letter from the Honour- able Court under date the 5th of April last, instructions upon all subjects con- nected with the religious institutions in question must now be obtained from the Government of India, and I think it would be advisable to bring particu- larly to their notice the references which have been made to the Honourable Court, to which no answers have yet been received, and to request their orders for our guidance. At the same time occasion should be taken to bring the propositions of the Most noble the President to the notice of the Government of India. In my opinion, it is not desirable to depart from the instructions laid down in para. 3 of the letter to the Board of Revenue, dated the 12th of June 1841, which have been approved of by the Honourable Court, and which were in accordance with their orders ; though at the same time there may be instances in which it may be advantageous and desirable to authorize a depar- ture from the rule. 1 June 1843. (signed) John Bird. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. Minute by the Honourable H. Chamier ; dated 7 June 1843. I THINK that, in submitting the propositions contained in the minute of the Most Noble the President, dated 2()th May 1843, for the orders of the Govern- ment of India, we should point out wherein they involve any change in arrange- ments approved and authorized by the late Government, and leave it to the higher authority to determine what is right to be done, in view to uniformity of system throughout India. IVIadras, 7 June 1843. (signed) H. Chamier. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No. 5G.— ^■ (No. 951.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation ; under date 5 September 1843. Replying to communications from thU Government, in which certain questions "Pjjj. ]\Jost INoblC thc GoVCmOr iu CoUn- relating to the disconnection of the Government from the rel.g>ous institunons of „„„„p„,l„ ^O msS OrdcrS CU tllC letter the Natives, were referred, and desiring that the measures m progress under this CU prOCCeUS lO pribh UlUCIS Ull LUC ICllCI Presidency for carrying out the orders of the Honourable Court on this subject, he jy^j^^ j-j^^ HonOUrable the Courtof UirCCtOrS reportedto.andregula.edeat.relybythems.ruct,on,of.heSupremeGovcrnment .^^ ^^^^ Legislative Department, dated 5th Religious Ceremonies, and Superintendence of NafveRehgtous Institutions: ^pril 1843, No. 2, rcktivC tO the UativC Paras. 41 to 43, Fort St. Geoige, Military Letter, 21 January, No. 3, 1842. 1 . .' . . . Whole, Fort St. George, Revenue Secretary's Letter, 23 April, No. 31, 1842. rcllglOUS lUStltutlOnS, lU COUneXlOU With D.tto - - ditto - - - ditto - - - - 7 J""f. No- 36, 1842. ^j following minutcs recorded by the Ditto - - ditto - Revenue Letter, 4 July, No. 31, lb42. 3^ ^ -i i Ditto - - ditto - - ditto- - 5 July, No. 32, 1842. niembcrs of Government on the same sub- Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - 29 November, No. 54, 1842. • , Ditto • - ditto - - ditto - - 21 January, No. 5, 1842. Jt<.,i.. Minute by the Most noble the President. (Here enter 26 May 1843, No. 640.) Minute by the Honourable Mr. Bird. (Here enter 1 June 1843, No. G91.) Minute by the Honourable Mr. Chamier. (Here enter 7 June 1843, No. 698.) Para. 1. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 75 Para. I. Under the orders conveyed in the above despatch, the Most Noble the Governor in Council resolves to transmit to the Government of India the further correspondence* which has passed relating to the withdrawal of the interference of the officers of Government with the religious institutions of the country, since the date of that forwarded with the letter of the 2d June 1843, No. 584, and to request early attention to tlie communications noted in the margin,! as well as specific instructions on the several points referred for the t (See below.) determination of the Honourable Court. 2. The chief points for consideration would appear to be these; are the lands Extract Minutes and other endowments belonging to native reli-^ious institutions, to be relin- 2.3 Amin842' in quished to the recognized trustees or managers ; or, are they to be retained, as letter to the Secre- heretofore, in the charge of the officers of Government, for the benefit of the '•|''.^' "'"><> India 1 1 ^1 II 1 r r> 11-1 . lliiuseut the same mstitutions ; or, as proposed by the iioard 01 Revenue, and submitted to the date Honourable Court of Directors, are they to be assumed by the Government, and amalgamated with the Government lands, a permanent commuted allowance in money being granted in lieu, payable to the trustees periodically ? 3. Mucil diversity of opinion has existed Para. 6. The replies which have been received from the several Revenue aiitlio- nmnn<)-s;t flip rpvpmip ilffirpr'5 nf tlli. " Petitioner is informed, that his claim to the churchwardenship of Dava- rajah Sawmy Pagoda, at Canjeveram, is recognized, and the Collector has been furnished with instructions accordingly." Ordered, That extract of the foregoing proceedings be forwarded to the Collector of Chingleput, for his information and guidance with reference to his letter recorded in them ; and that copy be likewise submitted for the information of Government, together with the correspondence noted in the margin, regarding the withdrawal of Government interference from the davastanums of Chingleput district (signed) /. D. Bourdillon, ___^^_^_^___^^_ Secretary. — No. 58. — To the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George. Sir, Para. 1. The accounts called for in your letter of the 10th June, relative to the pa.c., to the value of Fags. \iS,h2(^. 40. 20., which, together with the sum of 200 pagodas, added as hereattcr explained, forms the amount of columns '^ and 9 of the statement herewith forwarded. G21. hi 4. It 84 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 4. It, was then (1802) proposed to resume the maunium lands, and grain merahs, and to grant a commuted money allowance, leaving the shrotrium and cer- Pags. 2,920 2-1. G.5. tain bagayet lands in the enjoyment of the pagodas ; but in doing so, the value of the maunium and merahs of the lands which remained uncultivated in Fusly 1209 (the cultivation of which year was the basis of the commutation), was deducted from the aggregate amount, and in lieu of the remaining incomes amoiiiitinc to Pags. 10,485. 29. 49., a commuted allowance was sanctioned by Ciovernment, under date the 30th April 1802. From this amount certain deductions were subsequently made on account of losses caused by the sale and survey assessment of some mootahs, and by the non-resumption of certain items which it was found inexpedient to communicate. These deductions amounted to Pags. 232. 23. 72., and the remainder, being Pags. 10,253. 5. 57. was latterly fixed as the commuted annual allowance, to which has lately been added, under the orders of the Board, dated 15th October 1838, the sura of 200 pagodas, being the allowance granted on account of the third day's feast in the pagoda of Davarajaswamy, at Coonjeveram, thus completing the sum of Pags. 10,453. 5. 57., or Rs. 38,143. 10. 2. shown in column 8 of the Statement. 5. The allowances thus fixed, together with the revenue of the shrotrium villages, garden lands, &:c., left to be enjoyed by the pagoda, as well as certain roosums received from the collectorates of Madras, North Aroot and Nellorc, amounting on the whole to Rs. 52,404. 1. 0., as per column 13 of the Statement, have been paid in full, and found sufiicient for the expenses of the pagodas, except in one or two instances, the incomes of which were originally very limited. No additional expense appears to have been incurred by Government on account of these institutions, except a sum of Pags. 12,366. 3. 15., stated in para. 454, of Mr. Place's report to the Board, dated (Jth June 1799, to have been expended under the sanction of Government in the repair of certain pagodas which wei^ then in a dilapidated condition. A detailed account of this expenditure is not forthcoming at this distant period. All subsequent repairs and other improve- ments to the institutions appear to have been executed out of their own surplus funds. These amounted on the 31st December last to Rs. 50,302. 4. 9., and whatever may remain at the time of making over the institutions to the charge of the trustees, might continue to be held in deposit at their disposal. 6. The sums which would remain to be collected and paid by the officers of Government on account of the pagodas, after giving up their management, are those shown in columns 8, 9 and 12 of the Statement, amounting together to Rs. 50,819. 10. 7. per annum. The petty incomes of Hs. 1,G44. 6. 11. shown in column 10, as well as the offerings received at some of the pagodas, must, of course, be left to be realised by the trustees, and the officers of Government will then be relieved from all the duties connected with the management of devasta- nums, except that of keeping an account of the revenue assigned by Govern- ment for their support, the collections on account of the shrotrium villages retained under management, and the payments made to the trustees from time to time. For this purpose it will be necessary to entertain a small establishment, the expense of which will not exceed 40 rupees per mensem, to be charged on the funds of the diilierent pagodas in due proportion. 7. In the selection of the trustees, every efibrt has been made to place the people connected \\ith the institutions, and to secure the proper disbursement of the funds, and my reasons for proposing each are stated in the column of remarks. For seme of the pagodas the former durmakurtahs, or their heirs, are proposed as sole trustees ; but where their character and circumstances rendered it unadvisable to give them the sole management, either some of the stalatars, or such of the respectable inhabitants in the neighbourhood as appeared to be best suited to the trust, have been associated, generally with the consent of the parties. The arrangement thus made for all the small pagodas appears to be unobjection- • -N'c8. 1 and c. able ; but in regard to the larger ones* of Conjeveram,Teroovallar, Streepermatar and Teroocataheconnam, the result of my inquiries and eflbrts is not quite so .satisfactory. The people connected with them insisted upon the continuance of them under circar management, and when they were informed that the inter- ierence of Government must positively cease, the parties began to dispute among themselves regarding their respective claims lor the superintendence of the pagodas. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 85 pagodas. The chief priests of the pagodas of Davaraja Swamy,* at Canjaveram, • No. 1. and of Veeraragava Swamy ,t at Teroovallar, who belong to the Vadayala sect, and t No. 4. that of the Streepermatar:{; Pagoda, who is a Tengaly priest, respectively claim j N0.5. the exclusive management of those institutions, on the ground of their ancestors having formerly held the same, whilst the opponent sects, who are connected with the pagodas as subordinate teertgars, and as arahakahs and parecharakahs (persons performing the poojahs), request to be appointed as joint trustees. 8. I endeavoured, in vain, to reconcile these disputing parties ; but, after the most delibefate consideration, I am of opinion, that the safest course is to appoint a committee of management for each of these three principal places of worship ; for although the chief priests seem to have the preferable right for the management of their respective pagodas, yet it would appear to be dissatis- factory to the generality of the native community to entrust to a single individual the ccncerns of institutions, to them of so much importance, and which are constantly subject to the dissensions of the Vadagalay and TengaU sects, and no neutral persons of sufficient pre-eminence could be procured to undertake the superintendence of these pagodas. The proposed arrangement is calculated to protect the different classes connected with them, and, as it appears also to be the least objectionable, it will, I hope, meet with the approbation of the Board. 9. With regard to the manner of supplying vacancies among the trustees, I can only suggest the appointment of a controlling body like that proposed in my letter of the 18th August last, which seems to be agreeable to the native com- munity ; but, on further consideration, I am of ojoinion that the members of the " Sabah" should not be more than 13 in number, and that they should only be authorized to fill up vacancies among the trustees, and to call for the accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the pagodas whenever they may consider it necessary to do so, leaving it to the option of any aggrieved parties to resort to the " Davastana Subah," or to the civil courts, for the recovery or on any infringement of their rights. Should the Board approve of this proposition, they may take into consideration the propriety of nominating the members named at the bottom of the list of trustees ; but until I am made acquainted with the decided opinion of the Board on this point, I shall defer obtaining the consent of the parties selected. Should the proposition not meet with the Board's appro- bation, the only alternative is to retain the duty of supplying vacancies among the trustees in the hands of the Collector of the district, as it is certain that neither the remaining trustees nor tiie stalatars of the pagodas will ever agree to a mutual election. (signed) A. Freese, Chingleput District, Collector's Cutcherry, Collector. 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L4 (B.)— LIST 88 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (B.) LIST of Trustees proposed to be appointed for the different Pagodas now under the Management of the Officers of GoTemment in the District of Chingleput. Names of the Pagodas, 1. Canjaverara Davaraja Swamy. 2. Yacumbra Easweera Swamy. 3. Cumatchyammon Teroovallar Veerara- gava Swamy, 6. Strepermaden Bushi- acar. Names of the Trustees. Regadargam CoomaraTatah Charriar P. Vadanta C harry Kistna Bhutter - Calegana Cooty Jycnga Maljee Appa Row Vydegooroocull - - 1 Soobraya Gooroocull - 1 Appa Swamy Goorocull 1 Appawoo Gooroocull - 1 Appnaby Bhutter - 1 Camara Swamy Bhutter 1 Tumba Deeshetee - 1 Mootoo Swamy Naik Jyer 1 Tumbey Appah Moodeley of Madras - - 1 9 Sankara Charriar Ahobelera Jeyger - 1 Durmy Ragahva Charry 1 Singa Bhutter - - 1 Satagapah Charry Vencatareeraragaya Tanta Charrier Vencataragava Reddy Their Occupation. Chief priest, or first Teer- tagar of the Piigoda. Third Teertagar of ditto. Archakah of ditto. Pareeharakah of ditto. Heir of a former church- warden. Remarks. Stalattars of the pagoda. Former dhurmakurta's son. Priest of a M utum of the re - ligion to which the pa- goda belongs. FirstTeertagarof the pagoda Second Teertagar of ditto. Archakah of ditto Former dhurmacurtah's suc- cessor, and second Teer- tagar of the pagoda. First Teertagar of the pagoda Meerassidar of the vil- lage of Streepcrmatur. - - Resumed by Mr. Place in 1796, in consequence of the mihnianageuient of the then churchwurdcn,Codeenyhy Stree- neeva.ssa Hay hana Charry, Gooniastali, of the family of Tanta Charrier. Cooniara Tanta Charriar, the present head of that family, claims on the above ground the sole management of its affairs ; but as it is considered an important place of worship by the native conmmnitj-, and richly endowed, and as there are con- stant feuds connected with the ceremo- nies in the temple, between the Vadagala and Tengala sects, it is proposed to ap- point a conmiittee of management, composed of the difierent classes con- nected with the pagoda. This arrange- ment will, I believe, be agreeable to the greatest portion of those interested in the welfare of the temple. - - Resumed in 1814, in consequence of the demise of the late durmacurtah, Ande- poody Moodely, and the non-appearance of his heirs. His son and the principal Sta- latars of the pagoda are the proposed trustees. - - The time and cause of this pagoda having been brought under circar ma- nagement are not known. The Goorookas, who applied for the superintendence, have shown no right to it, iind not ap- appearing to be fitted for the trust, the proposed trustee has been selected. - - This pagoda was taken under circar management, in 1 796, Ironi one Vencata- chelliah, the then churchwarden, in consequence of his misconduct. His heirs are not known. The chief priest of the pagoda claims the exclusive ma- nagement; but it seems better ro associate with him the second Teertagar, and an Archakah of the pagoda, it being a place of general worship, and subject to con- stant disputes between the Vadagala and Tengala sects. - • Resumed in 1811, under the orders of the Board of Revenue, in conse- quence of the death of the former dhurmacurtuh, Ramanaja Cliarry, and the disputes which then arose regard- ing the succession to his seat. The proposed trustees are, the present incum- bent of the priesthood, the first Teerta- gar of the pagoda, and a Meerassidar of the village, who are associated with a view to pievent disputes of sects, and to satisfy all parties. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH .MAHOMETANISIM. 89 Tkustees proposed to be appointed to Pagodas of Chinyleput — continued. Names of the Pagodas. Names of the Trustees. e.^Teroocatchaiwnam Vadayheree Swara Swamy. 7. Madoorantacum Co- dundurama Swamy. S.'Vengund Easwara ;*^ Swamy. 9.^Ashenvakuni Ank- shee Euswara Swa- my. 10. Singapernial Cavil Narasimnia Swa- my. 11. 'jTerroocutcha^'oor Maroondee Swara Swamy. 12. Tervossooran Cun- da Swamy. 13. Teroovadunda Nit- teyacuUeyuna Swamy. 14. Vyavar Prasunna Vencataswira Swamy. 16. Mahobalipoorum Stalttsyna Swamy, 621. Vadachella Gooroocul 1 Sunkeralingum Tumber 1 Parambala Tumberan I 3 A. Ragava Charry - 1 Enchumbady Coopa- miengar - - - 1 C. Ramanooja Jyengar 1 Nullana Moodely Tendannry PiUiiy Jya Swamy Pillay 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 3 Vencatanarsoo Pillaj- - 1 Comara Vencatacharrj' 1 Vencatanarsoo Pillay - 1 Tengaroya Gooroocull - 1 Maroogoosa Tumberan 1 Sulcapaty Moodely 1 Paussarauze Anna Swamy Pillay Vencanjee Pundit - 1 - 1 - 1 Streenavassa Charryj - 1 N. Ramasamy Modely - 1 2 Thfii- Occupation. Gooroocul of the pagoda, priest of Teroovadytory Mutumat. Teroocautchiewnani. Heir of a former church- warden. Mccriissidar of the village Tcertagar of the pagoda. Meerassidar of Calej'alema, neighbouring village. Meerassidar of Danudar, neisrhbouring village. Meerassidar of the village Curnum of ditto. Son of the latr dluirma-"^ curtail Teertagar of the pagoda. Son of tlie lato dhurmacur tab. Meerassidar of Teroocut chaj-oor and Gooroocull of that pagoda. Remarks. Tumberan of the pagoda - Shrotriumdar of Cadunibar, Son of Ramaraz, late dhur- niacurta. Former dliurniacurta Meerassidar of Coiiiuravau- dy, neighl)ouring village. Teertagar of tlie pagoda, and heir of a former dhurmac'urtali. Motadar ol Aiirnmbaucinn, in which the pagoda is situated. M -- Resumed in 1808, from the manage- ment of Calluh Pedda Sawniy Chetty, the then Mootadar of Teroocatchiewnani, who resigned tlio churchwardenship. No better persons than the proposed trustees could be procured. - - Placed under circar management by Mr. Place, under circumstances at pre- sent unknown. There seems to be no objection to the nomination of the pro- posed trustees. - - ditto. - - Resumed in 1810, for mismanage- ment, from the late dhurmacurtuh Va- deglierry Moodely, wliose heirs are not ibrthcoming. The proposed tru.'tees seem to have the best claim to the future ma- nagement of the pagoda. - - Hesunied under the Board's orders in 1834, from the late dhurmaourtah Vcn- catnarain Pillay, deceased, for misma- nagement. His son is the first-named trustee ; but as he is a minor, and as the staiatars were ordered by the Board's letter of the 23d June 1834, to sujierin- tend the aftairs of the pagoda, it is pro- posed to associate with him the fir.st priest of the two pagodas respectively. Two cousins of the late dhurmaciirtah, named Sashudry Pillay and Vengappah Pillay, applied for the management, as also one Kungacharry, who holds a por- tion of the lands of Singapermallgoody ; but the parties selected appear to have 4he preferable claim. - - Resumed under the orders of tho Board in 1834, from the late Sevasan- kara Tumbesan, for niisniiinagement. His successor in the niutum is the trus- tee first named ; but as he is not in weal- thy circumstances, it is proposed to associate with him a respectable Shrot- rimndar living in the neighbourhood. Moonayappali Gramany, and others be- longing to the class of toddy-drawers, claim the management, on the ground of their performing certain ohnrities in the pagoda ; but their ajipointmcnt would seem to be objectionable, on aecount of their caste. - - Resumed in 1835, in consequence of the mismanagement of the late dhurma- ciirtah. The proposed trustee, vho is his son, has been chosen by the stalatturs. - - Resuiiicd under the orders of the Board in 183.J, from the hands of the late dhurmaciirta Aniasawmy Pilhiy, i" conser|ueneo of his mismannsement. He has neither the influence or tiie means of properly conducting the affairs of the jiagoda ; it is therefore now proposed to associate with him a respectable inhabi- tant of a neigli.'ouring village. Tlie Teer- tagar Bramiiis have applied tor the management, but they liuve neither elaim nor aliility for it. - - Resumed in 1834, on the resignation of tho late dhiirmucurtah's family. There is no objeelion to the appointment of the proposed trustees. {coniinued) 90 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Trustees proposed to be appoiated to Pagodas of Chiriffleput— continued. Names of the Pagodas. 16. Teroouiooshy Al- wur. 17. Calattoor Sima- swara Swamy. IS. Teroopanlavamem Pauluswara Swa- 19. Peddapollium Bha- nani Ummun. 20. Collett Pettali Hul- Icyana Varadara- ja Swam}'. 21. Teeroopagoody Vc- jerayarra Swamy. 22. Sholavcram Augas- teeswara Swaniv. 24. Tirvercaiid Vada- poory Easwara Swamy. Terovalanail Tero- valecswaiaSwamj\ Shah A meed Day- le}', Duigah of Canjeveram. Names of the Trustees. Yellapa Modelly - - 1 Nursimraah Charry - 1 Their Occupation. Former dhurmacurtah Jleerusiddar of tlie village and Teertagar of tlie pa- goda. Cooppoo Tengarey Moo- dely. CiittavoorComara Mylappa IMoodelly. i^ushearlco Naidoo Pranalavally Ummull Gopaula Charry - Appoo Row Appinanyar Eroosappa Moodelcy Ramalinga Moodeley Rutna Moodeley Mahomed Fakoodeen Joinshcen - - 1 Mahomed Mamtazal Oomarah - - - 1 Son of the former dhiu- macurtali. Adopted son of Coopana Moodelly, late dhurma- curtah. Moo tad ar of Vengal Widow of the late dhurma- ourtah. First Teertagar of the pagoda Third - ditto. Mecrasidar of Tirpagoody Son of the former dhurma- curtah. A member of the family of the former dhurmacur- tah. Son of the former dhurma- curtah. Superintendent of the Dur- gnh. Mootedar of Palareram. Remarks. - - Resumed in 1814, on the resignation of the late zemindar of the Teroouiooshy Mootiih. The first-named trustee is a descendant of the family who formerly held the churchv.ardenship, and now enjoys certain privileges uttaehed to tliat othcc. The second trustee, wlio is one of tlie stalattars, is associated with a view to ensure better management, and with the consent of the parties. - - Resumed under the Board's orders in 183.J, from the late Vjdanua Moodelly, for mismanagement. The proposed trus- tee is his son. A separate letter on this subject was addressed to the Board under date IStli November 1841, with refer- ence to the orders received from the Honourable the Court of Directors. - - Resumed in 1834, on the death of the late dhurmacurtali. His adopted son's right lo certain shrotrium villages en- joyed by the deceased having been dis- allowed by Government, he did not then succeed to the dliurmacurtuship. He may now be appointed to it as a respect- able inhabitant. - - Placed under circar management about the year 1 TOO, under circumstances now unknown. The nomination of the proposed trustee is agreeable to the peo- ple connected with the temple. - - Resumed in 1833, in consequence of a dispute between the widow and the al- leged adopted son of the late dhurma- curtah, regarding right of succession. The latter was lately nonsuited by the Chittoor Provincial Court, on the ground of his not being sued for the whole of the property- left by the deceased ; and as the widow's right should be admitted until otherwise decreed by the Civil Court, it is proposed to make over the pagoda to her charge. - - Resumed in 183G, in consecjuence of the mismanagement of the Gramattars ; one of them is now proposed as a trustee, and associated with two of the stalatars. - - Resumed under the Board's orders in 1835, in consequence of the kist of the slirotriuni village attached to the pagoda being undischarged. The proposed trus- tee is the son of the late dhurmacurtah. One Ramaswaniy Raz, Slirotriunidar of NuUen, a neighbouring village, has ap- plied for the management, but he lias no claim. A fi.xed sum is paid to the pagoda in lieu of the shrotrium proceeds. - - Resumed under the Board's orders in 1835, from the management of Soobray Moodelly, for gross misconduct, and he is otherwise incompetent for the manage- ment. The proposed trustee is his nephew, and has applied lor it. - - IJesumed under the Board s orders in 1835, from the late Narain Moodelj-, for mismanagement. - - Placed under the control of tlie tahsil- dar in 1833, in consequence of the mis- management ot the Imishcen, or super- intendent of the Durgah. It is there- fore now proposed to associate with him the Mootadar of Palaveram, and this arrangement would be agreeable to his Highness the Naib-i-Mooktar. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. qi DEVASTANA SUBAH. Residents of the District : Gooroonioort\' Jycr - - 1 Jya Sustry - - - - 1 V. JvuvieiiL'ar - - - 1 Nulliippali Bluisooar Jyengurl Kistanaiim Churry - - 1 Veerda Cliarry - - - 1 Naruin Acliary - - - 1 Subaputy Moodelj- - - 1 Residents of Madras : V. Racrava Charriar L. Vencatapaty Naidoo - C. Strencvassa Pillaj- - Coo-oor Yacanibara Moodeley Cappoo Cliitty . . - - 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 13 A respectable inhabitant of CanJTeram. iMeerasidar of Vulleer, &c. villages. Meerasidar of Damal. - ditto. - - ditto. Meerasidar of Velleyernbunkani. A Miidluin Hraniin, priest of Canjeveram. Mooladar of Sanunibut, &c. These individuals possess landed property in this district. Chingleput District, Collector's Cutcherry, 8 February 184-2. (signed) A. Freese, Collector. — No. 61.— To the Collector of Chini^leput. Sir, Para. 1. I am directed by the Board of Revenue to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th Tebruary last, attbrdinome other persons residing at Streepermatoor, who presented the petition No. 370, of 1842, state, that, in consequence of the hereditary riiilit possessed bv Satagapah (harry, he .should be appointed sole trustee, and that the names of the two other persons already entered should be excluded from the list. 6. The prejudices and dissensions existing between the Vadagalali and Tengalah sects, led me to reconnnend the nomination of a committee composed of persons of both sects, for the superintendence of the affairs of this pagoda ; but on a re- consideration (if the subject, and referring to the sen tin.tnis txpici-std in liie 8th para, of the Board's letter, dated 11th .April, I am now of opinion that Sata- gapah Charry should be nominated sole dhurinacurtah. The decree obtained by l""'"™ Board, his predecessor in the Courts of Adawliit clearly recoirnise the archarv to have ?,?4''"^i®'"' •1 •! 11* 1-- 11*^1 * Uoaru, an inherent right to the oince, and therelore, though, lor other reasons, the nomi- lOiMav 1827. nation of a committee in preference to that of a single trustee might be fi°JV ^^'00'-' expedient, I now deem it advisable that the trust should be imposed on him alone. 7. The arguments urged by the archakas, in the ^^etition No. ;J31, of 1842, to advance their claims, are not such as retjuire any detailed replv ; the circum- stances under which a committee has been recommended for the management of the pagodaof Little Canjeveramare quite distinct ; no inherent right to the office of dhurmacurtah to that institution has been established in the courts, and the reve- nues of that jiagoda amount to six times the amount of the revenues of Stree- permatoor. 8. The petitions No. 332 and 370, of 1842, appear to require no remark, except that the charge of malversation brought against one oi the ancestors of Satagapah Charry was never established liy proof. 9. The petitions and enclosures are returned. (signed) A. Freese, Chingleput District, Collector's Cutcherry, Collector. Pullecarnev, 17 June 1842. — No. 63.— Extract from the I'roceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 7 July 1842. The Board of Revenue concur in o))inion with the Collector of Chingleput, as to the propriety of recognizing in the person of Satagapah Charry the inherent riglit to the office of sole dhurmacurtah of the Pagoda of Streepermatoor, and accordingly resolve to instruct that officer to ])lace him in the sole manairement of the affairs of that institution, so soon as he shall have executed the requisite documents entitling him to enter on the trust thereby reposed in him. (signed; R. 1\ Porter, Secretary. — No. 64. — To the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George. Sir, Para. 1. I have now the honour to submit the further ]iej)ort called for by the Hoard of Revenue, relative to the pagoda of Tirvalloor, in connexion witii the petitions enumerated in the margin. N<). 27a, of lavz.. 2. V^adanta Charriar, in the ibrmer of these petitions, is the goomastah or No. 3Gn',on!;j2. agent of the jeer or head priest connected with that pagoda, and urges, that as his master and the jeer's predecessors have invariably been invested with the ma- nagement of the pagoda, its ceremonies and landed })ropcrties, and conductetl tiie duties of it, either through their respective agents or disciples, in conjunction with the circar servants, the (iovcrniiient, in resigning all interference with the afl'airs of the pagodii, must, in justice, commit them to the management of his master as sole dhurmacurtha, for that the adoption of any other course would be ():2i. M 3 to 94 f'APERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF to degrade his master, who, being a jeer or recluse, could not, with due respec to himself, co-operate with men of inferior rank ; and he further represents, that the persons the Collector has proposed to join with him as co-trustees are merely the servants of the pagoda. 3. The petitioners in the two latter mentioned petitions, being persons of the Tengalay sect, calling themselves the Addeyapakah Merassidars of the pagoda, urge, that the first teertum malay and other privileges, were conceded to the jeer, on condition c f his reciting thp'i'cngala Muntrum, but that he only visits the pagoda on particular occasions: that the jeer being of the Vadagalay sect, cannot, with safety to the interests of the institution, and the protection of the privileges of those connected with the pagoda, be entrusted with the sole management of the aflairs of the institution, as is apparent by the attempt of the late jeer to drop the recital of theTengala Muntrum, which not long since gave rise to so much exx'itement and so many complaints, and which led to the late jeer being sus- pended under the orders of Ciovernment from his rights and privileges in the pa-^oda, until the present jeer, having consented to act in accordance with the orders of (iovernment, was restored to them. 4. An attentive search through the records of this office, and those connected with the subject which I received from the Board, have led me to form the opinion, that neither the jeer or any other person is invested with hereditary right to the office of dhurmacurtah, and indeed, in Mr. Clark's letter to the IJoard of Revenue, under date the 16th March 1790, he states "the right of election remaining entirely with Government,'' and that no hereditary right exists is also apparent in the frequent dismissals, and nomination of former dhurmakurtahs, under the orders of Government ; but in examining the list of persons who have been nominated to the charge of this pagoda, I find that they have all been disciples of the jeer of the Aholealum Mutum. 5. The Board, in their letter of the 11th April, having expressed their opinion that it was advisable in every case in which a single individual could establish a strong claim to the appointment of dhurmacurtah to a pagoda, that he should be nominated in preference to a committee, and I would, on the ground of the jeer's disciples having for many years filled the office of dhurma- curtah, now suggest his appointment in lieu of the committee before recom- mended, and I am the more easily led to this change of opinion from considering, that in the opinion of the natives the sanctity of jeer places him far above the position of any of the merassedars of the pagoda. 6. The petitioners in the two latter petitions are not the Addeyapakali meras- sidars of the pagoda, and do not pretend to have any right to be named them- selves as trustees ; but being persons of the Tengalay sect, they are desirous of some Tengalay persons being appointed co-trustees, in consequence of the disputes that have existed between the members of that sect and those of the Vadagalay ; but this is quite out of the question, for were co-trustees named, they would necessarilv be from amongst the principal merassidars of the pagoda, who, with one or two excei)tions, and those of non-residents, are of the \'adagalay sect. The times and seasons, however, of the reciting of the Tengalay and Vadagalay ]Muntrums being now defined, due punishment might be inflicted for any devia- tion from the established rule. On the whole, therefore, I now consider it will be advisable to nominate the jeer as sole trustee. 7. The original petitions are returned. (signed) A. Freese, Chinglcput District, Collector's Cutcherry, Collector. Pullecarnav, 30 June 1842. — No. (J5. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 15 August 1842. TuE Board approve of the arrangement proposed by the Collector of Chingle- put, in the foregoing letter, for the management of the affairs of the Trivalloor pagoda, upon the withdrawal of all interference on the part of the servants of Government. Ordered, INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 95 Ordered, That the followinc; endorsement be passed upon the petitions noted 27.^, of ]84U. . the margin : Ihe Loll tions I'rom the Board upon in the marsiin : " The Collector of C hingleput has been furnished with iiistruc- ]{I]g'°f |||^o' loard upon the subject alluded to in these petitions." (signed) T. B. Roupell, Sub-Secretary. (True copies.) (signed) /. F. T/ioiuas, Secretary to Government. — No. 66.— To the Most Noble the Marquis of Ticeeddale, Governor in Council, &c. &c. &c. Fort St. George. The humble representation of the undersigned Bramins of Tengalay Sect, attached to the Pagoda of Stree Davaraga Sawmy, at Canjcveram. ]\Iy Lord jNIarquis, Para. 1. ^^'E most respectfully crave permission to approach your Lordship under the following circumstances, in the humble coniidence that they will meet with that consideration which they may merit at the hands of your Lordship in (Council. In the first place, we beg to intrude upon your Lordship's time with an expla- nation of the two parties of Bramins attached to the above pagoda; viz. the Tengalay and \'adagalay ; these are two sects of Visan religion in Southern India, differing in opinions, tenets and forms of worship, he. 2. It is with regret we have learned, that in reference to the orders issued by Government some time since for the transfer to the Hindoos of the manage- ment of their temples, the IJoard of Revenue have nominated Comara Thatha- chariar * as sole churchwarden of the pagoda of Stree Davaraga Sawmy at Canje- * Vadagala Sect, veram, a measure which is alike hurtful to the feelings of the people of Tengalay sect, and detrimental to the claims of parties rightfully entitled to the charge of its affairs. 3. The tendency of such a measure to abuse, appears to have been suffi- ciently recognized by the Collector of the district (whose report on the sul)ject had been called for by the Board), in submitting an arrangement for the manage- ment of the pagoda by a body of trustees, and we deem it proper to solicit the attention of your Lordship in Council to the grounds adduced by that officer, in recommending the nomination of the under-mentioned five parties as trustees, as being further elucidatory of points connected with the .subject under con- sideration : — 1st. Thatha Chariar,t on the ground of his forefathers having been church- t Vadagala Sect. wardens of the pagoda prior to the last two centuries, and himself being one of the '1 heerthakars | in the pagoda. 2d. Vadantha Chariar,i§ as l)eing a Theerthakar in the pagoda, and one of the § Tcnsala Sect, sect who enjoy the rights of beginning and reciting the prayer of the pagoda. 3d. Appoo Row, on the ground of his ancestors and himself having had the churchwardeiiship of the pagoda during these two centuries. 4th and oth. The .Archakah and Parcharakah servants of the pagoda, as capable of securing the jewellry and other property thereof from embezzlement, illegal use, or misappropriation. 4. It is to be remarked in reference to the above, that, leaving aside the Archa- kahs and Pariciiarakass, who were merely recommended with a view to the greater security of property, but the inexpediency of vesting whom fas servants ht cmly tor menial olhces) with the management in question, has been submitted to X A pcisoual lionijur sliown to certanying Statement of Fixed Allowances granted by the late Nawab and his ancestors to several Mussulman and Hindoo places of worship, and to persons entered in the old records as yeomiahdais. " 2. These sums have been paid from the time of our first occupation of Kurnool, and were authorized by Mr. Blane, from inquiries made at that time, and partly sanctioned by Government. "3. In the 'Statement of Receipts and Disbursements from 18 October 1839 to 17 October 1840/ forwarded with Mr. Blanc's letter of 30 January 621. N3 1841, 102 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 1841, the sum of Rs. 11,793. 6. 6. is charged to the account of these allow- ances, and passed by Government. Though that was the sum actually disbursed by 17 October 1840, there remained Rs. 1,012. 12. G. in the ti'easur}% autho- rized, but not at that time paid out, making a total of Rs. 13,406. 3. per annum, as settled by Mr. Blanc. " 4. Since that time, six other claims were passed by Mr. Blane, amounting to Rs. 1,895. 2. 9., and one by myself of 247 rupees, founded on documents and eAndcnce of the old records, and three items of the first list, amounting to Rs. 145. 8. 6., have been struck out as not fully substantiated, leaving a present yccirly disbursement of Rs. 15,402. 13. 9. " 5. During the time of the late Nawab. these sums, if due to pagodas, mosques, doroos (jNIahomedan religious ceremonies) or individual yeomiahdars, were paid from the hoozoor, the rest from the talook treasuries. " 6. It is impossible to discover in every case on what grounds these indivi- duals originally received these allowances, but there is no doubt that on our assumption of the country tliey were then in the enjoyment of them, and had been for some time previous, the whole sum being considered quite as much a religious iund as the land enams for the same purpose. "7. As the parties have now drawn these allowances for three years under our administration, it would perhaps be thought unadvisable, considering the light in wliich these funds are esteemed, to sweep them all off at once. It will be seen, that out of the Rs. 15,402. 13. 3., Rs. 11,659. 9. are due to yeomiah- dars ; and I see no reason why they should not be discontinued as the indivi- duals die off, unless there appear to be some special circumstances to cause a continuance. These yeamiahs were no doubt intended as a remuneration to the parties for the performance of certain rehgious ceremonies, but whether, under the late orders from the Honourable Court, I am to see that these conditions are performed, is not for me to decide. "8. I have reason to believe that some of the parties are not now living; but I have not gone into a scrutiny yet, as other important matters are occupy- ing my time, and I did not wish to delay sending up the statement ; but if it is found that any are deceased, or not living in this district, I presume the allow- ances may be discontinued ; and it is my intention to make the poUce ameen of Kurnool and the several tahsildars examine the identity of every case. "9. The fixed allowances for the support of mosques, ooroos and pagodas will, I conclude, remain as it is. It is paid into the hands of the moollahs, or Brahmin priests, for them to arrange as they please. (signed) " W. H. Bm/ley, " Commissioner." " Kurnool Territory, •' Commissioner's Circuit Office, Yeldoorly, "4 Febiiaary 1843." LIST INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 103 LIST of Reuogius and Charitable Allowances disbursed in the District of Kumool. Establishment through which the Disbursemcots arc made. Hoozoor Hoozoor Hoozoor Nature of the Institution. Ooroos - Mosques No. Name of Institution, Individuals, &c. Mussulman Yeomiahs. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 IG 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2.5 20 27 28 29 30 Ooroos of Pygaiiiber - . . . _ „ Miskin Shah's tomb . . . „ Alif Khan, former Nawab's tomb ,, Alif Khan Murtazah . . . „ Enian AH Shah Mirsaraza „ Katam E. Taraba, of six mosques, at Co.'s Rs. 20. 5. each. „ Mahbooh Soobhanee . . . „ Ahmadnlly Shah Mowlah Total - Co.'s Rs. 9 10 11 , 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 I 621. Massan Shah Saheb - . . . . Syed Shah and Hazzar Hoosseinee, son of Chun- dum Hoosseinee. Ahamud Ali Shnh ------ Syed Saheb Bliowerah ----- Shah Lutteef Khadry - - - . - Gaffen Ali Shah, Takeer of the Dargha of Attah Oollah Hoossein Saheb. Neuzkatam Asur E. Sharee, of Dargah ofBooran Saheb. Fakeer Saheb Katal, of Nalliand Muzjeed Jama Musjeed --.--. Zeelah Khana Musjeed - - - - . Mislia Musjeed -.---. Jimma Musjeed ---.-. Mocheewada Musjeed - - - - - Boodden Khani Musjeed . . . . Sj'ed Alia Saljjib Musjed - - - - - Jeebee Musjed ---.-. Luteef Shah Musjed - - . . . Musjed, near Mogulpoor g-ate - - - - Total - - Co.'s Rs. Shah Cawal ------- Shah Jamal ------- Shainda, uUas Parajee Saheb, widow of Antwoolla Hossein Saheb. Khajah Weledul Hosseen - . - - Hajee Lad Moliammed . - . . . Shall Carnal Ali Khadry, alias Barray Peer Allah Buksh Musjeed ----- Farreed Oollah Shah - - - . . Khaj:ih Mohodcen, son of Luteef Shah Kniani Oodren Shall - - - . . AVidow of Casoo Dnraz ----- Modeen Pudshah ---.-. Kooknranahii Musjeed - - . - - Goolani Nubbee ------ Khajee Hoossen Saheb - - - . - Thustbageer Saheb - - . . . Madar Shall Aj>heez - - . . . Abei'd Sliah Fiigeer - . - . . .Syed Jiimal -----.. Masoon Saheb Fugcer - - - - . Syed Yascni Saheb ----- IViahallfool Myah .Abdool Kader, and other four persons, sons of Sydali Meyah. .Alidoolhiii Shah .---.. Miskin Sliah, son of Rajjah, insane - - - Yacob Khan ------- Euioindecn Shah ------ Jeeven Kliatoon ------ Hussen Salieb ...--- Jhundavala Takeer, carrier of dead bodies of people. Tota l - - Co.'s Rs. N 4 AoDual Amount. Co.'s Rs. a. p. 162 8 - 101 81 20 20 121 14 - 101 9 - 24 6 - G33 12 - 292 8 - 292 8 - 73 18 3C 18 30 73 474 73 13 3 26 - 71 1 182 - 117 - 58 8 30 9 2 _ 4 - 1,895 15 6 1,170 - - 585 - - 585 - - 975 - 390 - 73 2 109 11 146 4 140 140 73 1.462 -, 54 13 292 S _ 442 13 - 10 4 - 8 - G 8 _ 8 _ 13 - - 195 - - 190 - _ 195 - - 195 _ -. 195 - - 73 2 _ 54 13 c 30 9 _ 29 4 — 58 8 - 7,928 - {continued) 104 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF List of Relifious and Charitable Allowances disbursed in the District oi Kitnwol — continued. Establishment through which tlie Disbursements are made. Nature of the Institution* No. Name of Institution, Individuals, &c. Annual Amount. Hoozoor Hindoo Yeoniiahs. Hoozoor Hoozoor Mohurruni Allowances, Paffodas Hoozoor Darprah Nundial look. Ta- Pajxodas 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Venket Soobbiah and Venketramiah Bhecman Bhut . - . . Sashuni Bhut, Astrologer Bungco Bhut . . - . Viswapaty Nairani Bhut Venket Rama Bliut Tinima Bhut . . . . Anunta Cliarry - ' - Sree Conda Nagam BhuC Nirkee Gooraz . . . . Sevarani Pandjah - - - ■ Aadam Bliayee . - - . Iron Smith Senkarappah Agnce Hotree Bheema Charry Hakum Kistam Bhiit Total - Co.'s Rs. Lighting Chaiges of the Talcood of Madar Mal- The Punjab of the 12 Emenis - - - - Sandal Perfume of Ali Mentizah - . - Sankalvala Naal Saheb's Martizah - - - Tofeek Alii Shah Gauzee Shah Jak Shah ------- Total - - Co.'s Rs. Vcnkataswara Swamy - - - - - Veera Anjana Swamy - - - . . Patta Hanooman ------ Aumoorthaswara Swamy - - - - - Sanavarapett Anjanaya Swamy . . - Ramaswara Bhoojanaswara Swamy - - - Neela Cantaswara Swamy . . - - Bala Brammaswer Swamy . - . , Joharapen Neelakhantaswer Swamy Naveepett Anjanaya Swamy - - - . Boodnarpett ditto ------ Veerabhadra Swamy ----- I'larsimmaswer Swamv - . - - - Siddaswara Swamy ----- Nagaraswara Swamy - - . . . Total - - Co.'s Rs. Masoom Saheb Dargah - - - - - Boodvarpett Ameen Shah Dargah - - - Thayer Shah Mowlah - - - - - Beeram Shah Dargah - - . - - Niringana Shah ------ Shaw Darvah ------ Hydcr Ali Shall Dargah - - - - - Sha JMadar Shaw ------ Sycd Mohammed Shah - - - - - Selayman Shah ------ Noor Matheshah ------ Anker Shah Mowlah Sillayman Sliah .-.--. Meerjah Saheb ------ Shallee Saheb ------ Total - - Co.'s lis. HOOZOOR, GuAM) Total - Co.'s Ri. Sasliiah Worshiper of Anjanaya Swamj' - Naraina Bhartec ditto, of Moolamatam Bhee- maswara Swamy. Charges for Cama Dahanum - - - - Cliarges for Vasapoojah . - - - - Charires for feeding Poor . . - . 8 Co.'s lis. a. 71 8 39 - 68 4 22 12 13 - C 26 - 6 8 19 8 60 15 123 8 58 8 58 8 52 - 247 - 873 7 8 2 10 4 8 2 4 1 889 11 518 15 74 2 3J 1,519 6 - 36 9 29 4 22 12 35 12 55 4 32 26 6 6 6 16 13 - 48 12 36 9 375 6 161 11 73 2 20 5 20 5 4 14 20 5 8 15 8 15 18 11 8 15 19 8 6 6 G 4 389 3 - 13,615 7 Total - Co.'s Rs. * As Trustees for General Charity to Needy Travellers. 15 1(1 _ 3 14 - - 1 7 7 5 - 9 2 3 36 - 10 INDIA WITH IDOLAIRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 105 List of Religious and Charitable Allowances disbursed in the District of Ktimool — continued. Establishment Nature through which of the No. Name of Institution, Individuals, &c. Annual Amount. the Disbiin»emeDts are made. InstitutioD. Co.'s Rs. a. p. Nundial Ta- Mosques - 1 Auzmerdeen, of Chowk Mosjed . . - 18 9 2 look. 2 Zamul Shah Darguh . - - - - 48 7 - 3 Ausiir Shorifl' Kliujeo Mohammad Auzam - 78 - - 4 Charges for Moliurum Ashur Khanah 4 1 - 5 Charges for Khoodbah - . - - - 2 3 9 6 Charges for Sjcd Mohamnuid Ooroos 1 10 - Hindoo 7 1 Syud Hammad Khadrec Ooroos . - - Total - - Co.'s Rs. Paraat Sastree ------ - l.-J - l.j3 11 11 15 10 - Yeomiah. 2 Soobhah Bhutt, grandson of Markundaj-a Sastree 7 13 - 3 Kendazoshe Venkatadree . - - - 7 13 - 4 Joshe Govinda Cliarrj- - - - - - 7 13 - Rajarooly Vcnkajipah Charry - - - - 7 13 - 6 Sfreenewasa Charrj-, son of Hantee Ramacharry 7 13 - 7 Gopaula Charry ------ 7 13 - 8 Seobbuna Charry, son of Nevastee Goond Charry 7 13 - 9 Chenehoo Bliutf ------ 7 13 - 10 Potty Bhiigummah . - . - - 3 14 - 11 Chenehummuh, daughter of Aswertha Charry - 3 14 - 12 Mahanandy Bhutt ------ 3 14 T Mussulman 13 1 Haanoomarta Charry . - - - - Total - - Co.'s Rs. Hazy Mahzed Khan Nagad - - - - 7 13 - 97 9 - 292 8 - Yeomiah. Syed Hoossrin Mcyah - 9 12 - 3 Vankamdimmy Syed Khan - - - - 146 4 - 4 Salabat Kliun ------ 36 9 - 6 To the Family of Masoom - - - - Total - - Co.'s Rs. 9 12 - 494 13 - Hindoo 1 NUNDIAL, Grand Total - Co.'s Rs. 782 2 9 Sewed Talook Ankadasaree 24 6 - Yeoniiah. Doorgah Ooroos. 2 1 Samee Venkatah ------ Total - - Co.'s Rs. Jengheeley Padashahs Ooroos at Midteii Co.'s Rs. 15 4 - 39 10 - Nandicotem 24 G - Talook. Mussulman 1 1 Gareeb Shah, of Gadthee Madga - Co.'s Rs. Syed Shally 20 5 - 146 4 - Yeomiah. Mussulman 1 Siially Shahel, of Bellaveram - - - - Total - - Co.'s Rs. NANDICOOTEM, Grand Total - Co.'s Rs. 73 2 - 219 6 - 264 1 - Pennem Ta- Miskin Shah ------ 146 4 - look. Yeoniiah. 2 A.uineen Shah ------ o4 13 - Mussulman Yeomiuh. Pagodu Mussulman Yeomiah. Ooroos - 3 1 1 Gazee Eleram Shah Total - - Co.'s Rs. Mohadeen Shah, of Sazzal Doddy - Co.'s Rs. Anjanaya Swaniy, of Doddy Pand - 73 2 - 274 3 - Dhene Talook 73 2 - Goodoor Ta- 45 8 - look. 1 Asara Sheriff Sliaik Mcerah - - - - 73 2 - 1 Total - - Co.'s Rs. Hoossien Saheles Ooroos - - - - - 118 10 - Autem Talook HI 4 - Mosque - 1 Ashura KliMttuI Shah . - - - - 87 12 - Mussulman 1 ,'\l)doolla Kliau ------ 36 9 - Yeomiahs. 2 Mohadeen Khan ------ 15 - - 3 Russool Mall ------- Total - - Co.'s Rs. GRAND TOTAL - - Co.'s Rs. 15 - - 235 - 15,402 13 3 Kumool District, Yeldoorty, Commissioner's Circuit Office, 4 February 1843. (signed) CuniiiiiHsiuner. t)-?!. o ABSTRACT io6 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF < PS < ■< O 789 C - 2,137 7 5 409 8 - 466 14 10 CO CO 9,129 9 - 1,010 10 - 1,519 C - 1 o a CO CO ex o 5; a r2 - t- • ' 1 « ^ X GO ! CD 1 , , o CO • ' 1 CO to 1 05 «5 CO 0< c o Q O c *^ . . . 1 1 00 1(5 CO ' ' CI CO o 3D s =^ . . . , 1 -* *1i 1 C) 1 CO C3 c» 1 »-« '^ CO c» 4 >• u i^ ■ . ■ . ^ . . . . d ' • • ' 1 1 1 , i , o c^. CO 1 1 1 o o CO 1 o i— 1 CO hi 5 7, 'A a • o QC 1 1 CO o 1 CO c> o C5 c» CJ 00 5 a u ■A a, 1 o 1 1 Q f5 » »-^ (^ CD 00 CO CO a C3 -* o cT 1 r r o t^ o 00 CO 03 CI t^ r-i o 00 -ra 1 CO C! co__ CO rH CO_ eo" 1 1 1 1 1 til 1 1 1 ■ Si J eJ " J ■111 < "S s < 1 Jill ' ■ ■ ' all ^ J 1 «" J 1 J 1 1 i Q Si o 5 1; 1-1 c< CO ■* "O CD t» a o m »> tn ^ F »> « E tt; r'j c bo INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANIS.M. 107 Para. 1. The Most honourable the Governor in Council observes, that the religious and charitable allowances disbursed in the district of Kurnool are stated to amount to Us. 15,4U2. 13. 3. per annum, the greater portion* being on account . Rb. io,uo..ia, of yeomiahs to Mussulmans and Hindoos. 2. These yeomiahs must be viewed at present only as life-grants to individuals, and his 1-ordship in Council is of opinion, that where the parties entitled to them are dead, or have left the district, the allowance should be at once resumed, and that for the future, whenever a claim to succeed to lapsed allowances may be preferred, a special rejjort on each case should be submitted throut^h the Board of Revenue for the Orders of Government. M'here, however, a yeomiah is avowedly for a religious jjurpose, as for native religious festivals, the mohnrrum, &c., or where the grants from their nature appertain to religious institutions, and are intended for their support, it is the opinion of the Government that such grants should be discontinued when it can be done without injustice to indi- viduals, and they should not form an item of annual disbursement from the public treasury. The Commissioner will carefully investigate this matter, reporting those cases in which he considers it to be now open to the Govern- ment to discontinue tlie payments from the State, and to leave the institutions and festivals to the support of those interested in them ; and in those cases in which lie shall be of opinion that the Government is in equity bound to the payment, he will state in what way the obligation may best be redeemed. Whe- ther by assignment of lands yielding annually an amount equivalent to that paid by the Government, or by any other mode !)y which the continued connexion of the Government with the religious institutions of the people may be avoided, and they may be left in all that concerns their religion entirely to themselves, without interference of any kind. 3. It is the intention of his Lordship in Council to address the Honourable the Court of Directors on this subject, and pending their reply, the Commis- sioner, wherever he deems it necessary, will make the usual disbursements, without seeing that the conditions of the grants are observed. He will especially report whether there is any peremptory necessity for continuing the allowances for the Mohurrum and Ooroos Festivals, under the various designations in which they appear to have been heretofore drawn in the list submitted by him, and whether the fund for needy travellers under the head of INIohurrum Allowances is not susceptible of reduction, if not of entire abolition. 4. The Commissioner will be furnished with a cojiy of the rules| issued in the t Revenue, datod Revenue Department for the guidance of Collectors in the payment of yeomiahs, '{? ''ca"",'"^"^ '^^^'' which that officer will be requested to establish in the territory under his charge, ' ' ' and furnish a dcsciiptive register in duplicate, with the requisite details at the end of the year, through the J^ourd of Kevenue, for record. (A true extract.) (signed) /. F. Thomas, Acting Chief Secretary. Ordered to be communicated to the Board of Revenue. (signed) J. F. I'liomas, Fort St. George, 10 April 1843. Acting Chief Secretary. (True copies.) (signed) J. F. Thotnas, Secretary to Government. — No. 74.— (No. 83.) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 23 February 1843. Read the following Letter from the Collector of North Arcot. " To J. D. Bourdillon, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George. " Sir, " Para. 1. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, with 2.3 .lanuan- lOii certam petitions relative to the arrangement proposed for tiie future management of the pagoda at Triputty. 1 proceed to notice these petitions severally. 621. 02 "2. No. 1,772 108 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF " 2. No. 1,772 of 1842.— This petition is from certain jyeng:ars of the pagoda, stating that they understand that the future management of the temple is to be entrusted to Tengalay Bramins, with other matter. As this forms no part of the proposed arrangement, it is unnecessary to make further allusion to this petition. "3. No. 1,941 of 1842 is from one of the inferior servants of the pagoda. He is unwilling to act under a private individual, and is desirous that the Govern- ment should continue to retain the management, or that he should be associated uith those to be entrusted with the management. The petitioner's request does not appear to call for remark. "4. No. 1,998 of 1842 is from the head jerey gar. He objects to the selec- tion of the Mahnut and Careateenuggur zemindar, and again urges his own claims to be the dhurmacurta. The head jeeyengar considers the mahnut to be disqualified, from his not being connected with the pagoda, from the separation from the world enforced by his order, and from his being a stranger, and opposed to the worship in the temple. He can urge nothing against the respectability of the mahnut. The zemindar of Cavetnuggur is objected to on account of his insolvency. It is manifest that the main object of the jeeyengar is to obtain the To the Board, appointment for himself. On the former discussion of the claims and views of 17 December 1842. jj^^. respective parties, the jeeyengar expressed a wish to be associated with the mahnut in the management ; contrary to the sentiments then entertained, he now sets forth the wants of qualification in the mahnut. It is urged by tlie jeeyengar, that the mahnut is a stranger, and opposed to the worship of the temple. The mahnut has been at Tirputty for about 30 years ; he was a Gowdah Bramin in Bengal, is a follower of Vishnoo, and is no way concerned in the distinctions of Tengala and Vadagala. The temple at Tirputty is common to the followers of Vishnoo and Siva, and does not recognise the 'I'engala and Vadagala distinctions. The temple and its worship is held in peculiar veneration by the mahnut. From the long residence of the mahnut at Tirputty, from the particular veneration entertained by him for the temple and its worship, and from his being in no way mixed up with me Teugala and Vadagala distinctions, a more fit selection on these grounds could not, perhaps, liave been made than that of the mahnut. Celibacy being the rule of his order is no ground of disqualification. He mixes freely with others, and in person made known to me his views in regard to the management. Not so the jeeyengar; he could not appear personally before me ; he cannot enter the cutcherry ; most places beyond the limits of tlie pagoda ai'e to him places of pollution. The mahnut is about S.O years of age ; he became mahnut on the nomination of his predecessor, about 25 years ago, according to the rule of the institution ; the incumbent in the office selects the person who is to succeed him ; certain ceremonies are performed on the occasion, as placing the toolsy round the neck. If it happens that the mahnut dies without fixing who his successor is to be, the nomination rests with the members generally of the muttum. " 5. No. 2,007 of 1842 is from the mahnut, who declines the selection in his favour if he is associated with and is to be under the orders of the zemindar of Cavetnuggur. In selecting the mahnut it was not intended that the zemindar should iti any way interfere with the management as long as the mahnut con- tinued in office. The principal object in nominating the zemindar was to pro- vide for the succession to the office, and at the same time to gratify the wishes of those w^ho were desirous that one of the zemindars should have the general superintendence. As the mahnut is apprehensive of the interference of the zemindar, and adverting to the insolvent state of that individual's affairs, it will be as well to exclude the zemindar altogether from the arraniiement. " 6. No. 83 of 184-3 is a further petition from the mahnut, intended to be an answer to the allegations set forth by the jeeyengar in his petition, No. 1,998, of 1842. As there is but one opinion in regard to the mahnut being a suitable person for the proposed charge, and as the jeeyengar was willing to be associated with him in a joint management, the present petition does not call for further remark. " 7. No. 2,025 of 1842 ; No. 20 of 1843.— These are from the principal priests or officials in the pagoda objecting to the nomination of the jeeyengar, but approving of the arrangement already sug2;ested, and further soliciting that themselves, the jeeyengar and mahnut, with a respectable zemindar, may be appointed trustees. These petitions do not call for particular remark in this place. «'8. The INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHO.METANISM. 109 " 8. The Board observe that, ' it may, perhaps, deserve consideration whether so large .md important a charge could be safely committed to one individual, however respectable.' The temple acquires its importance in the present dis- cussion from there being a large annual revenue from offerings belonginj^ to it. If a competent individual is found to whom the managcn;ent can be entrusted, the temple and the public will have the protection of the courts to look to, in addition to the fitness and respectability of the manager. Thus ample provision will be made against innovation or malversation. The management bv one person, it is known, is always more efficient than that of several, and in the pre- sent case it is the general impression that much confusion will follow if the tcmj)k' is made over to a joint management. There seems further to be an impracticability in the proposition for a joint management. Ihe zemindars, including the Rajah of Mysore, have declined to have any connexion with the management of the temple, and there are no persons at present whose position in society would entitle them to a favourable consideration of their wishes, who have come forward to take a part in the management. The mahnut has posi- tively declined to act with the jeeyengar. I have endeavoured to bring about an arrangement whereby the mahnut and jeeyengar might jointly assume the charge, but without success. Among other reasons, it is urged by the mahnut, that the jeeyengar does not hold his office in hereditary tenure ; that he is a servant of the pagoda, like the other officials, enjoying the monthly allowance of Rs.47. 4., and is removable at pleasure. It is admitted that the jeeyenyar may be removed from office, but this power does not appear ever to have been called into exercise during the management of the Collector ; it is true that the head jeeyengar receives a sunnud of appointment from the Collector. It is unnecessar}' to agi- tate this question further. It is only adverted to incidentally in this place with reference to the arguments set forth by the respective parties. " 9. The case is, I trust, fully before the Hoard. 1st., The argument, from general experience, in favour of a sole manager' — the impracticability of a joint management on the present occasion — and the confusion that is likely to follow if such is attempted — point out the expediency of placing the management of the temple, on its being given up by the Government, in the hands of one individual. The future will provide for itself, according to the circumstances of the lime. 2d. A fitter selection than the mahnut could not be made — in no way mixed up with the service of the temple, at the same time, deeply interested in its worship and prosperity, identified with the tenets of the tcn)i>le on the lengala and Vadagala question, looked up to and respected by the community in gene.'-al, and enjoying much personal consideration. There is every guarantee that the rights of individuals will not be infringed, and that the interests of the temple will be fully promoted. I have made it a point to ascertain the sentiments of persons in general regarding the mahnut, and all concur that the appointment of the mahnut would be acceptable and gratifying to all. " 10. Under the foregoing considerations, 1 think it desirable that the mahnut should be placed in charge of the temple. " I have, &c. (signed) " /. Go/(liti(>,oti(i rupees. Even if the zuftee be relieved, merely a very small portion of it will fall to his enjovment, after the zemindar makes a satisfaction to his innumerable creditors, from whom- he contracted large debts. Your Board luiows too well about this zemindar to require any information from vour petitioner. By the explanations above made, the Collectors recom- mendation of Savadas and C'ournah Xagarum zemindar, falls short of a place in your Board. What is more, the reason for which the Government "ivesun the davastanums is, that the people of one religion ought not to interfere with the rehgious concerns of another ; if so, how is it possible, in the nature of things, that Savadas, one of another creed, differing from and contrary to the creed and practices of the pagodas in question, can be appointed as the superintendent of Theroomalay and Theroopathy davastanums ? ^'our petitioners" seal on the pagodas, &c. with those of the Circar ; the accounts which your petitioner's goomastahs are empowered to write at the same spot as those of the Circar, at the time when hoondees, kc. are presented to the pagodas by the votaries, and their seals over them equally with those of the Circar ; the chit from your petitioner for the expenditure of the pagodas ; the records of his ortice about the income, expenditure and other affairs of the pagodas, with the signature of the tasildar, and those of the tasildar with your petitioner's goomstahs' signatures, befit your petitioner full of claims, and strongly entitled to be appointed as the durmakurtah of these davastanums. Under these circumstances, your j)etitioner requests your Board will, in con- sideration of the order received i'rom the Honourable the Court of Directors, which requires that all the religious institutions should be delivered over to the charge of those of the same religion as that observed in the respective institutions, and who are entitled to them respectively, be pleased to confer upon your peti- tioner alone the office of durmakurtha of the pagodas of Theroomlay and Theroo- pathy, the duties of which your petitioner performs up to this day, without any molestation. In doing this act of justice, your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray. (Signed in Teelungee.) •23 December 1842. _Xo. 77.— To the President and Alembors of the Board of Revenue. The humble Petition ofSavah Doss ]Mahunt,of Hutteeram Matam,inTeeroopaty, in the Northern Division of Arcot, Showeth, 1st. That, having heard that the Collector of North Arcot has reported to your PK)anl the arrangement which he deemed proper for the future manairement of thcTeroopaty Pagoda, and that the first jeyer of that pagoda has jietitioned your Board, objecting to the appointment of your petitioner" as dhurmakurtah, your petitioner begs leave most respectfully to submit this further petition for your Board's fiivourable consideration. 2d. Your petitioner begs to state that he is not a man of family, but a recluse and i»ricst of tiie said matam, whose time and incomes, amounting to about 12,000 rupees per annum, are entirely devoted to the performance of charities, such as supplying a large quantity of eatables for the pagoda, and feeding the thousands of ])eople resorting to the matam from different parts of the country. He is, at the same time, not a servant of the jjagoda, but its chief sujiporter. 1 he pagoda and its valuable property have, in fact, always been, and are pro- tected with his assistance and that of his people, as will be seen bv the enclosed Noa. 1 to 5. takceds of the Collector of the district, and of the tahsihlar, whicli latter autho- rity used to call for petitioner's aid when thousands of pilgrims visit the holy '^-^i- P place » 3 14 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF place during the annual feast, and other occasions. Your petitioner also used to supply the pagoda with the necessary articles from his matani, whenever thev were wanting in the church. For the better information of your Board regarding the connexion and valuable services of your jjetitioner in the same pa^;oda, he • No.G. begs to submit an extract* from tlie statement of the pagoda functionaries, their rights and duties, prepared in Fusly 1211, when the pagoda was first taken under + ^°-~- the Company's management; and also a detailed urzee,t latelv presented by your petitioner to tlie present Collector of North i\rcot, with his indorsement thereon. 3d. "Whilst sucli is your petitioner's relative and independent position in the pagoda, the je3er, who now objects to his nomination, as well as others, is merely a paid servant of the pagoda, not hereditary, but one that is appointed and dismissed by the Collector's order. Tins fact was admitted by the jeyer himself in scA'eral court suits, and on different occasions, in the Collector's cutcherrv. He performs the duties of a pareeharakah, in performing the daily poojahs, and is therefore more fit to be commanded than to command. He pretends to show that his predecessors held the management of the pagoda formerly, and that he is himself recognised as the durmakurtah of the pagoda, because certain honour attached to that office have been done to him ; but your petitioner begs to explain, that, according to the jeyer's own statements before the Collector when he first made inquiries on the subject, none but the ruling powers ever had the manage- ment, and that these jeyers were allowed to bear the designation of dhurma- kurtah nominally, and not in reality ; the Company's Collector being the real dhurmakurtah of the institution, could not receive his honour as such, and there- fore caused them to be received by the jeyer, who is the chief Circar servant. When, therefore, the Collector withdraws his control over the pagoda, the jeyer will no longer be entitled to the distinction of dhurmakurtah. This is his real situation and privilege; and your Board may judge whether it would afford him any lawful right for the dhurmakurtahship, and how prejudicial it would prove to the interests and well-being of this famous Hindoo holy place, were its careems to be entrusted to the care of its servants. 4tli. The jeyer also attempts to represent your petitioner as being attached to a class of turbulent character, by alledging that a former priest of your petitioner's matam had committed murderous acts ; but your Board will be satisfied, on inquiry, that his predecessor was acquitted of all such accusation, and that youi: petitioner's own conduct is unexceptionable. 5th. Your petitioner therefore trusts that your Board will see the proprietv of rejecting the petition of the jeyer, or any other servant of the pagoda, as unworthy of notice. 6th. \\ ith regard to the Collector's propositions, your petitioner begs to observe, that he is not wanting in character or ability solely to manage the affairs of the pagoda, if given up by Government, and therefore does not require the assistance of any other person ; and if it is true that the Collector has proposed to make your petitioner subject to the control of the zemindar of Cavatanagaram, nothing can be more degrading to his own rights and respectability than such an arrange- ment. Your petitioner cannot, in justice to his seat of priesthood and reputa- tion, place himself in subjection to anv other person, of whatever rank he may be, and therefore craves your Board's particular attention to this point. 7th. Under these circumstances, your petitioner most earnestly and humbly prays that your honourable Board will be pleased to give your best consideration to his case, and authorize his being appointed as sole dhurmakurtah of the pagoda of Teroopaty. For which act of justice your petitioner shall ever pray. (Signed in Teelungee.) Madras, January 1843. (True copies.) (signed) J. F. 'Iliomas, Secretarv to Government. No. 7^.— INDIA \YITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH :\IAHO.METANISM. n.7 — No. 78. — (No. cSg, of 5843.) The Most honourable Giorge Marquis of Tuceddtile, k.t. and c.n., Governor and President in Council, Fort St. George. The humble Petition of Xarraina Jyer, "\'akeel to Hooraday Rajah, Iligha Raja BenimaRauze, Bahadar, Zemindar of Carvettnagarani, in tlie Zillah ol Chittore, Humbly shnwcth, Wirii due submission your petitioner most humbly begs leave to lay the hard case before your Lordship in Council. That on the Collector of Chittore arriving at Narrainavanum, expressed his wish to our Rajah that he intends to transfer the manafjement of the davasta- mmi (if Trcputty to his care, and the Mahuntoo to be under him. That he was kind enough to tell at the same time to our Rajah, that he had also written on the subject to the Board of Revenue, and that in the event of the death of the said Mahuntoo, that it shall be optional with our Rajah cither to select another Mahuntoo, or choose any other person whom the Rajah finds to be competent to hold the appointment under him. That, being informed that several petitions have been presented to the Col- lector of Chittore and the Board of Revenue, they were [)leascd to recommend that the churchwardenship of such an important davastanum be conferred on one single individual. That the zemindary of our Rajah being situated in the vicinity of Treputty, the respectability of the zemindar, who is under the control of the British Government, is well known to them, as well as to the community at large. If the davastanum of Treputty be put under the management of the Rajah, who has great influence in that part of the country, the celebration of all the ceremonies, festivals, as well as chariot feasts, will be performed with due decorum and rcgu- laritv, supplying sufficient peoj)le. With due respect, your petitioner begs that the Most noble the Governor in Council would be pleased to take the subject into his serious consideration, and to issue the necessary instructions that the management of the davastanum be conferred on the Rajah by the Collector ; the receipts and disbursements of which being annually to an extent of upwards of .0,000 rupees, the Rajah pledges that he will manage the aUairs of the davas- tanum to the satisfaction of your Lordship in Council ; the Rajah wishes to have it with no other motive than that of assuming honoui', by having the ajjpoint- ment among the Hindoo community who resort there on pilgrimage. For which act of kindness, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. (Signed in Teelungee). Madras, 2G February 1843. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No. 79.— (No. 290, of 1843.) To J. F. Thomas, Esq., Acting Chief Secretary to Government. Honoured Sir, I MOST respectfully solicit that the accompanying petition may be laid before the Most Nol)le the Governor in Council, for the favourable and indulgent con- sideration of his Lordship 27 February 1843. (Signed in Telungce.) G23. p 2 To ii6 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF To the ^lost Noble George Marquis of Ttceeddalc, k. t. and c. b., Governor in Council, fort St. George. The humble I'ctition of Appen I'eroovangada Ramanooja Paria Jeevengar, Churcinvai'den of the Pagodas of Teroomala, Teroopathy in the Talook of Teroopathy, in the Zillah of North Arcot, Most humbly showeth, With the utmost respect and humility your petitioner earnestly beseeches your Lordship to pity his deplorable case, afflicted and depressed as he is to the most extreme degree, and pardon the length of this petition, to which he is unavoidably forced, to explain the chief particulars. Tliat your petitioner has learned with regret, that, consecjuent on a report made tn the Board of Revenue by the Collector of the district, to the prejudice of your petitioners claims to the churcliwardenship of the pagodas aforesaid, and recommending the nomination as sole churchwarden of Sawadaus Mahunt, a Bvragee or recluse, though admitting at the same lime the non-existence of any particular right on his part to the charge of the pagodas, the Board have autho- rized tlie charge of the davastanums being made over to the said Savadaus, not- withstanding that your petitioner has laid before the Board his own claims on the pagoda, and the inexpediency of the other measure, as set foitli hereunder. That the nomination of Savadas above alluded to, is quite incompatible with the usages and creed observed in this davastanum, and ill calculated for the due administration of its affairs ; and that your petitioner is the only person who has the strongest rights to the charge of the davastanums, as proved by the following facts. The said davastanums are situated, one at the top and the other at the foot of the hill, almost at the centre of the Tamil, Teloogoor, Malabar and Canaries dis- tricts. Devotees swarm in great crowds annually at these davastanums, from all parts of India. All the servants connected with the i)agodas are not of any other language than those of the said districts. Savadas is an utter stranger to this part of the country, and one quite ignorant of its languages, manners and customs. He is a priest of the Byragee order, who travel up and down the whole length and breadth of India ; his appointment to the most responsible charge in question is viewed Mith no less regret than surprise by the mass of the people. What is more, he is in no way attached to the Streevistnana creed ; his principles are at variance with the tenets observed in the pagodas, and prac- tised by the votaries of this part of the country. Savadaus and his disciples, are as ignorant of domestic life as any one else of their order must be from their infancy, and are consequently in a very rude state of life. It is therefore sub- mitted to the consideration of your Lordship in Council, whether such a man as Savadaus can be conveniently entrusted with the management of the pagodas. Your petitioner, the Pareya Jeyengar, has a right to these pagodas in every way, from time immemorial. Basheya Carer, the chief priest of Streevj-stnana creed, raised new buildings and repaired steejjles, walls and muntassums, and gilt veenamums, or the top part of the place where the chief deity is kept, and presented the most valuable jewels. From that time your petitioner's predeces- .sors, as well as himself, have continued to enjoy the privileges and rights of durmakurtaship in these davastanums, undisputed either under Mahomedan or English rules. The privileges are, — 1st. Your petitioner, the Pareya Jeyengar, and his deputy, Serej'ah Jeyengar, and his assistants, four acangies, are not only stalathaurs to the pagoda, but are also the merassidars of the first three thecrtliums in them. 2d. The keys of all tlie doors of these davastanums, have been and are under the sole possession of your petitioner's predecessors and himself, from a period of more than 800 hundred years, and your petitioner's assistants are the people who open the doors of the pagodas in tlie morning and shut them at nights, and these keys are secured at nights under your petitioner's care. 3d. Ycur petitioner's seal is set every night on the doors of the pagodas, the hoondees, carrecays, moodcssoos, and the boxes of jewels, with the Circar seal. 4th. No cash will be spent for the afl'airs of the pagodas before your peti- tioner sends a chit, and it is signed by the Circar. 5th. Presents INDIA \\ITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH xMAHOMETAXISM. 117 fjth. Presents of shawls, cloths, Sec, are made to rajahs, zemindars, heads of monasteries, ancharegapoorooshawls, and other devotees, through your j)eti- tioner's reconmiendation ; and through his hands alone, according to mamool. (itli. Your petitioner is enjoying every day the privileges due to durmakur- talis in these pagodas. 7th. Your petitioner has an office, in which the exact records of the income and expenditure of the pagodas are preserved, the officers of which are i)aid iVoni your petitioner's income. The Circar records of the pagodas are signed by your petitioner's gomastas, and every record in your petitioner's office bears the sig- nature of the tasildar on the part of the Circar. 8th. By the takeeds sent to the address of your petitioner on account of the af!airs of the pagodas, it will be fully proved that your petitioner is the dhurma- kurtha. ^'our petitioner has not enumerated all liis privileges, through fear that they will swell this petition to an enormous size. Trom the above-mentioned facts, it will be obvious to your Lordship, that your petitioner has a lawful right to the dhurmacurtaship. He humbly states that the facts will be iucontiovertibly proved by the correspondence between the jeyers and the Circar, that are passing up to this very minute. Peter Pruce, Esq., who had been ai)pointcd as the Commissioner, in order to investigate into the affairs of the pagodas, having made the deepest inquiries into every record concerning the pagodas, and having fully examined into the mamool, as declared and deposed by the servants of the jjagodas, compiled a regulation for the conduct of the aliairs in the said pagodas, which was also confirmed by the Government. In the said regulation it is written, that if any fault is proved against your petitioner, the Governor in Council alone can fine him slightly, whereas all the others connected with the pagodas can be dismissed. How strong nmst your petitioner's claims be to these davastanums to lead Mr. Pruce to make such a stiitement as above is loft to your Lordship's judgment. In refei'ence to this and other points, your j)etitioner begs to solicit the atten- tion of your Lordship to Mr. Bruce's regulation, in the records of the Board of Revenue, which your Lordship may call for. By the facts above stated, your Lordship in Council may see ho\v unjustly the Collector has stated that your petitioner does not seem to possess any par- ticular right in the pagodas, and how is it reasonable in the Collector to prefer Savadas to 3 our petitioner, saying, that for these last two years he is assisting the tasildar with his followers, in lieu of circar servants, during the annual fes- tivals. Cavalcars, continually enjoying some villages, guard every day, 50 in number, armed, the pagodas from danger to and the theft within them ; nay, the gollars and pullanas enjoying the merassee rights of landed property, to take care of Caunekey, &c., and all the estates of the ])agodas, from 20 to 100 of them in number, are in attendance day and night. Py these peoi)lc, according to Mamool, every thing is preserved; even after these davastanums are given up, it is the duty of Government that theft and other crimes committed in the said pagodas should be punished by themselves, as those elsewhere, in a political point of view, 'i herefoie, the assistance of Byraghee is not at all necessary. It is the object of Government, in giving uj) the management of the pagodas, that they should he left to the charge of those whose tinets arc observed in them, undisturbed by the interference of any individual of another religion or sect. If so, your Lordshij) may consider how is it possible, that Savadas, one of another creed, differing fiom and contrary to the creed and i^ractices of the pagodas in question, can be ajjpointed as the superintendent of Theroopathy, Teroomalay davastanums. Your petitioner's seal on the doors of the pagodas, &c., with those of the Circar, the accounts w hich your petitioner's goomastahs are empowered to write at the seme spot as those of the Circar, at the time when lioondees, Smc. are ]ne- sented to the pagodas by the votaries, and their seals over them equally with those of Circar ; the chits from your iietitioner for the exjjenditure of the pagodas, the records of his ofiice about the income, exi)enditure and other affairs of the pagodas, with the signatures of the tasildar, and those of tlie tasildar with your petitioner's gcomastas' signatures, befit your petitioner full of claims, and strongly entitled to be appointed as the durmacurtha of these devastanums. Your petitioner ]ircsented an urzee, containing all the facts in the fore- going part of this petition, desiring the Board of Revenue to send the same to the goUector, and ask him to make his remarks on eveiy paragraph in the said arzee. b■2^. P3 That, n8 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF That, although as soon as a letter from the Board of Revenue was sent to the Collector, directing the institution of further in(iuiries in regard to the church- wardenship of the pagoda, your petitioner's goomastah proceeded to the Collec- tor's cutcherrv at Pulicat," taking with him the documents in your petitioner's possession, yet no inquiry whatever in regard to the management of the pagoda was made, nor any questions put to your petitioner's goomastahs ; but having twice interrogated the goomastah of the Byragee only, the Collector has since reported, in accordance to his deposition, pronouncing your petitioner an otlicer under the orders of the Circar, and like all other servants attached to the pagoda, subject to appointment and removal by the Circar. That vour petitioner begs to submit to your Lordship's consideration the improprietv of ranking as servants the Jeej'ers, on whom the churchwardenship devolved in right of the jeeyership, in due succession for nearly eight hundred years, from the original founder of the order, named Bashyakar. That, on reference to clause 4 of the rules for the management of the pagoda in question, framed by Peter Bruce, Esq., the Commissioner, whereby it is provided that the jeeyer is not subject to dismissal, like the servants of the davastanum, char«Ted with oft'ences, it will be obvious to your Lordship's consideration, that the opinfon of the present Collector, viewing the jeeyers as servants of the i)agoda, and subject to dismissal, is unfounded; and this circumstance will be admitted to be confirmed by the practice observed, of addressing the jeeyer in the manner peculiar to the zemindars and others, and not as it is done to the sherishtadars, tasildars, and other servants. That it is a practice observed from time out of mind, in event of the death of a ieever, he is to be succeeded by his deputy, and the latter, on installation as jeeyer, to "select as his deputy such a person as he might consider fit for the office, and that nomination to be reported to the Circar, with the view only of the lands and other revenues assigned for the pagodas being delivered over, and never has the nomination been objected to on the part of the Circar, nor any appointment of ieevers made bv the Collectors of the district, nor are ihey empowered to do so. On the death of a jeeyer, or on their installation to the office, the expenses of the ceremonies have been defrayed from the davastanum funds. The Collector has regarded in the light of a salary paid to the petitioner the roossoom or income which the Circar have consigned for the maintenance of an office establishment. That the whole is appropriated to the salaries of the estab- lishment for the preparation of accounts, ike, connected with the davastanums is well known. That it is understood the Collector has remarked, that the jeeyer has now- objected to the nomination of the said Byragee as churchwarden, although he before expressed his willingness to his being so appointed in conjunction with himself; your petitioner begs, however, to submit, that he suggested the experliency of himself being confirmed as churchwarden, and the zemindar of Vencatayery Kalastry and the said Byragee should form a supervising body. That the archakas and acharyapoorooshals of the pagoda have presented a petition to the Board of Revenue, submitting that your petitioner should be appointed the churchwarden, and that the Byragee should never be nominated to the oflice, and that it having been referred to the Collector for the purpose of inquiry, has been re-submitted to the Board of Revenue by that authority. Notwithstanding the above circumstance, the Collector appears to have reported, that the nomination of the jeeyer to the churchwardenship is disliked by the archakas and other servants of the pagodas. That the Collector appears to have observed, that the said pagoda belongs to the Vistnoo religion, consisting of the two sects of Tengala and Vadagala ; that the said jeeyer is of^'the Tengala sect ; that the said Byragee is neither of the Tengalay nor of the N adagalav sect, and that therefore the churchwardenship should be left to him : your petitioner begs to submit, that the religion of which the Byragee is follower, is not one embracing the tenets of the pagoda : he is not a Bramin of this part of India; nor would a Bramin under the territory of this Presidency, nor anv member of the religious sects here, receive even water, &c., from him, or eat his food within his sight. The Collectors statement, " that the said pagoda belongs to the Vishnoo reli"-ion, consisting of the two sects of Tengala and Vadagala, that the said jeeyer is of the Tengalay" sect, that the said Byargee is n<'ither Tengalav nor \'adagalay, and that therefore the churchwardenship should be left to him,' is inconsistent with INDIA AVITil IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAH.MOETAXISM. 119 witl) the reason and practice of the Circar hitherto. Your Government appointed no individual of s-ucii a description as Maliuntoo, a strani^er to everv thin", and one of no inheritance in the pagodas, as dhurniuriest reason whv such an individual might not he nominated as dhurmakurtha ; reason and the established practice of every church in the whole world stand in opposition to the Collector's proposal. They are davastanums of peculiar note with the Hiiidoos generally, and of primary and particular interest to the Vishmivas ; the other sects are permitted to enter the pagodas lor the purpose of worsliip, and have otherwise no manner of concein whatever therein. The charge of other particular davastanums, such as Strecrungam. Canjeeveram, Jemhoocasoovaram, Trichinopoly, &c., &c., &c., have already bein committed to the parties possessed of mcerassv rights and established claims to the management thereo*". Such being the course pursued in re^rard to the pagodas above named, your petitioner begs to leave to vour Lord- ship's consideration the improitriety of conmiitting the sole charge of tlie pagodas to a Byragee without claim, and having nothing to do with them, especially as they are possessed of inmiense pro]iprty and considerable income. 'J'hat, under the above circumstances, your petitioner most respectfully solicits, that, in accordance with the principle which has been observed in regard to the rightful churchwardens of other pagodas, your Lordship in Council will be pleased to direct that the charge of the pagoda be committed to your jictitioner as onlv entitled to the same, and, if your Government deem it necessary, you may appoint a supervising body, consisting of two or three individuals from amonjj the most respectable zemindars or nobles of Madras Presidency. For your Lordship's entire satisfaction, your petitioner solicits your Lordship's inspection into the arzees, their inclosures, and the genealogy of his ancestors for eight centuries, i'rom the lioard of Hevenue, which your petitioner has in support of his claims. Shall ever pray. 27 February 1843. (signed in Telungee.) (True copy.) (signed) J. F. Tlvjmas, Secretarv. To the Most Honourable the Governor in Council, Fort St. George, &c , &c., &c. The humble Petition of Veeraragoovah Chariar, Perathaman Chary, Poo- vooshaul Theertha Meerasydar, and Thalapah Chary of the Teroomalay Tecroopady, Humblv showcth, That your petitioners most respectfully beg to submit, that from time imme- morial up to the present period the above said holy place Teeroopady had been under the reigning })owers, and the Poojah Nevatheyam, Woochanam, &c., were conducted by them, and not by the people, up to this time, and such people will not be able to protect and manage it ; besides, the holy place is situated on a very lofty mountain, and in the middle of a wild desert, besides millions value of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, and other cast images, and a large (juantity of vessels, vases, &c., &c., are in it, and as millions of money are its annual income, and as it is in the centre of a great jungle, and afibrds a fair opportunity of being- plundered by robbers, to i)revcnt such an event occurring, there are none so free, independent or faithful 10 protect the same except yourselves, and not by Ma- huntoo, who has no fellow lecling or humanity, and a debtor possessed of party feeling, and not having the ability of conducting it, and hitherto the said Mahun- too had no concern with it; and slioidd the said holy place be delivered into his posse.ssion, there is not the least doubt but he will usurp the property of the Deity, thereby conunitting sacrilege. That the prayer and hu uhlc solicitation to your liberal, powerful and charitable Government is, that should it be determined to place it in possession of one of great credit, respectability, zemindar, and charitable from generations and possess- ing it at present, there is the Camvatce Xagaram Rajah, of whom the Collector at first reported to the Board, and by doing so, it will be acceptable to all the (•■.21. I' 4 people ; 120 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF people ; and when the Collector sent a second report to ilie Board on the subject, we are given to understand that the holy place was recommended to be delivered up to Mahuntoo, while he is not a man of such credit or in such affluence as the said zemindar ; besides, he is ujreatly involved in debt, and not possessing fortune ; and by this famous holy place being delivered into the possession of the said Mahuntoo, it will not only be injurious to the performance of the several offices apjiertaining to it, but it will be hurtful and derogatory to the feelings of the whole of the people ; and as the zemindar has greater fortune, respectability, charitable disposition, liberality and humanity towards mankind than Mahuntoo, by delivering it in the posseesion of the said zemindar, it will be most a'^reeable and highly acceptable to the whole of the people attached to that holy place, and the affairs of it will be conducted with due propriety, and with the greatest deference to your instructions and authority. Instead of delivering the said holy place to Mahuntoo who has solicited for it, it would be far preferable to deliver the holy place over to us, who are the nierasedars and residents of that holy place ; and wc will conduct it satisfactorily, as we are not like a servant as the head jeeyer, meerasedars of the said holy place. Besides, w'e had before three times petitioned that it should be made over to us, and on their being referi'ed to the Collector for inqiiirv, without doing so, the Collector has reported in a different manner; therefore it is confided that your honourable Council would deign to take it into your consideration towards authorizing the said holy place of Teroomalay Teeroopady being placed under our possession, or under those of whom we have mentioned. If this said holy place is to be delivered to a Mahuntoo not possessing any fortune, while he is not to be able to possess 20 lacs of rupees' appurtenances belonging to the deity, and besides he is influenced, through interested motives, towards taking possession of that holy ])lace ; if the Government thinks to deliver it to a suitable person, may it be given to one who can uphold its dignity, in the event of its being delivered to the said Mahuntoo Bayaragee, may suitable security be received. In the event of it being delivered to the said Mahuntoo Bayaragee, provi- dence will see its fate. As in duty bound, shall ever pray. (signed) Veeraragava Chariar. Madras, 27 February 1843. (True copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretarv to Government. (No. 2f)9, of 1843.) To the Most Noble the Marquis of Tii'ecddule, k.t. and c.b., Governor in Council, Fort St. George, &c. &c. &c. The humble Memorial of the Inhabitants of Terputty, and of the Meraseedars and other Bramins attached to the Pagodas of Terooputty and Teroomalay, in North Arcot. AV'f. learned with great surprise and alarm that, consecpient upon the with- drawal of the connexion and interference of the officers of Government with the religious institutions of the natives, the Collector of North Arcot has selected for the office of durmacurtha of the pagodas of Terooputty and Teroomalay one single individual, named Mahuntoo, who it is well known is a foreigner, being a native of Bengal, and is totally unacquainted with the ]>ractices, usages and languages of this part of the peninsula. As it is reported that the selection is now submitted for the approval and conffrniation of your Lordship in Council, we feel it due to ourselves, and the community in general, to lay this representation before vour Excellency. It nmst be within the recollection of the Government, that the number of trustees who have been nominated for the pagodas of Streerungam in Trichinopoly, I'eroomalay in South Arcot and Triplicany in Madras, is not less than three, and tliat the importance of the pagodas of Terooputty, both in jioint of riches, revenue, &c., is far greater than any religious institutions under this Presi- dency. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAMSM. 121 dency. The above said Maliuntoo, as has been admitted by the Collector him- self, is not in any way concerned Avith the i)agodas in (jueslion. We therefore most respectfully leave for the wise judgment and decision of your Lordship and Council the projjricty of nominating a single individual as Maliuntoo to an imi>ortant temple, containing immense fortune, and yielding considerable revenue annually. It' it should be deemed difficult or imjjracticable to fix upon more than one individual for the office of trustee within the district of North Arcot, it niav not be out of jilace here to submit, for you Lordship's consideration, as to the selection of one or more of the respectable men at Madras, in the same manner as Ahobala Jeyeer, of Cambaconam, has been nominated for the pagoda of Troovaloor, and certain Madrasees for the pagoda of Teeroonamally. (Signed by 23 Inhabitants.) Madras, 27 February 1843. — No. 80. — To the Acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George. Honoured Sir, We most humbly beg you will be pleased to lay this our memorial for the consideration of Government before his Lordship in Council will come to a conclusion on the report of Revenue Board on the subject of Teroopaty Pagoda, in North Arcot. 27 February 1843. (Signed in Teelungee.) (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. (No. 454, of 1843.) To the Most Noble the Marquis of Tweeddnlc, k.t. and c. b., Governor in Council Fort St. George, Most respectfully showeth, That the British Government have hitherto, like the former rulers, duly pro- tected and maintained all the natives of India in their respective religious sects and customs, their peculiar institutions continuing under the superintendence of the local authorities. But under the order since received from the Honourable the Court of Directors for the withdrawal of Government concerns with the affairs of all the religious institutions of the natives, measures are at present being adopted by the local authorities for efl'ecting the withdraAval. Of all the temples or religious institutions subject to the Presidency of Madras, the pagodas of Teroomalay and Tcroopathee, attached to the zillah of Chittoor, are the most renowned for their sanctity and high repute among the Hindoos, to which exuberently jewels the most precious and costly, and gold of no common ([uantity, belong ; add to this the ever-increasing and the prolific heaps of money which they have. Your Ciovernment know too well to hear anything from us about the inlets of their wealth. We came to understand that the Collector of Chittoor has selected and recom- mended for the approval and contirmation of the Board of Revenue to the office of durmacurtha of the said pagodas an individual named Savadas Mahunto, a liyragcc, a foreigner to this part of the country, being a native of Bengal, and an utter ignorant of the usages as well as the languages current on the Coro- mandel, and a stranger to the spirit and the tone of the Hindoo law, and their requisites. We solicit permission to bring to your Lordship's recollection that to the pagoda of Strecrungum, at Trichinopoly, and other renowned Hindoo temples in all the zillahs under Madras Prcsidencv, the Collectors have selected dur- makurthas not less than three in number to each pagoda, and those who are natives of this part of the country ; but the Collector of C hittoor selected the aforesaid Byraghec alone as duimakurtha of the two jiagodas in (lueslion t)2l. Q although, 122 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF although he has no concern whatever in them, as acknowledged by the Col- lector himself — a selection, the spirit of which we leave to your Lordship's con- sideration. The selection and nomination of a single individual as durmakurtha of such great temples as those in question being productive of various incurable incon- veniences, we request your Lordship will be pleased, in the same manner as was done as regards the other pagodas referred to, to select at least three persons from among those who have concerns and are insterestcd in the said pagodas, and who are well acquainted with their usages, and appoint them as dur- makurthas. (Signed by 4G Inhabitants.) (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. (No. 459.) To the Most Noble the Marquis of Ticeeddale, k.t. and c. b., Governor in Council, Fort St. George. The humble Petition of Rajagopalla Chariar, Vakeel of the Mahunt of Teroopaty, in the Northern Division of Arcot, Showeth, 1st. That the Collector of North Arcot having intimated to the Mahunt the determination of Government to give up the management of the pagoda of Teroopaty, the Mahunt agreed to undertake it if nominated as sole church- warden ; but the Collector proposed to the Board of Revenue to appoint the zemindar of Cavet Nagaram also as controller jointly with the Mahunt. The jeyyer and other servants of the pagoda also preferred a claim to the church- wardenship, and their petitions, as well as that of the Mahunt, were referred to the Collector for his further consideration. 2d. The Collector, Mr. Goldingham, then considered the subject again, rejected the claims of the jeyyer and others, and recommended to the Board of Revenue that the Mahunt may be appointed as sole dhurmakurtah, and the Boai'd have now, } our petitioner understands, recommended that arrangement for your Lordship's approval ; but to this reasonable and judicious arrangement the said jeyyer and his class of people have, it is said, stated certain objections in petitions addressed to your Lordship in Council, and proposed the nomina- tion of a committee of natives at Madras. These objections are very frivolous, and altogether unworthy of notice, for the following reasons : — .3d. The said jeyyer is a paid servant of the pagoda, appointed and removable by the Collector at pleasure, and possesses no hereditary right, as acknowledged by himself, not only by the moochilkah or agreement executed by him to the Collector, but also in defending the suits brought against him in the civil courts on account of the debts of his predecessors. In proof of this fact, your Lord- ship's i)etitioner begs to submit the enclosed three papers for your perusal, and he also begs leave to state, that as the said jeyyer and his successors are to be appointed and conuuanded by the future dhurmakurtah or superintendent of the pagoda, he can by no means claim a share in the control of the institution, whatever may be his pretensions and the duties performed by him in the pagoda, by virtue of the temporary authority vested by the Collector. No jjerson that wished to do justice to the churchwardenship, or that has any regard to the responsibility of that office and his own public character, can agree to be placed on equal terms witli the servants of the pagoda in its management, or to be asso- ciated with persons who never had anything to do with it. 4th. The Mahunt is an independent priest, having no family to support, or any jiarticular duty to perform, or any other interests to serve but the affairs and well-being of the pagoda, in aid of which his co-operations had always been called for, and obtained, both by the Collector and the tahsildar of the place. Knowing, as he does, the character of the je}'}'er and otlier servants of the I)agoda, and the impossibility of any committee at Madras efficiently managing the INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 123 the concerns of this great pagoda, he entreats your Lordship in Council to give the subject your best consideration, and to sanction the appointment of the Maliunt as sole churchwarden of the Teroopaty Pagoda, agreeably to the recom- mendation of the Collector and Board of Revenue. 5th. The IMahunt also prays that Government will at the same time order the whole of the net collections and incomes of the pagoda from the com- mencement of the current Fusly year, to be paid to him for its expenses, as without such an advance the management could not be undertaken. For which act of justice your Lordship's petitioner shall ever pray. (Signed in Teelunga.) Madras, 4 March 1843. (A true copy.) (signed) /. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. (No. 837, of 1843.) To the Most Honourable George Marquis of Tzceeddale, k.t. and c. b., Governor in Council of Fort St. George. The humble Memorial of Tolapah Charry Gopaula Charry, and Vararagava Charry, Principal Meerasedar of Troomala Troopathy Devastanum, Humbly showeth, Your humble memorialist begs leave to bring to your Lordship's serious con- sideration and order the following circumstances, in expectation of such justice which is renderable by such an impartial hand as of your Lordship. 2d. Since your Lordship's arrival, several cases occurred which had been severally disposed of to the satisfaction of the public. The devastanum of Teroopatty is most important and valuable, and visited by numerous people from all parts of India. This ])agoda was hitherto under the management of the Govern- ment, and conducted to the satisfaction of the public. The Collector, Mr. Goldins;- ham, in his first recommendation to the Board of Revenue, suggested to put the said valuable devastanum under the management of the zemindar of Carvet Nagaram and Mahuntho ; but again your humble memorialist has been informed that it was recommended to put the said most important devastaimm Teroopatty under the charge of Mahunthoo alone, who is largely involved in debt; so that as it is the duty of the (Government to distribute justice to the public, your me- morialist begs to bring to your Lordship's serious consideration that the manage- ment of such valuable devastanum should be put under the two or three respect- able individuals, such as zemindars, who are residing in the neighbourhood of the pagodah, and the church merasedars, several of whom being in good circum- stances, and possessing yearly private interests of nearly 10,000 rupees, it would be advantageous and safe if the present recommendation of the Collector, Mr. (ioldingham, and the Board of licvenue, will be referred to the ])resent Acting Collector, Mr. Babington, directing him to investigate strictly and impar- tially the involved condition and circumstances of Mahunthoo, and also the cir- cumstances and conditions of the meerasedars of the above devastanum; and it will be satisfactory to the pubhc, as well as to the Government, who have only the authority to distribute such justice. The management of devastanum of Teroo- namalay, under the collectorate of South Arcot, has been invested with some individuals who are unconnected with the said temple, by the recommendation of the Collector, without the preliminary caution of investigating the particulars, and under the sanction of the Board of Revenue and Government; but now, when the individuals (unconnected with any rightto the Temple of Teroonamallee), who were named by the Collector, proceeded to take charge of the estate of the temple, disputes arose. Thousands of people opposed them, and the Collector of South Arcot, though he proceeded there, was unal)le to suppress the disturbance. Your humble memorialist therefore begs your Lordship's serious attention, before any orders being issued from the noble hand of justice, of your Government to refer back for an impartial investigation ; for which act of justice your memo- rialist, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. Madras, 1 April 1843. (Signed in Teelunga.) 621. Q :2 To 124 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT O To J. F. Thomas, Esq., &c. &c. &c., Acting Chief Secretary to Government of Fort St. George. The humble Memorial of Tolapah Charry and Veraragava Charry, Principal INJeerasedar of Troomala Troopathy Devastanum. Humbly slioweth, Your humble memorialist begs to enclose the addresses to the Most Noble the Governor and the Honourable Members of Council, praying for redress against the recommendation of the Collector, Mr. Goldingliam, and the Board of Revenue. Your humble memorialist begs that they may be laid, and obtain me justice through your kind hand, that no serious disturbance may happen in the mana"-ement of the devastanum of Teroopathy, as happened in the church of Teronnamalay, under the collectorate of South Arcot, shall ver pray. Madras, 1 April 1843. (Signed in Teelunga.) To the Honourable John Bird, Esq., &c. &c. &c., Member in Council of Fort St. George. The humble Memorial of Tolapah Charry, Gopaula Charry, and Veeraragava, Charry, Principal Meerasedar of Troomala Troopathy Devastanum, Humbly showeth. Your humble memorialist begs leave to bring to your honour's serious con- sideration and order the following circumstances, in expectation of such justice which is renderable by such an impartial hand as of your honour. 2d. Since your honour comino: to Council, several cases occurred which had been severally disposed of to the satisfaction of tlie public. The devastanum of Teroopatty is most important and valuable, and visited by numerous people from all parts of India. This pagodah was hitherto under the management of the Government, and conducted to the satisfaction of the public. The Collector, Mr. Goldingham, in his first recommendation to the Board of Revenue, sug- gested to put the said valuable devastanum under the management of the zemindar of Carvet Nagaram and Mahuntho ; but again your humble memo- rialist has been informed that it was recommended to put the said most im- portant devastanum Teroopathy under charge of Mahuntho lone., who is largely involved in debt ; so that as it is the duty of the Government to distribute justice to the public, your memorialist begs to bring to your honour's serious consideration, that the management of such valuable devastanum should be put under the two or three responsible individuals, such as zemindars who are residing in the neighbourhood of the pagoda, and the church merasadars, several of whom being in good circumstances, and possessing yearly private interests of nearly 10,000 rupees, it would be advantageous and safe if the present recommendation of the Collector, Mr. Goldingham, and the Board of Revenue, will be referred to the present Acting Collector, Mr. Babington, directinij him to investigate strictly and impartially the involved condition and circumstances of Mahuntho, and also the circumstances and conditions of the merasadars of the above devastanums, and it will be satisfactory to the public, as well as to the Government, who have only the authority todistribute such justice. Themanage- ment of devastanum of Teroonamalay, under the collectorate of South Arcot, has been invested with some individuals who are unconnected with the said temple, by the recommendation of the Collector, without the preliminary caution of investigating the particulars, and under the sanction of the Board of Revenue and Government ; but now, when the individuals (unconnected with any right to the Temple of Teroonamalay), who were named by the Collector, proceeded to take charge of the estate of the temple, disputes arose, thousands of people opposed them, and the Collector of South Arcot, though he proceeded there, was unable to suppress the disturbance. Your humble memorialist therefore begs yourHonour's serious attention, before any orders being issued from the noble hands of justice of your Government, to refer back for an impartial investigation, for which act of justice your memorialist, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. Madras, I April 1843. (Signed in Teelunga.) To INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 125 To the Honourable Ilenrii Chamiei-, Esq., eVc. &c. &c., Member in Council of Fort St. George. The humble Memorial of Tolapah Charry, Gopaula Charry, and Veerara"-ava Charry, Principal Meerasedar of Troomala Trooj)atty Devastanuiu, Humbly showeth, YouK Imnible memorialist begs leave to bring to your honour's serious consi- deration and order the following circumstances, in expectation of such justice which is renderaWe by such an impartial hand as of your Honour. 2d. Since your Honour coming to council, several cases occurred which had been severally disposed of to the satisfaction of the public. Tlie devastanum of Teroopatty is most important and valuable, and visited by numerous people from all parts of India. This pagodah was hitherto under the management of the Goveriuuent, and conducted to the satisfaction of the public. The Collector, Mr. Goldingham, in his first recommendation to the Board of Revenue, sug- gested to ])iit the said valuable devastanum under the management of the zemindar of Carvet Nagaram and Mahuntho ; but again, your humble memo- rialist has been informed that it was recommended to put the said most import- ant devastanum Teroopatty under the charge of Mahuntho alone, who is largely involved in debt, so that it is the duty of the Government to distribute justice to the public. Your memorialist begs to bring to your honour's serious considera- tion, that the management of such valuable devastanum should be put under the two or three responsible individuals, such as zemindars, who are residing \n the neighbourhood of the pagodah and the church merasadars, several of whom being in good circumstances, and possessing yearly private interest of nearly 10,000 rupees, it would be advantageous and safe if the present recommendation of the Collector, Mr. Goldingham and the Board of Revenue, will be referred to the present Acting Collector, Mr. Babington, directing him to investigate strictly and impartially the involved condition and circumstances of Mahuntho, and also the circumstances and conditions of the merasadars of the above devastanums ; and it will be satisfactory to the public, as well as to the Government, who have only the authority to distribute such justice. The management of devastanum of Teroonamalay, under the collectorate of South Arcot, has been invested with some individuals who are unconnected with the said temple, by the recommenda- tion of the Collector, without the preliminary caution of investigating the par- ticulars, and under the sanction of the Board of Revenue and Government ; but now, when the individuals (unconnected with any right to the tcmi)le of Teroo- namalay), who were named by the Collector, proceeded to take charge of the estate of the temple, disputes arose, thousands of people opposed them, and the Collector of South Arcot, though he proceeded there, was unable to suppress the disturbance. Your humble memorialist, therefore, begs your Honour's serious attention, before any orders being' issued from the noble hands of justice of vour Government, to refer back for an impartial investigation, for which act of justice your memorialist, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. Madras, 1 April 1843. (Signed in Teelunga.) (True copies.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to (iovernment. — No. 81.— (No. 416.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date the 21st April 1843. Read the following : '^^^^ "'"' " Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of") ( Ik-re enter 23 February 1843, Revenue. / No. 83.) From Narrain .Tver, \'akecl of H. R. H. Rajah 1 ,yj .. nr> i' i 1 0^0 I, f. I 1 r, • 1 en \t (Here enter 2b lebruary 1843, bommarauze i)aha(lar,ZemmdaroiCarvettep -,.j ocq x agarani, m INortli Arcot. j ' From Appen Teroovengada Rumanooja Puria Jceyengar, the churcliwardenof the pagodas of Teroomalay and Teroopatty, in North Arcot. Gz\. Q 3 From (Here enter 27 February 1843, No. 290.) 126 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF From VeeraragavaChariar Perathaman Chary, ] Poorooshal Theertha Meerassidar, and Tho- (,„ _ _ _ lapah Charry, of the Teroomalay Teroo- P^^'^ ^^^^^ ^ 7 February 1843.) pathy. J From Kristnamachariar Bashwear and others, ] the Inhabitants and Meerassidars of Tripatty, [(Here enter 27 February 1843, in North Arcot. J No. 299.) From V.Sota2;opahCharrv, BalakistnaChettev"! ,TT , -..t .^.. and others ' ' ' | (Here enter No. 454.; From Rajagopala Charryar, Vakeel of Mohunti (Here enter 4 March 1843, of Tcroopatty, in North Arcot. J No. 459.) From Tolapahchary Gopalacharry and Veera- ragvaah Chary, principal Merassidars ofl (Here enter 1 April 1843, No. 837.) Teeroomala Teroopatty devastanum, in North Arcot. The Most Honourable the Governor in Council has learnt with much satis- faction, that an arrangement has been made by the Collector of North Arcot, by which the Government is relieved from all further charge of the temple at Tripatty, in that district, the only one which remained in the charge of the officers of Government. He concurs in opinion with the Board of Revenue, that the trust has been consigned to the individual who is in all respects most likely to fulfil the duty undertaken by him with good faith, and with satisfaction to the great body of the worshippers. 2. His Lordship in Council observes, that the petitioners who object to the nomination of the Mohunt as sole trustee, advance nothing which has not already been fully and carefully considered by the Collector and by the Board, and do not suggest any other arrangement which is not more open to objection than that now sanctioned. 3. The Board will instruct the present Acting Collector to carry out all arrangements connected with the appointment of the Mohunt to his trust, with as little delay as practicable. (signed) /. F. Thomas, Acting Chief Secretary. (A true extract.) (signed) J. F, Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No. 82.— (No. 8i.) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated IG February 1843. Read the following letter from the Collector of Chingleput : " To J. D. BourdiUon, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George. " Sir, " With reference to the extract from the proceedings of the Board dated 24th October last, I have the honour to report, that all the pagodas which were under Circar management in this district, have been delivered over to the dhurmakur- tahs appointed to their charge respectively. I found it necessary, however, to depart a little from the arrangement previously proposed and sanctioned by the Board in regard to six of the institutions, and the alteration so made, together * Tic/e End. (A- 1 ^yith the reasons, are shown in the list of dhurmakurtahs herewith submitted.* (signed) " A. Freese, " Collector." " Chingleput District, Collector's Cutcherry, " Pullecarnay, 10 February 1843." LIST INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH iMAIlOMETANISlM. 12 (A.) LIST of DiiUHMAKURTAHS to wlioni tlie different Pagodas under the Manngemcnt of tlie Officers of Government were made over in the District of Chinyleput. NAMES of the PAGODAS. 1, Conjeveram Davarajah Swamy. 2. Yacambra Swamy. Easwara 3. Camatchy Uminen 4. Toroovulloor, or Veera- ragava Swaiuy. 5. Streepermatoor Bhas- heacar. C. Toroocutchecoonnium Vudagheereeswara Swaray. 7. MadoorantacumCodun- daram Swamy. 8. Madoorantacum Van- gavdeeswara Swamy. 9. Atcherwanlcam Auk- sheeswara Swamy. 10. Singapermal Covil Na- rasimlia Swamy. 11. Teroocutchcyoor Ma- roondeeswara Swamy Terooporoor Swamy. C)21. Canda Nanies of the Dhurmakiirt.ih^ appointed by the Board. Royadoorgum Coomnra Tanta Charrear. Vidy Goorookul - - 1 Soobraya Goorookul - 1 .'Vppasawmy Goorookul - 1 Appavoo Goorookul - 1 Appacliy Bhutter - - 1 Coniarasawtiiy Bhutter - 1 Tumboo Dockshetter - 1 Moottossawmy Nark Goo- rookul - - - 1 Tumbeyeppa Moodeley, of Madras - - - 1 Simkera Charrear - Ahabelum Jeyer Satagopa Gharry - Vadachella Goorookul - 1 Sunkeralinga Tumberan 1 Parumbala Tumberan - 1 A. Ragava Gharry - - 1 Eachunibady Cooppanisugar 1 C. Ramanoojiengar - 1 Nullanna Moodely Tandavaray Pillay Jyahsawmy Pillay Vencatanursoo Pillaj' Coomara Vencutacharry Vencatnurtsoo Pillay Teagaroy Goorookul Mooroogasa Tumberan Sabhapaty Moodi;ly Names of the Durmakurtahs to whuni the Pagoda-s were finally delivered. REMARKS. the same. - - ditto. - - ditto. - - ditto. - - ditto. - - ditto. - ditto. ditto. - - ditto. Sashadry Pillay - Coomara Vcncatacharry Sashadry Pillay - Teagaroy Goorookul the same. Q 4 - - Vencatanursoo Pillay liavinij declined to take charge of thes« pairotlas jointly with the other durmakurtahs, his cousin, Sa- sliadrv Pilla}', who fornurly In Id the management of the posroda, was appointed in his stead. (continued) 128 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF List of Dhurmacurtahs to whom Pagodas were made over in the District of Chingleput — continued. SAMES of the PAGODAS. 13. Teroovadunduy Nittea- cullcana Snamy. 14. Vyavoor Prasanna Ven- cataswar Swaiiiy, 15. Mahabalcpoorum Stala- sayana Swamy. 16. Teroomashy Alwar 17. Coluttoor Lomaswara 18. Teroopaulavanum Paul- aswara Swamy. 19. Peddapollum Bhavany Ummen. 20. Calett Pettah KuUca Vurdaraja Swamy. 21. Teroopagoody Vijiara- gava Swamy. 22. Sholavarum Augustee- swara Swamy. 23. Teroovcicaud Vadapoo- reesAvara Swamy. 24. TeroovallaToil Teroo- vullieswaraswamy. 3o. Sliah Ameed Ouleya DurgahofConjoveram Names of the Dhunnakurtahs appointed by the Board. Paupa Rany Anna SawmyPilhiy Voncaiie Pundit Sreenevassa Gharry - 1 N. Ramaswamy Moodely 1 Names of the Durmakurtahs to whom the Pagodas were finally delivered. the same. IVencajee Pundit Streenevassa Charry Yavalappa Moodelly Narasinoniah Charry >Yavalappa Moodelly Cooppoo Teagaroy Moodely Cattavoor Comara - Myluppa Moodely V. fihasheacarloo Naidoo Pravalavully Ummal Gopaula Charry Appoo Row - Appaniengar - - the same. - - ditto. Eroosappa Moodely Ramalinga Moodely Rutna Moodely Hall Mumtazul Oomrah • Mahomed Fakrooddcn Jainsheen - - - ditto. - - ditto. ' - - ditto. ditto. ditto. Yellappa Moodely, Von- goo Moodely. the same. REMARKS. - - Anna Sawmy Pillar declined to be associated witli the otlier trustee. - - Ramaswani}' Moodely de- clined the appointment. - - Yavalappa Moodelly, who had an hereditary right for the dhur- makurtahship, declined to be asso- ciated with the other person se- lected, and the stalattars hav- ing represented that Yavalappa Moodelly alone might be ap- pointed, he was accordinglj- put in charge of the pagoda as sole durmakurtali. - - Ruma Moodely having dr- clined to take cliarge of the pagoda without the Shrotrium village attached to it, the head- men of that village were aj)- pointed in his stead. Chingleput District, Collector's Cutcherry, Pullccarnay, 10 February 1843. (signed) A. Freese, Collector. Extract Prococdmgt, Ordered to be submitted for tbe information of the Most honourable the Board of Kcveiiue, Govcrnor iu Counci], with reference to the corresi)ondence shown in tlic :.'4 Octubci ]iJ42. . From Ciuvernnieiit, Iliargm. IG December iiMi'. (signed) T. PycToft, (True copies.) Acting Sub-lSecretarv. (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH M.AIIOMETANISM. 129 — No. 83.— (No. 3.54, of 1843.) To the Most Noble the Honourable tlie Marquis of Ttcceddule, k. t. and <;. b.. Governor in Council, Fort St. George. The Inimble Petition of Strenevasaraw CJooma.stah to the Wardens fo the Church of Cauniacheumman, in the Talook of Cajeveram, in the Ziliali of Chingleput, Respectfully showeth, That your petitioner is instructed to bring the following grievances I0 your Lordship's notice, in the contident hope that they will meet with that redress they so earnestly implore. That about oO years ago the management of the above church, together with the lands connected therewith, and the funds and other revenues belonging to the church, amounting to 20,000 rupees, jewels were chiefly procured by the wardens, who collected monies amounting to eight lacs, erected churches and other reservoirs, and even in the troublous time of Hyder and Tippoo, when the country was ravaged by war, the wardens were instrumental in the preserva- tion of the property and images, and the keys of this church were in their posses- sion, also that of the jewels. That after this, the British Government interfered in the superintendence of the church, and the wardens had the management of it, and that they were given to understand by the Collector that Government would abolish their connexion with the pagoda, whereupon your petitioner addressed an urze to that gentleman, praying, that as they are the wardens from time immemorial, the management of the church would be given to them, and no other ; and the Collector, on the 7th .January of the present year, endorsed on their petition, desiring them to be in readiness with such documentary evidence as they may possess, which we did, and solicited that the Collector would be pleased to examine the accounts ; that functionary, without due inquiry, wrote to the Revenue I'oard, and one Sunkara Chariar was ui)pointed to take the manage- ment ; this individual i^ no way connected with this church, is an entire stranger to the country, an inhabitant of Combaconum, in the Tanjore zillah, and is moreover a professor of a different creed, and has nothing to recommend him but his wealth ; and we are directed to deliver up tiio church and other property to this individual ; and when we remonstrated against this appointment, we are informed that it is the orders of the Revenue Board. We are at a loss to know by what authority and on what grounds we are deprived of this management. Moreover, your petitioner begs to bring to the notice of your Lordship, that with this church there are two others, the most important of all the churches in this part of the country, and the Collector, in issuing his orders, has given the management of those churches to their respective wardens, and in our church alone a stranger has been appointed, and we are deprived of all authority. V'- Your ])etitioner, in conclusion, earnestly solicits your Lordship will condescend to investigate this case, and render us that redress we so earnestly pray for. For which act of kindness your petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. (signed) Madras, IG December 1842. (True copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Goverrment. 621. R -No. 84. 130 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF — No. 84. — (No. 424.) Revenue From J. F. llwmas, Esq., Acting Chief Seci-etary of Fort St. George, to tlie Depaiauent. President and Members of tlie Board of Revenue ; dated 28 Apriri843. Gentlemen, With reference to the extract of the proceedings of your Board dated, the IGth ultimo, No. 81, reporting the final delivery of all the pagodas hitherto under Circar management, in the district of Chingleput, to their respective dur- makurtahs, I am directed by the Most honourable the Governor in Council to * No. 35 J, of I8i3. request that the accompanying petition* may be forwarded to the Collector, with instructions to inquire and report, as early as possible, upon the circumstances set forth in it, for the information of G overnment, should it not be in the power of your Board to furnish the requisite information at once. Fort St. George, 28 April 1S43. (signed) J. F. Thomas, Acting Chief Secretary, (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretarv to Government. 4 January 184.3, in Cons. 10, para. 14. — No. 85.— (No. 68.) Extract from the Px-oceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 13 February 1843. Read letters from the Collector of Madras, dated 23 and 25 January 1843. The reasons stated bv Mr. Robertson, in the former of the letters recorded above, for advocating the nomination of trustees to the Triphcane Pagoda, in the first instance, by himself, on the part of Government, appear to the Board sufficient and satisfactory. The addresses received in the latter of them tend to show the propriety of his selection of persons for the office, and the Board accordingly authorize him to appoint three i)ersons named in his former letter. The particular mode in which vacancies in bodies of this kind are to be filled up, will be determined, it is believed, by the Act, for which a draft is now under the consideration of Government, and it is not desirable that the claims of the dif- ferent castes and creeds and orders of society to the right of suffrage should be agitated anterior to the passing of that enactment, which will provide a standard for judging of them. Ordered, That extract from the foregoing proceedings be furnished for the information and guidance of the Collector of Madras. Ordered also. That copy of these proceedings, together with the correspondence noted in the margin, be sub- mitted for the information and orders of the Most ho- nourable the Governor in Council, with reference to the resolution of Government, dated 15th November 1842, No. 1,348. To Collector, 4 Januaiy 1843, in Cons. 16 January 1843. Extract Pro. Board of Revenue, 1 G January 1843. From Collector, L'.3 January ) . „ <,/ ,0,0 Fiom Colkct.-.r, 2.5 JanuarV ) '" ^°"*- "*'' ^^^■^• In Cons. 17 November 1842. 56, 80, 108, if.o. Ordered also. That the following endorsement be passed on the petitions noted 1843^ ''' ""*' ""'^ "^ ^"^ ^^^^ margin : " The Collector of Madras has been furnished with instructions on the subject of this address.'' (signed) J. D. Bourdillon, Secretary. — No. 86. LXDIA WITH IDOLATRY. OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 131 — No. 86.— From J. Robertson, Esq., Collector of Madras, to J. D. Boiirdillon, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 4 January 1843. Sir, Para. 1. REFERnixo to ray letter under date the 2Cth November last, and to the extract from the proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 1 7th of the same month, relative to the several pagodas within the limits of this coUectorate, I have the honour to observe, with reference to para. 1. of the proceedings of date the 1 7th October last, that it was not stated in any part of my report of date the 24th January last, No. 8, that those paj^odas were in number 20 and 18 res])ectively. "The numbers referred to in my re|iort were shown, by paras. 2, 8, !>, 10 and 11, to be the number merely of the several grants" which were made from time to time to the pagodas within Madras. 2. In para. 2. of the Board's proceedings, they observe that " the first eleven numbers in Statement 1, are allowances of a peculiar description enjoved bv as many pagodas ;" and in paras. 3 to G, Nos. 12 to 18, are further stated to be the numbers of the other allowances payable from this office. The orders of Govern- From Board ment, under date the 21st April 1841, having called for a statement which might 30Junci84i. exhibit '"the annual revenues of the pagodas," kc, and the " money allowances that have been assigned for their support," a statement was furnished to show those particulars. 3. Consecutive numbers were entered in the " statement of the annual revenue of the pagodas," so as to exhibit, in regular order, the allowances granted to the pagodas, under separate and distinct sanction, as shown in the following abstract : — Np. Date ol" Sanction. To Board 24 January 1842, p. 2 to 7 Ditto - - ' - - p Ditto - - - - ]) Ditto - - - - p Ditto - - - - p 4. Allowances corresponding in number with those referred to above being payable from this office, they alone were entered in my statement ; but, in para. 12. of my report, I stated tliat there was another jiagoda at Madras, besides those previously noticed in it, which received monthly the actual collections of a particular fee, paid on account of it in the stamping department bv private individuals. .0. In para. 16, I further adverted to a meirah allowance of about l,92o rupees from Chingleput, which the Mylapore Pagoda, not included in the statement, received through this office. (i. 1 am, therefore, not aware of any error in numbers, either in the report of date the 24th January last, or in the statement which accompanied it. 7. The allowances. Nos. 17 and 18, were granted with reference to the corre- spondence * entered in the margin, as compensation for the arrack revenue, for- * (Seehelow.) merly enjoyed by the pagodas at Callatteputt and Trevamoor respectively, which revenue was transferred to .Madras. This was not previously noticed by me, as 1 concluded that the Collector of Chingleput would report it, as he informed j- me that he would. 8. By the orders of the Board, dated respectively the 10th and 24th June 1841, I was required to furnish a statement of the "annual revenues of the pagodas,";]; and to report " what number of native institutions could, with advantage, be entrusted to the superintendence of native managers or trustees," as well as to explain -) 7 - 1 to 11 ■ - 10 April 1790, S - 12 to 14 - ■ 11 June ISOd. 9 - - 1;-) ■ - 27 January 1807. 10 - - - 1(J ■ - 11 November 1S28. 11 - 17 Sc 18 - /Granted from the Abkarry 1. revenue. • I'am. 0, of Board's Proceedings, 17 October 1842. From Board, 1 October 1810. To Board, 18 iMay .1810. From Board 25 .Miiy llilO. + From ('olloctorol'Cliiiigleput, 14 July 1841. } I'ani. 1!, of Board's rrocecdings, 17 October 1842. t'2l. R 2 iS'i PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF explain " the present extent of interference and control, and show how far that is withdrawn by the operation of the method of administration that is to supersede the present management." 9. A statement of the annual revenues of the pagodas " having accordinglj'' been submitted," I explained in paragraphs 13 to 21, of my report, '* the present extent of interference and control," and referred to the correspondence on the subject. In paragrajih 22, I suggested what arrangements I considered desir- able in regard to tlie appointment of " trustees," as appeared to me to be the desire of the Board " for the security of the proi)crty, and the exercise of the powers at present vested in the Collector." In referring to the " powers " of the Collector, I meant such as were delegated to the Land Custom on the 11th December 1 79(i, as he was then furnished with a copy of the muchille as exe- cuted b\' the seveial churchwardens of the pagodas* (including the Town and Chintadrcpcttah Pagodas) and Superintendents of Charities, for the due distri- bution of the sum which Government (were) pleased to grant for their mainte- nance ; which inuchillcas were to the effect, that the churchwarden of each pagoda was thereby bound and obliged to keep regular accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the funds of the said church ; and in the event of any com- plaint being exhibited against (this) management thereof by the inhabitants or others connected with the said pagoda, " he was bound " to lay all such accounts before the Board of Revenue, and to submit to any investigation or order they may tliiuk necessarv to institute or issue relative thereto. f-^o'^'^iT'^^T^^"'^*' 1*^-1 cannot better particularize the extent of the general control exercised or jjara. 8. '' liable to be exercised by the Collector of Madras over afl'airs affecting the management of the pagoda at Madras, than by quoting the following from a Jetter from the Board of Revenue to Government, under date the 3d January 1822. " 4. It is known, the Board i)resume, to the Honourable the Governor in Coun- cil, that the larger pagodas situated within the limits of the Supreme Court, ai'e in a considerable degree supported by contributions of the Government. The officers of Government have heretofore in consequence been in the habit of receiving and auditing the accounts of receipts and disbursements, and the dhur- macurtas or wardens of soine of the pagodas, have customarily held their situations under the authority and through the appointment of the officers of Government, and have, in common with other public servants, been subject to public control. " G. The Board are of opinion, that although resort to the Supreme Court might he proper, and indeed necessary in cases involving recovery of embezzled jjro- perty, or other cases of a similar description, it is desirable that the general protection and patronage of the Government, tbrough its officers, should be exer- cised in the same manner as heretofore within the limits of the Supreme Court, and as it is exercised in the provinces beyond those limits. " The Board would accordingly recommend, that the Collector be authorized, as heretofore, under the orders of the Board, to superintend the receipts and disbursements of the pagodas, in order to ascertain that the revenues are pro- perly administered, and that the contributions of Government are correctly and faithfully appropriated, and that for this purpose he be considered as having authority to require the j)roduction of the accounts. In all cases in which the accounts may not be furnished, payment of the allowances to the pagoda be suspended. " 8. The Board are further of opinion, that the dhurmacurtha should, as here- tofore, be prevented from dismissing the servants of the pagoda without the concurrence of the Collector, or from acting in any way contrary to usage."' " 9. In all cases of dispute, it should be the duty of the Collector to endeavour to bring about an amicable adjustment ; and where recourse to law may eventually be found • Paeoda at Trccliuklioor ; Pagoda at Strccponiiadnor ; Pacroila at Callalitcpctt ; Pap;o(]a at Cliintadre- pett ; To«n Pagoda at Madras ; ^'a'^aml)ari-asswara Paoroda, at Madras ; t'atcliala Easwar Paj»oda, at Madras ; Cundasawmy Pagoda, at Madras ; Choultry, in Strcchurrj-cotta ; Choultry in Palawarain. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OPx WITH MAHOMETANISM. found absolutely necessary, the advice and assistance of the Company's law ofticers should be lent to the persons in auth.ority, as has been heretofore cus- tomary, without compromising the (jovernmcnt. " 10. Such has been the general course pursued under former Collectors. The Board are, indeed, aware that much of the advantage resulting from this species of sujicrintcndcnce and control must depend on the intelligence, temper and discretion »ith which it may be exercised ; but it is obvious, that if all pro- tection and superintendence are withdrawn, not only will the affairs of the pagodas be liable to be improperly administered, but the revenue thereof become the prey of persons interested in promoting litigation." 11. Government, on the 22d January 1822, stated, that they entirely con- curred " in the view taken by the Board, of the nature and extent of the control and superintendence proper to be exercised by the officers of Government on the concern of pagodas at Madras, and desired that the Collector (might) be instructed accordingly."' 12. Under the conditions of the muchilcas of December 1790, and the orders of Government of date the 22d January 1822, it will be observed that the super- vision not only of the pagoda at Triplicane, but of all others, is vested in the Collector, although, excepting in the case of the Triplicane Pagoda, direct interference in the internal affairs of the pagodas has not been ex- ercised to any great extent. The correspondence noted in the margin will show, that but recently the Collector and the Board of Revenue interfered in the adjustment of the accounts of the Town Pagoda. 13. The selection* of a proper person from among the candidates for the office of dhurmacurtha to some of the pagodas besides Triplicane, which the Board supposed to be the only pagoda in which the nomination of the dhurma- curtha rested with the Collector, has formed the subject of correspondence f with the Board. In regard to the Mylapoor Pagoda, I would particularly request a reference to para. G and 7 of their letter dated Gth March 182G. 14. On again reviewing all the circumstances connected with the interference of this office with the affairs of the several pagodas at Madras, and on further consideration of their present state, I am of opinion, that in the case of the Myla- poor Pagoda, the appointment of one or more dhurmacurthas may be allowed to rest with the general suffrage of the community interested therein ; that in the instance of the Triplicane Pagoda, trustees or managers should be appointed to exercise the powers hitherto vested in the Collector. 1 would beg leave to propose as such, S. Narsimmaloo Naick, the present dhurmacurtha, Sadagopa Charreas, an individual well acquainted with the affairs of the pagoda, and Vencata Nar- rain Pillay, son-in-law of the former dhurmacurtha, N. Annasawmy Pillay. The selection of a trustee on the occurrence of a vacancy, may he left to the suffrage of the community of the Tongala| sect, as has heretofore been cus- tomary on the occasion of the appointment of a dhurmacurtha. 1 .'). A copy of the correspondence with the Honourable Company's solicitor, on the subject of the appointment of a dhurmacurtha to the Triplicane Pagoda, by the Master of the Supreme Court, is herewith submitted. IG. I would further recoiumend, that the allowance for the festival of the Madras goddess Yagathal, be paid to the ocben or other chief officer ck facto, as was done this year; that the collections on account of the Ramaswamy Pagoda, or any allowance instead, be also j)aid to the party actually in posses- sion, and that the rest of the pagodas, with the exception of those under the con- trol From Board, 11 January 1S41. To Board, 14 Marcli 1842. From Board, SI Miircli 1842. 'I'o Board, ].5 July 1842. From Board, 28 July 1842. X To Board. lo October 183C. To lionounililo (.'ompauy's Solicitor, li; November 1841. From ditto, 28 Dcccmlicr 1841. Boani's Proceedings, 1 7 Octotier ] 042, para. C. Ditto, para. 7- To Fiiim From 'I'o From To I'rom 'I'o From 'i'o (J21. Board, Hoard, Hoaid, Board, Bonnl, Board, Board, Board, Koard, Board, 20 Sept. 2!t()ct. 7 .Marcli !) .Mardi 17 Murdi 18 March 11! .Marcli 20 March 21 March 28 .March 1840) „ i 1825^ Pedaurv or Vaga- thi\l I'ugoda. M ylapoor Pagoda. Mylapoor Pagoda. From Board, 28 March 182.5 1 From Board, li .March 1820 To Hoard, 10 .March From Board, 1 1 March To Hoard, :i(i July From Board, 'M July To Hoard, 18 Aug. From Hoard, 21 .Vug. „ , To ISoard, 7 May 1841 ) Cutclmly Easwaren I'rom Hoard, y Juuc „ j' Pagoda. 18281 j Chintadrepctt Pagoda. R3 Para. 10. 134 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF trol of the Collector of Chingleput, respecting which the order of the Board have already been passed, be entrusted to the superintendence of the present mana- gers respectivelj', leaving the succession in future to the course observed in practice for a long period, so as to withdraw the interference of all public officers ; whilst the whole of the jiarties to whom the management is thus entrusted, will be responsible to the Supreme Court for any breach of the duties and trusts assumed by them. (signed) J. Robertson, Madras, 14 January 1843. Collector. (No. 1.) From .4. Robertson, Esq., Collector of Madras, to Clement Dale, Esq., Honourable Company's Sohcitor ; dated 16 November 1842. Sir, With reference to the decree returned in the letter from your office, under date the Oth May 1835, whereby the Supreme Court decided " that it be referred to the ^Master to inquire and report who is or are the proper person or persons from time to time to have the manacrement " of the affairs of the Town Pagoda of Madras, I have the honour to request that you will be good enough to favour me with your opinion as to whether there would be any objection to the nomi- nation of a durmacurtha, on future vacancies, to the Triplicane Pagoda, which pap:oda has at dilFerent periods come more immediately under the control of this department, being also allowed to rest with the Master, under the authority of the Supreme Court. 2. 1 am induced to make this reference, as being connected with the gene- ral question of the desirableness of withdrawing the interference of all public officers with native temples and places of religious worsliip. Madras. 16 November 1842. (signed) Robertson, Collector. From the Collector of Madras to Honourable Company's Solicitor, IC November I!U2. From Clement Dale, Esq., Honourable Company's Solicitor, to A. Robertson, Esq., Collector of Madras; dated 28 December 1842. Sir, Para. 1. l.v reference to the letter noted in the margin, and the explanation subsequentlv received at an interview I had with you, I have the honour to state, that Ifind, 'from the records of ray office, that in the year 1S34 a lengthened correspondence took place between your office and the Board of Revenue, as also by the latter with Government, relative to the appointment of a dhurma- curtha to the Town Pagoda, and that the Right honourable the Governor in Council, by order under date 10 June 1834, referred the matter to the Advo- cate-General, for the purpose of his bringing the subject before the Supreme Court for settlement. I further find that a case was, in consequence, laid before Mr. Advocate-general, who advised the settlement of the question by the Supreme Court in a suit then instituted by M. Moodookistna Moodelly, in which he (^Ir. Advocate-general) was a party defendant. I also find, that on the 18th July 1834 an appearance was entered in that suit for the Advocate- general bv Viviash, the then Acting Company's Solicitor ; also, that on the 13th of March 1835, a decree was made in the suit, and that on the 5th November 1835 Mr. Acworth appeared on the suit in the stead of Mr. Viviash. and observe that the cor- respondence 2. I have perused the several documents before me, INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. ' j.) respondence before alluded to relates exclusively to the town pagodas ; that by the decree it uas " referred to the jSlaster to inquire and report vho is or are the })roper person or persons from time to time to have the management of the said two several pagodas in the pleadings mentioned (called in the Chinnamal- leesvaren and Chinnacasava Permall Pagodas), and to have the direction and superintender.ee of the rites, ceremonies and festivals connected therewith, and to collect and receive the property and eflects belonging to the said pagodas respectively, due regard being had to the fact of such pagoda having been founded by the said .Manaly JMoodookistna !Moodelly, the grandfather of the said complainant, of his own private monies." The decree referring to the pleadings for a decision of the pagodas, it was desirable I should sec them before I could satisfactorily answer the question you put to me in your letter of the IGth Kovember last ; but, from tl;e circumstance of my not finding in this office any papers relating to that suit, I infer that Mr. Viviash kept no further record of the matter than what I have alluded to, the more particularly as, from inquiries made by me of Mr. Acworth, I have ascertained that he has no recollection of any papers in the suit having come to his hands, and he informs me that no steps have been taken in the suit since his appointment as Honourable Com- pany's solicitor. I, under these circumstances, applied to Mr. Rose (who acted as the solicitor for the jilaintiff in the suit) for the loan of the papers, but have not been able to procure them ; I have, however, this afternoon been informed by Mr. Rose, that the two pagodas referred to in the decree are situated in the Black Town of Madras, and not at Triplicane. Presuming that this informa- tion is correct, I have the honour to state, that the Master of the Supreme Court has no authority, under the decree referred to, to nominate a dhurmacurtha on future vacancies to the Triplicane Pagoda, but that, if it be necessary or considered exjiedient that the nomination should be made under the sanction of the Supreme Court (and there be no suit ]iending in respect of the Triplicane Pagoda), it will be necessary that a fresh bill or information should be tiled for the purpose. 3. If it be wished that I should obtain correct information from the pleadings instituted by Moodookistna, 1 can do so by searching for them in the Registrar's ofhce ; but as there are fees payable to the Registrar for each search, 1 should ^Yish to be honoured with the instructions of Government for the purpose. 4. I return you herewith the copy decree, dated 13th March 1835, and the letter from the Acting Honoural)le Company's Solicitor to your office, dated 9th May l&3;j, respectively, received from you. (signed) Cltment Dale, Madras, 28 December 1842, Honourable Company's Solicitor. (True copies.) (signed) A. Roherlsoii, Collector. —No. 87. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated IG January 1843. Para. 1. Mr. Robertson enters into an explanation at some length, with reference to an observation in the first para, of the Board's proceeding's. That Paia. i to (J. remark was not designed as a censure on .Mr. Robertson, but only to clear up to those jicrusing the letter the discrepancy at first sight appearing between that paper itself and the accompanying statement. 2. In para. 7 the origin of allowances Nos. 17 and IS in the statement received with his first letter, is explained by the Collector; and paras. 8 t<> 13 explain, in '^'^'- u 4 more 136 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNiMENT OF Pro. October 17, para. 9. SC, 89, 108, and 109, of 184-3. more detail than that letter affords, the degree of interference exercised by the Collector in the davastanum affairs. 3. In reply to the Board's suggestions as to the nomination of trustees in pagodas needing such appointments, Mr. Robertson proposes, that in the Mylai)ore Pagoda the selection should be entrusted to the community, in which proposition the Board concur. In the case of that of Triplicane, he recommends that three trustees should be now appointed by Government, to be replaced, when vacancies occur, by election. He names three persons for the office ; but with reference to the concluding part of the para. , it would appear proper that the first trustees, as well as their successors, should be elected ; and Mr. Robert- son is requested to state whether any objection exists to such a proceeding. The Board resolve likewise to transmit, for -Mr. Robertson's consideration, four petitions which they have received in connexion with the nomination of managers to this pagoda. 4. Mr. Robertson's suggestions in para. 1 6 have the Board's full concurrence. He will be pleased to act upon them. Ordered, That tlie foregoing proceedings be communicated to Mr. Robertson, who is requested to reply, at his earliest convenience, to the Board's question regarding tlie Triplicane Pagodas, to enable the Board to lay the subject before Government. (signed) /. D. Bourdilluii, Secretary. —No. 88.— From A. llohcrtson, Esq., Collector of ^Madras, to ./. D. BouriUllon, Esq. Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George; dated 23 January 1843. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of an extract from the under Petitions, Nos. oC), r-S, 108 and 109, of 1843, are returned here>vitli. Sir, Para. 1. proceedings of the Board of Revenue, under date the IGth instant, relative to the further information and explanations regarding the pagodas at Madras, sub- mitted in my letter of the 4th instant. 2. I am not aware of any great objection to the election of the first trustees of the Triplicane Pagoda, as well as of their successors, beyond that such a pro- ceeding' would devolve on this office the necessity of virtually deciding w!io are the parties having severally a positive right to be considered electors, which it might be well to avoid. Any number of names may doubtless be procured in favour of, or opposed to, any individual who may offer himself, or be put forward. In a limited degree a decision in regard to right of election in any casa is some- what necessary in practice, but in a sanctioned election the Collector would probably have to scrutinize the pretensions of each voter before he could report on which side there was the rightful preponderance. 8. The three persons whom I recommended would, I have every reason to believe, be elected, should the Board deem an election preferable. The petitions in their favour to the Board are signed by persons generally well known ; and known also to be those whose right to vote would be recognized on the principle on which mahazarnamahs in favour of dhurmacurthas have been admitted. The contrary is the case with the petitions objecting- to their nomination, in respect to by far the greater number of names. 4. The Board of Revenue will not suppose that I proposed any individual as a trustee without good reason to believe, not only in the fitness of the individual, but also that his appointment would be agreeable to those of the native commu- nity whose wishes ought most to be consulted. 5. In the event of Vencatanarrain Pillay being appointed a trustee, I have reason to know that he is prepared to tender his resignation to the Collector of Sea iNDIA WITH IDOLATJIY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 1,57 Sea Customs. His public cniployinciit, excepting as a means of occupation, and of adding to his respectability, is of no moment to him. (signed) A. Ruhcrlsou, Madras, 'J3 January 1843. Collector. — No. 89. — From A. Robertson. Esq., Collector of Madras, to .7. D. Bntirdilhw , Esq., Secretary to the Board of Uevenue, Fort St. George; dated 25 January 1843. Sir, With reference to my letter to you under date the 23d instant, No. 7, I have the honour to transmit herewith, for submission to the Board of Revenue, two mahazarnamahs,* in favour of S. Narasimmaloo Naick. V. Sadagopacharrear, and • D?ted lO'and 2.5 \'encata Narniin I'illay ; signed by almost all the parties who would be likely to J'lnuiry i^w. be called upon to vote on the occasion of the appointment of trustees for the 25'jlnuary 184.3. Triplicane I'agoda. (signed) A. Robeitsou, Madras, 25 January 18^3. Collector. (No. 18,3.) From the Meerassidars, Tengala Sect, attached to the Triplicane Pagoda and other Meerassidars, dated 10 January 1843. Mahazernamahs in favour of the appointment of S. Narasimmaloo Naick, \ . Sadagopacharrear, and Vencata Narrain Pillay, as durmacurthas of the Triplicane Pagoda. (N'o. 184.) From the Meerassy Servants of the Triplicane Pagoda, and the Nauttars and Dasayes of the Village; dated 25 January 1843. Mahazernamah, in favour of the appointment of S. Narasimmaloo Naick, V. Sadagopa Charrear, and Vencata Narrain Pillay, as dhurmacurthas of the Tri- plicane Pagoda. (True copies.)] (signed) ./. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No. 90.— (No. 435.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date 29 April 1843. iicvenuc Department. Read the following Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue - 13 Feb No. 68.) AvithoriziiiR the Collector of Madras to appoint as tni.stees i and 'lni!mil'l!n"''fV^T*"'"f ';"'"'" enter 13 February 1843. ana submitting for tho Orders of Ctovcrnnient, a ropy of , ^ TVT fiQ ^ t lie Hoard's Prooeedinp:", together with the Correspondence " with the Collector of Madras on the suhjcct. > <'■!>• S Para, i, • Collector's letter, 1 January 1843, para. 14. Revenue Board's I'roceedings, 15 February 1843. t Collector's letter, 4 JanuHry 1843, j)ara. 14. X ('ollector's letter, jiara. 14. 138 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Para. 1. The Most Honourable the Governor in Council approves, under all the circumstances of the transfer by the Collector, to the first trustees of the Triplicane Pagoda,* proposed by him, leaving all future nominations to be elective; whether to be under express enactment, or by usage sanctioned by pre- scription, will be a subject for consideration hereafter. He also approves of the course pursued by the Collector, in the case of the Mylapore Pagoda.f and con- curs in the opinion, that the nomination of one or more dhurmacurtas should be hereafter left, on the occurrence of a vacancy, to the suffrage of the community of the Tengala sect, as has heretofore been customary. J 2. In the 4th para, of the Board's Proceedings of the 16th January, they observe, that Mr. Robertson's suggestions in para. 10 (of his letter of the 4th of January), have the Hoard's full concurrence, " he will be pleased to act upon them." The first measure there proposed is the payment of the allowance for the festival of the Madras goddess Yogathah, " to the oochin or other chief officer de facto, as was done this year." The Board are aware of the view taken by the Government of this payment, from the extract Minutes Consultation, dated the 13th March 1841, No. 345, in which was communicated to them the former and the then view of the Government, that his Lordship in Council considered it would be more desirable and more creditable to allow them (ceremonies of the Yagathah festival), to sink into entire desuetude and oblivion. He cannot, there- fore, understand why the Board should now give their full concurrence to the Collector's proposal, unless they were of opinion that the allowance was the un- questionable right of the parties, and could not be withdrawn, without violating the paramount obligations of justice. The records of the Board distinctly show, however, that there is no such obligations, that the grant was wholly a voluntary act, and that it is as much now in the power of Government, without any breach of faith, to withhold the donation, as it was originally to make it, leaving the pagoda to its own resources. 3. The Most honourable the Governor in Council directs, therefore, that this shall now be done, and the Collector will accordingly be instructed that the allowance shall finally cease. He will apprize the oochen and officers of the pagodah of this determination. The oochen or priest should also be informed, that the ceremonies should be conducted without coming to the Fort gate, or any of the Government offices, and they must be confined in future to the pre- cincts of the town. 4. The Most honourable the Governor in Council concurs with the Board in the sanction given to the Collector's proceedings, reported in the last sentence in para. 16, of their Secretary's letter, in which they recommend that the pagoda therein referred to be transferred to tlie superintendence of the present managers respectively, leaving the succession in future to the course observed in practice for a long period, whilst the parties to whom the management is thus entrusted, will be responsible to the Supreme Court for any breach of the duties and trusts assumed by them. (signed) /. F. Thomas, Acting Chief Secretary. (A true extract.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. -No. 91.— 69,460 U 8 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OH WITH MAHOMETAN IN ISM. 13.-) — No. 91.— (No. 162.) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 30 March 1843. Read letter from Principal Collector of Canara, forwarding accounts of the iMi, inCons. arrangements carried into effect in three talooks of his district, for the future management of tiic native religious institutions, and furnishing infunuation on certain points adverted to in the Board's proceedings of 22d December last- The statements now forwarded exhibit the settlement of the religious insti- oodipy 21,171 12 10 tutions in three talooks, enjoying monied endowments to the amount of c^'iup'oor 22,0'iG '4 a Us. 59,4(50. 14. 8. annually, the total tusdeek of the whole district being Rs. 1,35,152. 13. 7. The Board notice with concern tlie little progress which has been made after so long a lapse of time, in the adjustment of this important subject in Canara. The cause assigned for the delay, moreover, is precisely the same as that given in the Principal Collector's letter of 1st February 1842, in Cons. 17 Feb. upwards of a year ago, viz. that his establishment were engaged in the annual i^^- revenue settlement ; and the district under review is further tlie only one in which the arrangements for the transfer of the Davastanum are still incomplete, although many others are at least equal to Canara in tlie number and wealth of their native religious institutions, and the difficulties attendant upon their adjust- ment. Government have repeatedly called the attention of the Board to the subject, and, while they regret that it should have been so far delayed as to inter- fere with the labours of the current jummabundee, the Board are under the necessity of pressing it most strongly upon the notice of the Principal Collector, and urging that the settlement of the Davastanum in the remaining talooks of the dibtrict should be effected with all practicable despatch. It is deserving of remark, that the three talooks of which the accounts are now forwarded, are in the principal division, no arrangement seems to have been completed in the subdivision, though of the three talooks which compose it, the tusdeek of one (Bilghy), is only Rs. 2,636. 9. 3., that of another (Soopah), Rs. 2,343.15. 7. 2. In reference to paragraph 4, of the Board's proceedings, December 22d, 1842, the Principal Collector explains, that the difference between the sanctioned allowances and the actual disbursements, amounting to Rs. 2,764. 1. 6., has been regularly carried to the credit of Government since Fusly 1245, and there is consecjuently no deposit in his treasury on that account. From the state- ments which accompanied his letter, it appears that the amount of deposit up to 31st January 1843, was, Rs. 6,562. 7. 5., composed of Rs. 5,884. 0. 2., from unpaid salaries, &c,, and Rs. 678. 7. 3., being lapses in decayed pagodas. 3. Referring to the first entry in the return for the Oodipy talook ; viz. Oodipy Krista Devo, a pagoda with an annual endowment of 8,400 rupees in money, and property of an estimated value of two lacs of rupees, the Board remark the api)ointment of eight trustees, but no mention is made either in the statement or in the Principal Collector's letter, as to who these parties are, and what the circumstances which have induced him to select them for this import- ant trust. The same observation applies to Nos. 11 and 12 of the same statement, to Nos. 1 and 15 of that from Parcoor to Nos. 1, 3 and 5 of that from Cundapoor ; it is desirable that some further information should be afforded in these cases ; and in general where the yearly allowances or accumulation of property annexed to such establishments are considerable, the Board are of opinion that the character and claims of the persons to whom tlicir management is confided should be succinctly stated. Ordered, That a copy of the foregoing extract from the Board's proceedings be submitted to (iovernment, and a tiuns(ri]it of the same be furnished to the Principal Collector of Canara, for his information and guidance. (signed) E. C. Lovcll, Acting Secretary. 621. s 2 —No. 92.— MO PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF — No. 92.— From H. M. Blair, Esq. Principal Collector, Mangalore, to £. C. Lovell, Esq. Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 18 March 1843. Sir, Para. 1. T.v reference to your letter of the 6th instant, and to the proceedings of the Board under date the 22d December last, I have the honour to forward ^'o^. 1, 2 and 3. the accompanying three statements, showing the arrangements made and carried into effect tor the future management of the native religious institutions in the three talooks of Oodipy, Barcoor and Cundapoor. '2. These arrangements are in accordance with the Board's instructions con- tained ill their proceedings of the 14th November last. The arrangements for the remainder of the district are under preparation, and the statements for each talook will be transmitted so soon as they are completed ; I beg, however, to observe, that as my establishment is at present engaged in the annual land revenue settlement, the arrangements for these remaining talooks cannot, with- out inconvenience, be carried into effect until after the conclusion of the settle- ment. 3. As, from the remarks of the Board in para. 4 of their proceedings, dated 22d December hist, a misapprehension appears to exist with respect to the amount of the accumulation of the Devastanum savings, I beg to state, that the difference between the sanctioned allowances, viz. Hs. 1,54,634. 14. 5. and the actual disbursements, Rs. 1,51,870. 12. 11. amounting to Hs. 2,764. 1. 6. has been regularly carried to the credit of Government since Fusly 1245, a d. 1835/36, and that there is, therefore, no deposit in my treasury on that account. The ac- tual accumulated deposit in the treasury on the 31st January last amounted to Rs. 6,562. 7. 5. and is composed of the unpaid allowances of the decayed pagodas, as well as of the sums retrenched from the salaries of certain pagoda servants, on account of absence, &c., the particulars of which are specified in • No. 4. the accompanying statement.* 4. In reference to the observations in para. G. of the Board's proceedings under acknowledgment, I beg to explain, that the difference in the number of pagodas noticed therein, is owing to an error in my former statement, which is now rectified in the accompanying Statement, No. 5. 5. Any further information on the subject that may appear necessary, shall be submitted in a final report, when the arrangements for the whole district are completed. (signed) H. M. Blair, Principal Collector's Cutcherry, Principal Collector. Mangalore, 18 March 1843. No. I. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHO.METANISM. 141 No. 1. — STATEMENT of the Native Rexiqiocs Institutions in the Talook of Oodipy, showing the Annual Allowance and Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their resjicctive Management. No. Slog.inlcs. ViUage.. Desigoation of the lostitutions of Native Worship. Amount of Annual Tusdeeks. Estimated Value of the Property io each Pagoda. Names of the proposed Trustee! for each lustitution. itiAUTHBL'K D CVisTANUMS: Rs. a. p. lit. a. p. 1. Shrewally - Cuiibali Oodipy Krista Dsvo - 8,400 - - 20,000 - - 1 . .Seeroor Mutta Svramy. 2. Kahiioor Mutta Sawmy. 3. Paliinar iVIutta Sawmy. 4. Adaniar Mutta Sawmy. 6. Kristnapoor Mutta .Sawmy. 6. .Sondah Aiutta Sawmy. 7. Pejaneer Mutta .Sawmy. 8. Pootigah Mutta Sawmy. 2. Ditto - - ditto ■ Awanta Awana Devo - 1,340 - - 3,000 - - 1. I.uximona Naraina Bul'ah. 2. Vettla Achary. 3. Bathilaya Suobraya. 4. 0. S. Sunkranaraiua Bhutta. 5. 0. Ramkri?.tna .\ch.iry. 3. BiUawera - Kookaul . KoODJar Doorga Devi - 465 - - 600 - - Adaman Mutta .Sawmy. 4. Ditto - Belamanoo Doorga Devi 400 - - 1,133 8 5 1. 0. Anunta Tuntree. 2. Pctail (;. Sci-napah. 3. Budagamauch .Suukapa. 5. Ditto Scervah Vistnoo Moortee Deva 160 - - 99 - - 1. Adiga Krista Bhutta. 2. Deram Hegadeh. 3. Appana He^'adeh. 6. Ditto - Heuagoodch Vcerkumbah Doorga Dcbe. 96 - - 480 9 8 1. Adiga Sunna Doss Bhutta. 2. Adiga Narna Bhutta. 3. Kuntap Heegadeh. 7. Oodeftwer • Cuiibah - Vinaik Deva 240 - - 1,050 11 3 1. Aiga Vcasnay Bhutta. 2. Shivally V. Nursapah. 3. H. Mookia Prema .^chary. 8. C»up Mullar Jeoardanah Deva 200 - - 817 8 - 1. Adig Annoo Bhutta. 2. Madiih Kegadeh. 3. Sunkiiya Hegadeh. 9. Podava Moonoor Kudcmeddioor - nalah Ramah Dova - 140 - - 196 11 8 1. Adiga Seetoo Rumbhuttoo. 2. Potail Veerojee. 3. Potail Doorgdjee. 10. Ditto - Kodavnr - Sunkaranoraio Devo - 400 - - 1,901 9 1 1. Adiga Seva Ramah Bhutta. 2. Kolamady Ramapah. 3. Seeta Rauia .\yhata. 4. Raniakristua Shaubugree. 5. Chickaaayah. 11. Yelloor - Cusbah . Vithweshera Deva 1,200 - - 5,523 7 8 1. Adiga Moortee Bhutta. 2. Kooidor) Hegadeh. 3. K. Venkutramaniah. 12. Yeradnud Bomaibett E. Vcerabadra Devo - 240 10 5 23,721 - - 1. Akdar .Mhcgadeh 2. Akdar Koorlahegadeb. 3. Shanlwgue Seetaramay* 4. A. Rungaya Adigah. 5. A. Veukutramauah Adigah. 13. Kurk«I - Petty Dkvasi Cu^tbah ■ Ki'sis rrceiving abov Acunta Sayna Devii . Total - e 50 Rupee*: 400 - - 1,030 - - 1. A. Chenake!«hwa Butta. 2. K. Timniuna Butta. 3. Potail Sunkrapadivala. 13,681 10 5 2,39,654 1 9 •• Skivully - Cusbah - K. Venkutramna Devo CO - - 4 4- 1 . Adiga S. Ramava Aytalla. 2. Adiga Piittay Aytalla. 3> Buddukiluy Suubiayah. 2. Neetlanilwor Amalpady - Jenardena Deva 60 - - 269 - - 1. Adika Rambhutta. 2. .\dika Joga Bhutta. 3. Naralua Bullala. 3. BilMwer ^ Nundallikeh Mahlinga Deva - 160 - - 1,348 8 - 1. Adiga Krista Bhutta. 2. K. Babana Bhutta. 3. Muujay Hegadeh. 4. Ditto - Cfaakaddee Mahliogashnera Devo 72 - - 174 - - 1. Adiga Krista Bhutta. 2. Adiga Vassm) Bliutta. 3. Kuiilapah Ht-gadch. S. Ditto - Hinajah - Viahtnoo Moortee Deva 52 - - 612 - - Akdar .Sonda Mutta Sawniy. 6. Ditto - Pillar Santoor - KaoadaMahlioga Devo 1 80 - - 636 4 - 1. Adiga Oodpa Narna Bhutta. 2. Pillar F. Suniana Shotty. 3. Mujiliet Myuda Shetty. 7. Ditto - Santoor - .Soobraya Devo • 66 - - 254 8 - 1. Adigah Damkristna Uhutt*. 2. Stanik Soiuayah. 3. Potail Chcnayah Sbetty. 8. Ditto . Palima Mahalingathera Devo 164 - - 572 12 10 1. Palimar Mutta Sawmy. 2. Adif^a Niir-lirlia Uhutta. 3. Potail hauiana Sbetty. 021, s 3 (^ctnlimued) J42 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 1. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of OiHiipy — costiaued. No. Mocanies. Villages. Designation of the ]n<>titutions of Native Worship. Amount of .'\nnuul Tuadeeks. Estiniatetl Value of the Piopeity in each Pai^oda. Names of the proposed Trustees for each Institutioa. Petty Devastanums receiving above 60 Rupees — contiitufd. 10. II. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 23. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30 31. Bilsaffer - Ditto . Ditto - Kultapaddy Yermaul - Puddoobidry Ditto - Oodiawer - Ditto . Ditto . Yeraddoaud Ditto - Ditto - Ditto - Ditto • Ditto - Ditto - Ditto - YeUoor - Ditto - Ditto • Kurkalla - Ditto - Peianankila - Mabalioga Devo Muttoo Maranch • Moodabett - Tenkagrama Nudoosaul - Padeh Bett Cusbah ditto ditto Yeragah - ditto ditto Bamarbett Bellarpaddy Belloor Kanjar Anjar Cusbah Nundikoor Kullatoor - Cusbah Nufteh Vistuoo Moortee Devo Doorga Purmeshwery Devi. Mahal ingashera Devo Jenardana Devo Mahlingasher Devo Soobrayah Devo C. MahlingasherooDevo S. Vittla Devo - Veerbudra Debo Doorga Punaashree Devi. Vistnoo Moortee Devo Mahlinga Devo Vistnoo Moortee Devo Vistnoo Moortee Devo Mahalioga Devo Brumah Linga Devo • Luzimy Naraina Devo Koonjar Doorga Devi Doorga Purtneshree Davi. Mahalingasbera Devo ErchNemeahwera Bastv Kemanah Doorga Devi Total • Pi. (I. p. 120 - - 120 - - 60 140 - 240 336 9 7 60 60 - 100 32 - 96 - - 72 - 96 66 168 76 108 - 52 100 - - 429 4 9 60 - - 142 9 8 188 - 3,654 8 - Jis. a. p. 230 8 3 500 - - 210 3 3 165 - 5 2,156 2,399 4 176 4 11 12 5 32 6 - 511 4 300 - 100 - 100 - 18 - 234 8 12 250 27 460 6 5 1,066 8 171 4 5 377 976 2 14,256 12 2 1. Pejawer Mutta Sawmy. 2. Adiga Narna Rhutt.i. 3. Adiga Dassa BhutU. 1. Adiga Krista Bhutta. 2. Lnxemec Naraina Madesta. 3. Patlaly Dassi. 4. Kristiiayah. 5. Kinealleh Govinda. 1. Adiga Narna Bhutta. 2. Stanica Kristna. 3. K. Vencataramana Bhutta. 1. Adiga G. Jonardanah. 2. K. Narna Bhutta. 3. Beerraay BuUala. 1. Adiga Annaya Bhutta. 2. Kilashanty Keshivah. 3. Karam Kegadeh. 4. Potail Slynda Shetty. 5. Nauda Soobrayah. 1. Adiga Soobraya Bhutta. 2. Adiga Narna Bhutta. 3. K. Vishvanatha. 4. Chendayan Bullala. 5. Soffcar Soobaya Shetty. 1. A. Lisimy Naraina Bhutta. 2. .Stanika Naraina. 3. Chendray Bullala. 1. A. Gumpoy Bhutta. 2. A. Nursapah Bhutta. 3. Muriapa Bhutta. 1. Akdar Govinda Shanbogue. 2. Archeka Sreedar Bhutta, for Awamah (female). 3. Vassoo Devo Naika. 1. Adiga Narraina Bhutta. 2. Potail Ramihendra Naicka. 3. Belloor Anuntayah. 1. Naraina Adigab. 2- Sooba Adigah. 3. Munjeah Kedalayah. 1. Archekah Dass Shastry. 2. Beemrow. 3. Bullah Shreenewasrow. 1. Adiga Naraina Bairy. 2. Bullal Streenewasrow. 3. Veukutnurnapah. I. Akilar Pootige Mutta Sawmf. 1. Adiga Munjoo Bhutta. 2. Adiga Venketesh Bhutta. 3. Potail Devara Koouyitayah. 1. Adiga Narsaya Oopadiah. 2. Needaniboor Soobraw. 3. Potail Baboo Kuddumbah. 1. Adiga Liximy Naraina Bhutta. 2. Stanika Naraina. 3. Nair Hegadeh. 1. Adiga Vittah Achary. 2. Kooroola Hegadeh. 3. Ballkuodra Mutta Sawmy. 1. Koonda Hegadeh. 2. .Adiga Ragou Oodpah. 3. Stanika Venkuna. 1 . Kooda Hegadeh. 2. Adiga Kriata Bhutta. 3. K. Rambhutta. 1. Koonda Hegadeh. 2. Adiga Annay Bhutta. 3. Stanika Sewapah. 1. Poorjary Tumraay Hindra. 2. Potail Katty Hegadeh. 3. Sunkra Puddivala. 1. Adiga Sunnay Bhutta. 2. Potail Timup Bhundary. 3. Bermah Addiantjrah. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANIS.M. M3 No. I — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Oodipy coDtioued. No. Moganies. ^'illages. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worsliip. Petty Pagodas whose Allowance does not exceed 50 Ru|>ce9, but for the management of which more than one Truttce is appointed : Needamhour - Mooduedumboor - Bydarkul Garaddee • Belsawur - Ditto Soodah 5. 10. II. 220 ^62 7 4 266 1 2M7 Ditto Ditto Yelloor Kurkull Ditto Arroor Ditto Kerwa-say - Soobray Deva Kattingarrh - Bramahlinga Deva Alehoor Aydoobettoo Pahdo Cusbah - ditto Ncekreh Kookoondoor Cusbah Vistnoo Moortee Deva Vistnoo Moortee Deva 28 Anuntanath Dusty Keeranmunta Deva - Hullar Busty Pudman- ate. Mahalinga Deva Doorga Debe - Klahlinga Deva - Total Petty Pagodas entrusted to the management of single Trustees - - - - ToTAt. of Petty Pagodas - . . _ . . Jungam Mutts . - . - - - - - Mosqnei - - - - Bechirac, or Lapses to Government GRAND TOTAL Mangalorc, 1 3 March 1 843. Amount of ■Annual Tusdeeks. 40 48 - 36 - - 30 44 24 - 18 36 - - 318 - 2,985 3 2 6,957 n 2 Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagod iit. a. p. 158 9 2 529 II 3 200 - - 353 9 2 189 13 4 236 13 3 104 - - 442 8 - 103 2 5 212 5 3 159 12 1 2,750 3 10 5,321 10 1 248 14 10 276 8 5 21,164 12 10 7 - - 21,171 12 10 22,328 10 1 242 12 10 13 2,62,138 8 8 2,62,138 8 8 Names uf the proposed Trustee! for each Institution. . Poojary Mookaly Ramah. . Viirshetty. Bushwah Shctty. Adiga Soobraya Bhutta. IMunjay Hegadeh. Doom Hegadeh. Adiga Ram Oopadiah. Rauiapah Hebarah. Stanika Naraina. Adiga Seeta Ramlihutta. Kadeha Krista Hhutta. Mudpally Kriata IJhutta. Adiga Kristna Aehary. Saralay Vistnoo Moortee. Stanika Hamah. Poojary Pudniaindrah. Koondah Hegadeh. Punchiudrah. 1. Archaka Pougllah. 2. Shivapah Hegadeh. 3. Potail Sunkra Puddivala. 1. Poojary Brumayah. 2. Potail Seewapa Hegadeh. 3. H. Singah Moudiah. 1. Adiga Narna Bfautta, 2. Somayah Naika. 3. N. Venkata Shetty. 1. Adiga Venkatesh Bh'itla, 2. Stanika Devapah. 3. Siuga Aloodiab. 1. Adiga Narna Bhutta. 2. Stanika Naraina. 3. Shamayah, (signed) H. M. Blair, Principal Collector. No. 2. — STATEMENT of the Native Remoiovs Institutions in the Talook of Barcoor, showing tlic Annual Allowance and Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management. No. Moganies. Villages. Designation of the Institution. Amount of Annual Tusdcek. Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Names of Trustees for each Institution. Mathobar D EVASTANUMS: lis. a. p. Us. a. p. 1. Kancbully Cusbali - Semanath Dive * 720 - _ 5,556 4 - 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. Adiga VittuI .Shastry. M. Manja llhult. Shanie Guirc-anna. Potail Shita Kainaga. Potail Soorap Shelly. 2. Ditto - Cocboor - KobckcrryPunchaliDga Divi. 797 - - 304 - - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Archerk Gannpa Adiga, W. Gavinda llhutl. Khenkra Bhutt. Govindnya. Potail Shita Kunajri. 621. S4 (teniinuid) 144 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 2. — Stateuent of the Native Religious lostitutioas in the Talook of Barcoor — contiaued. No. Moganiea. Villages. Desigaation of the Institution. Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Estimated Value of Ibe Property in each Pagoda. Names of Trustees for each Institution. 1 Matbobar Devastanunis — continueo lis, a. p. Rs. a. p 3. KunchuUy Hossala ftlonigarkerry Soma- rath Davi. 314 - - 42 2 10 1. Adipa Narsaya Rhutt. 2. A. Shanty Krista Kehara. 3. Gopaul L'padea. 4. Ditto - ditto Bairava Ganapaty 200 - - 81 6 10 1 . Adiga Devara Bhutt. 2. W. Narsaya bliutt. 3. Potail Krista Heb.ira. 5. Bramawcr - Nedumpully Mahalinga Devi 1,000 - - 422 - - 1. Adiga .^hivarum Bhutt. 2. Matpady Vitta Achary. 3. B" Tamana Achary. 4. P. Narna Rhutt. 6. B. Narasaya Bhutt. 6. Kott Cliitvapady Saligram Narsim Devo 750 11 7 1,978 12 - 1. Archika Narsim Adiga. 2. Ram Adiga. 3. Kri^tna Devara Adiga. 4. Potail Sobr.iya Ande. 5. Potail Govinda Oopadia. 7. Ditto - Haritaloo - Kot Ire Mabalinga Devo 280 - - 139 14 - 1. Kristna Adiga. 2. Potail Sobraye Ande. 3. Potail Govindo Upadea. 8. Ditto • Gundamy • Cbeoa Keshava Devo - 240 - - 370 4 2 1 . Adiga Gandadra Cayree. 2. Cliena Keshava Lpadia. 3. Pouil .Shiva Raraaya. 9. Nalvatanaad Hedadi Matiadi - Hedadi Mabalinga Devo 200 - - 202 11 - 1. Subrava Adiga Narsaya Adiga. 2. W. Ram Bhutt. 3. Kristna Puranlka. 10. Ditto - Handubi Mandali Savada Anjanai Devo - 582 - - 150 12 - 1. Adiga Shunkra Mauja. 2. W. Vencataramana Shastry. 3. Potail Dugapa Bundary. 4. Narsim Upadia. 5. Shivaram DIxita. 11. Kiloaad - Avarah Mabalinga Devo 200 - 200 - - 1. Sobraya Adiga. 2. Parmeshwur Adiga. 3. Potail Kristap Shctty. 12. Nilawur - Cuabah - Doorga Deve - 360 - - 1,006 12 - 1 . Archeck Ram Adiga. 2. Venktesh Adiga. 3. Taraaya Adiga. 4. Shitaram Modesta. 5. W. Rartachundra Achary. 13. Ditto - Jedoo Mahalinga Devo 140 - - 281 14 5 1. Govinda Adiga. 2. Mahdawa Adiga. 3. Potail Shita Ram Bhutt. 14. Sural ditto - ditto . - . 464 - - 1,165 - - 1. .Archika Devara Adiga. 2. K. Venkapa Bairy. 3. K. Tataraty. 15. Perboor - Petty Pagodas Cusbah ofDevastanums re Aounta Padamanab Dave. Total - - ■ceiving above 50 Rupees : 1,004 15 7 5,000 - - 1. Archeka Ananta Adiga. 2. W. Subraya BhutC. 3. Stanic Mukia Prania. 4. Koitiara Hamapab. 6. Neli Mariapa. 7,262 11 2 16,910 12 - 1. Wadarasee Cusba Mahalinga Devo 136 - - 36 - - 1. PatUilly Krista Bhutt. 2. Sohray'a I'dupa. 3. Banady Subraya Bhutt. 2. Kott Andatoo - Vistnoo Moorty Devo - 144 - - 494 - - 1. N. .Shenkra Bhutt. 2. W. Nasim Italia. 3. Potail Sobraya Ande. 3. Ditto - Gundamy - Bagavaty Amah 66 - - 53 - - 1. Adiga Nagapah Mayam. 2. Shenkra Adiga. 3. Shiva Ramaya. 4. Ditto - Bal Kudooo Narsim Devo - 180 - - 250 - - 1 . Bal Kudroo Sawmy. 2. Adiga Putana Bhutt. 3. Airodee Anna|iaKaranta. 6. Aroor Cusba Vistnoo Moorty Devo - 160 - - 241 4 - 1. Adiga Pootaya Bhutt. 2. W. Naiaina Bhutt. 3. Mundally Nursapah. 6. Sbivapoor - ditto Shenkra Devo - 68 - - 200 - - 1. Adiga Anunta Bhutt. 2. Adiga Subraya Bhutt. 3. Kristnaya Badikilaga. 7. Ditto - Waranga - Nemeshwur Basty 180 - - 200 - - 1 . Poojary Antmta Indra. 2. Poojary Adlraj Indra. 3. Antapa Heg,adeh. 8. HeUry - Cusba Ananta Padumanaba Devo. 140 - - 500 - - 1. Adiga Ananta Achary. 2. Adiga Padumanaba Bhutt. 3. Potail Duggapa Ballala. - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 145 No. 2. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions io the Talook of fiarcoor—conlinued. Bloganics. Villages. Designation of the InstitutioD. Petty Pagodas ur Devastaoums receiving above 50 Rs.— cont*^. Ilcbrjr - - Cusba - - Ardanareahwara Devo Ditto - Tousc Ditto - 13. Bramaffur - Ditto - Ditto - Nilawur - Iravatoor - Kcloaad • Ditto - Ditto - Nalvatnaad Ditto - Ditto - Ditto - Ditto - Ane Ally - Ditto ■ Ditto • Ditto - Sural ditto ditto ditto Nidampully Undady Vurambaly Kukeally - EUare Avarae KakooDJec Shiriar Bhoot Stawor Devil Huts. Candaga Vinaika Devo Mah.ilinga Devo Amunta Devo - Gopaul Kristna Devo - Kameshwura Devo Mahalinga Devo Janandana Devo Sheokra Naraina Devo Mahalinga Devo - SacarateVistnooMoorty Devo. Hidade Matraddy Goodat Vinaika Devo . Hardah Mundah - Alndiar Malicarjoon Devo. Beloor Kalawar - Vokavaddy Hossala Kachoor - Cusba Handy Watta Kcnjoor Mahalinga Devo Herarabapur Vinaika Devo. Mahalinga Devo Shidashwar Sbidamut Debo. Shunvaaanna Bani ISlahanealy. Oonia Maishwar Devo Mahalinga Devo Padewa Mutt Veresh- 0*.i war Devo. Amount of 'Annual Tusdeek. Total - 621. lis. a. p. 72 - - 55 60 120 60 80 60 200 - 80 66 - - 58 78 114 72 56 120 178 200 - 55 5 7 62 - - Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. 3,054 5 7 Rs. a. p. 500 - - 100 16 8 74 288 800 - 25 - 50 60 10 65 3 7 25 15 8 4,097 8 Names of Trustees for each Institution. 1. Adiga Ram Bhulta. 2 Potiiil Doogapa Bullala 3. Alandavan llegadeh. 1. Ananta Bhutt. 2. Potail Doogapa Bullala. 3. Maudavan Ht-gadth. 1. Adiga Ram Bhutt. 2. Adiga V'enkctramna Bhutt. 3. .Mabana Shetty Potail. 1. Adiga Tamaya Bhutt. 2. Ramaya Shcregara. 3. NagapaU Shetegar. 1. Tunapa Kurnika. 2. Pundarec Varanibally. 3. Adiga \'cnkatramana Achery. 1. Adiga Venkapa Udapa. 2. Adiga Marce Uduoa. 3. Shivaram Bhutt. 1. Archeka Shivaram Adiga. 2. Ram Krista Warambaly. 3. Venkapah. 1. Mahadeva Adiga. 2. Kristapa Udupa, 3. Potal Chcndeya Hegade. 1. Adiga Ram Bhutt. 2. Vaderag Bullala. 1. Adiga Suria Dixita. 2. Ram Adiga. 3. Annap Shetty. 1- Archcca Parmay Adiga. 2. Annaya Adiga. 3. Narua Adiga. 1. Adiga Dassa Achary, 2. W. Suriana Manja. 3. Subraya Adiga. 1. Archeca Anunta Adiga. 2. Putana Adiga. 3. Kristua Puranika. 1. Adiga Naraina Italia. 2. Kil Sliante Narsaya Italia. 3. Ram Bhutt. 1. Archeca Shenkra Adiga, 2. Govinda Olla. 3. Munjuo Shetty. 1. Adiga Ram Adupa. 2. Nagapa Puranika. 3. Tamaya Upadca. 1. Adiga Krista Italia. 2. Adiga Narim Alia, 3. Adiga Sooba Shetty. 1. Adiga Shenkara Bhutt. 2. W. Kanil>uttana Krishna, 3. Hussala Nareay Bhutta. 1 . Adiga Narraina Puranika. 2. Potail Govinda Bhutt. 3. Sbita liamayah. 1. Sowaya Kurnio. 2. W. Vittul Shastry. 3. Moodbyle Munjoo Bhutt. 1. Archeca Dcvaralrliga. 2. Ram Krista .'\diga. 3. Apana Adiga, 1. Archeca .Subaya Adiga. 2. Potail Nundiaima Shetty. 3. Subaya Kulkura. (continued) 14^' PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 2 Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Barcoor — continued. No. Moganies. Villages. Designation of the Institution. Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Names of Trustees for each Institution. Petty Pagodas whose Allowance does not exceed 50 Rupees hut for the management of which more than one Trustee is appointed : Its. a. p. Us. a. P- 1. Sural Paja MuDgoor - Shastam Brama Singa 22 - - 275 11 2 1 . Adiga Dassa Madesta. 2. Ramaya Madi. 3. Shitaram Manjee. 2. Ditto - Osoor Karajada Habakadar Boota. 22 - - 497 13 7 1. Adiga Tikilaya Sohraya. 2. Nandiapa Shctty. 3. P. Ram Modesta. 3. Ditto - Kenjoor - Kelabitina Bramalingah - 8 - 300 J 7 1. Adiga Subraya Kalkura. 2. Subaya Adiga. 3. Potail Nandiana Shetty. 4. Kott Aratatoo - Umbruteshwar Devo - 24 - - 93 12 ■ 1. Potjary Chica Jagy. 2. Potail Krista Devara Italia. 3. Potail Govinda OUa. 5. Bramawur Andady - Benekudur Grady 2 - - 360 12 ■ 1. Pujary Mungalla. 2. Shiva Ram Bhutt. 3. Suukaya llegadeh. 6. Kelnaad - Hegoonjy - Mundarti DoorgaDehe 48 - - 400 - ' 1 . Slienkra Narraina Addy. 2. Vishveshra Addy. 3. Shenka Kadamba. 7. Ditto - - ditto - ' - Barally Venaik Devo - 8 - - 100 - ■ 1. Pootay Adiga. 2. Sunkay Karaba. 3. Potail Venket Bundary. 8. Ditto - Shiriar Makekat Nandy 12 - - 300 - ' 1. Subaya Adiga. 2. Subraya Adiga. 3. Nundiapa Shetty. 9. Anehally - Petty Pagodas en Bechera Lapses to Runganakere Mulatana ... TuTAL - - 4 - - 121 - ■" 1 . Punjary Mariapa Kalaby. 2. Viraua Bundary. 3. Gopaul Upada. 142 8 - 2,449 2 4 482 trusted to the management of Single Trustee Total Petty Pagodas Muttums - - - • - Government ------ 5,407 7 7 4,876 13 10 521 8,604 5 2 11,423 8 2 13 404 9 7 55 - - 549 3 16,261 9 11 11 3 3 28,3S9 4 2 652 GRAND TOT AL - 16,272 13 2 28,389 4 2 Mangalore, 18 March 1843. (signed) H. M. Blah; P' Coll'. No, 3. — STATEMENT of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Cundapoor, showing the Annual Allowance and Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Numher of Trustees for their respective Management. Designation of the Amount Estimated Value of the Names of the Trustees for each No. Moganies. Villages. Institution. of Annual Tusdeek. Property in each Pagoda. Institution. Matbbur De\ ASTANUJIS: Us. a. p. Rs. a. p. 1. Koteshwur Madadevasa Koty Singa Devo 2,680 - - 3,530 U 10 1 . Ramapa Adiga. 2. Vencatramniah Itala. 3. Adiga K. Itala, 4. Tantry Shiva Itala. 5. Ramaya Itala. 6. Paolaya Oodeepa. 7. Brother of Taniaya Monegar. 2. Bydoor Cusbah - bhcaneshuara Devo - 910 8 10 349 5 3 1 . Adiga Veocatramna 011a. 2. Adiga Anunta Itala, 3. Kelly Shante Kristna. 4. P. Timapa Shetty. 5. Budavanta Shctty. 3. Butroor - Cusba Mahalingashara Devo 2,246 12 9 2,550 - - 1. Adiga Rungnya Olla. 2. Ramaya Italia. 3. K. Timapa Bhutt. 4. Naraina Adiga. 5. K. Rama Italia. 6. Sunna Mahalioga Shetty. 7. M. Nundiapa Shetty. 4. Moooaad • Walla Shiroe - Kolnr Mukambika Devo 2,447 10 - 1. Adiga Vencapa Ivisa. 2. Adiga Venktcsh Purjnika. 3. Mahadeva Adiga. 4. Naga Adiga. 5. Krisna Adiga. 1 6. Moorty Sooba Bhutt. 1 7. Potail Vailirajay.-u INDIA WITH IDOLATARY, OR WITH MAIIOMETAXISM. No. 3. — SrATEMENT of the Native Religious Injtitutions io the TaJook of Cun>ntitiu(d. Yellare - - Shenkra Naraina Kadije Shenkra Na- raina Dcvo. Total - - lis. a. p. 2,145 2 5 Rs. a. p. 60,303 13 7 10,430 2 89,763 14 8 Petty Detastanoms receiving above Five Rupees : Kallatoda - - Cuaba - - Doorga Parmeshy Devi Ditto - Halegvery • Ditto Ditto Haroaad Ditto - Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ulatoor Hemody Ditto Tombatce Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto - Kluderanjal Gude Mahalinga Devo Maravantc - M. Vahra Devo Navuda Naagoor • Sonkoor Karkanje Kattiangady ditto - Taloor Devalkund Cusba ditto Upcnkudra Shiroor Nartlpura - - Narsimva Deva Harcolle Venaika Devc Kagateshra Devo Doorga Parmishry Dave. N. Venketranma Devo Sokoonath Devo Shevaramanishra Go- paul Kristna Dcva. Vistoo Moorty - Mahalinga Deva Luxemy Naraina Devo Venaika Dcva Shiroor Chitary Boola Hameshc Cylc Ulur ditto Chitary Brama - Bana Shenkra Devc Buta-utar Brama 229 8 67 3 2 81 12 60 12 138 - 173 6 5 S3 G 9 265 6 5 60 6 10 f Mahalinga Deva "| 92 4 - (. Veoketramna Deva J 54 180 - 180 14 3 68 8 - 63 9 7 160 57 9 7 96 - - 04 12 10 225 10 - 123 8 1,081 5 - 53 8 - 160 3 2 1,500 52 60 14 5 4 10 129 5 2 43 6 5 237 12 10 385 232 3i 465 12 48 6 - 1 . Adiga .^oobara Italia. 2. Adiga Anunta Oodepa. 3. Shenkra Naraina ^Sha»trJ•. 4. M. Shenkra Manja. 5. Shenkra Italia. 6. Annapa Adiga« 7. Subraya Adiga. 1. Adiga Rama Puranika. 2. Venkapa Bhutt. 3. Timana Bhutt. 1. Kristna Bhutt. 2. Venkap liliiitt. 3. Shcmba liebana. 1. Parmaya Adiga. 2. Annapa. 3. Potail Narnapa. 1. Adiga Nogpa Munja. 2. Potally Slanjaya. 3. Heroor Potail M. Bidivala. 1. Adiga Vesdeva Karanta. 2. Narna Italia. 3. Potail Ramkaranta. 1. Sooba Adiga. 2. Soobraya Adiga. 3. Pootail Puranika. 4. Potail MuDJaShetty. 5. Nandiapa Shetty. 1. Adiga Vencataramna Baury. 2. Ramnaya Bagar.ada. 3. Potail Bamana Shetty. 1. Adign Soora Bhutt. 2. Soobraya Bhutt. 3. Potail Koopa Shetty. 1. Adiga Kristna Bhutt, 2. Muujoo Bhutt. 3. Potail Kupaya Shetty. 1 . Adiga Mahdeva Bhutt. 2. W. Govinda Madesta. 3. Potail Chikay Shetty. 1. Vistoo Moorty Adiga. 2. Taloor Mahdeva Bhutt 3. Potail Timah Shetty. 1. Veoketramna Adiga. 2. Stanie Veoketesha. 3. Potail Venkap Shctt)-. 1. Adiga Naraina Oodapa. 2. Adiga Shenkra Ooapa. 3. Potail Suobaya Mulaily. 1 . Adiga Ganesha Itala. 2. Adiga Naraina Itala. 3. Potail Pootaya Udapa. 1. Tiniapa .\diga. 2. A. Itaninga Kalkoora. 3. Potail Nandiapa Shetty. 1. Adiga Venkapa UIulo. 2. Adiga Soobraya I'lura. 3. Staiiic Annapa Kxenmry. 1. Anunta Eddiala. 2. Adiga Hagawata Shamaya. 3. Nar^ipoor Venkepulura. I. Kristna Dcvam Adiga. 2- Liximana Ilhutt. 3, Shenamukaya. 1. Adiga Luxomoua Bhutt. 2. Shenamukaya. 3. Kristadava Adiga Vaadcvo Itala. h21. T 2 (continued) 148 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 3. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Cundapoor — continued. No. Moganies. Villages. Designation of the Institution. Amount of Annual Tusdeeks. Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Names of Trustees for each Institution. Petty Devastan urns receiving above Five Rupees — cont''. Rs. a. p. Ri. a. p. 20. Tombatee - Belave Shenkra Nairaina Dcve 92 - - 127 4 - 1. Adiga Vasdeva Itala. 2. Shatoov,illy .Soobayah. 3. Potail Venkup Shetty. 21. Ditto - Kelajadi - Chitary Brama - 53 11 2 - - - 1 . Adiga Naraina Bhutt. 2. Manjoo Hegadeh. 3. Manjoo Shetty. 22. Kolishwur - Udrali Baleraz Shekra Deve - 144 - - 119 - - 1. Adiga Subaya L'dapa. 2. Rama Udapa. 3. Permeshva Udapa. 23. Ditto - Cundapoor Kundeshur Alahlinga Dcvo. 130 - - 45 8 - 1 . Adiga Soohraya Manjah. 2. Upadevant Annapah Bairy. 3. Rungaya Merta. 24. Ditto - Cumbassi - Annegoode Venayaka Deva. 96 - - 27 8 - 1 . Adiga Shita Ram Upadya. 2. Adiga Pulaya Upadaya. 3. Adiga Soobraya Upadaya. 25. Ditto - - ditto - Mahlinga Deva 106 - - 33 6 - 1. Adiga Kristna Bhutt. 2. Ke!e Shanti Naraina. 3. Putaya Upadya. 26. Ditto - Tckati Mahlinga Deva 64 - - 12 8 - 1. Putaya Adiga, 2. Venktesh Itala. 3. Unapa Upadya. 27. Fllone Shenkra Naraina Agrahara Sadasteva Deva. 108 14 5 120 1 2 1. Parmeshra Adiga. 2. Munjaya Shastry. 3. WaduLobly V. Karanta. 28. Ditto - Kavaiddy - Kameshwur Deva 114 5 7 63 12 - 1 . Venkatramna Adiga. 2. Putayali Bairy. 3. Kristuaya. 29. Hidoor Kiinady - Cusba Mahlinga Deva - 56 - - 26 3 2i 1. Adiga Soobraya Bhutt. 2. Kristna Adiga. 3. Potail Antega Chetty. 30. Halsinard - Hakalady - Manikod Chenshwa Devo. 329 - - 1,387 9 5 1. Archeka Subaya Adiga. 2. Adiga Chenapoor Udopa. 3. V. Karanta. 31. Ditto - Shenapoor Vishnoo Moorty 58 8 - 9 - - 1. Adiga Venkup MuDJah. 2. Soobraya. 3. Potail Sridar Bhutt. 32. Padukany - Addaw . Vishnoo Moorty 57 - - 89 2 - 1 . Adiga Shesha. 2. Parmashra Bhutt. 3. Potail Vcnkapaya. 33. Ditto - Badakere - Junardan Devo - 53 - - 139 4 - 1. Archeka Devara Adiga. 2. Archeka Rama Adiga. 3. W. JIunjaya Bairy. 3i. Haladibalcoor Halady - Luximy Nursim Deva 300 - - 304 6 - 1. Archeka Nursa Adiga. 2. Archeka Shenkra Bhutt. 3. Anantha Udapa. 35. Ditto - ditto Moojoori Mahlinga Dcvo. 80 - - 66 4 - 1. Adiga Soobaya Mitianta. 2. Archeka Ganapeya Udapa. 3. Tamaya Umbly. 36. Ditto - Balakoor - Luimy Nairana Devo 72 - - 82 14 5 1 . Archeka Shenkra Naraina Adiga. 2. W. Shadashiva Bhutt. 3. W. Vencatramna Upada. 37. Ditto - ditto Kancharte Doorga Par- meshry Davi. 96 - - 6 10 10 1. Adiga Mahdeva Munja. 2. Stanic JIahbalai-. 3. Soobaya Ulura. 38. Ditto - ditto Maduri Atalingi Devo 70 - - 1 - - 1. Adiga Anapa Udapa. 2. Stanic Anantha. 3. Subana Hebara. 39. Noyoo Kotapaddy Gueshava Devo 77 - 10 123 13 - 1. Adiga Soobraya Bhutt. 2. KiUtanti Parmcshry. 3. Stanic Kristnaya. 40. Ditto - Koddy - Venkatramna Devo - 76 - - 192 2 - 1 . Adiga Sridara Achary, 2. Parmestry Naick. 3. Naraina Naick. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH .AIAMOMETANISM. MP No. 3. — .Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Cuudapoor continued. No. Mog.inie". Villages. Designation of the Institution. Amount of Annual Tusdeeks. Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Names of Trustees for each Institution. Petty Dcvaatan urns receiving above Five Rupees — cotit'^. lit. a. ■p. lis. a. p. 41. Kadri Ajari Bandeda Trumba Kcsh- war Devo. 55 9 7 84 12 - 1 . Munjay Munja, for Subama. 2. Soobana Udapa. 3. Potail Munja Shetty. 42. HadI Male K.->!abat - K. Doorga Parmeshry Divi. 544 14 5 5,065 4 5 1. Adiga Subaya Italla- 2. W. Devara Bhutt. 3. Munjaya. 4. Kul.-ity 'I'imapa Ediala 5. B. Debapa Ediala. 43. Ditto - Chilare Hosangaddy Shantashava Devo 134 - - 6 - - 1. Adiga Kristna Dixita. 2. W. Alanjoo Dixita. 3. Kristna Dixita. 44. Ditto - Tombatec - Venaika Devo - 108 - - 873 13 7 1. Acllga Suba Bhutt. 2. Potally Gunapaya. 3. Potail llunga. 45. Basroor Kandawur - Utur Swamy Kartica Devo. 169 3 2 178 5 1 1. Adiga Subayah Munjah. 2. Adiga Subayah Udapah. 3. Stauic Duogapah. 46. Ditto - Hunegully - Chenakeshwa Devo - 68 - - 73 13 2i 1 . Adiga Sooba Bhutt. 2. Kalashante Sham Bhutt. 3. Potail Munjoo Shetty. 47. Ditto - Cusba Basroor - Podutiramala Devo - 265 15 2 4,000 - - 1. Venkatramna Bhutt. 2. Naraina Udapa, fur I.uximy. 3. Adiga RungayaOIla. 4. Naraina Adiga. 5. Potail Mahlinga Shetty. 48. Ditto • - ditto . Mudakeri Adenath Devo Total - - 153 12 - 177 6 10 1 . Adiga .\y Italia. 2. Narna Adiga. 3. Potail N,igapa Shetty. 5,940 6 4 18,241 - 4i Petty Pagodas whose Allowance docs not exceed 50 Rupees, but for the Management of which more than one Trustee is appointed : 1. Kolurutur - Shiroor Dussar Pooja Venka- tramana Deva. 32 - - 509 10 - 1. Dossar Auantha. 2. Chcnna. 3. Potail Munjoo Shetty. 420 Petty Pagodas entnuted to the management of single Trustees - Grand Total of Petty Pagodas - - Muttums - . - - - ... Mosques . . - - . 4,591 4 6 3,133 9 2 469 10,563 10 JO 21,884 3 6i 19 252 1 - — 7 770 6 10 — 500 GRAND TOTAL - 22,016 4 8 1,11,638 2 2A Mangalore, 18 March 1843. (signed) //. M. Blair, Principal Collector. No. 4. — STATEMENT of the Deposits in the Tbe.\sury of tlie Principal Collector of Cnnara, accumulated from the Unpaid Allowances of tlie decayed Pagodas, and from Stoppages made from the Salaries of Servants in other Pagodas, up to 31 January 1843. Unpaid Allowances of decayed Pagodas lapsed to Government . - • - Sums unpaid from the Salaries of certain Pagoda Servants on account of absence, &c. Mangalore, 18 March 1843. Total - Co.'n lis. Ri. a. p. 678 7 3 5,884 - 2 6,562 7 5 (signed) //. M. Blair, Principal Collector. 621. T 3 No. 0. 1.50 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 5. STATEMENT showinp the " Becharac," or Lapses to Government from the Religious Institutions in Canara. Mautlibur Devastanums. Mattums. Jlosqucs. Tftty Pagodas. Total. T A L O K. No. Amount. No. , Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Mangalore Bekul Buntwal . - - Oodipy . - - Barcoor - - - Honore - . - Ankota . . - Soopah . - - Sondah - - - - Rs. a. p. — 2 - 2 1 Rs. a p. 7 y 8 6 2- - Rs. a. p. __ o _ 1 2 4 1 3 1 o o Rs. a. p. 2 6 5 6 3 2 44 10 10 7 - - 11 3 3 4 - - 20 1 7 4 12 - 1 o 6 1 3 1 2 3 Rs. a. p 2 6 5 6 3 2 52 4 6 11 3 3 4 2- - 2 - 20 1 7 10 14 - Total - - - - - 2 — 3 13 11 8 - - 2 - 16 100 5 3 19 114 4 11 Mangalore, 18 March 1843. (signed) //. M. Blair, P' ColK (True copies.) (signed) W. Thomas, Sec. to Govt. Revenue Department. (No. 494.) - ^°' ^^- "" Extract from the Minutes of Consultation under date 12 May 1843. Read the following extract from the proceedings of the Board of Revenue : Recording observations on a letter from the Principal " Collector of Canara, forwarding accounts of the arranp;e- ments carried into effect in three talooks of his district, K (Xr pntpr^f) Marrli 1 84*^ Nn \ C^0 \ for the future management of the native religious insti- [ (Here CUler JU IMarCU l»-ic5,i\0. lOZ.) tutions, and urging nim to settle the devastanum in the I remaining talooks with all practicable despatch. ^ The most honourable the Governor in Council fully concurs with the Board in the regret expressed at the delay which has taken place in the arrangements for disconnecting the Government in Canara from the native religious institutions. His Lordship in Council sanctions those made in the talooks of Oodijjy, Barcoor and Candapoor, now reported, and requests the Board to point out to the Col- lector, that in his district alone the orders of the Honourable Court of Directors are not yet carried out, and his Lordship in Council desires that the subject receive his immediate attention. ^^ ^^^^ extract.) (signed) J. F. Thomai, Secretary to Government. (No. 496.^ - N°- 94- - Revenue From J. F. Thomas, Esq., Acting Chief Secretary of Fort St. George, to the Department. Chief Magistrate and Superintendent of Police; dated 12 May 1843. Sir, I AM directed by the Most honourable the Governor in Council to transmit for your information and guidance the annexed extract from Minutes Consul- _,,,-„,„ „ ,. „,, ^ , T> :„,t ,),„„i J tation, imder date the 29th ultimo, No. 435, Extract Mmiites Consultation.— I he Oorhen or Priest should ' ,. , ^ ^, 1 r ^- 1 *. ^u also be informed, tb.it the ceremonies should be conducted OU tlie Subject 01 tlie annual lestival at the without coming to the Fori (Jatc, or any of the Goveniincnt Yagatha Paffoda, and to desire that you will offices, and they must be confined in future to the piecmcts f_ ^^ f_^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ,_ „„/„^^„^, of the town. cause the orders of Government to be enforced. Fort St. George, 12 May 1843. (signed) /. F. Thomas, Acting Chief Secretary. (A true copy.) (signed) /. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No. 95.— INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 151 — No. 95. — From Mr. J. W. Branson, Attorney at Madras, to the Actings Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, &c. &c. &c. ; dated 9 May 1843. Sir, I HAVE the honour to hand you the enclosed address, to he laid before the Most noble the Governor in Council. The individual by whom it is signed having applied to me for advice on the subject, and it appearing to me that he has a very strong case on the documen- tary evidence in his possession, I recommended a respectful aj)piication to Government in the first instance, as calculated to lead to satisfactory results. The pagoda in the present instance may not, perhaps, be of verj'^ great value, but the question, if this claimant is compelled to seek his legal remedy, appears to involve considerations of some pecuniary magnitude, since it will have to be decided whether, now that the Company have reUnquished all participation in the management of Hindoo temples, the law will not hold them to be trustees for the rightful owner, and bound at their own peril to restore their trusts to the proper person. I mention this by way of explanation, as I am quite aware that it is not usual for Government to be troubled with communications from the professional advisers of a party asserting a right. It is done with the view to prevent litigation, and to avoid, if possible, the agitation of a question which, if put in a train of legal adjudication, must carry with it consequences of some importance. 1 do myself the honour to request that the several originals enclosed in the address may be returned to me, when no longer required for reference. Madras, 9 INIay 1843. (signed) /. JV. Branson. To the Most Noble George Marquis of Tweeddale, k.t. and c.b., Governor in Council of I'ort St. George, &c. &c. &c. ; dated 9 May 1843. My Lord, I AM assured it will be impossible for your Lordship to read through the enclosed original documents without being satisfied that my claim is a true one. I do not ask your Lordship to place any particular reliance on my own state- ments. I appear before you as a person claiming what amongst Hindoos is held to be a sacred and an honourable office, and it may well be supposed that I will say all that I can in my own favour. I rest my case, therefore, wholly on the documentary evidence I adduce, and on that evidence I submit myself with considerable confidence to your Lordship's consideration. I claim, my Lord, to be the durmacurtha, or churchwarden, of the Sree Davaraja Sawmy Pagoda at Conjeevcram ; and now the Government have with- drawn themselves from these charities, I pray that this pagoda and its estates may be restored to my management. The pagoda, my Lord, was originally the property of my ancestor, Attenjee- yengar, otherwise called Roostoom Row, About a century and a half ago, and in consequence of the disturbed state of Conjeeveram at the time, the image which is within the pagoda was removed by Attenjeeycngnr to Woodearpdllum, he being apprehensive that it might suffer pollution during the troubles, if allowed to remain where it was : upon the termination of these disturbances he was desirous of restoring it to its original pagoda, when the chief of ^A'oodearpoIIum objected to its being removed out of his country. What followed may apj)ear to your Lordshij) to be absurd, but this part of my case is, nevertheless, as true as the rest. Attenjeeyengar, determined to get the image restored, entered into an arrangement with Tandramulloo, the dewan of the then Nabob Sanlooila Khan, and conveyed the image away from Woodearpoilum by force. The image was then replaced in its original pagoda, and Attenjeeyengar afterwards accjuired certain estates, and procured the revival and continuance of various shotrium villages, mecras, and maneerus, which have ever since been attached to the pagoda. 621. T4 Attanjeevengar 152 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Attanjeeyengar was succeeded, upon his death, in the office of dumiacurtha of the pagoda by his then infant son, Ranianoojee Row. In consequence of the youth and inexperience of Ranianooja Row, the affairs of the pagoda were for some time conducted by Attanjeeyengar's eldest daughter, Panpamall ; upon the deaths of Panpamall and her brother Ramanooja Row, the durmacurthaship descended to Pareya \'encatarow, the son of Ramanooja Row ; upon the death of Pareya Vencat Row it descended to his son China Veucat Row ; and, upon the death of China Vencat Rnvv, to his family ; China Vencat Row left four sons, Seeneevassa Row, Condul Row, myself, and Ramma Row ; Seeneevassa Row and Condul Row are now dead, and I claim the office of durmacurtha, as the eldest surviving male member of the family. There are two circumstances which I would mention here : — one of these will satisfy vour Lordship that an investigation was held, by competent authority, a considerable time back, on the claims of my family in respect of this pagoda, and that the result of that investigation was the recognition of such claims by the officers of the Honourable Company ; the other will show to your Lordship who and what the party is (rather was, for he is now dead), to whom, in oppo- sition to my rightful claim, the pagoda was delivered over by order of the Board of Revenue. When my father, Chenna Vencata Row, became old and infirm, he caused my remote cousin, Kama Row, to superintend the affairs of the church. This Rama Row accordingly proceeded to do ; myself and brothers being children at the time, Mr. Belford, who was then the Collector of Chingleput, divested Ram Row of his authority, caused the claims of our family to the emoluments, respects and honours of the pagoda to be suspended, and appointed one Condungy Sreenevassaraghava Gharry to the management of the pagoda. The reason assigned by Mr. Belford for his interference was, that Kama How had not clothed himself with the sanction and permission of the Revenue Board to perform the usual feasts in the pagoda. Not long afterwards, Mr. Belford was succeeded by Mr. Place, who, being dissatisfied with Sreeneevassaraghava Charry, dismissed him some time after this, and after my elder brothers had arrived at years of discretion, they peti- tioned the Board of Revenue that the honours and emoluments of the pagoda might be restored to our family. Mr. Hyde, the then Collector, instituted an inquiry into our rights, on which occasion it was most clearly proved before him that the durmacurthaship of the pagoda was always in our family. Mr. Hyde being abundantly satisfied on that point, he made his report to the Board of Revenue, dated 13th August 1810, and the Board, by orders dated 27th Septem- ber following, restored us to those privileges which had remained in abeyance subsequently to .Mr. Belford's interference. The next circumstance that I allude to is this : certain persons having impro- perly intermeddled with the duties of the durmacurtha, a complaint was made in 1824 to Mr- Crawley, the head assistant to the Collector ; on that occasion a petition was presented by Tata Charry on the 29th September 1824, together with a document signed by him and the other people connected with the church ; in both these documents we are declared to be the durmacurthas of the padoga. And yet, my Lord, to this very man, Tata Charry, has the pagoda itself been delivered over, to the exclusion of my family. When this matter was before the Collector, that gentleman recommended that the pagoda should be delivered over to us and to Tata Charry and the other servants of the pagoda jointly ; but the Board of Revenue directed the pagoda to be delivered over to Tata Charry individually. Vour Lordship sees, therefore, that 1 have no alternative but to appeal to the fountain of power at this Presidency. The enclosures, my Lord, are, — No. 1. An original purwanah, under seal, granted about a century and a half ago, by the Nabob .'^antoollab Khan, to my ancestor Attanjeeyengar, otherwise called Roostoom ]{ow, in respect of this identical pagoda, and mentioning the Gramurus and other estates then appertaining to the padoga. No 2. A cowluamah, under seal granted by Nabob Tantoollah Khan to Rammanooja Row, the son of Attanjeeyengar. No. 3. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY. OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 153 No. 3. A purwanah, under the seal of Nabob Hassam Dost Ally Khan Bhander Shanishoodowlah IModharva Jung, particularizing tlie shot- riums, villages, and other establishing to the pagoda. No. 4. A Persian sunnund, granted under the authority of the Company to my late father, Chenna ^'encat Row. No. 5.1 „ 6. } Papers under the signature of Governor Petrie. „ 7.) No. 8. An attested copy, under seal, of a letter addressed to the Presidents and Members of the Board of Revenue by Mr. Collector Hyde, in which he reports that Seeneevassa Row, and Condul Row, my late brother, have fully proved their claims in respect of the merassee of the pagoda. No. 9. An attested copy of the Board's reply thereto. No. 10. Arzee addressed by Vencat Row to Nabob Wallajah, bearing his Highness's pleasure thereon, written in his Highness's own hand- writing. No. 1 1. An arzee with his Highness's devan's endorsement thereon. No. 12.] „ 13. Takeeds granted by Mr. Kindersly, Collector of Chilloor, in 1792. „ 14.J No. 1,')/ „ 16. ;, 17. „ 18. ,, 19. / Takeeds by Mr. James Landon. „ 20. „ 21. „ 22. ., 23. No. 24.] Papers addressed by Tata Charry, the person to whom the pagoda ,, 25. > was ordered to be delivered over, expressly acknowledging the ,, 20. J rights of Seeneevassa Row and Condul Row, and their family. No. 27. A mamoolnamah addressed to Mr. Crawley by the servants of the pagoda. ^°- l^-l Takeeds by Mr. H. Veveah. No. 30. Takeed by Mr. Freese. No. 31. A mazarnamah, dated 20 December 1790. Madras, 9 May 1843. (signed) (True copies.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No.96.— (No. 509-) From J. F. Thomas, Esq., Acting Chief Secretary of Fort St. George, to Revenue J. W. Branson, Esq. ; dated 16 May 1843. Department. Sir, I AM directed by the Most honourable the Governor in Council to acknow- ledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant, and to return the enclosures. (signed) J. F. Thomas, Fort St. George, 16 May 1843. Acting Chief Secretary. (A true copy.) (signed) /. F. Thofnas, Secretary to G overnment. 621. U —No. 97.— 1,54 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF — No. 97.— (No. 235.) From E. C. Lovell, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, to the Acting Chief Secretary to Government ; dated 1 1 May 1843. Sir, Para. 1. I am directed by the Board of Revenue to acknowledge the receipt In Cons. 1 May of your letter of the •28th ultimo, forwarding for their early report the petition 607 of 1843. noted in the margin, or, if their records failed to supply the necessary information, requesting that the petition might be transmitted to the Collector of Chingleput; the Boards records affording little information on the subject, a reference was cSqHu"in ConJ. ^^'^^ to ^he Collector, and 1 am instructed to submit his reply.* 11 May 1843. In Cons. 3 March 2. Mr. Freese refers particularly to Statement (B.), which accompanied his l^^^Q letter of the 8th February 1842, already before the Government, in which it is explained that the present trustee, " Sunkera Chariar," of the Camately Ummon Pagoda, " is a pilest of a muttum of the religion to which the pagoda belongs ;" that the time and cause of this pagoda having been brought under Circar manage- ment are not known ; that the Goorookuls who applied i'or the superintendence have shown no right to it, and not appearing to be fitted for the trust, the present trustee has been selected. 3. From the foregoing, and Mr. Freese's letter now transmitted, it w^ould appear that Sunkeracharry, the present trustee, is not, as stated by petitioners, of a different creed from those connected with the pagoda, and that he was selected for the office on account of his being acceptable to the people, and the petitioners not being fitted for it. (signed) E. C. Lovell, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Acting Secretary. 11 May 1843. From A. Freese, Esq., Collector of Chingleput, to E. C. Lovell, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George; dated 6 May 1843. Sir, Para 1. With reference to your letter under date the 1st instant, I have the honour to report, that the persons called by Streenevassa Row in the petition No. 507 of 1843, herewith returned, the churchwardens of the Caumatchy Ummen Pagoda, are the Goorookuls alluded to in the Enclosure (B.) forwarded with my letter of the 8th February 1842. 2. Sunkera Charier, the person who was selected as trustee, is the head priest of the Smarta Bramins, whose nomination is, I believe, acceptable to the great body of persons connected with the institution, and is not of a different creed to those connected with the pagoda, as stated by the petitioner. (signed) A. Freese, Collector. Chingleput District, Collector's Circuit Cutcherry, Strepermatoor, 6 Mav 1843. (True copies N (signed) J. F. Thojfias, Secretary to Government. — No. 98. / (Here enter 11 May 1843, No. 23').) INDIA Willi lUOLATRV, OR WITH MAHOMETANIS.M. i.;5 — No. 98. — (No. .541.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date 23 May 1843. Department. Read again extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 16 February, and entered in Diary to Consultation, 2 May 1843. Subniittiii!,', witli rpft-rencc to the order of Govern- " nicnt, (lateD« of Native Worsliip. A mount of Annual Tusdeek. Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Names of the Proposed Trustees for eaeh Institution. Mautiibiih Devastanums : K-s. a, p. Rs. a. p. 1. Coomta - Deooguerry - Daranath 1,479 6 10 927 - - Deostaum Officers - 1. Archeek Sobiya Adiea. 2. Archei'k Verokap:» Adiga. 3. Oopada Coopa Bhtitta. 4. Oopaddy Kristna Bhutta. Co-trustee - - 5. Principal Rayet Munjah Hegadah. 2. Kykceny Maialeh iVIoordeshwer - 1,323 15 2 748 2 10 Deostaum Officers - I. Archiek Ayoo Bhutta. 2. Oopadv Semboo Lioga llhutta. 3. Ditto limmaina Bhutta. 4. Ditto Veshewesbira Bhutta. Co-trustee - - 5. Principal Rayet Tippa He- gadeb. 8. Edagoonjee - GoonovatitcU - Sheraboo Lcoga 481 11 7 811 6 - Dcostuuni Officers - 1. Archeek Ayjajec, 2. Ditto Narraina Pundeta. 3. Oopady Rama Heg-ideh. 4. Puojary Narna Bhutta. 5. Oopady Vestnoo Hegadeh. 4. EdagooDJee Ostaiah Venaik Total - - 497 8 10 547 5 8 Deostaum Officers- 1. Poojary Potta Bhutta. 2. Ditto Naraina Bhutta. Co-trustee - - 3. Principal Rayet Genepoly 3,782 10 3 3,033 14 6 Sabayatha. Petty Pagoda sor Deostaums r eeeiving above 30 Rs. : > 1. Chendawer Maveaah Kooreh Soolramany - 68 - - 100 - - Deostaum Officer - 1. Archeek Sooba Bhutta. Co-trustees - - 2. Principal Rayet RamchuD- dra Hegadeh. 3. Ditto Soobayah Hegadeh. 2. Ditto Hossa Konly - Luxemy Naraina - 81 4 - 93 - - Deostaum Officers- 1. Ardieek Vencapa Bhutta. 2. Oopady Ram Bhutta. Co-trustee - - 3. Principal Rayet Tiuimuna Bhutta. 3. Coomta - Cusbah - Saotory Kitnucksy - 58 - - 370 - - Deostaum Officers - 1 . Poojary Ramjeyah. 2. Ditto Soobajeeah. Co trustee - - 3. Potail Shebgory Shanbogce. 4. Ditto Curtoka Soemyboo Linga - 60 - - 160 - - Deostaum Officer - 1. Archeek Keshou Bhutta. Co-trustees - - 2. Potail Sundah Bliutta. 3. Principal Rayet Munja Hegudch. 5. Ditto Kicka - Ragotamah IMutta Ramacbendra. 112 - - 30 - - Deostaum Officer - 1. Archeek Ragotanialc Mutta Swamy. 6. Ditto Hegadch Shautiea Purneshy - 119 7 6 700 - - Deostaum Officer - 1. Archeek Timmana Bhutta. Co-trustees - - 2. Principal Rayec Vencatapaty Hegadeh. 3. Ditto Purinayoh. 7. Ditto Mutta - Biineshivera - 59 2 5 12 - - Deostaum Officer - 1. Archeek Suma Bhutta. Co-trustees - - 2. Potail Munjayah Hegadeh. 3. Principal Rayet Krista Bhutta. 8. Ditto Baddal. Kemchika Purmcshi y 93 - - 564 12 5 Deostaum Officers - 1 . Archeek Scnga Butta. 2. Oopdy Devoroo Bhutta. 3. Ditto Veneana Shanbogue. 9. Huldipoor Cusbah - Unmuntki - 32 - 10 156 - - Deostaum Officers- I. Archeek Vassdeoo Bhutta. 2. Ditto Shirupah. Co.trustees - - 1. Principal Rayet Gunapatjr Sabayetee. 10. Kuroat ditto Kolegadeh Venaik - 76 - - 60 - - Deostaum Officers - 1. Oopady Doddayah. 2. Ditto Vencapah. Co-trustee - - 3. Principal Rayet Koreh Sayepa. U. Marinah Koo- reveh. Moottah Agraar Venaik 174 4 10 174 - - Deostaum Officers - 1 . Poojary K.ashaevara Bhutta. 2. Oopady Vasso Deva. Co-trustee - - 3. Principal Rayet Gumpaty Sabayeta. 12. Guersapah Kodaneh Trimul 56 7 2 20 8 - Deostaum Officers - 1. Poojary Narsa Bhutta. 2. Oopady Doddyah. Co-trustee - - 3. Potail Timuna Hegadeh. 13. Edgoonjee Buthoor Vestnoo Moortee - 35 2 - 22 6 - Deostaum Officer - 1. Poojary Ayoo Bhutta. Co-trustees - - 2. Potail Vencapaya Ajie. 3. Principal Rayet Venkeoa Hegadah. 14. Soosgaddy Cusbah • Anmunta 82 8 - 352 - - Deostaum Officer - 1. Archeek Guupoy l^hutta. Co-trustees - - 2. Princip:d Rayet Venkcsh Probhoo. 3. Ditto Narain Shaobogue. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY. OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. VjO No. I. — Statement sf the Native Religiout Intitutioiu in the Talook of ^onort— continued. No. Moganies. Villages. Designation of the Intititulioos of Native Woiship. Petty Pagodas receiving above 50 Rujices — continued. 15. Sootgaddy Jally - Veitkatramauiah TOAAL - . . Pett)- Pagodas whose Allowance does not exceed 50 Rupees and fur the inanagemeut of which more than oue 'J'rustee is appointed : '• Chandawer Voodoor Ilurikan Uniah 2. COODIU Cu!tbah Vcnkutramaniah - 3. Ditto ditto - Caoor Camaksee - 4. Ditto ditto - Malsah 5. Ditto Cadde Koddy. Gopaul Krishna 6. Huldipoor Cusbah - Sunkolly Beer t . Ditto ditto - Murka Devi - 8. Mavloah Cuteh ditto - Goonda Belch Vcnca- tramaniah. 9. Ditto ditto - Gopaul Krishna 10. Gueraapah Nugarbu&tykerry Anamanatha - 11. Sheerally Cusbah - I'etteh X'en.aika 12. Ditto ditto - Shanta Doorga Devies 13. Ditto Bcngreh Doorga Devi - Total - - - Petty Pagodas entrusted to the management of single Truateea, being the Poojaries of the Institutions 410 Tot A I Petty Pagodaa - 22 . Muttum! - - . . Mosques Amount of Annual Tusdcek. Be Charae, or Lapses to Government - GRAND TOTAL lis. a. p. 72 I 7 1,221 U 4 48 12 - - 12 - 12 15 8 12 14 - 20 41 4 10 2 12 10 22 6 5 251 8 1 .%434 12 - 4,907 10 5 273 1,167 8 1 10,130 13 7 4 2- 10,134 IS 7 Estimated Value of the Property in each Fagoda. Its. a. p. 439 4 5 3,475 14 10 436 12 500 232 663 - 148 8 362 8 233 - Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Jnstitut on. Dcostaum Officers - 1. Archccfc Gokum Swamy. 2. Oopady ^nni.pah. 3. Uopady Kamayah. Deo&tauni Officers - I. Co-trustee Deostaum Officer Co trustees - Deostaum Officer Co-trustees - - 1 Deostaum Officer Co-trustees - Deostaum Officers - Co-trustee Deostaum Officers ' Co-trustee Deostaum Officer ■ Co-trustees - Archcek Vcnkutramaneah lihutta. Ditto Eesswara Bhutta. Principal Rayet Soobayeh. Archcek Kristna Bhutta. Putail Ramaya Shanbogue. Principal Rayet Ramachen- dra Poy. Ponjaty Pootayiah alias Byravigiah. Potail Shesguery Shanbogue. Principal Rayet Krishnapa Shanbogue. Poojary Sbahjeah. Principal Rayet Ramchen- dra Poy. Putail Ramaya Shanbogue. Archcek (lOpaul Bhutta. Oopady Krishna Bhutta. Potail Soobrava Bhutta. Deostaum Officer Co-trustees - 130 - 10 Deostaum Officer Co-trustees - 232 897 - 1,116 8 145 12 5,820 12 10 7,612 6 8 10,909 2 4 121 14 16 - - 20,080 14 10 20,080 14 10 Dt-ostaum Officers - Co-tiustee Deostaum Officer - Co-trustees - Dcostaum Officer fk)-trusteeB - Deostaum Officer Qi-trustces 1 . Poojary .Sooltayah Gooriajja. 2. Principal Rayet Gunpaty Sobayatta. 3. Ditto Veucatramaniah He- gada. 1. Poojary Narain Goonaja. 2. Principal R.iyet Guupaty ^abayatha. 3. Ditto Shivapah, 1 . Poojary Oopendra Bhutta. 2. Principal Rayet Danoodra Euntfc. 3. Potail Munqueshya. 1. Archeck Luxiiny Naraina Ithutta. 2. Principal U.iytt Luxemonah SlianlK)gue. 3. Ditto Kamchendra Naik. I Arclieck Kristna Pundeta. 2. Archeek (iopaya. - 3. Potail Tiiuunna Heg:ulaK. - I . Archeck Hurry Bhutt.o. - 2. Principal Rayet Navereb Annapah. 3. Principal Hayet Mady Nin ranah Naika. - I. Archivk llary Bhurta. - 2. Principal Rayet Mardy Na- ranah .\aika. 3. Ditto Noivreh Soobayah. - 1. Archctk Hary Bhutta. - 2. l*rincipal R.iyct V^encup Bhutta. 3. Ditto Rampallah. J Under tlie management of the presiding Priests, c ( hereditary Superintendents. Ditto - - ditto. (j.i\. V 4 (signed) H. M. Blair, P' Collector. No. 2. i6o PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 2. — STATEMENT of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Soopah, showing the Annual Allowances and Estimated Value of the Propertj' of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management. No. Moganies. Villages. Designation of tiie Institutions of Native Worship. Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Estininted Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Names of the Proposed Truslees fur each Institution. Mavthbur Devastanums: lis. a. p. Rs. a. p. 1. Soopah * Cusba Soopa - Ramaling 544 - - 1,724 8 - Devastanura Officers 1. Archeek Narna Bhutta Dioceta. 2. OopaiMy Zin Bhutta. 3. Oopaddy Shedasluva Bhutta. 4. Oopaddy Govind Bhutta. Cotrustee - - 6. Principal Rayet Chcnnapah Nudkurney. 2. Hullial • Cusba Hullial Venkctraraanah 80 - - 68 12 - Devastanum Officers 1. Poojary Ballachary. 2. Archeek Kristna Acharry. Co-trustee - - 3. Potail D. .Sharaboorum. 3. Moondgodde - Cusba - Ilummontah - 120 - - 858 7 7 Devastanum Officers I . Archeek Vencapacharry. 2. Oopaddy Contacharry. 3. Oopaddy llamacharry. 4. Oopaddy .Ajjanauharry. 5. Oojjaddy Kristnacharry. 4. EUapoor Eddegoondy - Ramaling 200 - - 3,300 10 7 Devastanum Officers 1. Archeek Ramabutta. 2. Archeek Anup Bhutta. 3. Archeek Timan Bhutta. 4. Archeek Nursima Bhutta. 5. Archeek Deoo Bhutta. 6. Oolwy - Petty Pago 50 Rupees Indoor - Cusba - DA or Devastan Cusba - Bushweshera - Totai. - um receiving above Calameshwer 389 14 - 2,200 - - Devastanum Officers 1. Poojary Calliya. 2. Ditto Alalengaya. 3. Ditto Buskar Bhutta. 4. Ditto Soolaya. Co-trustee - - 5. Principal Rayet Chenna Buswaya. 1,333 14 - 8,152 7 2 1. 96 1 7 603 4 - Deostaum Officers - 1. Poojary Cullanah. 2. Ditto Madayah. Co-trustee - - 3. Principal Rayet Isnarapah Gonda. Petty Pagodas whose Allowance does not exceed 50 Rupees, and for the management of which more than one Trustee is appointed: 1. Yallapoor Cusba - Naraina Deoo 12 - - 1,625 8 5 Devastan Officer - I. Archeek Shirinevas Bhutta. Co-trustees - - 2. Principal Rayet A. Krist- napah. 3. Principal Rayet Soobayeah. 2, Ditto Petty Pagodas Trustees, bein ditto - entrusted to the g tlie Poojaries of Grama Devy Total - - management of single he Institution - 24 - - 564 7 7 Devastan Officer - 1. Poojary Veetoo. Co-trustees - - 2. Principal Ryot Kristajiah. 3. Principal Ryot Sobayah. 36 - - 2,190 - - 96 563 5 7 3,341 5 1 99 - Total Petty Pagodas - ----- Muttums - - - - - . - - Mosques - - - - 700 7 2 6,134 9 1 3 105 4 5 . / Under the management of the presiding Priests or ( hereditary Superintendents. 9 184 4 5 . Ditto - - - ditto. 116 2,323 14 - 14,287 - 3 2 Be Chirac, or Lapses to Government - - . - 20 1 7 118 GRATT D TOTAL - 2,343 15 7 14,287 - 3 (signed) //. Af. JBlair, Principal Collector, No. 3. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR \MTn MAHOMETAXISM. iGi No. 3.— STATEMENT of the Native Religious I^fSTITUTIO^•s in the Talook of Soondah, showing the Annual Allowances and Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management. No. Moganiea. VUIages. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Amount of Annual Tu&deck. Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Inatitutioo. 1 Mautiibir Devastanums: lU, a, p. (is. a. p. 1 BuDwassy Cusbah . Madhoo Keshwa - 4,007 7 7 5,500 14 1 Deostaum Officers - 1 . Archeck AnunU Bhutta. 2. Archeek Dcvanna Dirksita. 3. Archeck Oungadra Bhutta. 4. Oopady Guoncsh Difksita. 5. Oopady .Shiva Shistry. Cotrustees - - (i. Lcngnya Potail. 7. Chcckayah ditto. 2. Manjngoony - ditto . Venkutramuoah 1,531 15 2 9,776 8 4 Deostaum Officers . 1. Adiga Annay Bhutta. 2. Adiga Jacsy Vcocapa Bhutta. 3. Adiga Govinda Bhutta. Co-trustees . - 4. Potail Ossoor Purum Bhutta. 5. Principal Rayet Benegavy Naranapah. 3. Muttdeostaum Bucklah. ditto - Sotanateshwer Total - . 450 7 7 508 7 2 Deostaum Officers . 1. Oopady Sunkrajee Punlh. 2. Archeek Narna Bhutta. 3. Archeek Deo Bhutt;i. 4. Oopady Timeama Bhutta. 5. Potail Nursaya, 5,989 14 4 15,785 13 7 Petty Pagoda s, Deostavm, receiving above 50 Rupees ; 1 Curroo - Mossigadeh ■ Somah Sagur So- meshwer. 276 - 5 53 8 - Deostaum Officers - 1. Archeck Sunkra Bhutta. 2. Ooppaddy Deooroo Bhutta. Co-trustee . .3. Principal Kayet Luximon Naranapah. 2 Ditto - Keckacoony - Goly Vinaika 142 7 7 47 7 3 Deostaum Officer . 1. Archeek Goly Purma Bhutta. Co-trustees . .2. Principal Rayet Nursivaya. 3. Principal Rayet Luximy Naranapah. 3. Ehroor - Enalebyle Vinaika Total . . 620 10 5 1,160 1 7 Deostaum Officers - 1. Adiga Gunesha Joisa. 2. Adiga Gunesha Bhutta. Co-trustee . - 3. Potail Gunapa Bhutta 1,045 2 5 1,261 - 10 Petty Pagoda whose Allowance does not exceed 60 Rupees, and for the management of which more than one Truslec is appointed ; 1. Setrey - Cusbab . Maiee Devi - 24 - - 1,400 - - Deostaum Officer - 1. Poojary Timuoa Pottoo. Co-trusteea . .2. Potail Naranapah. 3. Principal Rayet Vitteron. 178 Petty Pagodas entrusted to the management of single Trustees, being the Poojarics of the Inivtitulion - Total Petty Pagodaa - - - - - Muttums .... * - . > Mosques ..... 1,709 8 9 4,011 8 - 1H2 2,778 11 2 6,672 8 10 14 481 8 - . 1 Under the management of the presiding Priests, or \ hereditary Superintendents, 6 144 9 7 . Ditto - - . ditto. 206 9,394 11 1 22,458 6 5 3 Be Chcrac, or Lapses to Government .... 10 4 - — f GRAND TOTAL 9,405 n 1 22,l.'.S li r, (signed) //. M- Blair, Piiocipal Collector. 621. No. 4. l62 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNRIENT OF No. 4.— STATEMENT of the Natire Religious Institutions in the Talook oi Bilghy, showing the Annual Allowances and Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management. No. Moganies. Villages. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Institution. I. 2. Maithbub Herivatolagray B«ddokurry - Petty Pagoc SO Rupees, than one 1 Hereawatlialogay Petty Pagodas e Trustees, being Devastanums : Eetaghy Mootooghy • Rameshwer Deoo - Roowanaguerry Moo- kauibikah. Total . . Rs. a. p. 1,000 - - 418 8 - Rj. 0. p. 3,000 - - 2,500 - - Deostaum Officers - l.Oopady Ramhhutta. 2. Oopady Gunapa Shutta. 3. Potail Ramoya. 4. Potail Soobaya. 5. Principal Hayet Erecoddeh C. Parmaya. Deostaum Officers - 1. Archeek Timana Dhidta. 2. Archeek Purmeshwer Bbutta. 3. Oopady Sanna Dooja Bhntta. 4. Potail Dooja Bhutta. 5. Principal Rayct Kecks Hegadch. 6. Sewapah. 1,418 8 - 5,500 - - 1. 85 as whose allowance does not exceed and for the Maoagemeat of which more rustee is appointed : Talakerry - Kaisoor Vceraborda Qtrusted to the management of single the Poojaries of the luatitution 24 - - 861 6 10 S06 13 7 2,862 1 9 Deostaum Officer • 1 . Poojaree Veerabadrayah. 2. Potail Soorapah. 3. Principal Rayet Ganapa Bbutta. ToTAl Petty Pagodas - - - - Muttums . - - . - - . - Mosques - - . . 885 6 10 3,668 15 4 17 272 2 5 - f Under the management of the Presidency Priests I or hereditary Superintendents, 1 60 - - - Ditto . • . ditto. 106 GRAND T OTAL 2,636 1 3 9,168 15 4 No. 5. — STATEMENT of the Circumstances under which the eight Swamies administered the Affairs of the Kristna Deooroo Mutt. The Kristna Deooroo Mutt, at Oodipy, was originally founded by Madwha Achary, who himself performed the poojsih to the idol during his lifetime, and on his death framed rules for the efficient administration of the affairs of the institution. According to these rules, eight swamies were appointed, each of them, in rotation, to perform the poojali for the space of two years, which period was called " Pariayah," and the priest, whose turn it was to perform the poojah, was called " Panajah Swamy." Each of those eight swamies was provided by the founder with a minor idol, in the name of which separate mutts were founded and endowed. These mutts, with whatever property has been subsequently acquired by each, are enjoyed by their respective swamies independently. The Krista Deooroo is held as the principal mutt, the others being subordinate, but independent mutts. Each swamy has the power of appointing his successor during his lifetime ; but in the event of any of them dying without having nominated a successor, one is chosen among themselves in the following manner. The eight minor mutts form a sort of religious brotherhood among themselves, each one being united to another by what is called " Divenda ;" and when any mutt is left without a swamy, the brother mutt to it appoints a successor. The affairs of the principal mutt are administered by the Pariayah, or Presidency Swam}', for the time being. He receives the tusdeek, and collects the rents or produce of the lauds belonging to the mutt. He also receives all presents and offerings made to the idol. From these funds he is to provide all expenses during his Pariayah. The Pariayah Swamy for the time being exercise an absolute control over the servants of the institution, dismissing the old and appointing new, as he thinks fit; he has authority also to reduce the e.xpenses in one department and increase them in another, without any interference on the part of the Circar officers. (signed) H. M. Blair, Principal Collector. (True copies.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No. 101.- INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 163 — No. 101.— (No. 605.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date 8 June 1843. Read the following extract from the proceedings of the Board of Revenue : Revenue Department. (Here enter 18 May 1843, No. 247.) Stating that the Board learn with pleasure that arran^ " tnents for terminating the Government interference with the native religious institutions in Canara have been completed in four more talooks of that district, leaving only four talooks in which tliis important measure has not" yet been accomplished, and desiring the Principal Collector to explain the circumstances which have led to the selection of trustees. Para. 1. The Most noble the Governor in Council has learned with satis- faction from the Board's proceedings of the 18th ultimo, reporting the further progress made in terminating the Government interference with the native reUgious institutions in Canara, that there now only remain four talooks of iliat district in which this important measure is not completed. 2. His Lordship in Council approves generally of the arrangements, so far as judgment can be formed from the information now submitted, and he concurs with the IJoard in thinking it desirable that the particulars pointed out by them should be laid before the Government, in all cases where the property belonging to the institutions is large, in order that the Government may be fully assured that the trust has been reposed in persons most hkely to secure the interests of the pagodas. 3. The Board will fully consider this point, and, if they see occasion, they will bring any particular case to the notice of Government. His Lordship in Council trusts that the Collector will be enabled to fulfil the expectation held out, of the final settlement of the institutions of his district in the course of the month. (A true extract.) (signed) /. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No. 102.— (No. 244.) From E. C. Lovell, Esq., Acting Secretary, Revenue Board, Fort St. George, to the Acting Chief Secretary to Government ; dated 18 May 1843. Sir, I AM directed by the Board of Revenue to acknowledge the receipt of an extract from the ISIinutes of Consultation, under date 29th ultimo, communi- i" Cons. 18 May eating the orders of Government upon the final withdrawal of the Government ^^'^^' officers from all interference with the native religious institutions within the limits of the collectorate of Madras, as reported in the Collector's letter of the In Cons. 16 January 4th, and the Board's proceedings of the 16th January last. ^^^' 2. The Board's proceedings arc approved, with the exceptions of such part as sanctions, with their full concurrence, payment of the allowance for the festival of the Madras tutelar goddess Yagathal, a course opposed to the view taken by Government, as explained in the Minutes of Consultation, 13 March in Cons. 22 March 1841, in which was communicated to tiie Board the former, and the then view ^^^^' of Government, " that it was considered more desirable and more creditable to allow the ceremonies of the Yagathal festival to sink into entire desuetude and oblivion.'' The Most noble the Governor in Council cannot, therefore, understand upon what principle the Board should have given " their full concurrence to the Collector's proposal, unless they were of opinion that the allowance was the unquestionable right of the parties, and could not be withdrawn without violating the paramount ol)ligation of justice," an opinion which, it was observed, the records of the Board did not justify. 621. X 2 3. The In Cons. 22 March 1841. In Cons. 19 Nov 1813. No. 1,003, 164 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 3. The Board desire respectfully to explain that they have not overlooked the Minutes of Consultation, 13 March 1841, nor the orders of Government, 10 November 1818, therein quoted; but it appeared to them, from the former of these communications, that the main objection taken in 1841 was to the un- authorized practice which had crept in, of the direct interference of the Circar servants presenting offerings to the idol, which was ordered to be discontinued forthwith ; and on referring to the letter from Mr. Secretary Hill in 1818,* it is seen that the chief ground of objection, tlien, to the renewal of the allowance, was MinutesofCons.il i\^q apprehension that it would lead to a return of the disturbances between the ovcm er right and left-hand castes, wiiich had been the cause of its discontinuance ; no Public Dcpaitnicnt, return, however, of these disturbances on the occasion of the festival has ever taken place, and in 1828 it is observed, that Government not only formally sanctioned an addition to the allowance from Government previously received by the pagoda, but directed that " it was to be the special duty of the superin- tendent of police to give general information of the considerate intentions of the Government." 4. For these reasons, the Board believed that they were acting in strict accordance with the wishes of Government in giving their sanction for the con- tinuance of an allowance of no recent origin, but which would appear to have been paid in the same manner as all other devastanum grants anterior to 1818, suspended for a time as a measure of police, and subsequently restored, having received the formal confirmation of Government. 5. The Board desire me to observe, that Government have, in the concluding part of para. 1. of the Minutes of Consultation now acknowledged, applied to the Mylapoor Pagoda tlie course which the Collector of Madras, in para. 14. of his letter of the 4th January last, recommended to be followed in the case of the Triplicane Pagoda. (signed) E. C. Lovell, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Acting Secretary. 18 May 1843. (True copies.) (signed) J. K Thomas, Secretary to Government. Kcvoniic Dvpai-tinent. — No. 103.— (No. 6,55.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date 20 June 1843. Read the following letter from the Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue : stating, with reference to the extract from the Minutes " of Consultation datid 20th ultimo, the reasons which induce the Board to believe that they were actinf; in strict accordance with tlie wishes of Government in giving their sanction for the continuance of the payment of certain allowance for the festival of the Madras tutelar goddess Yagathal. The Most noble the Governor in Council observes, from the foregoing expla- nation of the Board of Revenue, that the Board would appear to have mis- understood the intentions of Government ; the allowance referred to was considered by that Government objectionable in principle, and has been therefore ordered to be discontinued, and the Government see no ground for not adhering to their resolution. (Here enter 18 May 1843, No. 244.) (signed) J. F. Thumas, (A true extract.) Secretary to Government. (signed) /. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No. 104.— » Kxtract from a letter from Mr. Secretary Hill, 10 November 1818:— "The Right honourable the Governor in Council will not object to the performance of the ceremonies in ([ucstion if the wishes and expectations of the natives are interested in their favour, but would otlierwise consider it more desirable and more creditable to allow them to sink mto entire desuetude and oblivion, on account of their tendency to renew tlie nuarrelsand disturbances among the natives, for which they have formerly been suspended." INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMET ANISM. ir.5 (No. 332.) — No. 104. — Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 3 July 1843. Read letter from Principal Collector of Canara, reporting the progress made 21 June, in Cons, in the arrangements for confiding to native trustees the several religious insti- «* ''"'i' ^'*^- tutions in his district. Para. I. Of the four talooks in which, at the date of the last communication from the Principal Collector of Canara, measures remained to be concerted for April 2a. in Cons, effecting the complete withdrawal of all Government interference with the native is May 1843. religious institutions of that province, three have since been settled, and the detailed accounts are now forwarded to the Board. In compliance with the instructions communicated in the Board's proceedings of 30 March and 18 May, Mr. Blair has, in the returns now transmitted, specified the estimated property and claims of these co-trustees to whom the management of the more wealthy and important pagodas has been committed. 2. The only talook in which arrangements have not been effected is that of Bekul. The settlement has been impeded in consequence of there being in that and the adjoining talook of Cherikul in Malabar several petty Rajahs, who assert the jurisdiction exercised by their ancestors over a number of pagodas, and from the difficulty which has been experienced in deciding on their pretensions. The Principal Collector, however, hopes to be able shortly to submit the arrange- ments concluded for that talook, and at the same time to furnish the information which has been called for regarding certain important pagodas in Odipy, Barcoor and Cundapoor. The Board trust that they may receive, at an early period, the communication promised by the Principal Collector, which will enable them to report to the Most noble the Governor in Council the total disseverance of the Government interference with the affairs of the native religious establish- ments throughout the provinces composing the Madras Presidency. Ordered, That a copy of the foregoing extract from the Board's proceedings be submitted to Government, and a transcript of the same be forwarded to the Principal Collector of Canara, for his information and guidance. (signed) E. C. Lovell, Acting Secretary. — No. 105.— From //. il/. Blair, Esq., Principal Collector of Mangalore, to E. C. Lovell, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George; dated 21 June 1843. Sir, Para 1. I have the honour to forward statements Nos. 1, 2 and 3, showing the arrangements made for the withdrawal of the Government interference in the affairs of the native religious institutions in the talooks of Ankola, Mangalore and Buntwal. 2. According to the instructions of the Board, in their proceedings of the 18th ultimo, the property held by each co-trustee of the more important pagodas is exhibited, together with the amount of assessment paid by them respectively. It uill be observed, that the property possessed by some of these persons is of trifling value, but their appointment has been considered necessary, in order to avoid future disputes in the management of the pagoda affairs, as they have long held some office or other in the different institutions, and have been, conse- quently, in possession of the property belonging to them. 3. The only talook in which arrangements have not now been effected is that of Bekul. h\ this talook, and in the adjoining talook of Cherikul in Malabar, there are several petty Rajahs who have asserted the jurisdiction of their ancestors over a number of pagodas ; some difficulty has arisen in deciding on these claims, and the statements are therefore not yet completed, but 1 hope to be able to submit them shortly ; I shall at the same time furnish the information called for in the Board's proceedings regarding certain important pagodas in the talooks 30 March 1843. of Odipv, Barcoor and Cundapoor. (signed) //. M. Blair, Principal Collector's Cutclierry, Principal Collector. Mangalore, 21 June 1S43. 621. X3 N"- '• i66 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GO\^RNMENT OF No. 1. — STATEMENT of the Native Religiovs Institutions in the Talook of Ankola, showing the Annual No. 1. Mogaoies. Village Mautiibur Devastaums: Gokurn - - - Cusbah 6. 3. 4. Bada Gokurn Ditto Ditto Ditto Shavada Cusba ditto ditto ditto Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Mahabelashwur Deoo Lejashwara of Deoo Ganapaty Deoo Venketramana Deoo Tambra Gonry Devy Ram Lexamana Deoo Petty Pagodas, Deostaums, receiving above 50 Rupees : Ankola ... Cusba ... Venkala Deo Ditto ditto Arita Cadwad - Henah Cusbah Shanta Doogadevy Bayresbwara Deo Maha Deoo Total Total Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Rs. a, p. 791 - 10 461 8 144 - - 144 - - 144 - - 72 11 2 1,757 4 9 126 - 94 6 5 60 - - 236 4 - 516 10 5 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR W ITH MAHOMETANISM. 167 Allowance and Estiu.ated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of TrusteeB for their respective Management. Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Institution. Value of the Property. Berel of each lodividual. Bere» of a Potail's Division. Rs. a. p. 11,960 12 9 Ex-officio Trustees - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Adiga Here Mahabeleshwur Bhutt. Soobady. Upadyhorse Ganapay Bliutt. Gope Badraya Bliutt. Markandee Guenesh Bhutt. Rs. a. p. Rs. u. p. Rs. a. p. Co-Trustees - - - 6. 7. Dareshwur Kresta Bhutt, Prin- cipal Rayet . - - . Munjanath Noada, ditto - 7,500 - - 4,000 - - 350 - - 500 - - 150 - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - - - 1. 3. - 4. 5. Upawanta Sedashwa Bhutt. Ramachendra Keshwa Bhutt. Balakusta Shastry. Principal Rayet Gopaul Naik. Calega Naik. 490 2 10 Ex-officio Trustees - 1. 2. 3. Updi Vedeshwara Sooba Bhutt. Shenkra Singa Ganapa Bhutt. Gopi Badra Bhutt, 1,164 15 7 Ditto - - - - 1. 2. 3. Archec Singa Bhutt'e son, Sisha Bhutt. Ganapaya Bhutt. Sooba Adiga. 411 12 5 Ditto - - - - 1. 2. 3. Archec Devara Bhutt. Here Mahableshwur Bhutt, Sooba Adiga. 5 12 - Ditto - - - - 1. 2. 3 Archec Krista Bhutt. Principal Rayet Bawanguery. Badia Bhutt, for Harry Bhutt. 14,183 7 7 3,030 - - Co-Trustees - - - 1. ») 3. 4. 5. Principal Rayet MangolaDevarow. Soobrow. Ganmear Nassoo Maha. Marooty. Sooba Vitoba Shenoy. 8,500 - - Co-Trustees - - - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Principal Rayet Mangola Dava Row - . - . - Soobarow . - . . Marooty Sooba Vitoba Shenoy Gunnear Vasso Mahe Potail 750 - - 10,000 - - 300 - - 2,000 - - 2,000 - - 50 - - 300 - - 10 - - 190 - - 200 - - 1,999 3 7 25 - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - - 1. 2. - 3. Upadi Venka Bhutt. Ganapa Bhutt. Kristnaya Hebara. 456 13 7 Ri-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - - 1. . 2. 3. Adiga Ramchendra Jo3'sy. Potail Mookandapah. Principal Ryot Sajara Shenoy. X4 12,011 13 7 621. Icontinued) i68 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 1. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Ankola, showing the Annual Allowance and No. 1. Moganies- Villages. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Petty Pagodas, whose Allowances do not exceed 50 Rupees, and for the Management of which more than one Trustee is appointed : 3. 4. 6. Ankola Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 10. II. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Shayganally Ditto Ditto Hareta Nagoor Gokurn - Ditto Ditto Cushah ditto ditto Shetakerry Vandegree Tankankerry Awarsa ditto Meergan Heregooty Madanaquerry - Diviguey - Mogata Nada Masquerry Jagadaguerry Haneally ■ Curdodery Deoo Luxumy Narain Deoo Aria Doorga Deo - Bolaquerry Ama Nagavee Santery Bomay Deo Grama Deo Katray Eny Venketramana Deo Grama Deo Sambeh Bir Deo Gollyhir Deoo Doorga Devy Amount of Annual Tusdeck. Dorga Devy, and two other idols Shankita Parmeshry Gram Deoo Honapah, and two others Deoos Rs. a. p. 2 8- 12 - - 26 12 U 2 2 13 2 6 8 10 39 4 5 3 7 30 - - 12 2 6 5 4 8- 4 8 7 3 2 8 6 5 14 6 5 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 169 Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management — continued. Estimiled Value of the Property ia eich Pagoda. lis. a. p. 825 3,250 - 3,000 - - 264 8 - 208 12 COO - 1,500 - 0,000 - 375 - - 1,499 - - 204 080 - 395 593 2 5 471 4 054 3 2 Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Institution. E.\-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Trustees Value of the Proptrty. Rs. a. p. 621. Ditto Ex-ofiScio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Trustees - - Ditto Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ei-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Trustees - Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 1. Adija Jewara Bhutt. 2. Principal Ha^vet Narain Cumpty. 3. Potail Vassoo Malia. 1. Principal Ra3et Gamuskar Narnapoj". 2. Goda Luxumy Naraina. 3. Govinda Malia. 1. Principal Rayet Nara Ariapah. 2. Keshwa Hegade. 3. Govinda Shetty. 1. Bomay Gunaga. 2. Gaunkaur Vootikerry Naika. 3. Kodlearny Mangasha Shewy. 1. Principal Rayet Govinda Malea. 2. Goda Luxniy Naraina. 3. Narnapoy. 1. Potail Devanna. 2. Venka Naika. 3. Poojary Nairna Goonaga. 1. Poojary Janoo Gunega. 2. Potail Narna Shenry. 3. K. Munquesha Shewny. 1. Poojary Shuba Bhutt. 2. Shah Prubhooa, Principal Rayet"! 3. Mungay Prubhoo - - - f 1. Adiga Ananta Bhutt. 2. Principal Rayet Vitoba Shanbogue 3. Vitoba Hegadee. 1. Coombar Hossaboo. 2. Potail Birana Naika. 3. Principal Rayet Hossalama Naika, 1. Principal Rayet Martoopoy. 2. Potail Appoopoy. 3. Principal Raj-et Gowda Kalloo. 1 . Principal Rayet Simaya. 2. Venkefranuirya. 3. Chetanibar Slianbog. 1. Principal llayct Timapa Naik. 2. Marayana Shivapa. 3. Gooma. 1. Potail Vunkanne. 2. Principal Kayet Honaya. 3. Karieaniia Timana. ■ 1. Potail Unnoo Manna. 2. Principal Rayot Soobaya Timana. 3. Venkannana Soobayu. 1 . Principal Rayet Nadakarne Pootaya. 2. Moohoondy Naika. 3. Dodda Sauia Naika. Berei of each Individual. Rs. a, p. Bern of a Potail's Division. Rs. a. p. 400 - (cunlinued) 170 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF N 0. 1. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Ankola, sho-wing the Annual Allowance and Amount No. Moganies. Tillages. Designation of the Institntions of Native Worship. of Annual Tusdeek. Petty Pagodas, whose Allowances do not exceed 50 Rupees, and for the Management Rs. a. p. of which more than one Trustee is appointed — continued. 17. Gokurn - - - Hadigonah Gollybir Deoo and Gram Deoo ... 8 - - 18. Ditto - Terke Grama Deoo, Bomay Deo and Aleah Vudder Deoo 12 - - 19. Sheveshra Chelakoleh Mahmay Devy, and others .... 24 1 7 20. Seveshra - - - Hapanotty Ramnath Deo, and others .... 29 - - 21. Ditto - Moodguerry Shevanath Deoo ...... 25 - - 22. Ditto - Majally - Ramanath Deoo, and others . . - . 44 1 7 23. Ditto ... Angaddy - - - Shevanath Deoo ...... 4 12 10 24. Kadra . . - Hanakona Ramnath Deoo ...... 20 - - 25. Ditto - Halaque - - - Nairna Deoo ....... 28 - - 26. Bada Cusba ... Maha Devoo ....... 33 9 7 Total - . - 417 7 2 184 Petty Pagodas entrusted to the Management of single Trustees, being the Poojaries of the Institutions ......-.-.---- Total Petty Pagodas ...•.---• Mosques .....-- GRAND TOTAL 961 8 10 214 1,895 10 5 4 228 2 - 224 3,881 1 2 — Be Chirac, or Lapse to Government -..-...--- - 2 - 224 .... Company's Rupees 3,881 3 2 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. >7i Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management — continued. Entimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. lis. a. p. 403 9 7 1,07 201 6 5 234 4 - 800 831 14 274 10 - 234 12 - 410 652 1 2 25,837 7 2 11,471 11 4 Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Institution. 49,321 - 1 Value of the Property. Us. a. Trustees - - - - 1. Potail Sunnapah. 2. Principal Rayet A. Vurkana Birana. 3. Venkatesh Bhutt. i Ditto - - - - 1. Principal Rayet Nadakarney Pootaya. 2. Moquery Mungarsaya. 3. Nazoo Hananiantah. Ditto - - - - 1. Potail Poorsa Naika. 2. Principal Rayet Ganesha Naika. 3. Koolakarnay Munga Shemoy. Ditto - - - - 1. Potail Dam Naika. 2. Principal Rayet Govenda Naika. 3. Shedashwa Shanwanta. Ditto - - - - 1. Potail Baboo Desay. 2. Principal Rayet Venka Naika. 3. Shaba Naika. Ditto - - - - 1. Principal Rayet K.PandooShenry. 2. Potail Appoo Naika. 3. Principal Ilayot Tokala Shenry. Ditto - - - - 1. Potail Ariseda Shetty. 2. Principal Rayet Berapa Shida Shetty. 3. Balia Shetty. Ditto - - • - 1. Potail Raya Naik. 2. Principal Rayet Ramadoth Naik. 3. Martoba. Ditto ... - 1. Potail Nilka Naik. 2. Principal Rayet Baboo Slienkra Aloo. 3. Martoba. Ditto - - - - 1. Potail Kary Aboo. 2. Principal Rayet Kristna Shemoy. 3. Potail Rampoorsa Sliavanta. C9 - - I/- • Under the management of the Presidency Priests, or \hereditary Superintendents. 63,563 11 8 63,563 II 8 Berex of each Individual. Hs. a. Bcrei of a Potail's Division. Rs. a. p. (signed) //. M. Blair, Principal Collector. 621. V 2 172 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 2.-STATEMENT of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Mangalore, showing the Annual No. 1. Moganies. Villages. Mauthbur Devastanums : Valalanke - - Pawanja Bopanaud Codial Ditto Ditto C. Ditto 7. Ditto Koodetoor Cusba Kadr Mangalore Tola Cusba ditto ditto Metabyle ■ Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Maling-ashwer Deoo Doorga Parmeshery Devy Manjanath Deoo Mangala Devy Sheravina Venacka Deoo Vcnketramana Deoo Mamay Devy Doorga Punneil Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Rs. a. ji. 140 - - 720 918 14 10 266 1 7 882 12 - 507 3 2 249 14 - 120 - - 3,805 13 7 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. >73 Allowance and Estimated Value of the Property of each, and tlic Number of Trustees for their respective Management. Estunnted Value of the Propel ty in each Pagtxla. Rs. a. p. 907 5 5 13,307 - - 7,101 3 - ],375 12 5 2,973 - - 2,600 - 2,000 40,284 4 10 6:n. Name* of the Proposed Trustees for each Institution. Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - Ex-officio Trustees - Co-Trustees - - - 1. Adiga Kresta Bliutt. •2. Potally Kam Kristna. 3. Eslnvara Bliutt. 4. Munjutay Dossa Bhutt. 5. Potail Narnapah. 1 . Adiga Dossa Bhutt. 2. Puranack Ram Bliutt. 3. Kelstanty Kristna. 4. Roodra Ahesheka Amay Bliutt. 5. Doog'a Shavanta, a petty chieftain under former >roverunient, and enjoys precedence (manamary- adee) among the community ; holds an enam land of rupees 331. 12. beriz C. Goondal Luxemy Pottaya, a prin- cipal Rayet - - . . 7. Mahdoo Row Udapa, a principal Rayet - - . - - E.x-officio Trustees Co Trustees Ex-oflicio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees - Trustees Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ei-officio Trustees Co-Trustees Value of the Property. Berez of each Individual. Rs. a. 1. Oopady Ram Bhutt. 2. Veas lloya Acliary. 3. Kristna Bhutt. 4. Adiga Vassoo Bhutt. 5. Bhavaneenath Rajah of the Jog- liees, holds a jairy enaum of 148 rupees beriz, and his an- cestors are believed to have original!}' established the insti- tution . . - - - fi. Koossaya, a principal Ryat 7. Deoo Shettj-, a Potail 8. Vencapah Potail ... 9. Narna Shettj-a, principal Ryet - 1. Adiga Gungadry Halla. 2. Principal Ryet Attawar Venkapa. 3. Ditto Alliman Soobrow. 4. Ditto Venkapa Nawda, for Soobroy, a Blieet. 5. Ditto Antoba. 1,000 500 500 Berez of a Potail's Division. lis. 0,740 — - 403 12 5 100 - - 90 5 _ 1,000 - - 252 13 71 50 - - 6f) 11 2 500 - - 177 8 10 1. Adiga Narraina Bhutt. 2. Rutana Bhutt. 3. Ananta Bhutt. 4. Anaya Shastry, for Narna Dhutt. 5. Ramakeistna, for Gomapaty. C. Vassoodeva Bhutt. 7. Annaya Bhutt. 1 . Principal Rayet Babpoy - 2. Ditto Ruiigapoy . . . 3. Luxumana Kenny . . - 4. Narsein Bhutt - . . . 5. Narsein Narnapoy . . . 1. Adiga Cherda Bhutt. 2. Principal Rayet Babpoy. 3. Rungapoy. 4. Luxumana Keny. 5. Luxumana Ananta Cumpty. 1. Adega Kristna Asharana. 2. Adega Madavan Udapah. 3. Annoo Bhutt. 4. Principal Rayet Kristna Shetty. 5. Ditto Oogoo Sjhetty. Y 3 00,000 10,000 20.000 15,000 500 302 5 7 714 5 200 - - Rs. 1,951 12 5 3,000 30(1 1,100 (continued) 174 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 2.— Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Mangalore, showing the Annual Allowance No. 4. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Moganies. Villages. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Petty Pagodas or Deostaums receiving above 50 Rupees : VVamanffoor 14. 15. Byle - Mijar Mallaly - Velalanke Ditto - Mandakoor Panumboo Panumboo Nadasaab Pootoor - Cadandale Ulall Trivail Umbrootashwara Deoo Adipady Irravylee - Amanje Codial Ditto Tokur Padpanamboor - Cusba ditto Chittrapoor Simamtoor Canatoor - Cusba Someshwar Adinath Deoo Doorga Parmeshry Devi Pottaly Doorga Parmishry Devy Cusba ditto Soobraya Deoo Ananthanath Basty Doorga Purnieshry Devy Nandaneshwara Deoo Doorga Purmeshry Devy Janardana Deoo Abagadaraga Boota Soobrow Deoo Somanath Deoo Trimbaka Deoo Chindra Mowleshera Deoo Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Rs. a. p. 283 - - 108 - - 64 - - 210 7 2 60 - - 72 144 - - 180 - - 130 - - 120 - 62 - - 434 12 6 96 - - 60 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOiMETANISM. ^75 and Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management — continued. Eatimated Value of the Property in each Pagohanbog. 3. Ditto Apay Shetty. 1. Tantry Danioodiira. 2. Adiga Wassodeva Kolla. 3. Upadevant Krista Bhutt. 4. Purunica V(>nkteNli Bhutt. 5. Principal Rayet Ram Bliutt. 6. Ditto Tama Odiantya. 7. Ditto Nanlmh Shetty. 1. Adiga Diissoo Upadin. 2. U|)adiviint Ritmii|>iih. 3. Purichaikah Venkctrammia. 1. Adiga Riiniiiclii'iulia Blmtt. 2. Principal Rayet Rumchcndra Shanbog. 3. Ditto Narnapoy. V 4 Berez each of lodividual. Berez of a Potail's Division. lis. Us. 1,000 - - 200 - - 50 - - 25 - - {continued) I7t' PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF H^o. o. Statement of tlie Native Religious Institutions in tlie Talook of Mangalore, showing the Annual Allowance No. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Mogauies. Villages. Petty Pagodas, Deostaums — continued. Codiul ... Cudup Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Banadnllee Malloor - Neresavalea Nirisalea - Tollada Marly - Cusba Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Anantashwara Deoo Vistnoo Moorty Deoo Nelliky Venketrainana Deoo Kurnick Anuniuntha Deoo Brama Vistnoo Mahemeshwara Deoo Saraia Naraina Deoo Umamahemshwara Deoo Total 4. Petty PAC.ODAa whose Allowance does not exceed 50 Rupees, and for the Management of which more than One Trustee is appointed : Mooffur - Wamanjoor Ejamady ■ 7. Byle Bclma Moornaud Cusba Mooloor - Cusba Moodkereh Cusba Soonitkul Ditto Ditto Ditto ditto Kandiga - Katetoor - Ananthanath Basty Mundataya Bootha Mahalingaishwara Deoo - Doomanaty Bootha Moondataya Botha SedashiTa Deoo Dumavast}' Botha Darmadevety Jethet Doomavaty Botha Amount of Annual Tusdcck. Rs. a. p. 277 - - 86 72 84 - 66 - - 70 96 - 2,821 3 7 20 - 12 10 36 - - 4 - - 10 48 - - 1 12 10 1 12 10 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 177 nd Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management — continued. E«timat«l Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Rs. a. p. 2,500 5 - 15 - - 50 - - 100 - 6 12 10 159 7 7 300 - 14,072 2 10 233 15 2 1,000 - 075 - 1,000 2,000 - 500 - - 1,000 244 - 700 Names of the Proposed Trustees for each iDStitution. Ex-oificio Trustees - 1. Adiga Ram Bhutt. 2. Tanty Keshwa. • 3. Principal Rayet Shamaya Karuntc. 4. Ditto Narnapsili. 5. Ditto Tippa Bliutt. - Bilglie Soobrow. - Nclikay Veasrow. Co-Trustees Hereditary Owner Ditto - - Value of the Property. ns. Ex-officio Trustees - 1. Adiga Ramkrista Bhutt. 2. Upudi Koosa Achary. Co-Trustee - - - 3. Principal Rayet Ranga Row. Ex-oilicio Trustee Co- Trustees - - 1. Adiga Ram Bhutt. 2. Principal Rayet Kristna Bhutt. 3. Timpa Poonja. Ex-officio Trustee - 1. Adiga Keshawa Bhutt. Co-Trustees - - - 2. Principal Rayet Subaya Busedary, 3. Ditto Soobrow. Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustoos - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustcos - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - 1. Adiga Krista Bhutt. 2. Upady Soobraya Bhutt. 3. Principal Rayet Yelloor Venket Row. 4. Ditto Kiipady Amentaya. 5. Ditto Bellimaul Venteshya, 6. Sowcar Munjunathaya. 7. Kristnaya, son of Rungaza. 1. Poojary Chcnday Indra. 2. Principal Rayot Muilaly Bomahe (female). 3. Ditto Tamaya bhetty. 1. Poojary Anta. 2. Principal Rayet Tycmpa Shetty. 3. Ditto Moonda Shetty. 1. Adiga Mahdoo l{ow Bhutt. 2. Principal Rayet Mahdoo Row Bhutt. 3. Ditto Kristapah. 1. Poojary Makaly Devapah. 2. Principal Rayet Badrayu Bellal. 3. Ditto Apaya Shanboguc. 1. Poojary Moonda Bydia. 2. Principal Rayet Moonda Mallay. 3. Ditto Narma Bhutt. 1. Adiga Soobraya May am. 2. Upady Koopaya. 3. Principal Raynt Kanta Madia. 4. Ditto Dassana. 5. Ditto Muda Maria. 1. Poojary Sunka. 2. Principal Rayet Sunkapaya. 3. Buswa Bundary. 1. Nephew of Pujar}- Kantoo Mukally, 2. Principal Rayet Krista Bhutt. 3. Ditto Krista Chowta. 1. Poojary Vonkapa Koondadee. 2. Principal Rayet Hegadeh. 3. Ditto Gopaul Kristnaya. Berex of each Individual. Es. a. p. Berei of a PotaU's Division. Rs. a. pt 621. {continued) 178 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 2. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Mangalore, showing the Annual Allowance No. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Moganies. Villages. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Petty Pagodas whose Allowance does not exceed 50 Rupees, &c. — continued. Moornaad - - I Kattila - . - Habagdarga Bootha Kooloor Ditto Punumboor Pootoor Ulal Ditto - Codial Ditto - Ditto - Ditto - Ditto Ditto 134 178 18 209 1 210 Koonyetabyle ! - Puda Roddy - ' Cusba Cowtar - Cusba ditto Soojer Atawer ditto - , Cannoor Mangalore Mogur Vistnoodevety Bootha Doomavaty Bootha Dumavaty Bootha - Saviral Doomavaty Bootha Oolitaya Bhutt Rlehanioondy Bootha Moondataya Bootha Pundeshwar Mahalinga Deoo Moondataya Bootha Moondataya Bootha Allaykottay Hunmusth Deo Mundataya Bootha Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Rs. a. P- 12 - - 2 13 2 11 2 18 - - 1 9 7 12 - - -65 Total - Petty Pagodas entrusted to the management of single Trustees, being the Poojaries of the Institutions -•---.--.---.. 36 - - 4 7 2 2 — — 36 - - 46 6 5 261 12 5 1,983 13 2 Total Petty Pagodas Mutts ... Mosques GRAND TOTALi 5,066 13 2 1,076 - - 1,944 16 2 11,893 9 11 2 6 3 11,896 - 4 TNDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. '79 and Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management — continued. Estimated Value of the Property io each Pagoda. Names of the Proposed Trustees for each lustitutioa. Rs. a. p. 100 - - •200 - - 250 - - 600 - - 600 - - 434 - - 102 4 '2,000 2,022 Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ei-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Trustees - - - Trustees - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-offioio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Trustees - - - 75 7 2 I Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - 400 - 1,673 8 - U - - 2,000 - - 15,798 2 4 6,803 1 3 Ex-officio Trustee Co -Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co- Trustees - - :J6,763 6 5 1. o_ 3. 1. •2, 3. 1. 2. 3. Poojary Chena Mada. Principal Rayet Koonda Hegade. Ditto Koingue Soobraya. Poojary Deoo. Principal Rayet Chikaya Shetty. Munjunarey. Potail Appaya. Principal Rayet Vassoodeva. Ba^alla. 1 . Principal Rnyet Shenkra Cava. 2. Ditto Timay'Shetty. 3. Ditto Tanioo Karanta. 1. Poojary Deoo. 2. Principal Rayet Narna Bhutt. 3. Bogaty Karry. Poojary Deoo Moolia. Principal RayetChavoy Ram Bhutt. Potail Kristnaya. Poojary Dooma. Principal Rayet Ram Bhutt. Potail Kristnayah, Principal Rayet Shenkra Arega,. Cocha Rey. Narsa Naika. 1. Adiga Venketranama Bhutt. 2. Principal RayetAttawarVenkapah. 3. Kristna 011a. Poojary Mullca Kantana. Principal Rayet Attawar Venkapa, Ditto Munjah Shetty. Ditto Kristna Holla. Ditto Tenipah Poonjah. Poojary Moonda. Principal Rayet Timaparey. Ditto Antha Shetty. Ditto Parary Moondaroy. Potail Kristna Bundary. Adiga Ram Bhutt. Principal Rayet Alleman Soobrow Potail Doom Rey. Poojary Mullea Dooma. Principal Rayet Soobaya Bundary Ditto Maroava. Ditto Chicaparry. Ditto Anta IBoojdea. Value of the Projierty. Rs. a. p. "if- - Under the management of the presiding Priests, or herc- J\d;t itary Superintendents. 327 - 70,3!)r) I 1 70,396 11 3 Berei of each Individual. Its. a. p. Berea of a Potail's Dirisioli. Rs. 621. (aiijncd) //. M- Blah, Principal Collector. Z 2 i8o PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 3. STATEMENT of the Native Religioi's Institutions in the Talook of Buniwal, showing the Annual No. 1. 3. 4. 7. 8. 10. MoganieB. Villages. Mautiibur Devastanums. Soobramany Pootoor - Moobidrv Sooliah - Ditto Bettangaddy Ooperanguddy ■ Moozoor - Kawal Bellareh Kookeh - Cusbah Kantawar Toddikan Kannatell Kayertody Machine ■ Kadekar Koostear Kawal Moodnoor Perwajeh Dtisignation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Soobrow Deoo Mahlingah Deoo Kanteshwar Deoo Mullee Karjoon Deoo Chennakeshwa Deoo Ananteshwer Deoo Lahusurlingueshwer Deoo Lamnath Deoo Karengeshwer Deoo Doorgah Devy Amount of Annua] Tusdcek. Us. a. p. 4,400 - - 480 - - 998 15 7 6G2 - - 160 - 385 13 7 360 - - 381 5 7 480 - 10 128 - - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAXISM. 181 Allowance and Estimated Value of the Property, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management. Estimated \'a]ue of the Property in each Pagoda. R$. a. p. 1,60,000 - - 3,500 - 8,539 12 10 4,000 - - 150 1,898 1 C 400 - - 1,010 4 10 COO 150 - Names of the Propoaed Tnisteea for each Institution. Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - 621. Venkatkristna Assarann. Soobrayah Assnraniih. Hebar Narainnah. Kristna Achary. Patully Itaniapah. Veddeej'a Raja Tcerta Swamy, the principal religious man of a neighbouring' pagoda 7. Hebar Narnali, Principal Ruyet - Ex-officio Trustees - 1. Huddigul Ramapah. 2. Pootooraya Narainah. 3. Potally Keswah. Co-Trustees - - - 4. Vestnoo, a Potail ... 6. Bellypaddy Narseng Rey, a ditto 6. Naraina, a Principal Ilayet 7. Adan Shetty, ditto ... E.x-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees - Co-Trustees - ,- " 1. Sham Bhutt. 2. Narna Bhutt. 3. Kanta Madda, a Potail 4. Deruticarya, a Principal Rayet - 5. Gopaj' Hagadeli, ditto 6. Venkayapa, ditto . - - 7. Rungapah, ditto ... 1. Patally Narrainah. 2. Stanck Luxeemee Narravah. 3. Uddigul Chinna Bhutt. 4. Boniniana, a Principal Rayet 5. liutclia, Potail - . ."\ C. Doddana, his l)rother - -J 7. Derbudka, Principal Rayet Ex-ofBcio Trustees Co-Trustees Ex-officio Trustees Ex-officio Trustees Value of the Property. Rs. 6,100 493 1,.500 30,000 1,300 1,500 700 3,900 1,500 150 250 1,200 250 ' 1. Itchamah. 2. Veestnoo. 3. Sheevannah. 4. Govind Bhutt. 5. Kamayeali. 6. Principal Raj'et Luxeemee Naraina. 7. Ditto Shewannah. 1. Veestnoo Sampequeteah. 2. Uddigul Kristnapelatayeah. 3. Potally Dass Bhutt. 4. Oopadewanth Hagonidaehary. 5. Principal Rayet Pooleekaleli Narrainah 1. Kilshanty Soobrayah Jaggy Tayesh. 2. Potally Nursayeh. 3. Principal Rayet Burman Pandy. 4. Ditto Anno Pcrageddali. 5. Ditto Soodapil Narrainah. Ex-officio Trustees - 1. Kristna Sampeguehtayeah. 2. Potally Soobrayeah. Co-Trustees - • - 3. Principal Ilayet Burma Pandj'. 4. Ditto Anno Perageddeh. 5. Ditto Soodapel Narrainah, Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-TruBtees - - Keshwa Oopadeah. Kelshanty Ragovind Acharry. Potally Narna Achurry. Potail Dcnip Kajowali. Comban Porwaddytayeah. 1. Addigal Kristnah Bhutta. 2. Gootinah Munjanah. 3. Nettar Narnapah. Z '3 Bern of each Individual. Rs. 25 10 8 18'.; - 10 179 12 10 1,451 10 _ 1,()00 - - 2,125 3 3 194 4 6 279 6 5 2,295 4 5 71 2 10 326 8 10 53 _ _ 20 7 7 120 8 - 44 2 6 Bern of a Potail's Division. Rs. (continued) 18-2 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No, 3. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Buntwal, showing the Annual Allowance No. JMoganies. Villages. Designation of the iDStitiitions of Native Worship. Amount of Annual Tusdeek. 11. Mauthbur Devastanums — continued. Pootigney - - Pootigney 12. 13. Soolramany Erwatoor Somnath Deoo Koteh Cusba Erwantoor Sumpoost Narsein Deoo - Madehtallamull Wedevesh Deoo Total 1. Petty Pagodas or Deostaums receiving above 50 Rupees : Kellah . . - Kussyputan - - Punchling Deoo Vennoor Ditto Naravy Moodbidry Ditto 8. Cusba Vennoor ditto Cusba Naravy - Pranteah - ditto Nerunkv • Bellanguddy Honnarah Pamcoonba Oojereh - Kelpootigney - Shanteshwer Baaty Goomanath Bastly Soory Narraina Deoo Gooroogul Busty Wassa Busty Chewdurmith Seerahoor Derogah Purmeshurry Jenardan Deoo Somnath Deoo Rs. a. p. 999 4 10 560 240 - - 10,235 8 6 100 - 90 96 - 93 - 192 152 - - 80 100 72 - - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 1S3 aud Estimated V'alue of the Property, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management — continued. Estimated Value of the Property ID each Pagoda. Rs. a. p. 8,000 - - 0,100 400 - - 1,84,748 3 2 400 - 659 10 - 257 7 2 379 12 7 5,375 10 5 9,660 9 2 j(m - - 167 12 - Namea of the Propo«ed Trustees for each Inititution. Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Ditto - 1. Addigal Narna Bhutta. 2. I'ottally Narrainah. - 3. Chcndia Seker Chicraychonter, chieftain of Moodbidry, enjoy- ing a tusdeck of Rs. 793. 12. Tliis institution was originally established by his ancestors - 1. Veedej'ah rajteorta Swaray. The institution, and all its property, are his or his predecessors - 1. Sodeah Mutt Swamy. Ex-officio Trustees - Co-Trustees . - - Ex-officio Trustees - Co-Trustees - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - 1. Adigul Ram Bhutta. 2. Keelshanty Narain. 3. Fatally Veeshwerapah. - 4. Antup Cunibly. 5. Chenday Hcgadeah. - 1. Poojary Adahpah. 2. Poojary Bramaycah. - 3. Patan Shetty Chendapetty. 4. Doddoo Pudmayah. 5. Kantan Shetty. - 1. Goomaun Heendra. - 2. Chendap Shetty. 3. Doddah Padma Shetty. 4. Sannah Padmah Shetty. 5. Kantah Ajhary. Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - - 1. Adigul Weestnoo Moorty Bhutta. 2. Hastanick Mariana. - 3. Kantah Heggadeli. 4. Padmah Naikah. 5. Padmah Kottary. - 1. Chemah Hendra. 2. Chendapah Hendra. - 3. Putna Shetty Cooniam Shetty, a Principal Ruyet - . - 4. Ncnia Shetty, ditto - - - 5. Gooroogaloo, ditto - • . - 1. Chendapah Hendra. - 2. Putna Sht'tty Cooniam Shetty, a Principal Rayet - . - 3. Neman Shetty, ditto - . . 4. Dliurmapa Shetty, ditto 6. B. Chendpa Shetty, ditto - - 1. Venkefram Assaramah. - 2. Ram Bhutta. 3. Rojoonatayeah. 4. Ramanah Athekearry. 5. Shenkra Hegadeh. - 1. Mukytay Kristna Bhuttn. 2. Astanick Narainah. - 3. Narain Padmootanyah. - 1. Narnah Bhutt. 2. Astanick Mariopah. - 3. Dnrmnh Ravenli Konaruli. Value of the Property. Berex of each IndividuaL Rs. a. Rs. a. 25,000 6,100 10,0CC 25,000 8,000 10,066 25,000 300 8,000 1,931 1 7 25 10 5 15 13 7 1,000 - - 284 - - 15 13 7 1,000 - - Berei of a Potail'a Division. Rs. a. p. 021, Z4 {continued) i84 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 3. Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Buntwal, showing the Annual Allowance No. ]0. 11. 10. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 10. 20. 21. lMoa;anie9. Villnges. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Petty Pagodas or Deostauma receiving above 50 Rupees — continued. Peyeradka - - Kalnoojah - - Sadashwa Deoo 23. 24. 26. Mayeh Cellaloo Ditto - Yerdoor - Wennor - Aldunguddy Ditto - Moojoor - Narsanally Ditto - Bunguddy Ditto - Ditto - Bylanguddy Ditto - Moodbidry Mardaul - Cecilia - Mayeah - Koyeeoor Wodilnalah Cusbah Wennor Ballinja - Karandoor Kootear - Soorajeah Layellah - Methbagaul Yeendbett Cusbah Petteh - Charmaddy Sotaddy - Prantea - Buntar Cockadah Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Mah Deoo Punjab Doomawatee . - - - Doorga Dhevy . . - - - Malinga Deoo ..... Pauchalinga Deoo - - . . - Purshoowunnuth Busty . . . - Shanteshwer Busty .... Sadashiwah Deoo . . . - - Chendakoor Doorga Dhevy ... KoUy Doorga Dhevy .... Ardanreshwer Deoo .... Shanteshwer Basty . . . - Puncha Linga Deoo .... Gopaul Kistna Deoo .... Hereh Amanawarah Basteh Shanteshwer - Mahlinga Deoo . . . . - Waydanath Deoo . - - - - Rs. ■ a. p. 80 - - 60 - - 96 - 72 - - 200 - - 72 - - 96 - - 54 120 - - 64 - - 72 - - 72 - - 77 9 7 140 - - 54 4 5 56 - - 72 - - 160 - - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 18= and Estimated Value of the Property, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Munag-enient — continued. Estimated Value uf the Prop«'rry in each Pagoda. Rs. a. p. 1-20 12 - 43 3G(J - - 528 8 585 8 10 28 8 - 050 12 5 871 10 - 297 4 10 C2 125 - - 00 - - iOO 150 30 - - 3,4 O'J 15 2 154 350 - - Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Institution. Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-olHcio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co -Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Co -Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustee C'o-Trustccs - - l^x-othcio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-ollicio Trustees Ditto - - - Co-Trustcc Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustcc - - 1. Addig-ul Anuntayeah. 2. Dheoo Mulhih. 3. Annoo Cumbly. 1. Astanick Slicnkra Nairainah. 2. Addigul Nnrsana Bhutta. 3. Potail Padmah Nanayeah. 1. Addiga Soobraj-eah. 2. Amajarrv. 3. Tunma Cuddabah. 1. Addigul Naraina Karingamayeah. 2. Potallv Amniayeah. 3. PotaifDheoo Bullalah. 1. Addigul Appan Bhutta. 2. Potally Appayeah. 3. Venoor Timana Arsah Ajillar. 1. Govind Bluitta. 2. Astanick Vencuppa. 3. Kotty PudwaUah. 1. Chenda Hendra. 2. Braniay Shetty. 3. Santa Shetty. 1. Padmali Keendrah. 2. Potail Doog'anah Padoonalla. 3. Pattan Shetty Munjapah. 1. Kristna Bhutta. 2. Padmah Poonjah. 3. Potail Padmajeah. 1. Purmeshwara Butta Addiga. 2. Pattally Soomannah. 3. Nadda Amajary. 1. Addigul Rainali Bhutta. 2. Potail Soobrayeah. 3. Addigah Kristna Bhutta. ■ 1. Addigul Appan Bhutta. • 2. Shcnkra Ajarv. 3. Padnah Mullah. ■ 1. Burmah Yendrah. 2. Santah Yccndrah. • 3, Pattan Shetty Munjah Shetty. ■ 1. Addigul Ramanah Pungulnayeah. - 2. Chonnapah Arsoo. 3. Kcliiguc Shankranahraina. - 1. Addigah Wassoo Bhutta. 2. Astanick Kristna. - 3. Cheniapaii Hursoo. ■ 1. Poomah Shetty, Principal Rayct 2. Conhama Shetty-, ditto 3. Nein Shetty, ditto - . - Value of the Property. Rs. - 3. Hussrana Kristna Bhutta. Astanick Soobrayeah. Jettan Bhuntta. 621. 1. Mell. Shanty Narrianah. 2. Kristali Blinttuli. 3. Dassapab lli'dpndytoycah. A A Berez of each Individual. Es. Berez of a Potail's Division. Rs. 3,500 10,000 25,000 147 15 1,000 {coi'titiicd) ; 86 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF .\o. 3.— Statement of the Native lleligious Institutions in the Talook of Buntwal, showing the Annual Allowance No. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. Kloganics. Villages. Ueslgnatioo of the Institutions of Native Worsliip. Petty Pagodas or Deostaums receiving above 50 Rupees — continued. Cecelia - - - Cusbah Cockadeh - Cicelleshwer Deoo ■ Pootoor - Umarali - Punjab - Ditto - Ditto - Bundady Pyeradaka Ditto - Cusba Pootoor - Gootigur - Kankinah Chedagul Yedmungalla - Pallapah - Kollay Malamandy ditto - Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Coddipuddy Jenardanah Deoo Wallehumbeh Shenkpal Soombramaneh - Panewar Pancliilenga Devo ... Punchalinga Deoo . . - - Dongalo Dhevy - - . - - Athoor Sheedashwah Deo - . - Dharmastal Shree Maganath Deoo - Kadoo Maddah Dhevy wajaloo Total - Petty Pagodas whose Allowance does not exceed 50 Rupees, and for tlie Management of which more than one Trustee is appointed : 1. I Konnarah - - | Kelputequey - - Kedmantayeali Bootah - 3. Kowalah Pajeradakah 4. Ditto C. Mayah Bellaloo Wennoor - Soolkery Kowalah Mooddoor Kandoor - ditto lis. a. ]i. G8 - - Hi - - 98 - - 04 - - 00 - - 120 - - C4 - - 200 - - 80 - - .3,480 14 - Moondajeh Kallanja Cusbah Wennor Nawarah • Slianteshwary Busty Moortilay Bootha - Ollakhal Puncha Dooinawathy Purshenuth Bustv - Kodmantayeale 4 12 9 7 3 14 - 3C - 40 20 2 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 1S7 and Estimated Value of the Property, and the Numher of Trustees for their respective Management — continued. Eitimateil Value of the Properly io each Pagoda. >'aiae9 of the Proposed Truiitce:) for each Institution. \'a]ue of the Property. Berci of each Individ uaJ. Berez of a Potail's Division. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs, a. p. 3o0 - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - - 1. Mull Shanty Kristna Bliutta. 2. Keel Shanty Kristna Bhutta. Chendap Hegadeh. ■ oOO - - Ex-ofticio Trustees Co-Trustee - - - 1. Mell Shanty Narswan. 2. Kell Shanty Kristnayeah. - 3. Potuil Sooljauuh. 100 - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustee - - - 1. Addigah Appayah Bhutta. - 2. Chellada. 3. Torengul Soobayeah. 500 - - Ex-ofFicio Trustee Co-Trustees - 1. Addigul Soobrayeah. - 2. Painlitaddy Kristnayeah. 3. Potail Kristnayeah. 350 - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - - 1. Addigul Venketraminiah. - 2. Poodinayeah Venkapah. 3. Potail Ilamayeah. 1,000 - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - - 1. Keslnva Assarnah. t - 2. Amunah Vencapah. 3. Mooych Ragowah. V2.J - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - - 1. Narain Moochaltayeah, - 2. Mariah Bulliah. 3. Kalayeah Tunmali Shetty. 80,000 - - Ex-officio Trustee - 1. Chendy Heggadeh, Hereditary. ■ Ex-officio Trustee - 1. Chenday Heggadeh, Hereditary. 108,108 S 7 327 - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - - 1. Kantoo Mukally. - 2. Clienday Hegadeh. 3. Potail Padmali Shetty. 1,000 - - Co-Trustee - - - 1. Dharman Hegadeh. 2. Kawalah Podoor Chenday Ayscall 3. Ooinanah Hegadeh. ih. 1,739 3 2 Ex-officio-Trustee Co-Trustees - - - 1. Bcomay Hendrah. - 2. Chenapah Ars.soo Moollear. 3. Nadawal Chendrj- Shetty. 573 13 7 Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustee - - - 1. Govindali. - 2. Beennan lloggcdali. 3. Aych Heggedah. 257 3 2 Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - - 1. Mootapah Poojary. - 2. Ballanjah Ooogan Shetty. 3. Astanick Tuinmayeah. 174 15 7 Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - - 1. Bonian Hendrah. - 2. Pattan Shetty Chendap Shetty. 3. Doddali Piuliiiali Slietty. 281 G 6 Co-Trustees - - - 1. Agapah Atikary (Potail). 2. Tiiiiimayeali. 3. Kantali Hi'.'-gadeii. 621. A A 2 (continued) i88 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 3. — Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Biintwal, showing the Annual Allowance No. Moganies. Villages. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Amount of Annual Tusdeck. •8. Petty Pagodas Aldanguddy who se Allowance does not es Karandoor ceed 60 Rupees, &c. — continued. Ganapathy Deoo ------ Rs. a. p. 24 - - 9. Ditto - - ditto - - - Moonelethay Bootlia . . - . . 20 - - 10. Narravy - - Cusbah Naravy Dhamah Teertah Carah Busty . - . 28 - - 11. Ditto - - ditto - Koddamanthayeah Bootha - . - - 4- 12. Narsamally - Nadah - Perenan Busty Anantasheverah ... .30 - - 13. Ajabbett - - Cusba Ajabett - Kodmantay Botha -.--.- 3 3 2 14. Ditto - - Chenaytody Kareewal Doomawathy ----- 2 6 5 lo. Moodbidry - Prantanyeah - Weerabadra Dheoo 12 - - 10. Ditto - - ditto - - . Baddagana Busty Chendranata - - - 48 - - 17. Ditto - - ditto . - - Sbettar Bustywardamanah . - - - 20 - - IS. Ditto - - ditto - Bettehguerry Basty Wardamanah - - . 8 - - 19. Ditto - - ditto - Mahdeoo Shetty Basty Adeshwarrah 12 - - 20. Ditto - - ditto - - - Kotty Shetty Busty Nemeshwarrah 24 - - 21. Ditto - - ditto - - - Kereh Busty Mallynatha . - . . 8 - - 22. Ditto - - ditto - Kal Bust}- Chendranatha - - - . 28 - - 23. Ditto - - ditto - . - Vicranth Shetty- Busty Adeshwara . - . 8 - - 24. Ditto - - ditto - Tecrtakur Bustj- Tecrtanatha . . - . 8 - - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH :\[AIIOMETAXrSM. iS and Estimated Value of the Property, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Mann^ement^ontiyiued. Estimited Value of the Properly in each Pagoda. Rs. a. p. 202 12 - 309 2 10 G47 9 o 193 8 10 181 1 7 200 - - 400 - - 134 15 2 1,250 14 10 1,2J0 14 10 1,089 14 573 3 2 841 -J 707 10 - 004 - - 950 1 7 1,953 13 7 307 - Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Institution. Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Co-Trustees Ex-ofiicio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-'l'rustees - - Ex officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - Ex-officio Trustee Co -Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - 1. Soobray Butta Addigah. 2. Kokeli Venkapah, 3. Potail Kantiih Boonnah. 1. Timana Arssoo Ayellar. 2. Potail Kantoo Boonah. 3. Appannah. 1. Addanali Yeendrah. 2. Dhejoo Shetty. 3. Kantah Hcyadah. 1. Timniapah. 2. Potail Pandy Atheeknry. 3. Anney Poouany. 1. Dewapah Hurdrali. 2. Amujureh. 3. Dooganah Ajary. 1. Kantoo Powanny. 2. Purmeshawarayea. 3. Kantoo Pudwallah. 1. Kanto. 2. Pornah Shetty. 3. Purmeshwarah. 1. Poojary Roodrah. 2 Tottapah. 3. Chennaphusswah. 1. Chendaj-ee Hendrah. 2. Tottapah. 3. Cliennapliusswah. 1. Chendayee Hendrah. 2. Coonhania Shetty Pattanah Shetty 3. Neni Shetty. 1. Clienday Oopadiah. 2. Pattan Shetty Coonhama Shetty. 3. Neni Shetty. 1. Chennay Hindrah. 2. Pattan Shetty Coonhaniali. 3. Neni Shetty. 1. Padniah Hindrah. 2. Pattan Shetty Coonhama Shetty. 3. Neni Shetty. 1. Padinali Hindrah. 2. Pattan Slietty Coonhama Shetty. 3. Nem Shetty. 1. Punch Hindrah. 2. Pattan Shetty Coonhama Slictty. 3. Nem Shetty. Chendapah Hindrah. Puttan .shetty Coonhamoo Shetty. Neni Slietty. Gooinana Hindrah. Pattan shetty Coonlianioo Shetty, Nem Shetty. Gooniana Hindrah. Pattan >hetty t^oonlmmoo Shetty, 3. Nem Shetty. V.iliip (tf tlic Property. Berez of each Individual. Rs. lis. a. uf a Potail's Division. Rs. 621. A A 3 [continued) 100 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 3.— Statement of the Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Bantwal, showing the Annual Allowance No. Moc.inics, 20, 28. 20. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. Villages. DesigaatioD of the Institutions of Native Worship. Petty Pagodas whose Allowance does not exceed 50 Rupees, k.c.~continued. Moodbidry - - Prantyeah - - Cholloo Shetty Busty Pudmah Prabhohec 387 Ditto Ditto - Ditto - Ditto Neiunky Ditto Mardaul - Soobraniany Pootoor - Unaiiih Ditto ditto ditto - ditto Toddar Ranikoonha Gollvtaltoo fihuntur Billnilleh Ariappoo Moosrur Moodnoor Yenka Devaially - \ Yenkal Puddoo Busty Ananthanatha Dewarajah Shetty Mallinatha ■ Padmah Shetty Busty Mallenatha Kodmantayeah Ramkoonhaswcr Dheoo Chendianath Bastv JMarally Bootha Gopaul Kristn ahDeoo Karpaddy Soobray Deoo Kannad Dheothee, alias Poorsha Bootha Ballakulla, alias Nayer Bootha Soobrav Dheoo Amount of .\nuucil Tiisduek. Rs. a, p. 48 - - 12 40 - - G - 48 - - 8 - 2 12 40 - - 3G - - 1 - Petty Pagodas entrusted to tlio Management of Single Trustees, being the Poojary of thcl Institution ---------'-•""■J 450 -..--..- Total Petty Pagodas - Muttums 57 10 540 5 Be Chirac, or Lapses to Government Mosques 545 GRAND TOTAL 710 - 9 4,101 13 8 8,292 12 o 889 3 C 31.5 is !• 13,743 1 1 44 lU 11 19,787 12 (True copies.) (signed) /. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETAXISM. IQl and Estimated Value of the Property, and tlie Number of Trustees for tlieir respoctivo Management — cuittinucd. Estimated Value of die Property ia each Pagoda. Rs. a. p. 1,CS2 10 - 4-2rj 4 - 1,201 12 - 1,072 7 7 1,270 4 - 200 - - 100 - - 91 - - no 4 10 •200 - - 100 - - 360 - - .30 - - 22,129 4 11 10,432 2 1 1,40,909 1.5 7 1,410 8 - 31 - - Names of the Proposeil Trustees for each Institution. Value of the Property. Ex-ofticio Trustee Co-Trustees - - E.\-ofiicio Trustees Ex-oflicio Trustee C'j-Trustees - - £x-officio Trustees £x-officio Trustee - Co-Trustees - - - Ei-officio Trustees - 1. Nunyapah Hindrah. 2. Pattan Slietty Coonhamoo Shetty. 3. Ncm Shettj-." 1. Cliendapnh. 2. Pattan Shetty Coonhamoo Shetty. 3. \em Slietty.' 1. Chendnpali Hindrah. 2. Pattan .Shetty Coonhamoo Shetty. 3. Nem Shetty. 1. Gooman Hindrah. 2. Pattan shetty Coonhama Shetty, 3. Nem Shetty. 1. Goury (female). 2. Poowany Pnllipah. 3. Nundedapali. Rs. Bcrc-z of Borez each I of a Individual. I Potail's Uivi&iun. Rs. Rs. 1. 2. Co-Trustee - - - 3. 3,33,166 10 9 Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Co-Trustees - Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Addisra Narinah Bhutt. Astanick Appanah. Potail Venkatesh Bhutta. Dewapali Hindrah. Potail Raniana Atheecary. Nerunky Manjapah Shettj-. Poogary Kristna. Jethana Butta. Biddanath Luieemy Ballalah. Sutharani Addigah. Potail Munjey Shetty, Gowdoo Shetty Ramah. Addigul Vassoo Dhewah. Astanick Venkapah. Venkatesh Bhutta. Kristnaj-eah. Mawoor Kooiiibali. Gowood Soobuh. 1. o_ 3. 1. ._)_ 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. o_ 3. 1. o^ 3. 1. Koodumbilla Vencapah. 2. Mayrpaddali Gopallah. 3. Timniapah Goonidali. 1. Seen Bhutta. 2. Soobrayeah. 3. Banaddakali Jannali. JUnder the management of the Presiding' Priests, or here- in ditary Superintendents. Ditto ditto. 3,0:i,10,'. 10 9 (signed) //. M. Blair, Principal Collector. 621. A A 4 — No. IOC — iy2 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF — No. 106.— (No. 762.) Revenue ExTKACT froni the Miiiutes of Consultation under date 17 July 1843. Department. Read the following Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue : — Recording observations on a letter from the Principal-] Collector of Canara, reporting tlie progi-ess made in the I /tt p^fpr Q Mnv 1 fiA'i Nn '^'^9 ^ aiTangements for confiding to native trustees the several I (."cie euuei o md^ lC'±o, i'NO. OOJ. I religious institutions in that district. J 1. The Most noble the Governor in Council approves of the arrangements which have now been reported by the Collector of Canara, for confiding to trustees the native religious institutions previously under the charge of the officers o Ciovernment in the three talooks of Mangalore, Buntwal and Ankola, in his district, and he unites with the Board in the desire, that no time should be lost in completing the measures in progress in the only remaining talook, Bekul. 2. His Lordship in Council has learned with much satisfaction, that when the arrangements in that talook have been finally made, the Board will then " be enabled to report the total disseverance of the Government interference with the aft'airs of the native religious estabhshments throughout the provinces composing the Madras Presidency." (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. (A true extract.) (signed) /. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No. 107.— (No. 295.) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 15 June 1843. Read the following letter from the Acting Collector of Tanjore: — " From J. F. Bishop, Esq., Acting Collector of Tanjore, to E. C. Lovell, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 5 June 184'5. " Sir, " I have the honour to forward, for the information of the Right honourable the Governor in Council, the annual statements of the disbursements on account ^•egallatum - ^77 13 10 of the Negapataui and Combaconum Lunger Khannas, for the year 1842, fonibaconum - i2, 1 10 ^^^ ^^ rcqucst that sauctiou may be procured for the disbursed amount ; viz. Total - 804 \r^ ii Rs. 804. 15. 8. (signed) " J. F. Bishop, " Tanjore, Codicary, 5 June 1843." " Acting Collector." REFORT INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOjMETANISM. ip3 REPORT of tlie Inmates of the Lazar House at Segapatam, and of the Expenditure durhig the Year 1842. B DEDUCT REM.MXING INM.\TES. E.XPENDITURE : Number of Persona ^ MONTHS. Number of Person Laz.ir-HoU8e duri Month. Number of Persons dismissed according to Orders. leavin e the Lazar House: Num- ber of Deaths. TOTAI. Poor, but not Sick. ■■J it: 1 Still Sick. TOTAI,. For Food. Salaries of the hired Servants. Poor, but not Sick. Sick. IjI K 5 Total. January 25 11 3 ;) 11 2 25 3 . 9 12 24 10 . 12 - - 36 10 - February 17 2 3 12 2 - - 17 3 12 15 17 12 5 12 - - 29 12 5 March 16 5 3 7 5 1 16 3 - - 7 10 19 13 8 12 - - 31 13 8 April - - - 14 1 3 10 1 - - 14 3 - - 10 13 18 13 8 12 - - 30 13 8 May - IS 3 3 9 3 - - 15 3 - - 9 12 20 7 3 12 - - 32 7 3 June - - - 15 1 3 n 1 - - 15 3 - - 11 14 19 7 5 12 " - 31 7 5 July - 18 3 3 11 3 1 18 3 - - 11 14 20 12 8 12 - - 32 12 8 August 21 4 3 13 4 1 21 3 - - 13 1(! 19 2 9 12 - - 31 2 9 September • 22 6 3 13 6 - - 22 3 - - 13 16 23 9 6 12 - - 35 9 6 October 18 3 2 10 3 3 18 2 - - 10 12 19 12 6 12 - - 31 12 6 November - 12 - 2 9 - - 1 12 2 - - 9 11 14 8 - 12 - - 26 8 - December - 15 2 2 11 2 - - 15 2 - - 11 13 15 - - 12 - - 27 - - Total - - 208 41 33 125 41 9 208 33 - - 125 158 233 13 10 144 - - j 377 13 10 Negapatam, 29 May 1843. (signed) P. Batchtlor, REPORT of the Inmates of the Lazab House at Combaconum, md of the Ex )enditure during the Year 1842. Number of Persons in the Lazar- House during each Mouth. DEDUCT REMAINING INMATES. EXPENDITURE : MONTHS. Number of Persons dismistied according to Ordere. Number of Persons leaving the Lazar- House : Num- ber of Deaths. Total. Poor, but not Sick. a -73 Still Sick. Totat,. For Food. Salaries of the hired Servants. Poor, but not Sick. Sick. Recovered from Sickness. TOTAL. January February March • - April - . - May - June - - - July - August September - October November - December - 17 10 It; 15 15 17 18 14 22 16 12 14 3 3 1 1 1 6 5 6 1 2 - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 6 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 . 10 10 11 11 12 12 11 13 14 7 10 9 14 13 14 14 15 14 12 14 15 il 11 HI /?s. a. ;>. 17 12 7 13 14 9 14 13 2 11 10 7i 19 4 llj 14 8 e\ 19-6 15 11 1] 16 2 IJ 15 15 - 12 14 I 13 12 9| lis. a. p. 10 8 - 10 8 - 10 8 - 10 8 - 10 8 - 10 8 - 118- 118- lia- na- na- ns- 7?5. a. p. 28 4 7 24 6 9 25 5 2 22 2 7i 29 12 11^ 25 - 6J 30 8 6 27 3 l.i 27 10 IJ 27 7 - 24 1 25 4 9i Total - - 192 27 1 - - 1 2 7 37 25 - - 130 \!,i. 185 8 2j 132 - - 317 8 2^ Amount of Charges incurred for .Meilicine - - - - - Amount of Charges incurred for repairing the Latar- House . - . 66 15 n; 42 9 7J TOTAL - - - 427 1 10 (sjgocd) J. F. Biihop, Acting Collector, 621. 13B 194 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing letter, with its original enclosures, be submitted for the orders of the Most noble the Governor in Council, with refer- ence to the Resolution of Ciovcrament, dated llth June 1839, No. 764. The Board recommend that sanction may be granted for the charges incurred from the surplus Pagoda Funds of Tanjore, on account of the Lunger Klmnnahs Nepapatam - 377 13 10 estabhshed at Negapatam and Combaconum, amounting; in the aerirretrate to Lorabaconum- 427 1 10 rj„ oqi i <; o -to"^'- ivj «04 15 8 (signed) E. C. LoveJl, Acting Secretary. — No. 108.— (No. 788.) The Most Noble the Governor in Council sanctions the charges reported in the foregoing proceedings, amounting to Rs. (804. 15. 8.) eight hundred and four, annas fifteen, and pice eight. (signed) G. D. Drury, Fort St. George, 22 July 1843. Chief Secretary. (True extract.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. 1843. — No. 109.— (No. 352.) From E. C. Lovell, Esq., Acting Secretary Revenue Board, to the Chief Secretary to Government ; dated 1 7 July 1 843. Sir, Para. I. With reference to an extract from Minutes of Consultation under date 17th May 1843, I am directed by the Board of Revenue to transmit to j^ou 10 in Cons. 17 July for submission to the Most noble the Governor in Council, the accompanying letter from the Acting Collector of North Arcot, furnishing further information on the subject of the Poonjee Matam in his district. 2. From this it will appear that the punchayet decree, referred to by Kishen Doss, petitioner in No. 456 of 1843, went simply to determine his claim to the management of the Poonjee Matam, as superior to that of one Letchmum Doss. The award had no reference to the comparative right of Balaram Doss, the present incumbent, and has in no degree been set aside by the appointment of that individual. It will be further perceived that the respective titles of the petitioner and of Balaram Doss to the charge of the matam, as derived from inheritance, are nearly equal. From 1838 to 1841, the former and his brother enjoyed the sole management of the institution, when they were dismissed for misap- propriation of its endowments, and for conduct in gross violation of the customs of the matams. The vacancy thus occasioned was conferred on Balaram Doss ; and as his title to the office is equal to that of the petitioner, and his conduct unexceptionable, whilst that of the petitioner seems very questionable, the Board would submit that it is not desirable to disturb the existing arrangement. Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, 17 July 1843. (signed) E. C. Lovell, Acting Secretary. From INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMET ANISM. 195 From W. H. Bahinglon, Esq., Acting Collector, North Arcot, to E. C. Lovell, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 10 July 1843. Sir, Para. 1. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2oth May last, forwarding petition* No. 45G, of 1843, with its enclosure. • Returned. 2. The mutt to -which this petition has reference, is endo-wed with inam land, yielding about pagodas 224. 6'? f. ]jer annum. The object of the institution is to feed Byraggees and others, travellers. Toyal Doss and Ram Doss, to whom the inam was fir^t granted by the Nabob of Arcot, were Byraggees. The former was of that class of Byraggees on whom celibacy is enjoined. Toyal Doss and Ram Doss were succeeded by their disciples Lutchmun Doss and Kishen Doss. A dispute having occurred between them, the Nabob decided, in the year 1795, that they should share the inam equally. This Kishen Doss appears to have been an ancestor of the petitioner. The next incumbent was Govurdun Doss, appointed in ISOO, and the next was Maniram Doss, appointed in 1 809. IVIaniram Doss died in 1835, but his death was not reported at the time, and it appears that his disciple, Raganath Doss, succeeded him, and died within a few months of him. Whether on the death of Raganath Doss, Yeshabada Bei, the mother of ' the petitioner, had anything to do with the institution, is uncertain ; but on her death, in 1836, the petitioner represented her to have been in charge of it jointly with Maniram Doss, and, concealing the death of Maniram Doss, applied to the Collector to be associated with him. An order was passed accordingly ; but a few days after, the falsehood of part of his statement having been discovered, the charity was placed by the Collector under circar management, pending an inquiry. In 1838 an order was passed appointing the petitioner and his brother, on the ground of their being heirs of Ram Doss, who had been joint incumbent with the first incumbent Toyal Doss. In 1839, on the petition of one Lutchmun Doss, who claimed the mutt, the Collector ordered a punchayet to investigate his claims. The tahsildar had made a report on his claims in the previous year, and the punchayet took the same view of the subject as the tahsildar, and decided against him. 3. The Board inquire why this punchayet award has been set aside ; on this I have to observe, that the question before the punchayet was the value of the relative claims of the petitioner and Lutchmun Doss, and their decision against Lutchmun Doss" claims has not been set aside ; but another claimant having sub- sequently arisen, it was in his favour, and not in favour of Lutchnmn Doss, that the petitioner was removed. 4. In 1841 Balaram Doss claimed to be appointed manager of the institution, as heir of the first incumbent Toyal Doss, and charged the petitioner and his brother « ith gross abuse of their trust. He produced the original sunnud, and many other documents, and many Byragees deposed to his being disciple of a disciple of Toyal Doss, and therefore his heir. 5. The princii)al charges against the petitioner and his brother were, that, instead of appropriating the inam to feeding the Bygaries and others, they appropriated the whole to their own use ; and the ])ctitioner was further charged with having- caused a woman he kept, to live in the mutt, and even allowed her to bring forth a child there. C. Tlie truth of these charges was fully proved by the evidence of the villagers. The petitioner's keeping a woman in the mutt, appears to be considered by the Byragees a most outrageous breach of the rules of their class ; for though they are not all bound to celibacy, the original incumbent was so, and women are rigidly excluded from all their mutts. 7. On the conclusion of the inquiry, Mr. Goldingham, on the 7th April 1842, passed an order for the dismissal of the petitioner and his brother, and appointed Balaram Doss. 8. With regard to the relative claims of the petitioner and Balaram Doss, I think, as far as inheritance goes, they are nearly ecjual ; but Balaram Doss being bound to celibacy, is a circumstance in his favour, as he will be less likely 6ji. b b 2 to 196 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF to divert the funds of the charity to his own use. The gross abuse of trust of which the petitioner and his brother have been guilty, renders them, in my opinion, quite unfit to be entrusted with the management of the mutt. (signed) W. H. Babingto7i, Acting Collector. North Arcot, Collector's Cutcherry, Chettor, 10 July 1843. — No. 110.— (No. 825.) Resolved, That the following endorsement be made on the petition of Kistna Doss, No. 45G of 1843, under " the explanation afforded by the Acting Col- lector of North Arcot, the Government will not disturb the existing arrange- ment." (signed) G. D. Drury, Fort St. George, Chief Secretary. 29 July 1843. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. — No. 111.— (No. 67.) From J. D. Bourdillon, Esq., Secretary to the Revenue Board, Fort St. George, to the Acting Chief Secretary to Government; dated 13 February 1843. Sir, InCons. 2Fcb.i843. Para. 1. 1n reply to your letter of the 21st ultimo, lam directed by the Board of Revenue to acquaint you, for the information of the Most honourable the Governor in Council , that thoy have been yet unable to complete the arrange- ments for abandoning the connexion of Government with the native rehgious •Canara,Chinsleput, institutions in three of the five* districts which you mention. North Arcot, South n. t t~t, ■ ■, ,,• rr i ■, ^ ^ ■, Anot, Madras. 2 In Chmgleput the disseverance has been errected, and the final arrangements Ext .Mins. of Cons, have received the ap[)roval of Government. Some further correspondence has N 'i (ug'^nCons taken place on the subject of the Madras Pagodas, which is this day separately 19 bJc. ' submitted for the information and orders of the Most honourable the Governor in Council. 3. In North Arcot, all the pagodas and other institutions, 188 in number, have been finally and satisfactorily committed to the custody of trustees or guardians, except the single Temple of Tripetty. All the correspondence that has passed on the subject is now forwarded lor the information of Government,! and it will be perceived that there is a prospect of effecting an arrangement for Tripetty also, at no distant period. The great wealth and importance of that institution have made the Board anxious that full inquiry should be made before the formation of any final settlement. 4. In South Arcot the Collector met with difficulties in giving effect to the wishes of Government and the Honourable Court, from the unwilUngness of parties generally to accept the charge of the pagodas. He was able, however, F o Colloctor to dispose of all the petty devastanums, and of 52 of the larger ones ; and it is 10 May 1842, ' hoped that the arrangements for the remaining 5.5 are advancing, in accordance paia. io. -with t From tlie Principal Collector of North Arcot, 29th Sept. m Cons. 14 Oct. 1841 ; to Acting Principal Collectoi, 2.'5 May 1812 ; to the Collector, 1 Sept. 1842 ; from the Collector, 7th, in Cobs. 15th"Scpt. 1842 ; from the Collector, 17th Dec. in Cons. 12th Jan. 1843 ; to Collector, 23d Dec. 1842. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 197 ■with the repeated and detailed instructions which Mr. Hallett has received. The correspondence that has passed in the matter is herewith forwarded.* 5. In Canara the religious institutions under the management or control of the officers of Government were extremely numerous (3,6GS), which rendered it a matter of time to provide in detail for their future disposal. The Board have been in communication with the Principal Collector on the question, and all the general outlines of the plan are settled. Mr. Blair is now engaged in carrying out the detailed arrangements, and the Board hope to be able to report their final completion at an early date. Meanwhile I am directed to forward the cor- respondence t that has already passed, and to state that this, as well as that con- cerning the two districts t already noticed, would have been communicated before, North and South had not the Board deemed it preferable to wait till they could report that the ■'^'■*-'"'- arrangements were fully completed. (signed) J. D. Bourdillon, Secretary. Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, 13 February 1843. From G. M. Ogitvie, Esq., Principal Collector, North Arcot, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George; dated 29 September 1841. Sir, Para. 1. I have the honour to submit, for the consideration and approval of the Board of Revenue, the accompanying statement, exhibiting the names, cha- racter and profession of the individuals selected for the administration of the pagoda revenues, funds and general control of the temples in North Arcot, conformably with the orders conveyed in the letter from Government, dated the 12th June 1841, and transmitted to me with the extract from the Board's pro- ceedings of the 24th of the same month. 2. The whole number of the temples in Nortli Arcot are 188 ; 73 pagodas, and one mosque, bearmg a tusdeek or ready money allowance, 19 having an allow- ance in kind, and 95 Chillara deostanums ; two of the latter situated in Chingleput, but the allowance paid from this treasury. 3. The 73 tusdeek deostanums were maintained under the Nabob's govern- ment by having villages allotted to them, but since the British assinnptiou changed to a ready money allowance. The 95 Chillara deostanums (with exception of the two in Chingleput) are in the talooks of Caverypauk, Sholin- ghur, Trivellum and Sautghur. They have still some maniem land attached to them, as formerly, but in lieu of the meerah and roossum allowances, ready money is granted. 4. The total annual revenue from all and every source attached to these (Triputty excepted), amounts, on an average of 10 years, to 32,047 rupees. The tusdeek disbursements for the same period, 27,277 rupees. .0. The average receipts of the Triputty offerings for 10 years past, 109,873 rupees ; the disbursements, 32,528 rupees. 6. In selecting the individuals enumerated in the statement to be entrusted with tlie administration of the affairs of these temples, every attention has been given to local circumstances, and to the general wish of the conununity. I left it principally to themselves to select their own trustees, and those who have offered themselves seem to be desirous of undertaking the trust for the public good, • From the Collector of South Aroot, lOth, in Cons. aOtli Way Ii!42; to the Collector, 2 JuneJ842; to the Collictor, Ist Sept. 1!U2 ; from the ((.Hector, JOlh Sept. l"li-12, Cons. Cth Oct. 1842 ;. to Collector, Cth Sept. Ui42 ; from Collector, 24th Oct. in42, in Cons. :)! Oct. 18421; to Collector .-Ust Oct. 11142. f From tho l'rlncii>iil Collector of Canara, 2B Oct. in Cons. 14 Nov. 1842; rroceeunga Chairy - Tootteput - Bramin - 50 nioncydar - - - ditto ; ho is an Acliarry Poorson in his deostanum. - ditto. V. RooUrapa Chitty - Boodoepetta Lingabul- Jawar. 56 niorchant - religious, and good charncter - ditto. 02 1, C C 2 (continued) 204 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Statement, showing the Particulars of the several Dcvastanunis, and the Talooks. Arcot Velloore Trivattoor >■ AMES of the VILLAGES. Vaipore - Pulleamdah Vellore Argandumpoody Vceroopatcliypooruin Brinjeepur Amoor Sholanarani D E V A S T A N V 51. 3. DESIGNATION. NiimlKr of Deostanums eubordiaate to it. TOT.VL Deostanums. Vathistaswara Swainy 6. Annual Collection, Amount of 2^1aunyem, Marah, &c., formerly attached to the Deostanums on an average of Ten Years, or from Fuslv 12.33 to 1242. Annual Amount payable in Money, in lieu of Collection. (CoL 6.i R.S. a. 281 4 Rs. a. p. 447 15 9 Agrarani Stree Runganada Swamy - 1 Stree Lutchmy Narain Swamy 1 Taratiaswara Swamy - - 1 1 Anjoonaya Swamy - • - Nagaswara Swamy - - 1 Stree Vandaraja Swamy - 1 Stree Gujjala Vardaraja Swamy 1 Payable in the Vellore talook for three Deostanums'^ of the Trivellam talook - ... -J ToT.\L Vellore - - Cusbah Trivattoor 1 ] 1 ( I 1 1,383 8 .3 I 1,103 1 7 .jOI 10 2 514 12 3 120 15 4 2,380 11 343 14 3 1.59 1 6 238 2 2 5,642 10 128 11 437 11 10 294 2 1 133 2 9 1,713 13 G 107 14 C 270 5 - 298 13 6 4,455 - 9 5,771 - II 4,455 - 9 Vadapureswara Swamy - - 1 Walapundal - Bucta Vactshala Swamj- - 1 Stree Taroogar Vardaraja Sv/aniy 1 Payable in the Trivattoor talook for a Deotsanum procession at Canjeveram, in the Chincrleput zillah . . 1 - . - -~^ -^ Total Trivettoor 1,075 4 9 ' 1,095 4 - 153 15 10 22G 13 2 15G 5 11 225 13 2 1,386 10 1,5-nO 14 4 114 3 I no - 7 1,499 14 1,660 14 11 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY. OR WITH MAIIO:\IETAXISI^r. Native Individuals to whom tlieir Manngement niaj- be transferred — continued. N A M F, of the Proposed Tnistee«. 9. Place of Resilience. 10. Caste. 11. .Age. Swerainany Moodelly Run-ra Churry - H. Sya Swamy Pillay Arnacliella Moodelly Vaipoor Vellal VuUerondali ! Braniiu Vellore Argandani Vellal - ditto, Cur- niiiii. 38 4o 32 35 12. ProfessinD. Daniadrn Pillav - i Poody I Y. Roodrapa Chetty - Bodepettah - Ditto - Raiiiareddy Arnaifherry Comarapillay Mootiah - - ditto Slioiavarum ditto ! - ditto Agarani ditto - I 50 55 ViMicatroyagoorcul Na;.'-ajiibiit Canniali Moodelly Moodiapa Moodelly Mooniapa Moodellj- S. Soobraya Moodelly Rungashaee Odian - Ciisbali Tri- vettoor. - ditto - ditto - ditto Wullapundul ditto ditto Lingabiil - jawar. - ditto - Reddy - TannJali - Ciirniiin - Brainin - I 25 •55 30 40 Braniin - ditto Vellal - ditto Ryconttas Velliil - - - nionicar & cultivator. - - cultivator, service and i merchant. - ditto - - monigar & cultivator. - - eurnum & cultivator. merchant - - ditto - - nionig'ars and nieiassi- dars,an(l cul- tivators cnr- num ditto. - - monej-em, nieerassy and cultivator. 13. Char.icter. 14. Competency, See. religious and good character - ditto - . - - - ditto . - . . - ditto - - . - - ditto - - . . - ditto - - . . - ditto - - - . - ditto - - . . - ditto - - - . 40 40 35 \ 40 J 40 45 35 - - monigar - ditto & cultivator. --deostanuni - ditto pureacluirak. cloth weavers - ditto - - monigar, cultivator & - ditto weaver. weaver - ditfo - - mouza & - ditto cultivator. - - competent to portbrni the duties of the deostannm. - ditto. - ditto. - ditto. - ditto. - ditto. - ditto. ditto. - ditto. ditto, ditlii. ditto, ditto. management should be made over to him, and 1 was led to suppose, from a comnmnication received from him, that he had acceded to the arrangement ; hence I exjiresscd* a hope to the Board that the necessary arrange- From the Board ments would be concluded in a short time; the zemindar has, however, 1 Sopt. 1842. subsequently declined the offer. "^^ '''"°' ^ '^'^^• 4. The head jeeyngar claimsf the office of dhurmakurtah, first, because bis ances- t iviitions presented tor, Streebashacarloo, in the year !)74 of the Salmahana. or 790 years ago. cHected ';^',,'.'"\"';'j"",',''i('ii. certain reformation at the pagoda ; and, secondly, because when the rules regard- n„. wm uud u; r of (vz\. D D ing 1W2- 210 PAPERS ON CONNF.XION OF THE GOVERNMKNT OF ing the management of the pagoda were drawn up by the Commissioner, Mr. Bruce, some years ago, he was recognized as vested with lar^e authority. On the first ground of claim it is also urged, that Stree Bascharloo was the founder of the Vystnava sect. The rules referred to, which were drawn up for the management of the pagoda, have been considered. It is not mentioned anywhere that the jeeyengar is to have any authority beyond that of dismissing his own goomastah ; his attendance is required on certain occasions specified, in common with others, for purposes of efficiency, but beyond this there is nothing on which the claim now preferred can rest. The ([uestion of fact being thus, a consideration of the first ground set forth, is not called for, which, whether traditional or otherwise, false or true, cannot effect the fact that the head jeeyengar has not been the dhurmakurtah. The jeeyengar is, however, a person of considerable importance; and though the specific grounds on which he rests his claims are to be rejected, there ought not to be any bar to his being a|)pointed dhurmakurtah, if other considerations favour. On the present occasion, however, his nomination to the •From the Boards 23 office of (Ihumiacurtah is out of the question. The Board have decided* upon May 1842, para. 4. sufficient grounds that it is not expedient upon the first change in the manage- ment to raise a ministerial officer of the pagoda to an office like the present, with large powers ; and the achary pooroshals, or readers of the Vadah, have urged their objections against the nomination of the jeeyengar. The wish of the jeeyengar to be associated with the mohunt is equally difficult of attainment, as the mohunt will not agree to this arrangement. The wishes of the head jeeyengar must, then, be rejected in toto on the present occasion. Hereafter he will be equally eligible with others for the office of dhurmakurtah, other circum- stances favourinii:, but his nomination then will rest with the party entrusted with the superintendence. 5. The mohunt is the head of the institution of Byragees at Tirputty ; he is not in any way mixed up with the internal affairs of the pagoda, but is interested in the celebrity of the temple ; he enjoys certain lands, not considerable, and a present from the Tirputty pagoda ; the expenses of the institution are great, and the mohunt is, from his office, a person of much importance ; this is, perhaps, added to in the case of the present mohunt, whose personal character commands respect. Since the withdrawal of the guard of sepoys, during the annual festival, the mohunt has assisted, with the people at his disposal, in keeping the peace and guarding the offerings. The mohunt being in no way connected with the pagoda, and having personal and official weight on the spot, seems to be qualified for the office which he solicits. 6. The zemindar of Cavetnuggur having expressed his desire, in writing, to !Mr. Ogilvie, to have the superintendence of the affairs of the pagoda, and again in person to me, in an intevvdew I had with him yesterday, when I expressed my wish that his request to Mr. Ogilvie might be carried into effect; it is pro- posed that the superiatendence of the Tirputty Pagoda shall be made over to him from the 1st January, and that the mohunt at Tirputty shall be nominated dhurmakurtah under the zemindar. On the office of dhurmarkurtah being vacated by the mohunt, or on his death, should he continue to hold the office till then, it will rest solely and entirely with the zemindar, or his successor, to make such arrangements on the occasion as may seem to them proper. 7. The offerings, with the exception of the jewels and ornaments, at the last festival just concluded, having been carried to the account of (J overnment, the same must be repaid for the expenses of the pagoda. The jewels and ornaments will be returned to the pagoda as they are. The particulars will be duly com- municated to the Board, if the proposed arrangements meet their sanction. tNo. 1,883, of 1841. 8. The Original petitions t forwarded bv your Board, are herewith returned. No. 092 and 877, (signed) J. Goldingham, Collector. North Arcot, Collector's Circuit Cutcherry, Naranavaraun, 17 Dec. 1842. of 1842. From /NDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH M.XHOMETANISM. 211 From /. D. Boiirdi/lou, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George, to the Collector in the Northern Division of Arcot ; dated 23 January 1843. Sir, I AM directed by the Board of Revenue to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th December, submitting a proposition regarding the future j^^ 10 j management of the Triputty Pagoda. laia. 2. This subject is so important, and involves interests of such magnitude, that the Board are anxious that it should receive the fullest consideration in all its parts and btarings, and are desirous to have before them all attainable information before coming to a decision. Besides the three petitions formerly 2 and 3o. rune 1842. transmitted to you, the Board have received a number of others from the parties ^'o- las-'?, of mi ; concerned, and I am directed now to forward these likewise, and to request that i^^.^' "" ^'"°f you will weigh all that is there advanced, and, after such inquiry as you may deem No. 1,772, of 1842. necessary, submit a further report. ^°; j'^^j,' ofi842' No. 2,007,' of 1842'. 3. You will perceive that the mohunt declines to accede to the arrangement No. 2,02.5, of I842. proposed by you, to which, if carried into effect, it is necessary that he should jj^^^OandsSof be a party, because it j)laces him under the control of the Cavetnugger zemindar. This part of the plan appears to the Board also to be, in some respects, open to objection. If it is finally determined that the n)anagement of the temple and its funds should be confided to this personage, it would seem deserving of con- sideration whether the trust should not pass to his successors in the office of mohunt, in ]ilace of the selection being left to the zemindar ; and in reference to this point, the Board w ish to be informed whether the succession to the office of mohunt is hereditary or by appointment, and, if the latter, with whom the appointment rests. It may, perhaps, too, deserve consideration, whether so large and important a charge could be safely committed to one individual, how- ever respectable. 4. These remarks, however, are only offered in the way of suggestion ; the Board would wish, as already said, that you should give your best attention to the subject, and discuss the rights of the various parties with any well informed and unorficial natives within your reach, and then submit your matured opinion. It is desirable that delay in the settlement of the matter should be avoided, but it is of still more moment that the final decision should be just, and such as to afford, as far as may be, a security for the future. \\ ith this expression of their sentiments, the Board will leave the matter with you ; they will refrain from pressing for a si>eedy answer, satisfied that you will not fail to use all proper and expedient dispatch. (signed) /. D. Bourdillon, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. 23 Januarv 1843. From R. T. Porter, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St- George, to the Collector in the Southern Division of Arcot ; dated 2 June 18^42. Sir, I AM directed by the Board of Revenue to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the lOth instant, upon the subject of the native rehgious establishments in your district. 2. In regard to the pagoda lands alluded to in para. 2, and classed under the heads of "Chellora" and " Muddaystu,' the Board conceive that the intentions of the home authorities will be sufficiently carried out by the entire withdrawal, in the manner suggested by you in para. 5, of the supervision heretofore exercised by the officers of Government over lluir management, which appears to have been, at any time, of a very partial descri|)tion. C21. D D 2 3. The 212 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 3. The " tusdeek " pagodas, or those supported by an allowance granted by P. 10. Government in lieu of reserved lands, are stated to be 107 in number, the total amount allotted for their maintenance being Hs. 67,121. 15. per annum. 4. It appears that you have been able to effect arrangements for the manage- ment of 52 out of the above-mentioned 107 pagodas, leaving 55 still under the superintendence of the circar servants. 5. The parties specified in the list which accompanies your letter as willing to undertake the cffi^e of trustees, appear to be in most instances the patta mone"-ars of the villages to which the establishments belong, associated with other parties selected, it is presumed, from the communities of the same villages on account of their wealth and respectability. 6. It will be necessary, before making over charge to these individuals, that they should execute an agreement, in which the nature of the office they have undertaken will be defined, and by which they will engage to discharge the duties of the trust with fidelity, and be answerable in case of malversation to the authority of the civil courts A form of agreement to the above efTect is already before Government, and will, if approved of, be incorporated in an Act which has been ordered in supercession of Keg. VII. of 1807 ; in this will also be laid down the course to be followed in the event of vacancies occurring amongst the trustees. 7. The Board trust that you will not experience the difficulty which you appear to anticipate in making arrangements for the management of the remain- ing 55 pagodas, for which you have not as yet been able to get trustees to oft'er themselves. The orders of the Honourable Court and the GoA'ernment for the complete and final withdrawal of interference in tiie management of the religious establishments of their subjects being absolute, and the mode of carrying those orders into etiect having been prescribed, it is not considered necessary that the general policy of the measure should now becouie a subject of discussion. It should be generally made known that the instructions which have been issued upon the subject must eventually be carried into effect, and the Board rely upon the cordial cooperation of the local authorities to enable them to do this as speedily, and with as much consideration for the feelings and prejudices of the parties concerned, as the circumstances of the case will admit of. I have, &c. (signed) R. T. Porter, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. 2 June 1842. From J. D. Boitrdi/loii, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort .St. George, to the Collector in the Southern Division of Arcot ; dated 1 September 1842. Sir, With reference to para. 7. of the letter from this office, dated 2 June last, 1 am directed by the Board of Revenue to request that you will report, as soon as possible, the arrangements you may have made for the management of the pagodas therein referred to. Government having called upon the Board to expedite their report on the subject of the religious institutions of the natives in your district. I have, &c. (signed) /. D. Bourdillon , Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. 1 September 1842. From INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 213 From C. II. Ilallctt, Esq., Collector of Taiinapandy, South Arcot, to tin; Secretary to the Hoard of Kevenue, Fort St. George; dated 15 September 1842. Sir, Para. 1. In reply to your letter of the 1st instant, I have the honour to request the attention of the Board to my communication on the subject of the pagodas dated lOlhMay 1842. 2. I therein stated the extreme difficulty I had encountered in obtaining proposals for the management of 52 out of the 107 tusdeek pagodas. I pointed out the objections entertained by the natives ; I explained, in particular, that if the only remaining interference were to be exercised by the Collector, rather than the Judge, more managers would be likely to come forward, and also that, according as those first taken in trust by natives prospered or otherwise, I should meet with success in inducing parties to take charge of the remaining 55 ; and, finally, that to wash my hands of all immediately was impracticable, tliough perfectly to be calculated on in the course of time. 3. The Board, under date 2d June, in para. 7, express themselves to the effect, that they trust I shall not meet much difficulty as regards the remaining 55 ; but, at the same time, give me no information which I could apply towards cancelling the objections raised by the peoj)le, no hope that interference by a European Judge will not be preferred to interlerence by a European Collector, and no order to commence the arrangement by disposing of the 52 to the proposers, as an example for others. 4. Thus matters were left in statu quo ; have so remained since ; and, in proof that every endeavour was formerly made, I regret to be compelled to apprize the Board that 1 have not succeeded in another single instance. 5. And 1 hardly expect to do so ; the universal cry is, " How can I spare time for this work, and run into danger, as I know that quarrelsome people will never be satisfied with what I do, and I shall he ruined in the courts ?" 6. I must here also give the Board this assurance, that I do not think many of those who now consent will continue in that mind under the penalty bond contemplated in the above quoted letter, para. 0, neither do I think it can he expected of a man, when asked as a i'avour to take charge of the jjagoda, that he will sign such an agreement, which would only serve as a stimulus to his enemies to annoy him in the courts. 7. Such a measure may be very suitable and unobjectionable where the control of a pagoda is likely to be productive of honour and wealth, or even where the trustees are wealthy and influential ; but there is nothing of this chai'acter in South Arcot, and the form of agreement, or so much of it as relates to the court, had better be dispensed with. I see not, moreover, why the trustee is not answer- able without signing such a paper. 8. Each ])art of the country has its peculiarities connected with the funds, the usages and control of these institutions, and it ap])ears to me impracticable to make at once a general rule for the disposal and continuance of the whole to the management of native trustees, and e()ually inipractitable for so important a change to be carried out with celerity and certainty, unless the question can be referred to one person, or committee of persons, jirepared locally to ascertain particulars and devote undivided time to its settlement. 9. A point has occurred to me since my letter of 10th May, which, in refer- ence to paras. 2, 3, 4, 5, I will bring to notice now : the practice is at present, where puojah is not performed in tlicse smaller pagodas, to carry the teerwah of the maunicm lands to account, only allowing tlem to be mauniem while the pagoda and its duties are kept up. I think a fixed rule should he drawn \\\) to the effect, that two or three years disuse should forfeit all title to the mauniem ; for it will he a sort of interference if annually inquiry is made, and one year the maunicm given and another withheld ; whereas, on the otliei' liand, to make over the lands unconditionally would be very unadvisable. The fact of jioojali being discontinued for the time fixed to he reported hy the village ofliccis at the annual settlement, as part of their duty. 10. I beg the Board to believe that I have hitherto afforded, and shall con- tinue to afford, my best exertions towards the accomplishment of the desired (yl I . D D 3 end ; 214 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF end; but, at the same time I must add, with all deference, that my report of 10th May was written after mature discussion and consideration, and that I am confident (and subsequent experience gives confirmation) that the arguments there used are true and valid ; such being the case, it is hopele-s to expect any advance in the matter wiiile those arguments meet with no favour. In what I have as yet done towards efiecting the object in view, I have refrained from consulting the wishes of the natives so much as my own inchnation would have led me, or I should have made but little way ; but the affair is now so com- pletely at a lock, that I deem it expedient, to ensure ultimate success, that the reasons I have explained for tbeir not more readily coming forward should meet with attention, though they may vary from what have been found in other districts. I have, &c. (signed) C. H. Hallett, Collector. Tannapandy, South Arcot, Collector's Circuit Cutcherry, 15 September 1842. •Letter 2 June 1842, para. 21. t Para. 9. From J. D. BoiirdiUon, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George, to the Collector in the Southern Division of Arcot; dated 6 October 1842. Sir, Para. 1. I am directed by the Board of Revenue to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th ultimo, regarding the withdrawal of Government inter- In Cons. 6 Oct. ie42. ference from the native religious institutions of your district. 2. Tlie Board regret to learn, that since the date of your former communication on this subject you have made no advance to a final settlement, and are concerned to find that the 52 pagodas for which you then stated that arrangements had been made, are still under your charge, as you were authorized, in the Board's reply, to carry your proposals into eti'ect, both with regard to the Silleray and Maddiastum Pagodas* and to the 52 tusdeek pagodas.f 1 o prevent further mis- takes, 1 am instructed to request that you will now lose no time in doing so. 3. The Board further observe, that in your present communication, as well as in the former one, you have permitted yourself to enter into a discussion of the g^eaeral question of the abandonment of Government davastanum interference. This, you must be sensible, is now quite out of place, that question having been finally determined by superior authority, and the only part now for the Executive officers is to use their endeavours to carry the plan into effect in the best manner. In particular it was your duty, as the very first step in the proceeding, to make it clearly known to all concerned, that the determination of Government for the ■withdrawal was decisive and irrevocable, and not to allow them to retain in any degree a " hopej tliat the present system will stand ;'' a hope which is certainly deceptive, and which, so long as it exists, as certainly obstructs a final arrange- ment. 3. The difficulties which you have found in this matter have been met with equally in other parts of the country. But decision and conciliation and address have overcome thera, and in several districts where the davastanums under management were larger and more numerous than in South Arcot, the separation has been completed. It is, indeed, a matter of surprise to the Board that so much backwardness and fear to undertake the charge of pagoda superintendence as you represent should be exhibited in your district, where the public have immediately before their eyes, in the Chellumhrum Pagoda, an example of a reli"'ious institution possessed of large income and landed endowments, conducted for a long series of years without any degree of Government interference, and vet without that ruin, both of pagoda and managers, which would have occurred if these fears were just. 4. The Board desire again to urge you to devote your attention to the subject, with the view of bringing it speedily to a satisfactory conclusion, and they are glad to be able to inform you, that one obstacle which you regarded as very strong, is removed, Government having recently determined that no trust-deeds or X Collector's letter, 10 iMay 1842, para. 8. In Cons. 2*5 May 1842. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. •2ir, or bonds shall be executed. It is desirable that you should commence with removinjiall doubt from the public mind as to the dotcnniuation of (iuvernment ; you can point to Chellunibrum as an example of the practicability of what is aimed at ; you can exhort the respectable j)art of the community to aid vou in forming the best arrangement possible under the new system for the mana'^e- ment of their institutions, and proceeding in this way with the conciliation and temper which the Board are satisfied you will bring to your aid, they still enter- tain the hope and expectation expressed in their former letter, that vou will not experience the ditticulties which you anticipate in carrying the orders of Ciovernment into effect. I have, &c. (signed) J. D. Boiirdillon, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. G October 1842. From C. II. IlaUctt, Esq., Collector of Cuddalore, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. Oeorge ; dated 24 October 1842. Sir, Para. 1. I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the Gth instant, which generally leads me to infer tliat I have been misunderstood by the Board to such an extent, that I ain forced, in justice to myself, tu make a few observations. 2. I beg most respectfully to represent to the Board that I never was autho- rized to carry ni)' proposals into effect. I always regretted that I did not receive such authority ; for from the first the Board will read from my letters that I looked to progressive success from the result of first making over some of the pagodas. In the letter which I received, dated 2 June, para G, it is stated, respecting the Tusdeek Pagodas, "It will be necessary before making over charge to these individuals, that they should execute an agreement, &c. ; a form of agreement to the above effect is already before Government," See. In no part of the letter was there anything to guide me to the supposition that it con- veyed such authority as that now mentioned ; but if there had been any ambiguity even elsewhere, the positive exj)ression that " before niaking over" a certain agreement, the form of which was at the very time under consideration of Government, was to be entered into, left me no option ; if I made over the pagodas without the execution of the agreements, I was failing to do what the Board declared to be " necessary," and the only meaning that could be attached to the wording was, that I should wait for the receipt of the form of document. I am so anxious speedily to make over, particularly as I was going on circuit through my district, that I would gladly have interpreted the Board's directions to such effect, which I trust will be allowed was impossible. 3. I have carefully read over both my letters on the subject. I can most positively assert thai I never intended to write one word on the general question, and I am now quite unable to find any part in either that can be construed into such a discussion. '1 he wliole contents consisted of a stateiuent of the objections urged by the i)coi)le, and of my suggestions for overcoming those objections, with an opinion that time only was required to carry out the proposed arrange- ment satisfactorily to all parties. 4. From the very first, I have clearly made it known all over the district, that nothing could change tiie determination of Government for the entire withdrawal of all interference ; but the Board expect too much when they call upon me not to allow the people in any degree to retain a " hope that the present system will stand." All has been done that tan be done to convince them that such hofjc is utterly vain ; but with the system still prevailing in the adjoining zillahs, and with their own strong wishes on the subject, it is impossible to annihilate all hope, which under the most adverse circumstances will live. 5. In this district there is a diHiculty which probably does not exist in others where the separation has been completed : I allude to the fact of there being no men of great wealth and influence in South Arcot. There are not the merassidars of Tanjore, or the mootahdars of Chingleput and iSalem. The only persons available as trustees are the monegars and superior ryots. 6-21. D I) 4 6. The 2i6 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 6. The pagoda at Chellurahrum is managed in a manner which does not afford satisfaction to any class of the community, except a body of Bramins who live in idleness, and are fed entirely from the funds. Even were such a management thought Morthy hy the Government of imitation elsewhere, I am sure that to lu)ld it up as an example, instead of encouraging, would be the means of dissuading the people from becoming trustees. 7. In the latter part of the letter to which I have the honour of replying, one or two modes of proceeding are pointed out as likely, if adopted, to tend towards the accomplishment of the proposed end. 1 had hoped that my previous assur- ance that my best exertions had been afforded would have satisfied the Board that such first steps could not have been overlooked. 8. I will conclude by repeating that I will spare no trouble in the matter, for neither the Board nor the Court can more earnestly wish that the matter were finally disposed of than myself. I have, &c. (signed) C. H. Hallett, Cuddalore, Collector's Cutcherry, Collector. 24 October 1842. From J. D. Bounhllon, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George, to the Collector in the Southern Division of Arcot ; dated 31 October 1842. Sir, In Cons. 31 October Para 1. I AM directed by the Board of Revenue to acknowledge your letter of ^^-- the 24th instant. 2. The Board observe that there was a degree of ambiguity in the wording of para. 6 of their Secretary's letter of the 2d June, which exonerates you from blame in not relinquishing charge of the 52 Madiastum Pagodas, according to the instructions there intended. A form of trust-deed was then before Government, which the Board expected to be able to transmit to you in a few days. 3. The Board are well pleased to find, from para. 3 of your letter under acknow- ledgment, that it was not your intention to discuss the general question, that they desire me to point to vou that paras. 13, 14 and 16 of your letter of the Mn Cons. 26 iMay ^^^j^ May,* and paras. 2, 3 and 8 of that of the 1 5th September,! especially t In Cons. 6 Oct. those remarks which relate to the transfer of appellate jurisdiction over superin- 1842. tendents of pagodas from the Judge to the Collector, can hardly be considered other than discussions of the general question, and of parts of it already deter- mined by superior authority, and not now open for decision. 4. Adverting to para. 4, 1 am instructed to say, that final arrangements have been made for terminating the connexion of Government with the native religious institutions in the five districts adjoining yours, except in the single instance of one pagoda in North Arcot. 5. AVith reference to para. 5, the Board remark, that in several districts similarly circumstanced, veiy competent committees have been formed for the management of the pagodas, by the appointment of the heads of the villages, Willi or without the conjunction of one or two principal inhabitants, or of the curnum. In general, where a valid merassy claim to the management of a pagoda existed, the Board have preferred the recognition of that claim to any new arrangement. 6. The Board derive much satisfaction from the assurance in the concluding para, of your letter, that your continued efforts are directed to the accomplish- ment of the wishes of Government and the Court of Directors ; and they hope it will shortly be in your power to make a final report on the subject. I have, &c. (signed) J. D. Bourdillon, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. 31 October 1842. From INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OK UTTH MAllOMETANISM. 217 From H. M. Blair, Esq., Principal Collector, Mangalorc, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George; dated 28 October 1842. Sir, Para. 1. With reference to the extract from the proceedings of the Board of Revenue, under date 10 and 24 June 1841, I liave now the honour to submit my report on the arrangement which 1 consider best adapted for carrying into effect, in this district, the wishes of the Court of Directors relative to the with- drawal of all interference of Government officers with the funds and internal management of the religious institutions of the natives. 2. The accompanying Statement* exhibits the ancient revenues of the pagodas • No. 1. and charitable institutions in Canara, with the assumptions that have taken place under the several dynasties which have ruled over the province, and the amount of their present revenues. 3. The degree of superintendence and control hitherto exercised over tiie pagodas and charitable institutions by the revenue authorities, has extended to the payment of the tusdeek (money allowance) adviinces for the repair of the buildings, repayable in one or more years ; the apjiointnunt and dismissal of most of the servants, and the inquiry into and disposal of comi)laints against the pagoda servants for malversation in their office, and other minor matters. The extent of interference and control over the pagoda affairs would appear to have greatly increased within the last 20 years, owing to causes which it is perhaps unnecessary now to enter into. The transferring to the natives themselves the powers hitherto exercised by Government officers under Reg. VII. of 1817, will not, I think, in the end, be productive of any difficulty or inconvenience, though some abuses and misappropriation of the funds will, it is considered, be the con- sequence at first of the transfer, especially in places where there may be no hereditary or recognised head of an institution. .Some difficulty was at first experienced in getting influential or respectable persons to undertake the management of the affairs of the pagodas, owing to a belief that had gone abroad that tlie lands assumed by the Company's Government were to be given up to the pagodas, and the money payments assigned in lieu of them stopped. Rut the orders of the 24th June 1841 removed this impression, and objections were no lunger made to accept the management of the temporal affairs of the pagodas. 4. Considerable time has been spent in ascertaining the fitness of the persons recommended as managers for some of the larger institutions ; and in several instances it has not been easy to determine, among contending claimants for tiie right of the sole management of pagodas, which party has the best claim : it is probable that disputes will hereafter occur on this point, which will have to be settled in the civil court. 5. The total number of Hindoo places of worship and charitable institutions t MMitaixir PnRodas M receiving money allowances from Government, amount to 3,6GH,-(- and are divided ^jW"'"" - '""o ^>'^^^^^ into Mahtbar and Chillar, as shown in the accompanying Statement. J Mosques^ - - iW' G. The arrangement I would propose for the future management of the various •''•""" places ftf native worship is as follows, subject to such modifications as, upon ^ ^'°' ^• further consideration, may appear to be advisable. 7. All those pagodas whose tusdeek docs not exceed 30 rupees per annum, the adiga or poojaric alone to be the trustees ; but where pagodas of this class may possess considerable property, three persons have been selected from among the most respectable and influential inhabitants of the village or villages to which the pagoda belongs, to be jomed with the adiga in the tru.st. The allowances of the pagodas of the above description have been generally paid to the poojaries, and the greater portion of it goes to the pay of the pagoda servants, leaving but a small proportion for the expense of the poojah, &c. of the pagoda. ft. Where the tusdeek exceeds 30 rupees per annum, the number of trustees proposed varies from three to five. In most instances the potail of the village in which the pagoda is situated, has been associated with the leading men of' the 62\. L E commuuitv 2j8 papers on connexion of the government of community in the trust, which in all cases includes the principal officers or priests of the institutions. 9. Where the right of superintendence and control over any of the institutions was originally vested in the petty rajahs or chiefs residing in the district, it is proposed to make them over entirely to their management. 10. The duties of the trustees or managers will be to exercise a general control over the expenditure and the internal concerns of the institutions, and to have the appointment and dismissal of all the servants attached to them. The pay- ment of the tusdeek to be made to each institution, as at present, from the treasury, either annually or quarterly, as the case may be ; the payments to be made oii the receipt of all the members of the trust conjointly, or to any one of the body who may be chosen by the rest to receive it. 11. The only point which remains to be considered is, with respect to the filling up of vacancies when they occur among the trustees. 12. The principle recommended by the Principal Collector of Tanjore, in the extract of the letter forwarded from your oflice on the 15th ultimo, of making the members of the trust choose those who are to be associated with them in authority ou vacancies occurring, appears to me to be objectionable. The ten- dency of this principle nmst be to perpetuate abuses where they exist, and to prevent that influence and control of public opinion over these bodies which it would seem desirable to encourage. 13. The more preferable plan I conceive would be to make the offices which are not at present hereditary, or to which there may be no prescriptive right, accessible to all who by their conduct have entitled themselves to the good opinion and confidence of the community to which the institution belongs; all va- cancies in such offices to be filled up by election, the right of election being vested in all the respectable members of the said community being of the same persuasion as that of the institution over which the trustees are to preside. This system, when the people have become accustomed to it, v\ill, I think, work well, and may tend, in some measure, to remove the dissatisfaction and distrust which there is reason to believe is now pretty generally entertained at the idea of the abandonment by Government of the direct protection hitherto afforded to the large property and funds belonging to some of the pagodas. The same degree of security, however, which, under the provisions of Reg. VII, of 1817, has hitherto been felt for the due appropriation of endowments, can scarcely be looked for under the arrangement about to be introduced. 14. I will only further add on this subject, that, in rescinding, either partially or entirely, Reg. VII. of 1817, it seems desirable that some new enactment should be framed, making trustees or other officers vested with the adminis- tration of the funds of endowments, expressly accountable for all breaches of the trust committed to them. It also seems necessary, that, in making over to the superintendence of the proposed trustees those institutions which possess considerable property, an examination of the said property should be made by the revenue officers in presence of the trustees ; but for so doing, the sanction of the Board will, i conceive, be requisite, in case any opposition should be made to the examination by the parties now in charge of the property. •Nos. 23 & 24. IT). They have now to transmit Statements* prepared for three Talooks, show- ing in detail the arrangements proposed for the future management of the several places of native worship. An English translationf of one of these Statements is submitted ; but as my English Establishment is fully occupied with their ordi- narv duties, 1 trust it will not be considered necessary to make translations of all the statements. Should the arrangements proposed be approved ot by the Board, the statements of the remaining talooks shall be forwarded as soon as they are prepared. I have, &c. (signed) H. M. Blair, Principal Collector's Cutcherry, " Principal Collector. Alangalore, 28 Oct. 1842. No. 1. t No. 6. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANIS^I. 210 No. 1. — MEMORANDUM, showing the Beriz of Paooda, &c. Lands assumed by Government, the Amount of Tusdeek granted in lieu thereof, and the Puj'ments made on that account. Cuddeem, or ancient Enam ----------- Deduct, — Assumed by the former dynasties ; viz. the Bednore Ranee, Hyder Alii and Tippoo -- .-.-..-----. Ditto the Estates of Nundavar Bungar, forfeited to Government for taking part in the insurrection in 1 837 --.-•------ Balance, — Jaure Enam, or permanent remission of Beriz on Enam lands - - - Beriz of Lands assumed by Company's Government, in lieu whereof Tusdeek or Money Allowance is paid ; viz. Melwassi of ancient Enam - . - . . ]is. 72,591 5 6 Walla Dhurma 18,1.32 7 8 Kay Dhurma - -.- 7,239 - 5 Gram Dhurma - 450 10 5 Balootar 1,004 1 2 Add. — Amount, being portion out of 50,000 rupees, for which Major Munro obtained sanction in Fusly 1209 -.--.--.-.. Rs. 491,223 11 3 240 8 - 19,283 10 5 99,417 9 2 Total Add, — On account of Lower Coory, annexed to Canara in Fusly 1244, Jaury Enam Lands assumed by the Company's Government, and Tusdeek paid in lieu thereof; viz. Melwassi of ancient Enam - - - - - - 5,134 9 11 Walla Dhurma ..---..- 244 15 3 Kay Dhurma --------- 1,009 - 5 Kuna Cuddy 117 8- CASARA. Total Jaury Enam, or permanent Remissions on Enam Lands - 19,283 10 5 Beriz of Lands assumed by Company's Government, in lieu whereof Tusdeek or Money Allowance is paid ; viz. Melwassi 72,591 5 6 Walla Dhurma 18,132 7 8 Kay Dhurma 7,239 - 5 Gram Dhurma ------ 450 10 5 Balootar 1,004 1 2 Kinna Cuddy -------.. LOWER COORY. 198 6 5 198 6 5 6,506 1 7 TOTAL. 19,482 - 10 5,134 9 11 244 15 3 1,009 - 5 117 8 99,417 9 2 6,506 1 Money Allowance, sanctioned during Major Munro's Collectorate - Details of the Tusdeek fixed, in lieu of the foregoing Beriz assumed, &c, Institutions and Allowances in lieu of assumed Lands, including Money Grants ; Mathobar Pagodas Petty ditto Muttums - Mosques • Jaury Enam or Beriz remitted on Enam Lands, as per particulars in Statement No. 12, usually furnished with the accounts of Land Revenue Settlement ------- Deduct, — Amount of Tusdeek lapsed to Government : Mathobar Pagodas - - . . - Petty ditto Muttums ------- Mosques ....... CANARA. 62,052 - 5 57,849 9 8 3,615 5 2 6,122 5 7 129,639 4 10 19,283 10 5 10.5,923 10 9 30,221 11 8 LOWKR COORY. 2,370 - - 2,562 12 5 531 9 2 49 3 2 6,513 8 9 198 372 1 3 2,173 10 1 114 6 2 104 - - Balance now Disbursed - Bs. a. p. 610,165 6 10 491,404 3 3 118,701 3 7 30,221 11 8 148,922 15 3 6,704 8 - 155,627 7 3 135,152 13 7 19,482 - 10 164,634 14 5 2,764 1 1,51,870 12 II (signed) //. M. Blair, Principal Collector. 621. E Z -2 No. 5. 220 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 5.— STATEMENT of the Rehgioi^s Institutions of Native AVorsliip in the Talook of Oodipy, showing the proposed Appointments of Trustees for their respective Management. No. 4. Moganies. Village. M.tTHOBAR DevA^TANUMS; Sbivally • - Cuibah 10. II. 12. 13. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Ballysavira Ditto - Ditto - Ditto Oodiawcr - Caup Puddamanoor Koddoora - Yelloor - Yerdunaad Kurkut - Shivally Koorookaiil Hfllainauooo Sheravar - Yenagoodah Cu-bah Mahlnr llinidaDiddoor SliuDkra Naraina Cusbah Bomarbett - Cusbah ditto Petty Devast«nuus: Shivally Cusbah 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Designation of the Institution of Native Worship. Nidduicboor Ambtdlapaddy Kodiv Anunta Assana K. Durga Devi - ditto - Vistnoo Mooty V. Durga Venayka Genurdana Bula Ramah - Shunkra Naraina Vishwerwara - E. Veerabudra Anunta Sheyenah Krista Deva Total VittuI - M. Soobraya - P. Vistnoo Moorty Aralatay ditto - E. Doorgah N. Vistnoo Moorty H., ditto C. Narasimvem S. Vistnoo IMoorty K. Venkaturamana H. Oodipy Ananiunta C Janardana - B. Vistnoo Moorty - M. Vistnoo Moorty - B. Bruraalinga K. Mahalinga - Madoraga Prusana Someshwura P. VInayka - K. Soobraya - P. Mahalinga - Jenardana Kumbada Vinnaik Vistnoo Moorty .Shedashiva Gopaul Kristna Brnmurtan Bhirta Baydehra Garoddy G. Doomavaty Amount of Annual Tusdeek. 1,340 465 400 160 - - 96 - - 240 - - 200 - 140 - 400 - - 1,200 240 10 5 400 - Estimated Value of the Property in eai-h Pagoda. Names of the proposed Trustees for each Institution. Us. 3,000 600 1,133 a. ]i. 8 5 2,400 99 480 9 8 1,050 II 3 817 8 196 II 8 1,901 9 1 5,523 7 8 23,721 - - 1,030 2,00,000 13,681 10 5 2,39,554 1 9 6 18 30 12 14 10 9 2 4 60 9 7 1 10 12 - - 12 - - 14 - 8 - 10 - - 10 - - 4 12 10 48 - - 9 9 8 - 38 - 60 - 4 12 9 6 - - 12 12 10 8 - - 4 - - 1 9 7 6 - - 4 10 3 44 14 10 4 4- 1 8 - 49-3 269 20 12 1. Vitta Achary. 2. Luxoomana Naraina Bnllala. 3. li. Soobrow. 4. Shenkra Narayna Bhut. 5. Ram Kristna Achary. Hadamar Mutta .Sawmy. 1. Chekeray Shinapa. 2. Anunta Tantiy. 3. B. Sunkapa. 1. Deramah Higadah. 2. Appanah Hi-gada. 3. Kristna Bhut. 1. Dhusoo Bhut. 2. Naraina Bhut. 3. Kantapah Hcgadah. 1 . C. Venkata N arsupah. 2. K. Mookiaprana Achary. 3. Vearrava Bhut. 1. Muda Hegadeh. 2. Shankah Hegadah. 3. Annoo Bhut. 1 . Shita Rama Bhut. 2. Veerajee. 3. Doorgajee. 1. K. Ramapah. 2. S. Rama Itala. 3. Rama Kristna Shanbogue. 4. Chikkanaya. 5. Shiva Rama Bhut. 1. Kooodah Hegadah. 2. Moorty Bhut. 3. Narraina. 1. Alia Hegadah. 2. Koorlah Hegadah. 3. Rungaya Addiga. 4. Venkatramana Hadiga.- 5. Sheta Ramaya. 1. Tanka Puddwalla. 2. R. Kotty Hegadah. 3. K. Shivapah Hegadah. 4. Chenua Keishwa Bhut. 5. Tiiiimuna Bhut. The right Swamies of the Astum (right) Mutts around the pagoda. Pijuwar Mutta Swamy. Ditto. Ramachendriah. Pootigur Mutt-i .Swamy. Dussa Bhut Hoddiga. Saravatoon Bhut ditto. Ragavah ditto. C. Venkata Narsapah. Soobraya Shastry. 1. B. .Soobrow. 2. H. Sbita Ramah Itala. 3. Poota Itala. Annay Achary. Kristna Bhut. Goorooraye Achary. Keishwa Itala. Goorooraya Bhut. Kistna Haddiga. V. Gt)pa! Achary. 1. Shankra Narraina Bhut Addiga. 2. Pudmanaba Bhut Addiga. 3. B. Sooba Row Cheddaya Sham. Cheddaya Sham Bhut. Vcnkataramanna BhuL 1. N. Narasaya. 2. Venkatramana Kutarainaua Bhut Addiga. 3. 6. Sooba Row. 1. Nariiina Bullal. 2. Rama Bhut Addiga. 3. Java Bhut Addiga. Naraina Bullal. Ananda Bhut Addiga. Narna lihut Addiga. M. Himgapah Addiga. Ananta Hliut Addiga. Kotty Pof>jary. Doogaona. INDIA WTH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETAXISM. 221 ^ 0. S. — Statement of the Religious Institution) of Native Worship in the Talook of OM^';iy^coDtinued. Designation of the Amount Estimated Value Names of the proposed Trustees No. MogaDies. Village. In!«titut)on of of the of Native Worship. Annual Tusdeek. Propel ty for each Institution. in each Pagoda. Petty Devastan urns — continued. Its. a. P- Ei. a. p. 30. ■ Kararapaddy Kanarapaddy ... 40 200 - 1 . Nurna Bhut. 2. Kroosna Bhut 3. Shuma Charry. 31. . . K. Vistnoo Moorty . 4 1 10 - . Rugbaindra Chary. 32. ... Kootspaddy Kotitapaddy ... 8 - - 3 10 5 Kiinddeh Row Addya. 33. . . - . . - Shennamook Soobra)-a e - - 2 8 - ^'enkata Bhut Addiga. 34. ... . . - Pilly Cbamoondy Bhoota - 1 - - 9 12 _ .Shankoo Shftty. 33. ... Moodda Nidumbar S. Doomav.ity - . - 4 1 10 63 - _ Moukaly Tyempah. 36. ... ... Habn^adani)'a Bhouta 3 9 7 1 - _ Nurna Ach.ary. 37. . . . Bayilchra Garaddy - 2 ' 138 9 2 1. Mookally Uainoo. 2. VceraSbetty. 3. Busawa Shjtty. 38. - Nittoor . VistDoo Sfoorty 10 - - - 8 _ K. Veukatesha Bhut. 39. ... ... M. Oom Mayershwara 30 - - 1 - 10 Kri'tna Bhuta .\ddiga. 40. ... ... Chendiga Purneishwery 4 12 9 2 10 1 Naiasun Bhut Addiga. 41. . Gopaul Krooshtna - 24 - - 34 10 4 Madava Bhut. 4a. . ... Nara'.imvani - - - 6 - - 2 2 1 Soobraya Bhut .\ddiga. 43. Niddamboor Negampully MahaJiuga ... 10 - - . - \'enkatramana Blmt Addiga. 44. . . liagavaty ... 12 - - 65 8 _ Ditto 45. ... - Haydera Gar-idy 2 6 5 171 4 _ Dooma Poojary. 46. . Kajietoo . Pellichuinoondy Bhooty I - 9 8 _ Nagapa. 47. BaliUivira . Sh^java Al. Malinga ... 36 74 8 1 . Soobraya Bhut Addiga. 2. Appanah Hegadah. 3. Dcvama Hfgadah. 48. . . M. Liixoomy Naraina 8 12 9 . - Soobraya Bhut Addiga. 49. ... . - - T. Ramachendra 8 12 9 . . Vishovanatha ditto. 50. . ... M. Sry ditto - . - 22 - - - 8 _ Rama Oopudya ditto. 51. . PiJIy IVlahalinga ... 20 - - 12 8 - Kristna Bhut ditto. 52. - . M. Liixooray Naraina 6 - - . - Nurna Bhut ditto. 53. . . K. (iopaul Kri^tna . 3 9 7 . . Dussa ditto. 34. . ... P. Luxooiny Naraina 6 - - . - Vcnkataramana Bhut ditto. 33. ... Bellah . -M. Mahaliiiga - 24 - - 14 8 5 Budoomauaba Bhut ditto. 36. . . . - P. ditto - - . . 20 - - 15 5 _ Venkapa Bhut. 37. . . AI. Luxooiny Naraina 6 - - . . Ditto. 58. . • . O. ditto .... 10 - - . . Nar,-iina Bhut Addiga. 59. . . Baydtrah Garaddy - 20 - - U 13 3 P. B. Chenapah. 60. ... Kourakaul S. Luxonmy Naraina 14 - - - - Sonda I\Iutt Swamv. 61. ... . K. Vittul 2 6 5 . - Shivoov Mutt ditto. 62. . ... Sottbaraya ... 4 12 10 - - StKibraya Bhut Addiga. 6.3. . - - . K. Poor^hooram 6 - - . . Kriatna Bhut ditto. 64. • Nandillikeh ISIahalinga ... 168 " ■ 1,318 8 1. Jlunj.iya Hi-gadah. 2. Addiga Kristna Bhut. 3. K. Babanna Bhut. 63. Ballisavira Souddah Soobraya - . . 12 ~ 329 11 3 1. Munjeya Hegadeb. 2. Dooifia Hegaileh. 3. Soobraya Bhut Addiga. 66. ... Kt-'ima - Mahalinga ... 3 9 7 49 6 _ Gonrooraya Oopadeya. 67. ... Wnoagouileb K Vinaaika ... 8 - - 1 8 - Suniia Doss Bhut Addiga. 68. ... . - - Clienddiga Perraeshwcry 24 - - 25 8 - Poojarry Dooganna. 69. . - Bayderali Garady 2 6 5 242 - _ Shunkaya Shttty. 70. . Achadda Luxoomy Naraina 18 - - I 10 5 Soobraya Bhut Addiga. 71. Chokady MaJialiuga ... 72 174 - ~" 1. A. Vassoo Bhut. 2. Addiga Kristna Bhut, 3. Kuntapah Hegadeb. 72. - . M. Luxooiny Naraina 20 - - 6 4 _ Soondah Alhut Sivamv. 73. Araddy . Jemirdura ... 36 " 133 - " 1. Oondar Krishna jsioiirty. 2. Addiga Krishna Bhut. 3. Stanic Naraina. 74. ■ Hushiar Durga Peirwesbwary . 32 " 31 11 3 1. Addiga Rama Bhut. 2. Addiga Krishna Bhut 3. Staiiie Kri!.hna. 75. . Moozoum Vishna Moorty 24 - - 39 8 _ Krishna Bhut Addiga. 70. . Kandarpaddy Malilinga ... 44 ■ ' 78 - ~ 1. Sool Shctty. 2. Addiga Subanna Bhut. 3. Stanie Anaya. 77. - Inajeh . Visbnoo Mnorty 52 _ - 522 - _ Sonda Mutta .Swamy. 78. Sodavaildy Sodavaddy Chcnddiga Parineishwary . 24 - - 6 8 5 Piiriiieishwara Narrayo. 79. . . - Moddahhoo Biahinalinga ... 4 _ _ . . D.-L'^sa Tantry. 80. . . Baydehra Garady 8 _ - 12 - _ Poojary Doiiina. 81. Pillar Suntara - K. Mablinga . . - 80 ■ 636 4 "" 1. Oudapiih Narama Bhut 2. T. Sunana Shetty. 3. Mnyenda Shetty. 82. .Soobraya 66 ■ 234 8 ■ 1. Addiga KriHhna Bhut. 2. P. Chinay Shetty. .3. Starrie Sunnyju 83. Bailisavcra Pillar Saiituvora Go. Nara-simvam 6 - - 25 - _ Oodapa Nania Bhut. 84, . - S. ditto . - . - 8 - _ 5 - _ Sonda Mutt Swaniy. 85. ... . BayiU'rah Garady 4 12 10 100 - _ Poojary Kotty. 86. Bellumannoo 1'. Mali.alinga ... 36 13 10 10 1 . Addiga Vaiubbut. 2. .Shinnpah. 3. B. Siinkapa. 87. - . P. .S. Hramaliny 14 _ _ 11 - . Ananfa Bhut .Addiga. 88. Palimar - P. Mahaliny ... 134 " ■ 572 12 10 1. P. .M;itta Swainy. 2. Soinana Shetty. 3. Addiga Nnmiui Bhut 89. . ... K. Vistnoo Moorty . 24 _ _ 2 - - Addiga Narsiin Bhut. 90. - ... 11. Mablinga - 20 _ „ 4 - 10 Ditto. 91. . . S. llrahinaling. 3 9 7 . - Ditto. 92. _ . - ... M. Vi'davaas Xass 8 2 10 200 - " Palimar Mutta Swamy. C2I. E E 3 (eoHtinued) 222 PAPERS ON CONNKXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 5. — Statement if tbe Religious Institutions of Native ^^ orsl ip in the Talook of Oodify — continued. Estimated Value Designation of tbe Amount of the Names of the proposed Trustees No. Aloganies. Village. lustitiition of Native Worship. of Annual Tusdeck. Pioperty in each Pagoda. for each Institution. Petty Dcvastmi ims — conlinucd. Rs. a. P- Us. a. p. 93. B. 11. Luxoomy Naraina - 10 - - 6 - - Adiga Ananta Bhut. 94. - - - - - - Gopaul Krishta 36 60 1 7 1. Venkatesh Prubboo. 2. Addiga Narana Bhut. 3. Suiuanna Shetty. 95. . _ - - Doomavaty Bhoota - 3 9 7 82 - - Mah.ilingoo. 96. _ ^ . Irehbetta - Soobr.iya - - - 14 - - 9 8- Krooshna Bhut Addiga. 97. _ _ . K:ibiad(lv - Gui).iui Kristna 13 - - 4 - - Ademar Mutta Swamy. 98. ^ . . Kuttangvereh Braliinaling - - - 40 - - 200 - - 1. K, Ruinapa Hebara. 2. .Addiga Rama Oopadeya. 3. Stanie Naraina. 99. _ Mnttoo B. Venkataramana - 6 6 5 10 - - Addiga Pudooraanaba Bhut. 100. Ballisanira ditto Brabmalinga - - - 4 12 9 40 - - Vjshnoomoorty Bhut Addiga. 101. Vishnoo Moorty 120 500 - - 1. Luxumy Naraina Modest*. 2. P. Dassa. 3. Krishnaya. 4. I. Dassa. 5. K. Govinda. 102. • - - . . - A. M. Gopaul Kristna 8 12 10 3 - - .\daraar Mutta Swamy. 103. - - - Muranch - AbagaHaraya Bhoota 14 - - 3 8- Soobraya Bhutt Addiga. 104. " - - Aleoor Vishnoo i\loorty 48 353 9 2 1. K. Kristna Bhut. 2. M. Kristna Bhut. 3. Adiliga Sitaram Bhut. 105. ... - - - Dui'ga Purmeishwary 60 ' 210 3 3 1. Vtnkataramana Bhut. 2. Addiga Narna Bhut. 3. Stanie Krishna. 106. . . - Koody - Vishnoo Moorty 20 - - 20 - - Shiroor Mutta Swamy. 107. " ■ ~ Feranakila Mahalinga 120 230 8 5 1. Pejaraa JIutta Swamy. 2. Narna Bhut. 3. Addiga Dassa Bhut. 108. . Aidabet - C. Luxum Naraina - 10 - - - - 10 Kanver i\Iutta Swamy, 109. - K. Venkatrainanna - 1 - - 78 11 3 Ramapa Addiga. 111. . - K. Vishnoo Moorty - 28 - - 189 13 4 1. Addiga Kristna Bhut. 2. S. Vishnoo Moorty. 3. Stanie Roma. 112. _ _ _ - K. Mablinga - - - 22 - - 9 6 8 Addiga Aunaya Bhut. 113. . - - . K. Vishnoo INIoorty - 10 - - 2 - - Addiga Vaderaja Chary. 114. . - - . ., - K. Krishna - - - 12 - - 2 13 4 Ademahara Mutta Swamy. 113. - Yeddanir - Suobraya - - - 5 3 2 13-8 Addiga Jogee Bbutta. 116. Kattapuddy Moodalietta Mahalinga . - . 140 165 - 5 1. B. Bullah. 2. Jenarilana, 3. K. Nurna Bhut. . 117. Pettah - Pettah Venkataramana 18 - - 611 4 10 Addiga Venkataisha Bhut. lis. - - . . Padnonianaty Busty - 20 - - 1 8 - Bermaindra Poojary. 119. Caup Blahlar - R. Venkatrainana 11 - - 7 4- Addiga Luxoomy Narna Bbutta. 120. - - - K. ditto - - - - 6 - - 19 8 - Ditto Vittla Bhut. 121. - - - Paddoo Vassoodeva ... 16 - - 2 8- Ditto .Jenardana Bhut. 122. Yermal - Tenka Jenardana . - - 240 2,156 - - 1. Marania Hegadah. 2. Mainda Shetty. 3. Addiga Annaya Bhut. 4. N. .So 1. K. Hcgadah. 2. Aildiga Ananya Bhut. 3. Stanie Shwnya. 203. • Padoora Paraabivanatha DuDty 29 - - 152 12 - Poojary Panchaindia. G21. E E 4 (eciilinutd) 224 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 5 — Statement of the Religious Institutions of Native Worship in the Talook of Oodipy — continued. No. fllogauics. Village. Design.ition of the lostitutiua Amount of Estimated Value of the Names of the proposed Trustees of Native Worship, Annual Tusdeek. Property in each Pagoda. for each Institution. 1 Petty Devastanums~continur(f. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. 204. " " " . . - Anantanatha Busty . 36 - - 236 13 3 1. K. Hegadeh. 2- Padamuhindra. 3. Punchahindra. 205. Kurkul - Cusbali - B. Mahalinga ... 3 3 2 ... Addiga Puma Achary. 206. . - Gopaul Kristoa 8 - - ... A. Puma Achary. 207. ... - K. Anainaot . . - 8 - - 21 8 - A. Padoomanaba Achary. 208. ■ Hine Auamant 30 - - 164 - - 1. Appcnna. 2. Sheriapa Hegadeh. 3. .Shaukra Pudivalla. 209. ... ... K. Luxumi Naraina . 4 12 10 ... Hadiga Padmanaba Achary. 210. . . A. Jenardana ... 8 - - 16 12 - Ditto Chenna Kcishwa Bhut. 211. - ... Ch. Gopaul Kristna - 12 - - 10 - - Ditto Soobraya Bhut, 212. . . P. Veera Bhadra 2 - - 46 - - Poojary Govigapa. 213. . . N. Mahi'nkally 1 3 3 41 8 - Addiga Rama Bhut. 214. ... . Ch. Brahma . - - 4 - - 2 - - Ponjary Nursim Bhut. 215. ... - B. Gooraattanath Burty • 24 8 - 13 - _ Ditto Padooma-hindra. 216. ■ . Ch. Busty 40 14 5 16 12 - 1. M. Deja Balipa. 2. P. Chendaya. 3. Shivapa Hegadeh. 217. H. Padoomavaty 44 - - 442 8 - 1. K. Linga Moodeya. 2. P. Bralimaya. 3. Shivapali Hegadeh. 218. . . - - Goomitikary Busty . 16 - - . Poojary Brahmaya. 219. - . Boraaraya ditto 12 - - 10 - - Ditto Padamaya. 220. ... ... Hadegvfry ditto 20 - - 2 4- Ditto Brahmaya. 221. . . Habah ditto . . - 20 - - 68 4 - Ditto Adappa. 222. - . Gurooraya ditto 12 - - 4 8- Ditto Brahmaya. 223. . ... Adesswara ditto 12 - - - - - Ditto . ditto. 224. . ... Guroogalla ditto 20 _ _ 12 - - Ditto - ditto. 225. . . V. Damiateerta ditto 20 - - 60 8 - Ditto . ditto. 226. . H. Nemaishwar ditto 142 9 8 377 - - 1. S. Pudwalla. 2. Rotty Hegadah. 3. P. Shamaindra. 227. ... Tcllar - Jelladarga ... 12 - - - 8 - Kristna Bliut. 228. ... - Vishveshwara ... I 3 2 27 - - Addiga Rama Bhut. 229. ... ... Hahasadaraya Booth 6 - - - - - Kristna Bhut. 230. Kurkul . Peranajeh Mahling - . . . 40 - - 107 - - 1. P. Annaya Bhut. 2. Addiga Ram Bhut. 3. Stanie Uamana. 231. ... ... S. Mahlinga ... 1 3 2 ... Adiga Padoomanaha Achary. 232. . . K. Vinaika . 6 - - - 4 - Ditto. 233. Haydoor Meeyar . Mahlinga ... 40 - - 12 - - 1. Addiga Venkatramanna Bhut. 2. Padoomakaddamba. 3. Stanie Narraina. 234. ... Irreatur Gangadar ... 8 - - - . - Addiga Narsima Bhut. 235. ... . . _ Gopaul Kristna 28 _ _ 15 - - Ditto Vassoo Bhut. 236. - ... Hadeshwar Busty 16 .- - 40 - - Adahindra. 237. . . Doorga .... 16 - _ 25 - - Adiga Ananta Bhut. 238. . Mooddar J. Brahma ... 8 - - 60 - - Ditto. 239. - ... Anuntanath Busty • 20 - - 8 - - Poojary Shamaindra. 240. . ... B. Adeishwar ditto - 12 - - 28 - - Ditto Nemaindra. 241. . . Punddy ditto - . - 12 - - 20 - - Adahiudra. 242. . Nulloor - Purvesnatha ditto 24 - - 100 - - Chendapaindra. 243. - . Caraary Brahma 4 12 10 - 8 - Venkanna Bhut. 244. ... Ranjal . Chendranath Busty - 28 - - 100 - - 1. Kotty Hegadeh. 2. Ponjary Luxoomayindra. 3. Chendayinrlra. 245. Havoor - Nakabreh Mahlinga ... 24 - - 103 2 5 1. N. Vcnkta Shetty. 2. V. Somaya N.aik. 3. Addiija Nanna Bhut Addiga. 246. ... - . * S. Luxoomy Naraina 3 9 7 1 14 7 Addiga Arydass Bhut. 247. • • . Atoor - Oomahyeshwar 16 - - 62 - - Ditto Sham Bhut. 248. . . • " " • Vistnoo Moorty 24 12 9 54 10 5 1. Hiryennah Hegadeh. 2. Rainanaya. 3. Addiga Krooshna Bhut. 249. ... Nitteh - K. Darga 188 - - 976 2 - 1. Tirnap Bhundary. 2. Bermah Addcntaya. 3. Addiga Sunnaya Bhut. 250. ■ ~ Kookoondura Darga .... 18 - - 212 5 3 1. Linga Moodiah. 2. Adiliga \'enkateish Bhut. 3. Stamic Devapah. 261. . Koontraddy Gopaul Krista- 2 _ _ 3 6- Addiga Ranga Bhut. 252. . Kalliga - Jenardan ... 1 3 2 2 3 7 Ditto Dassa Bhutta. 253. ... - - - Gopaul Kristna 1 3 3 2 3 3 Ditto Naraina Bhut. 254. Keravareh Cusba - Mahlinga ... 36 - - 159 12 - 1. .addiga Narna Bhut. 2. Shumaya. 3. Stanie Narraina. 255. ... . • . Kireh Busty . 16 - - 52 2 - Poojary Shameya-indra. 256. . . - - - - Hadcishwar ditto 12 - - 52 2 - Ditto • ditto. 257. ... - - - Paraswanatha ditto - 12 - - 3 - - Ditto Devapahindra. 258. ... _ - - Mandava ditto - - - 12 - - 52 2 - Ditto Shamayaindra. 259. ... Mahul - Vistnoo Moorty 6 12 10 44 1 9 Addiga Pootaya Bhutt. 260. ... - - - Coomarj* Brahma 1 3 2 36 2 5 Ditto Appaya Bhutt. 261. ... ... Nemcsshwar Busty • 16 - - 95 - 7 Poojary Padamaindra. 262. - Nellikar Mahlinga _ , _ Total • - - 3 - - 7 15 10 Addiga Vassoo BhutU. 6,957 11 2 22,328 10 1 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. No. 5. — SiATtJiKNT of the Kcligioin In9titutioa!> of Native Worship in the Talook of Oodipy — continued. 225 No. Moganies. Village. Designation of the Institution of Native Worship. Amount of Annual Tusdcek Estimated Value of the Propel ty in each Pagoda. Names of the propa^d Trustees for each Institution. 13 7 4 286 Jung AM Mhutts: Keirvashe - Karkal Hallasavira Ditto Yeraddanad Niddambur Ditto Mosques: Oodiaivar - Katjiaddy - Padainanoor Kiukal Cusbah Cusbah P-ingal Pillar Santoor - Donial'bet - Nagempally Modda Nifiombur Cusba Kotte Kadaoor Cubbah Keirvashe Mhut Virakatha ditto Pangal liitto - Sorkal ditto Kcnd.idily ditto M. Mallikarjoona Deva Aiahantayaua Mhut • Total - Mazccd - JiHiiiiah ditto - Malpeh ditto - Jooiiiah ditto - Total ABSTRACT. Afathabar Devastanums Petty - ditto Juiigam Mhutts Aloaques Rs. a. p. 32 - - 4S - - 51 14 10 12 - - 24 - - 9 - - lis, a. p. 220 4 - 16 - - 1 & 10 24U 14 10 242 12 10 36 8 72 - 96 - 276 8 3 13 - 21,164 12 10 1,62,138 8 8 Total 13,681 10 5 6,939 11 2 248 14 10 276 8 5 2,39,^34 I 9 22,328 10 1 242 12 10 13 - - 21,164 8 5 2,62,138 8 8 Appayah. Poujiiry Nanjeh. Ditto Ha-isa Lingayah. Ditto Virayah. Ditto Bassa Lingayn. Aildica Krooshna Hhut. Poojiiry Basba Lingaya. Cazy Sliaik Ism.iel. Munkaiy Alxlool Kawder. C.izy Mahomril Istiiael, Cazy Syed Oust>aia. ABSTRACT of Arrangements proposed relative to the Appointment of Trustees. 198 208 3 211 13 2 50 2 TRUSTEES. Number for each Pagoda - Total Number. Amount of Tusdeek. Institutions in the receipt of Tusdeek not exceeding 30 Rupees per Annum : lis. a. p. Petty Devastanums ---.]. 193 2,209 8 - Ditto ...... 3 . 30 194 12 9 ADiutts Institutions receiving above 30 Rupees per Annum : Matbabar Devastanum Ditto Ditto Ditto 34 73 2B6 1 287 Petty Ditto Ditto Ditto Mhutts .... Mosques .... Total above 30 Rupees each Bechivak, or I Chendianath B:i»ty, \ lapsed to Government - •j - GRAND TOTAL 228 3 231 1 21 20 8 50 2 150 10 162 220 431 431 Amouut of Property. Rs. a. p. 3,948 7 II 1,719 3 10 2,404 4 9 43 - - 5,667 11 9 6 8 10 2,449 4 9 6,674 4 7 465 - - 2,436 - - 2,3^^0 10 5 8,400 - - 600 - _ 9,.!0I 8 8 29,632 9 J 2,00,000 - 13,681 10 6 I 2,39,354 1 9 118 - - 4,073 6 3 3(i0 - - 4,353 6 5 203 14 10 276 8 5 18,715 8 1 21,164 12 10 7 - - 21,171 12 10 530 - - 13.474 14 4 2,636 - - 16,660 14 4 236 4 13 2,56,464 4 I 2,62,133 8 8 2,62,138 8 8 (signed) //. ,V. Blair, P' Coll'. G2i. FF E.XTRACT 22G PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 14 November 1842. Para. 1. This Report would appear to be only preliminary — a sketch of the general plan on which the Principal Collector proposes to proceed, without much detail of particulars. The Board, therefore, lose no time in communicating to him their sentiments as to the scheme in general, and on certain points in par- ticular, touching which he solicits their instructions, in the hope that he may be able to take some further steps towards the final settlement of a matter which has been so long in hand, before avaihng himself of the leave of absence recently granted to him. Afauthiir Pagodas - 83 2. The total number of native religious institutions in the receipt of allowances Siikry - ditto - 3,289 from Government is 3,668 ; the Hindoo Pagodas (3,372 in number) are divided MoIJu^Ts - ditto - 130 into jMautbur and Sillery (large and petty) ; but it is not evident on what prin- ciple, as it is observed in the statements accompanying the report, that many •^•'^''" classed under the latter denomination have larger allowances than some entered under the former; the Principal Collector will be pleased to explain the ground of the distinction. The aggregate of the sums allotted to all the institutions statement 1. aniouuts to Rs. 1,54,634. 14. 5. annually. This statement of endowments Tiisdppks i,.33,i52]3 7 includes the part of Coorv recently annexed to the province of Canara, and it is Laud Lnams 19,482 -10 .,',,.„ ^ .. -^ . , , ^ , , . ' , supposed that the list oi the institutions does so also, though not specially stated. i,.54.fi34 14 5 --pj^g J3oard observe, that though Statement 1 is professedly in English, its most important parts are in a native language, and one little understood at the Presi- dency ; with his next report, the Principal Collector is requested to submit another statement, showing the particulars of the grants and other details in English. It is requested also, that the grant of 50,000 rupees a year, spoken of as having been obtained by ISIajor Munro, may be further explained, as well as the allowance mentioned as having lapsed to Government. Para. 3. 3. The interference of Government in the conduct of the religious establish- ments in this district appears to have been minute, extending to the appoint- ment and dismissal of most of the servants, as well as investigation and punishment of their misconduct. Although this is stated universally of all the institutions, the Jjoard are inclined to suppose that, strictly speaking, it can apply to only a portion ; and that in particular the smaller pagodas were left more at liberty. 4. Mr. Blair's plan for the future management of the pagodas is as follows : Those whose annual allowances are v\ithin 30 rupees a year, to be entrusted to the officiating priest ; with whom, where the property of the pagoda is large, three other persons are to be associated ; pagodas receiving more than the above- mentioned sum, to be committed to trustees from three to five in number. Para. 7. 5. The Board fully approve of the constitution of the poojaries of the small temples to be sole trustees, since it appears to be only the perpetuation of a practice already obtaining, and it is desirable that no needless change should be made in existing usage. They are even inclined to think that this plan might be extended, by enlarging the sum now fixed as a limit to its operation. If in some cases the appointment of co-trustees with the poojary is thought necessary (and the Board would wish that this should be restricted to as few cases as possible), it seems desirable that such co-trustees should be the hereditary village ofticers, as by that means the succession to vacancies in the trust is provided for. 6. It does not clearly appear by what principle Mr. Blair has been guided in Para. 8. the nomination of trustees for the larger pagodas. From one part of the report it would seem that the selection of respectable people of the vicinity to join with Para. 9. the pricsts in the management, was the only proceedings ; elsewhere it is stated that the right of superintendence over some pagodas has been recognized as Pars, a residing in certain rajahs ; and again, reference is made to the " hereditary or Pari. 4. recognized head " of an institution, and to " contending claimants for the right of the sole management of a pagoda." The Principal Collector is requested to furnish INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 227 furnish some more precise information on this point. For his guidance in effecting the desired arrangements, the Board record the following remarks : 1st. Where the disbursement of the funds and the custody of the property of an institution have been hitherto lodged in one or more individuals, subject only to a general right of superintendence on the part of Govern- ment, it is proper that the same parties should be continued undisturbed in the possession of the same power and privileges without the intrusion of strangers. 2d. In those institutions in which the interference of Government officers has been greater, whenever persons may be found, whether rajahs or priests or others, who appear to possess, or whose ancestors appear to have pos- sessed, an hereditary right of superintendence, and who, if Government had never interfered, might now be exercising that right : such claim should be recognized, and the party constituted manager. 3d. Where no such possession or right may exist, it would be well if any rajah or chief could be found in the neighbourhood willing to undertake the charge, to commit the pagoda to him, and constitute him and his heirs and successors sole superintendents ; and, lastly, where this is impracticable, a trustee or trustees should be chosen, with whom, if thought proper, the Poojary may be associated ; vacancies occurring among these trustees should be filled up by the suffrage of the community. 7. With reference to para. 14 of the letter under notice, the Board observe that an Act is now in course of preparation to include, among others, the object there specified. 8. Where trustees or superintendents are entrusted with the custody of pro- perty, it is necessary that the property should be formally committed to their charge, but there need not be a removal of it, because the custody will be only the same in kind and degree which the servants of Government have hitherto exercised; nor does it seem likely that resistance will be offered to what is not the establishment of a new right of inquisition, but only the transfer of an old one ; for it is to be remembered, that the new superintendents will have actual cognizance of property only in those cases in which the Government officers have had it hitherto. 9. The Principal Collector has not furnished any statement to show how many pagodas have been dis])osed of as petty, and how many are to be included in the Para. 7. other arrangements. He will be pleased to supply the omission in English lan- p;uage ; but it is not necessary that he should show the details of the former classes, except of those pagodas to which co-trustees may be appointed, and he will be pleased to state what sum he may ultimately fix as the limit of the small pagodas, and what amount of property as needing the nomination of co-trustees. The arrangements for each of the large pagodas should be exhibited. 10. It is observed, that no allusion is made in the report to the muttums and mosques, though they also aj)])car from the enclosures to have been compre- hended in the arrangements formed. Neither is it mentioned whether there are any deposits in the treasury on account of the religious institutions. It is hoped that the next report will supply the omission on both points. (signed) J. D. Bourdillon, Secretary. From //. M. Blair, Esq. Principal Collector of Mercara, to J. J). Bourdillon, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Eort St. George ; dated 10 December 1842. Sir, Para. 1. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of an extract of the proceedings of the Board, dated 1-ltli ultimo, containing their remarks on my letter reporting the measures proposed for carrying into eft'ect the orders of the b-2\. K f 2 Court No 1. 22S PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Court of Directors relative to the relinquishment of all interference on the part of Government with the religious institutions of the natives, and calling for further information on certain points not sufficiently explained in my letter above mentioned. 2. With respect to the distinction between Mahtobar and Chillar, the cause of which the Board desire to have explained, I beg to observe, that the distinc- tion was made in the year 1802. when the arrangements for the allowances, &c. of the pagodas were effected, owing to the destruction of all the old records of the office ; it is not, however, in my power to explain the exact grounds on which the difference was originally made. It did not depend solely on the amount of allowances enjoyed by the pagodas, but appears to have been owing to some peculiar importance or sanctity attaching to certain places of worship, and also, it is said, in some instances, to the solicitation of the heads of institutions. The distinctions are merely honorary, and does not appear to be of any importance as affects the present arrangement. 3. The list of institutions forwarded with my former letter, includes those belonging to Lower Coory, recently annexed to Canara. 4. The statement in English, showing the particulars of the g'rants and other details, alluded to in the 2d para, of the Board's proceedings under acknowledg- ment, is herewith forwarded. 5. With respect to the grant of 50,000 rupees by Major Munro, on which fur- ther explanation is required, I beg to state, that, in consequence of the loss of the Hazoor records, I am unable to refer to the correspondence which took place on the occasion of sanction bein^ obtained for the appropriation of that sum to the pagodas. It would appear, however, from the information of the old servants in the department, that, in consequence of the large assumptions of the pagoda revenues by the Mysore Government under Hyder and Tippoo, and the insuffi- ciency of the remaining emoluments for the expenses of certain institutions, Major Muro was induced to recommend the grant of 50,000 rupees as an addition to the devastanum revenues : a portion only of that sum was disbursed by Major Munro during the short time he afterwards remained in the province. 6. In fixing the pagoda tusdeek in Fusly 1212(1802), Messrs. Ravenshaw&Read, the then Collectors of the province, referring to the average payments made during the three preceding years, permanently added the sum of Rs. 30,221. 11. 8., out of the grant of 50,000 above-mentioned, to the devastanum allowance, making the total tusdeek of the district Rs. 1 ,35, 1 52. 13. 7. as shown in the margin. The ^n'liTu «f en- remaining sum of Us. 19,778. 4. 4. out of the grant of 50,000 was carried 'vt'i"u« "^™ I 04 931 ^^ account. The correspondence that took place on the occasion of this settle- Portion added ' ' meut of the pagoda allowances, will no doubt be found in the office of the Board *'f tt"°r"nt °^ Revenue, to which I must beg to refer the Board for any further particulars i.iu»,5u,ooo 30,221 II 8 of thc trausaction. Tuwleek fixed a. 1,35,152 13 7 y rpj^^ lapscd allowances, regarding which the Board require further infor- mation, were the savings or surplus that accrued, from various causes, out of the sum fixed for the expenditure of certain pagodas. This surplus was, it appears, kept in deposit, as a fund for the purpose of making such additions as might afterwards appear necessary to the allowances of any of the pagodas, and also to be applied to the repair of such of the buildings as might stand in need of it. In this manner sums continued to be disbursed out of this fund until Fusly 1245 (a. d. 1835), when the surplus remaining in deposit, amounting to Rs. 15,072. 4. 7., was carried to the credit of Government : since that time there has been no disbursement on any account out of the savings or lapses to Govern- ment of the pagoda allowances. 8. There are several places of worship which have fallen into decay from means not being forthcoming to rebuild them ; and as the services in these dilapidated temples have ceased, the allowances have consequently been suspended. A list of iNo. 2. these decayed institutions is herewith forwarded. The amount of allowances suspended, as shown in the Statement, amounts to Rs. 107. 4. 11., which must be considered as being payable to the institutions on their restoration. Besides the above sum, there is remaining in deposit the pay of certain pagoda servants. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAnO:\IETANISM. 229 servants, wlio have either been absent, or the situations not filled up, as shown in the Statement No. 3. No. 3. 9. In accordance with the recommendation of the Board in their proceedings* • Para. 5. under reply, for extending the Umit of the tusdeek within which the poojaries of institutions should be constituted sole trustees, I would now propose that all those who.se allowance does not exceed 50 rupees should bo so disposed of. I am not inclined to think it would be advisable to apply this arrangement to a still greater extent, as the poojaries of these petty pagodas are generally needy men, without much reputation for honesty, complaints against them for plunderin"- or misapprojiriating the pagoda property being by no means unconmion. 10. An Abstract Statement is herewith submitted, which exhibits the total number of places of native worship whose tusdeek does not exceed 50 rupees, and those in receipt of higher allowances, as also the estimated value of the property belonging to the several institutions in each talook in the district. 1 ] . In the Gth para, of their proceedings under reply, the Board call for more precise information as to the principle on which the nomination of the trustees of the larger pagodas has been recommended by me ; on this point I beg to explain, that the proposed appointment of co-trustees, alluded to in the 8th para, of my letter, dated 28 October 1842, was intended to apply only to those institutions over which no prescriptive, hereditary, or other right of control could be esta- blished by any parties. Over several of the places of worship, recognised heads or managers have always existed, with whose authority in the management of the internal affairs of the institutions there has been no interference on the part of Government. M'ith these, of course, it is only necessary to recognize and confirm the form of management hitherto prevailing. There are others, to the superin- tendents of which claimants in the persons of descendants of petty rajahs and chiefs have sprung up since the determination of the Court of Directors to aban- don all interference on the part of their servants with the affairs of the pagodas has become known. Wherever such claim can be established, and the exercise of it will not interfere with any subsequently acquired right, it is proposed to make over the management of the institutions to the respective claimants. 12. With respect to the mutts and mosques, they have always been under the sole management of the presiding priests or iiereditary superintendents. The tusdeek is paid to them, and no account of the administration of the affairs of their respective institutions has ever been rendered to the Government otiicers. No change is therefore necessary in the existing management of those insti- tutions. 13. The arrangements proposed by me for the future management of those institutions over which Government has hitherto exercised any control, will be found, I believe, to correspond in all the leading points with the plan laid down for my guidance in the Gth para, of the Boards proceedings, dated 14th November 1842. 14. It is not in my power to submit with this Report the detailed statements called for in the 9th para, of the Board's i)roceedings above mentioned for the whole of the institutions in the district, as the particulars of some of the pagodas are not yet completed. 15. 1 beg now to submit a Statement of the proposed arrangement for the No. s. Cundapoor talook, wliicli if a[)|)roved by the Board, a similar statement shall be prepared for the remaining talooks. I have, &c. Mercara, (signed) II. M. Blair, 10 December 1842. Principal Collector 6ai- FF3 No. I. 230 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 1. — MEMORANDUM, showing- the Endowed Revenues assumed by GovernrDent belonging to the Institution of Native Worship, the Amount of Money Allowance granted in lieu thereof, and the Disbursements made on that account in the District of Canara. 18,132 7,239 Cudeem Enam, or ancient Endowed Revenue ...----- Deduct, — Zaftee, or confiscated, during the former dynasties of the Bednore Ranee, Hyder and Tippoo --.-.------- Ditto, Estates of the Nundawur Bungar, forfeited to Government for taking part in the insurrection in 1837 -...------- Balance, — Jary Enam, or the revenues of lands, the assessment of which has been remitted in perpetuity, 7. c. Revenues of Rent-free Lands ------- Revenue of Lands assumed by the Company's Government, in lieu whereof Tusdoek or Money Allowance is payable ; viz. 1. Mclwassi, or portion of Endowed Revenues, continued to be enjoyed by the institutions after the confiscation by the former Governments above men- tioned /Ji. 72,591 5 6 2. Walla Dhurma, or revenues of portions of lands assigned by individual ryots to certain institutions - - - . - 3. Kay Dhurma, or allowances paid by individuals out of their funds, without assigning the produce of any portion of their lands 4. Grama Dhurma, or charitable contributions paid by individuals for the support of institutions which received no emoluments from endowed revenues -------- 5. Ballootar, or revenues of lands enjoyed by the institutions, free from assessment, but for which no written grants were forthcoming --------- Xote.' — The foregoing five items. Xos. 1 to 5, consist of rents both in money and kind, __^___— .— _ the latter commuted in money according to the prevailing prices. Add, — Amount paid to the institutions (independently of their endowed revenues) out of the grant of 50,000 rupees sanctioned by Government in Fusly 1209, under the collectorate of Major Munro ..-....--- Total Add, — Endowed Revenues of the Institutions in the Lower Coory, annexed to Canara in Fusly 1244 : Jaree Enam .---.--------- Revenue of Lands assumed by Company's Government, in lieu whereof Tusdeek (Money Allowance) is payable ; viz. Melwassi Ri. 5,134 9 11 Walla Dhurma 244 15 3 Kay Dhurma 1,009 - 5 Kenna Cuddy, or annual payments made by debtors to the funds of the Institutions, being interest on Loans received by them • 117 8 - 4,91,223 11 3 240 8 - 450 10 6 1,004 1 2 Rs. 19,283 10 5 99,417 9 2 Jary Enam Melwassi Walla Dhurma Kay Dhurma - Grama Dhurma Ballootar Kenna Cuddy - 19,283 10 5 72,591 5 18,132 7 7,239 - 450 10 LOWER COORY. 198 6 5 5,134 9 U 244 15 3 1,009 - 6 117 8 - 6,506 1 7 Money Allowance out of the Grant of 50,000 rupees, as explained above Institutions to which Tusdeek, or Money Allowance, was C.ted, in lieu of the Endowed Revenues assumed, &c. in the manner above shown : To Malabar Pagodas, or eminent Hindoo Institutions To Chilara ditto, or petty ditto -....- To Mutts, or places of native worship of Lingayets - - - To Mosques ----.-.--. Jaree Enam ----------- Deduct, — Amount of Tusdeek lapsed to Government, or the surplus accrued out of the Sum fiicd for the expenditure of the Institutions : Mathobur I'agodas .-..-.-- Chilara ditto- --.-..-.- Mutts ----- Mosques --.,,-,... 62,052 - 57,849 9 3,615 5 6,122 5 1,92,639 4 10 19,283 10 5 198 6 5 6,506 1 7 19,482 - 10 1,05,923 10 9 30,221 11 8 LOWER COORY. 2,370 - 2,562 12 631 9 49 3 5,513 8 198 6 5 372 1 5 2,173 10 1 114 6 2 104 - - Balance payable 7?.s. n. p. 6,10,165 6 10 4,91,464 3 3 1,18,701 3 7 30.221 11 8 1,48,922 15 3 6,707 8 - 1,55,627 7 3 1,35,152 13 7 19,482 - 10 2,764 1 6 1,61,870 12 11 Mercfira, 10 December 1842, (signed) //. M, Blair, Principal Collector. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAXISM. 231 No. 2.— STATEMENT, showing the Be Charak or Lapses to Government from the Relijrious Institutions in Can Mathbur Deostanums. Muttums. Mosques. Petty Pagodia. ToT;ir.. No. Amount. No. AmouDt. No. Amount. No. Amount. Amount. Mangalore Bekul Buntwal - - - Barcur ... Honore - - - Ankola . - . Soopah - - . Sondah - - - — Rs. fl. /;. _ _ 1 R$. a. p. 7 9 8 2- - lis. fl. p. — 2 — 1 4 3 1 Rs. a. p. 2 6 6 6 3 2 44 10 10 113 3 4 - - 20 1 7 4 12 - 1 4 3 1 2 3 Rs. a. p. 2 6 6 3 2 52 4 C 11 3 3 4 2- — 2 — 20 1 7 10 14 - Total - - - — „ 1 13 11 8 - - 2 - 15 93 5 3 16 107 4 11 Mercara, 10 December 1842. (signed) H. M. Plair, Principal Collector. No. 3. — STATEMENTS of Deposits on account of the Pagoda Allowances in Canara, accrued between 1245 and October 1252. Deposits in the Talooks : On account of Mathabur Pagodas, being the unpaid salaries of the ser^'ants under the Institutions - - - - - Ditto - Petty Pagodas, ditto - - - Ditto - Muttums, ditto • - . - Ditto - Mosques, ditto - - - - Deposits in th« Collector's Treasury from the Mathbur and Petty Pagodas - T0T.1 Rs. a. p. 6,837 4 6 260 6 6 - - 1 6 4 5 7,109 14 6 6,402 14 11 13,512 13 4 The sum of Rs. 7,109. 14. 5. is the amount of deposits in tha talooks which is still required for disbursement. The sum not required to be disbursed was ordered to be remitted to the Hazoor Treasury, and amounts to Rs. 6,402. 14. 11. The deposits consist of unpaid salaries of certain offices, the holders of which have been absent, and the pay of vacant situutions which were not filled up iminediately, and also of the savings effected in the purchase of articles below the esti- mated value. 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GG Extract 234 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 22 December 1842. Para. 1. In this letter the Principal Collector replies to the Board's remarks and inquiries in their proceedings of the 14th ultimo, regarding his plans for the future management of the native religious institutions of his district. It is not, however, a final or conclusive report, as the arrangements have not yet been completed, and do not appear to have been in any instance carried into effect. 2. The divisions of the pagodas of Canara into mautbar and selleray has no reference, it appears, to their income, as is generally the case elsewhere ; but the former term is merely an honorary distinction accorded to 83 of the most vene- rated temples in 1802, when the devastanum allowances were settled. 3. In reply to the Board's question, as to the grant of 50,000 rupees on Major Munro's application, Mr. Blair states, that on the otircer's representation of the insufficiency of the religious endowments in Canara, from the extensive resump- tion of the Mysore conquerors. Government authorized an addition to them of half a lac annually ; but that, in 1802, the permanent allowance out of that grant v/as fixed at Ks. 30,221. 11. 8., the remainder being considered unneces- sary by Messrs. Ravenshaw and Read, then the Collectors respectively of the north and south divisions of the province. 4. It appears, from the information now furnished, that the sanctioned allow- ances to the devastanums amount to Rs. 1,54,634. 14. 5.; but the amount actually disbursed is only Rs. 1,51,870. 12. 11., the difference, Rs. 2,764. 1. 6., being reserved as not required. The accu- To Mathabar Pagodas, or eminent Hindoo institutions 64,422 - 5 mulations of this saving for seven years are ToM«t\rorplSof nativfl^re^^^^^ - 4,146 14 4 Stated to be in deposit, but their amount To Mosques - - f'^"^ 8 9 is not specified. In addition to this, the To Jari Enam . - ' allowances to certain pagodas which have i,.54.6.34 14 5 fallen to decay are suspended ; the annual ——^——— amount of these is Rs. 107. 4. 11., but the aggregate is not mentioned. There is also a sum of Rs. 6,402. 14. 11., being accumulations of the pay of certain offices, withheld in consequence of their being vacant or the incumbent absent. In a future communication, IVIr. Blair is requested to specify the amount actually in deposit in his treasury, to enable the Board to report it to Government. Para. 9. 5. The Board approved of the substitution of 50 rupees for 30, as the limit Proceedings,i4Nov., within which pagodas are to be entrusted to the poojaries only. The plans para. 6. explained in para. 11, for the larger pagodas, are also very nearly in accordance with their sentiments as formerly expressed. It only remains that the arrange- ments should be completed, and a detailed statement prepared, such as is Para. 0. Specified in the Board's former proceedings, showing, individually, the disposal of the pagodas receiving above 50 rupees, and of the smaller, in the aggregate. Statement No. 5, now received, does not give the particulars of the larger pagodas, and is therefore defective. As soon as the arrangements are com- pleted for each pagoda, they should be carried into effect without delay. The mutts and mosques will continue on the same footing as heretofore. 6. There would seem to be some omissions in Statement 4, as the number of the sillary devastanums, as there given, is observed to be smaller than is stated in the Principal Collector's former letter. (signed) J. D. Bourdillon, Secretary. (True copies.) ' (signed) /. F. T/iomax, Secretary to Government. — No. 112. 1843. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAMS.M. 235 — No. 112.— (No. 257.) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue; dated 29 May 1843. Rkad letter from Acting Principal Collector of Cuddapah, leijorting his having completed the arrangements for transferring the native religious institutions of cth in Cons. I8 May his district into the hands of trustees, and forwarding a statemcnf of the pagodas, mosques, kc, and of the parties to whom their management has been entrusted. In their proceedings of the 14th November 1842, the Board had the satis- faction of reporting to Government the completion of the arrangements for the transfer into the hands of trustees of all the native religious institutions in the district of Cudilapah, with the exception of one, Royachoty, in the case of which the annual allowances, 1,458 rupees, beinir considerable, the reddies and respectable people in the neighbourhood were stated to be afraid of the respon- sibility. That difficulty has now been overcome, and the pagoda made over to a committee, composed of 1 7 of the principal residents in Royachoty and the vicinity. This arrangement completed the final disseverance of Government interference with the native rel'gious institutions in the province of Cuddapah. 2. The general principles on which the transfer has been effected having been Proceedingsof Board already reported to Government, and received their approval, it is now only of Revenue, 3o May necessary to remark, that the suggestion of the Board, that in cases where a Ditto, u Nov. ir42. curnum had been constituted sole trustee, some reddy or influential ryot should '^''""''' of Council, be associated in the charge, has been acted on by Mr. Arbuthnot, as will appear nth,"i842." °^' from the statement now forwarded. Ditto, Nov., in Cons. 12th Dec. 3. In para. 4, the Acting Principal Collector brings to notice three institutions' ^^'^• the endowments of which have, in two cases, been entirely, and in the third> partially suspended. The two first are that of a pagoda in which no worship has been celebrated for the last 12 years, or since a.d. 1830, and a cazeeship, for which there has been no incumbent since the demise of the last holder in 1818. '1 he Board are of opinion that those institutions may be held to have escheated, and that the funds for iheir support, and sums in deposit on this account, should be carried to the credit of Government. 4. The third item is an amount cf Rs. 43. 2., being a part of the annual endowment annexed to the Chowk Mosque in the town of Cuddapah, discon- tinued, under what authority does not appear, in 1831, in consequence of some of the servants attached to it being suspected of having been concerned in the murder of Mr. M'Donald, sub-collector and joint magistrate of the district. It might be proper at the time to adopt some means of marking the public indignation excited by so atrocious an act ; but, adverting to the number of years which have since elapsed, and the changes which have doubtless taken place among the servants belonging to this mosque, it would, the Board think, be proper that, on the final withdrawal of Government from all interference with the afl'airs of this institution, its former endowment should be made over to it in full. They therefore beg to recommend that the original allowance, being Rs. 76- 2., may be paid to the parties to whom the mosque may be entrusted. 5. From an oversight, for which they would now apologise, the Board, in forwarding the report on the devastanum of South A root, stated that Canara was the only province then remaining in which the arrangements for the transfer of the religious institutions had not been fully carried out. The pagodas in Cuddapah having, with the one exception of Royachoty, been disposed of, the arrear in the case of this district had escaped their attention. (signed) E. C. Lovcll, Acting Secretary. 621. G G 2 To 236 PAPERS ON CONNFA'ION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF To jE. C. Lovell. Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. Sir, Para. 1 Revenue, George. , 1 HAVE the honour to report, for the information that the arransiements for disconnecting the servants of the Board of of Government with the religious institutions of the district have now been com])leted. 5 November 1842. 2. At the date of my last report* there only remained one pagoda at Royachoty, - for which managers had not been found. As the endowments attached to this pagoda were large, the reddies and curnums of the village appeared afraid to undertake the responsibilit3^ A committee lias now been formed, composed of 17 of the principal residents in Royachoty and the adjoining village ; amongst them is a Aloosulman. a reddy of one of the villages ; this appeared to me some- what extraordinary, but, as the arrangement was made amongst the parties themselves, I did not consider it necess-ary to raise any objection to it. 3. In all the cases where a curnum had been appointed sole manager, I have, agreeably to the suggestions contained in the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated the I4th November 1842, associated either a reddy or an influential ryot in the charge. 1 have also filled up all vacancies that have since occurred managers charge, the and I bee: now to submit an amended list of all the amongst religious institutions in the district, of the endowments attached to them, and of the persons who have been placed in charge of them. 4. The Board will observe, that the payments of the endowments have been entirely discontinued in two cases, and partially in one. The details of these are as follows : 1. 2. TALOOKS. 3- Description of the Religious Institutions. 4. Number of the Institutions in the accompanying Statement. 5. .Annual .Ulowance originally sanctioned. Particalats of Column 5. No. 6. Amount still paid. .Amount discontinued. 1. 2. 3. Door - - - - Cliennoor - . - Royachoty - - - Total - - - Pagoda - Mosque - Cazee 35 1 8 Ri,. a. p. 8 12 - 76 2 - 83 14 4 Rs. a. p. 33 - - Rs. a. p. 8 12 - 43 2 - 83 14 4 - 168 12 4 33 - - 13.5 12 4 1st. An annual allowance of Rs. 8. 12. was attached to the Poddatoor Calva Anjanayaswamy's Pagoda, and the amount annually paid to the poojaries ; but in consequence of the smallness of the allowance, the w^oiship has been discontinued since Fusly 1240 (1830-31). 2d. In the town of Cuddapah an endowment of Rs. 76. 2. was allotted to the Chowk Mosque ; but as some of the servants attached to it were suspected of bavins; been concerned in the aftray which took place in the town of Cuddapah, in Fusly 1241 (1841-42), in which Mv. M'Donald, the sub-collector and joint magistrate was murdered, a portion of the allowance has since then been discon- tinued, and 33 rupees only are now paid. 3d. An annual allowance of Rs. 83. 14. 4. was paid to Syed Mahomed Cazee, of Royachoty, till Fusly 1228 (1818-19). It was discontinued on his death, and has never since been bestowed on any one else. 4th. If, therefore, the above sum of Ks. 135. 12. 4. be deducted from the actual amount of endowments, there will remain the .sum of Rs. 31,8(il. 13. 4., to be charged in the treasury accounts, besides the sum of 70 rupees, which is deducted from the beriz of a village in the Doopaiid talook. 5th. There is a sum of 3,564. 5. 7. in deposit on account of those institutions, which will be retained till the final orders of Government on the subject are received. (signed) W. IF. Arbuthnot, Acting Principal Collector. Cuddapah District, Principal Collector's Office, Muddunpolly, 6 May 1843. A STATEME.N'T, INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOiMETANISM. Z7 A STATEMENT, showing the Names of the Individuals who consented to undertake the iMunagement of the Pagodas, Mosques, &c. in the Zillali of Cudiiapah, for Fusly 1252. ]. 2. 3. 4. 5. Annua] 6. 7, ToTAt Description of Allow:in(>p Names of the Persons who agreed to stand No. Talooks. tlie PersoiiM who stood No. Names of the Pagodas, of Persons, as Managers. granted to each Pagoda. as Managers for each Pagoda. R,. a. P- Cambiun Paf;o(1as which Imve Ut-n iinilcrtaken by other than I*m>jarii*s. 1. V'cnVatramana Swamy of Cusba Cambum. 175 - - V NursimmacharyRutvartee F.namdar, Curnum Nagarajoo Gooruoinoorly, G. (Jiedaraniltam and riundiqa Ram Rriiiiy. 4 2. Rama Swainy of Cusba Canibum 39 6 _ Iliitwurty Enamd.ir V'. \'fnkatari>yadoo 1 3. Vanligopaula Swamy of Ruve''])aud 297 8 _ Lutcheemce Rcddy and Venkala Rfddy 2 4. Gopaula Swamy of Cankurlah - 154 " ' M. Ca£avaula Chelluni - - - - - 1 1,603 9 4 30 Doopaud Pagodas which have been undertaken by 1. Chcnnacutwa Swamy of Murkapoor 525 - - Curnum Catavooloo and Garoota Reddy, a Ryet. o other thau Poojarics. 2. Teroomala Nada Swamy of Rajun- pally. 192 15 - E. timma Reddy, C. Naeegee Reddy, Sasha Rcddy, Curnum Soohbaranjoo and Malliah. 5 3. Clicnnacusava Swamy of Venka- tadrepolliem. 70 7 - Maltah Ucdiiy, Vcnkiaii, CheUum and Curnum V'cnkapa. 4 •t. Narasimlia Swamy of Murkapoor Zh - - S. Su^hachella Putty Naidoo Paliagur 1 Pagodafi, the manage- b. Maroundaswara Siramy of Mur- 35 _ _ Clietuinbrum ------ 1 ment of which ha-s kapiior. been undertaken by 6. Stetuidoss IJhyragee iMutt of 6 1 1 Thavathasoo Bhyragee - - - - 1 the Ponjaries. jNIurkajioor. 7. Martunilaawara Swamy of Cana- 87 8 - Soobbiah, Appiah and Rutcliiah 3 8. gcry. Anjanaj a Swamy of ditto - 52 8 _ Doorgee Madharacharry - - - - 1 9. Gopaula Swainy of Milluin PuIIy 47 4 _ Sin^'inh. Hiiminh, Tceroomulapah and Ilaf^avncli&ry - 4 10. .Miilla^wara Swaitiy of Alunda- v.T mini 70 - - Cotbapally Narsoo . . - - - 1 *1^I1UIII. 1,121 4 1 23 Pudwail Patjodfts which liavc been undertaken by other than Poojaries*. ]. XVnkatasa Swainy of Cu^bah Budwail. 297 8 - Curnum R. Sooldia Row and G. Govin- tharajoo. 2 Pagodas, the mannge- 2. LingaAtvara Swamy of ditto 35 _ Conkamany Bortchiah - - - - 1 nient of which has .1. Anjanaya Swamy of ditto ,35 _ _ Ki-wamy of Cottapally - 31 13 6 Rama Swamy ...... 24. Anjanaya Swamy of Mungampett 31 13 6 Mookady Poolliah ..... 25. Chennacasava Swaniy of Valaya- cherlah. 22 15 6 Aky Narraiuah Charry .... 26. Chcnnacasava Swamy of Condoor 46 6 - Sauthanee Appiah ... 27. Ugahtaiswara Swaniy of Condoor 42 6 2 Rama >waniy ...... 23. Sunjeevaraya Swamy of Oottoocoor 27 6 8 Venkata Cliarry ..... 29. Vardaraj bwamy of NaraiuNc'loor 31 8 _ Condamah Charry ..... 30. Anjanya Swamy of Yaragoonta- lacottah. 24 8 - Sautanee Appiah . - - - . 31. Anjanaya Swamy of Ranootoolah 11 12 8 Ramiah ....... 32. Cheunacasava Swamy of Lubaka 28 14 _ Garoodah Charry ..... 33. Easwara Swamy of Lubaka 14 14 - Veiikatavaniauah ..... 34. Padmagiryada bwamy of Ohcely 28 14 - Rama Swamy ...... 35. Sunganiaii^wara Swamy of ditto - 24 8 _ Soobi.ah ....... 36. VeerabadraSivamy of ditto 7 - _ Jungiim Zuneadoo ..... 37. ISIaremniudhanatah of Tippalpally 35 - - TumbuUa Seeturaraoodoo .... 38. Wartmmadbanatali of Mallapared- pally. 29 I 8 Poottah Penchal 4,650 10 7 47 Sidhout Pagodas which have been undertaken by other than Poojaries. >• Codundharama Swamy of Winti- mittah. 280 - - Teroomah Condah Reddy .... 2. Bhulabramhusavrara Swamy of Sid- hout. 206 5 9 PauUa Condah R eddy and Poojary M. Naraina Charry. 2 3. Runga Swamy of ditto 105 - - Ditto .... ditto 2 Pagodas, the manage- 4. Bezza Narasimha Charry Anja- 153 3 7 Streenevasaa Charry and Ramah Charry 2 ment of which haa naya Swamy of ditto been undertaken by the Poojaries. 5. Anjanaya Swamy of ditto - 31 8 _ Gundah Charry ..... 6. Anjanaya Swamy of ditto - 19 - 5 Streenevnssa Charry .... 7. Anjanaya Swamy of ditto - 9 8 - Nura.timha ...... 8. Anjanaya Swamy of Baukrapatt 35 - - Narrainah Charry ..... 9. Wooktee Cotaswara Swamy of Goondalamadoo. 87 8 - L'mbiah ..-.-.. 10. SomaHwara Swamy ofMuntapam- pally. 116 10 8 Vengambhatloo ..... I 1,044 6 9 13 Chennoor Pagodas which hive been un• Chennoor — Paiodas, the manage- / . Anjanaya Swamy of ShaurCuddapa 235 15 6 PadayandlaSoobbarah Charrv and Kangahcarrv 2 COnlinutd. ment of nhich has been undertaken by 8. Rama Swamy of ditto 84 - ~ Padayandia Gunda Charry and Koyavcnda-' charry. 2 the Poojaries. 9. Anjanaya Swamy of Dhunara Cuddappah. 88 15 n Veukata Charry and Chinna Ramah Charry 2 10. Somaswara Swamy of dirto 70 7 10 Dhudee Butloo Balla Ycllapah - 1 11. Mullarwara .Swamy of Booggah - 43 12 - Gungapatanum Chetumbarum - - - 1 12. Vecraljliaddra Swamy of Chenta- kamadhiuua. Vardharaja Swamy of Cusba Ca- 39 12 - Corapatty Nagapah - - , . 1 Pagndas, which have 1. 2,073 13 4 Annul Reddy, Curnum Venkalacondapah and 18 Camalupuor - 215 13 4 3 bi'cn undertaken hv malapoor. Tininiap.ih. other than Poojaries. 2. Chennacasava Swaray of Cheppall) 250 13 4 Chinna Yella Ueddy and Curnum Sunyewapah 2 3. Agastaiswara Swamy of ditto - 250 13 4 Ditto ... ditto - - - 2 4. Chennacasava Swamy of Faula- girry. 158 10 8 Chenna Reddy, Tereepalloo Reddy, Carnum Soohbarryadoo and Rarmakistnapah. 4 5. Sangamais\>ara Swamy of Aunee- malah. 70 12 ~ Chenna Rerldy, Chinna Gengee Rtddy, Cur- num Sashuuparah and Venkatnramanapah. 4 6. Cothundarama Swamy of Condoo- hliuttakanaU. 91 - Cokatuul Geciyee Ueddy, Cuinimi Chunchec- vceroyadoo and Podhatoor Buyaj bakala Ramaki^tnamah. 3 Pagoda-s, the manage- 1. Anjanaya Swamy of Cusbah Ca- 33 - _ Narainah Charry - - - - _ 1 ment of which has malapoor. been nndertaken by 8. Somaswara Swamy of ditto S9 2 8 Tumbslla Soobbanah, Veeranah and Ramanah 3 the Poojaries. y. Anjanaya Swamy of Condabattoo- laconda. 42 - - Appaulla Cliarry ..... 1 10. Rama Swamy of ditto 42 - _ Tumballa Chenchoo ..... 1 11. Anjanaya Swamy of Anemellah - 3 8 - Numbee Sushah Charry .... 1 1,259 9 4 23 Goorumcondah Pagodas which have 1. Rama Swamy of Voilpand 834 7 4 Ragava Reddy ..... 1 been undertaken by 2. Narasimha Swamy of Taraycon- 434 9 4 Rama Reddy ...... 1 other than Poojaries. dah. 3. Cousee Viswaswara Swamv of Palair. 145 13 4 Yerrama Reddy and Curnum Gengathura Row. 2 4. Narasimha Swamy of Caulagirry 58 5 4 Tammah Reddy . . - . - 1 5. Rama Swamy of Kamahpoor 93 3 4 Venkata Reddy 1 6. Sedaiswara .Swamv of Calacadah 350 - _ Chenna Veeram Reddy and Curnum Y'ellapah 2 7. Chennacasava .Swamy of Gundloor 291 10 8 Venkaia Reddy and Chi-ngal Reddy - 2 8. N-arasimha Swamy of Aladeeeoorty 105 - _ Basoo Reddy and Rama Reddy - . - 2 9. Cautee Viswaswara Swamy of Voilpand 140 - - Ragava Reddy ..... I Pagodas, the manage- 10. Xarasinimaha Swamy of Cusbah 83 14 1 Rangah Charry ..... I ment of which has Goni'umcondah. been undertaken by 11. Narasinimaha Swamy of Cathey- 84 - _ Ditto 1 the Poorjaries. ryrujachervor. 12. .'\yesiaswara Swamy of Madree- curty. 17 8 - Sushapah ...... 1 2,633 8 5 16 Maddaapally Pagodas whieh ha\'e 1. Vanoogoppalla Swamy of Thettoo 699 11 4 Kistnah Reddy and Curnum Throonathum - 2 bfLii undertaken by 2. Narrasimmaha Swamy of Pauuia- 172 1 4 Nagee Reddy, Byah Reddy and Ilebbara Nara- 3 other than Poojaries. pally. sap.ah. 3. Sunyamaiswara Swamy of Chud- ham. 145 13 4 Venkata Reddy. Curnum Paupamah and Poojary Sunganah. 3 4. Rama Swamy of CoorooballaCottah 43 12 _ Narrain Reddy and Curnum R.igavendrapah - 2 5. Narasimmaha Swamy of Tippasa- moodrani. 43 12 - Appree Reddy and Curnum Pattabee Rama, nah. 2 6. Rama Swamy of Cudhoocoor 35 - - Curnum Venkatanarrainspah and Bakul Ven- kataram. 2 7^ Somaswara Swamy of Cotapally - 58 5 4 Runga Reddy and Kistna Reddy ... 2 8 Mullaswara Swamy of Tumballa- pally. Anjanaya Swamy of Cusbah Mad- 233 5 4 Rama Reddy ..._.- I Pagodas, the manac:e- 9 32 13 _ Narasimmah Charry .... 1 ment of which has danpally. been undertaken by 1,454 9 8 18 the Poojary. Pagodas, which have 1. LntchmeenaraSimmah Swamy of Poole vend alah 2,029 14 6 been undertaken by Kadry. other than Poojaries. '• Jyeo Tusdeek for the above Pagoda 90 10 5 Cootacoolla Chinnapah Reddy and Curnum Bugwdnta Row. 2 2. Jngojotee of Kokantee 465 - - Kokantee Poli.igar JIallapa Naidoo 1 2. Runganadha Swamy of Pooleven- dlah. 434 9 4 Gnodoor Gooroovapah and Bodce Shetty Yerapah. 2 3. Vrushbachellary Swamy of Vem- pally. 58 5 4 Poollah Redily, Condah Reddy and Curnum Anoomantleavyadoo. 3 4. Bliyiawa Swamy of Mopoor 58 5 4 Narapah Reddy. Yclla Reddy, Lutchmee Reddy, Gungw Reddy and Curnum Bagavcntha Row. S 5. Voomahnivhaawara Swamy of Kadiy.' 70 - - Coottalicoolla Chennapah Reddy and Curnum bagaventha Row. 2 6. Anjanaya Swamy of ditto - 17 8 "■ Ditto - - . ditto 2 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAhoMETANISM. 241 Names of the Individuals who consented to undertake the Management of the Pagodas, Mosques, itc. in the Zillah of Cuddupah — continued. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Talooks. Description of the Persons who stood as Managers. No. Names of the Pagodas. Annual Allowance gtanted to each Pagoda. Names of the Persons who agreed to stand as Alanagers for each Pagoda. Total No. of Persons. B». a. P- Poolevendalah Pagodas, the manage- 7. Purma Anjanaya Swaroy of Poo 35 - Tummanah Chairy and Caxavah Chatry 2 .-^c(»Uinued. ment of which has lovendlah. been undertaken by 8. Putcliain.i Anjanaya Swamy of 17 8 _ Ditto . - - - ditto . the Poojaricp. Poolcvendlali. 9. Acjanaya Swamy of Caveer 17 8 ^ Appallah Charr)- - . . - - 1 10. Chennucasarew Swamy of Patnum 17 8 _ Venkaturamanupah - - - - - 1 11. Chennu(>aiiA— continued. 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 6. 7. TJooka. Description of the Persons who litood No. Name* of the Mosques. Annual Allowance Names of the Penoiu who agreed to Hand Total No. aa Managers. granted to each Mosque. aa Managers for each Masque. of Persona. Rs- a. p. Chenooor — The manapement of all in. IMnuiahilipctt Mohazeed Sheeick 76 2 - Shaick Sillaman ..... 1 eonC'. the .MoHijuL's has t)een Ally. undiTtaken hv the 11. Bundhi-ecananiah Mohazeed 76 2 - Oomer Sahib ...... 1 persons who are per- Shaick Omer. forming sen-ice in 12. Molathn.igar iMohazeed Abdul 76 2 - Abdul Kabdar 1 them. Khader. 13. Asliuralmdal Beebc ShaBuyeea- 76 2 - Beebee Shah Buyaka .... 1 U. Mohazecd Mokbara Mohataul Ally 76 2 - filahameed Ally 1 1,065 12 - 15 CamaUpoor - - ditto ... - ditto . - - 1. 1. Mcer Cauthoo Mohazeed - Cusba Goorumcodah Aununtha 76 2 - Syed Iloossaia- ..... 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From Aitin;; I'lincipnl Colleitor, Maihini, n\ Mareh, in Cons. 18 May 184.'!. I'ro. 18 .May ditto. From the Acting Principal Collector, Salem, July, in Cona. 17 ditto. C2I. H H 3 246 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Acting Principal Collector's letter more especially relates, was promised by the Principal Collector, Mr. Gleig, at a time when the pagodas were under his management, to the inhabitants of Teroomangalam, on certain conditions, which they have now fulfilled. The Board, therefore, doubt not that the JNIost noble the Governor in Council, under the circumstances, will be pleased to authorize this disbursement. As regards future disbursements for similar purposes, the Board are of opinion that payments should continue to be made as usual, from the pagoda funds in deposit, for such repairs as may be now wanted, and that the decision of the Honourable the Court of Directors should be con- sidered as required in reference only to the balance that may remain still unexpended. (signed) E. C. Lovell, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Acting Secretary. 24 July 1843. From J. Blackbnrne, Esq., Principal Collector, Madura, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 14 July 1842. Sir, Para. 1. In conformity to the instructions of the Board's proceedings of the 27th ultimo, received on the 6th instant, respecting withdrawal of interference in the religious institutions of this coUectorate, I have the honour to inform you, I have issued the necessary orders for giving effect to them from the day before yesterday, the first day of the current Fusly. The surplus funds are retained in hand till the decision of the home authorities is known regarding their disposal, and till that time I shall, as usual, submit the estimates of the superintendents for any necessary outlay. The lands of the religious institutions in the Ain talooks are also retained under my own management, awaiting instructions from the same quarter. The Pramalai Pagodas are restored to the Thamberan, from whom they were taken, and he has been placed in the same footing in respect to the stipendiary trustees of Shevagunya, administering for the Zemindar when named, as the Thumberan of Ramaswaram is to the Zemindar of Romnad, as were the former rights of the Shevagunga Zemindars. The charitable funds and superintendence of those chettrum institutions throughout the coUectorate are retained, as hitherto, under my own (subject to the Board's) control, those appertaining to Shevagunga being placed under the superintendence of the stipendiary (temporary) trustees. 2. Though it may be deemed out of my province, I hope I shall be excused for bringing to the Boards' notice the necessity for recision of Regulation VII. of 1817, and enactment of some other in lieu of it, or its very essential modification. I have, &c. Madura, (signed) J. Blackburne, 14 July 1842. Principal Collector. ESTIMATE INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMET ANISM. 247 ESTIMATE for Repairs of Devastanums and Chuttiu'ms in the Dhtricta of Madura and Dindigal, for the Quarter ending on the 31st March 1843. Der&atanums, Cbuttniine, Amount Surplus Funds m deposit and PARTICULARS OF WORKS. of in the Collector's Charitable Institutions. Estimate. Treatiurv up to 31 March ie43. Co.'i Ks. a. P- Co.'iBs. a. p. Co.'i R«. 0. pu Catteesweran Cutlay Insti- Repairing store-room - 108 4 tution of Meenatchee Pa- Repairingbrass vessels, &c. 113 15 9 goda. 222 3 9 ",073 1" 5 Yettymangalum Water Pun- Repairing Permal Naik dfll. Choultry, situated on high road, east of Bazars in Meylore - - - - - 41 2 7 5t> 14 - A Pagoda in Maroongapoory Covering witli flat tiles the terraced room in which is the image of Meenat- chee Sondaraw Sawmy 199 1 Constructing cook-room for the Pagoda- - - 74 9 Building Veemanams - 300 - Consecration charges - 200 - 6 773 10 C 695 8 - 919 11 9 2,574 15 6 Veerapoor Cunnimar Cavil Erecting a car - - - • . Maumoondon Cavil - Repairing compound wall - - - Total - - - Co.'s Rs. 1,121 9 - 1,367 3 1 2,854 1 HI — Madura, 31 March 1843. (signed) W. A. Morehead, Acting Principal Collector. ExTUACT from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 18 May 1843. The Board authorize the charge, amounting to Rs. 2,854. 1. 10. proposed to he incurred for the repairs, &c. of the rehgious charitable institutions refcrredto in the foregoing statements, to be defrayed from the surplus funds of those institutions respectively. (signed) E. C. Lovdl, Acting Secretary. From W. E. Lockhart, Esq., Acting: Principal Collector, Salem, ioE. C. Lovdl, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George; dated C July 1843. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acquaint you, that upon an application received on the 30fh July 1842, from the tahsildar of Womalore to repair the ruddum or car belonging to the pagoda at TurramuiigaUim in the said talook, on an estimate amounting to Rs. 1,115. 5. Mr.Gleig promised to disburse from the devastanum funds the sum of 500 rupees, provided the Bramins, and other Hindoo inhabitants of the place, would contribute the remaining sum of Rs. G15. 5. by subscription. 'ihc tivistees of the.^aid devastanum addressed me on the 8th ultimo, stating that thcv have realized 500 ru]iees by subscription, and have advanced the same lor timber, &c., and request that the promised sum of 500 rupees may be given to them. 621. H H 4 There 248 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF There is now in deposit in the treasury as devastanum casser the sum of 1,700 rupees belonging to the devastanum of the said talook ; and I request to know whether I shall now be authorized to make the disbursement, the promise of Mr. Gleig being given at the time the devastanums were under circar manage- ment. Similar applications are made by the trustees of other devastanums for repairs to pagodas, ruddums, &c., and I request also the Board's instructions as to my being authorized to make disbursements for such purposes from the devas- tanum casser funds remaining of the respective talooks. Salem, Zillah Ossoor, Principal Collector's Cutcherry, 6 July 1843. (signed) W. E. Lockhart, Acting Principal Collector. (True copies.) (signed) J. F. T/iomai, Secretary to Government. — No. 115.— (No. 410) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated 17 August 1843. 2d in Cons. Read letter from Principal Collector of Canara, with enclosures, reporting 10 August 1843. thg completion of the arrangements for discontinuing the Government inter- ference with the native reUgious institutions in the Bekul talook of his district. Para. 1. The settlement of the native religious establishments in the only remaining talook of Bekul, has now enabled the Principal Collector of Canara to communicate the total disseverance of all connexion between the othcers of Government and the native religious institutions throughout the province under his charge. From the Abstract Statement, No. 2, submitted with Mr. Blair's letter, it appears that the number of pagodas, mosques and muttams transferred to the management of native trustees, is 3,638, possessing property of the estimated value of Rs. 11,15,723. 10. 5|^. and with endowments amounting to Rs. 1,32,277. 10. 4. annually. In Cons. 30 March 1843. 2. In reference to para. 2 of the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, under date 8d July, the Principal Collector has also in his Enclosure, No. 3, furnished the required information regarding the disposal of seven pagodas in the Oodipy, Barcoor and Cundapoor talooks. His measures in regard to these, as also in respect to the pagodas of the Bekul talook, the details of which are now sub- mitted, appear to be judicious. 3. In para. 2 of his letter Mr. Blair expresses his opinion that the deposits in his treasury, as reported in his letter of the 18th March last, may now with propriety be made over to the administrators of the institutions to which the amounts respectively belong. From Statement No. 4, which accompanied the letter above referred to, the total sum thus in deposit appears to be, Rs.G,562. 7. 5.; viz. Unpaid allowances of decayed Pagoda lapsed to Government - 678 7 3 Suras unpaid from salaries of Pagoda servants on account of absence 5,884 - 2 The above account is made up to 31st January 1843 ; from what date it com- mences has not been stated. The Board would beg to recommend that of the second item ; the Principal Collector may be empowered, on application, to disburse INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WTTH MAIIOMETANISM. 249 disburse to the pagoda servants any sums remaining unpaid on account of absence during the Fusly 12.52 just elapsed, and tliat the remainder, together with the allowances to the decayed pagodas, be retained in deposit until the instructions of the Home Government shall have been received on the o'eneral question. 4. The Board observe with much satisfaction that the conclusion of the arrangements now reported by the Principal Collector of Canara has completed the total withdrawal of all interference on the part of Government witli the native religious inslitutions throughout the whole of the provinces composing the Madras Presidency. Ordered, That a copy of the foregoing extract from the Board's Proceedings be submitted to Government, and a transcript of the same be forwarded to the Principal Collector of Canara for his information and guidance. (signed) E. C. Lovdl, Acting Secretary. From H. AI. Blair, Esq., Principal Collector, Mangalore, to E. C. Lovell, Fsr|., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 2 August 1843. Sir, Para. 1. In reference to the proceedings of the Board of Revenue under date the .3d ultimo, I have now the honour to submit the arrangements* that have • Statement. been made in the talook of Bekul, for completing the withdrawal of Govern- ment interference in the affairs of the religious institutions of this district. An Abstract Statement f also accompanies this letter, exhibiting at one view the t No. 2. arrangements effected for the entire district. 2. With respect to para, f) of the letter from the Chief Secretary of the 12th, and the proceedings of the Board thereon of the 24th June 1841, I beg leave to observe, that as the fitness and competency of the trustees nominated to the charge of each institution has been duly ascertained, the amount of the deposits in my treasury, as reported in my letter of the 18th March 1843, may, in my opinion, be safely made over to the administrators of the institutions to which it respectively belongs. In no instance does the deposit amount to any large sum ; and there appears to be no objection to its being transferred at once to the charge of the several trusts, which will render complete the disseverance of the Government connexion with the native religious institutions ; I theref()re request the instructions of the Board on this point. 3. With respect to para. 2 of the Board's proceedings under acknowledg- ment, the information regarding the seven pagodas in the talooks of Udapy,* • Nos. 11 & 12. Barcoorf and Cundapoo,| is now furnished in the accompanying paper, No. 3. ^ Nos. 1 &15. i Nos. 1, 3 4c .-■>. (signed) H. M. Blair, Principal Collector's Cutcherry, Principal Collector. Mangalore, 2 Aug. 1843. 621. II No. 1. 250 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 1, — STATEMENT of Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Bekul, showing the Annual Allowance and No. 1. 3. 7. 8. Moganies. Villages. Mauthbur Devastanums : Mosrraul ... Mohilar Ditto Coombla Munjaseer Actimgay Vittel Addar Mogarnaud Cunnoor - Tulkah - Ajlah Cusbah ditto ditto Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Viniak Deo Ananta Padmanaba Gopala Kista Darga Parmesherry Mahalingashera Punchalinga Shera Mahalinga Shera Kadesevaliah Ambebola Koornaud Narsimva Sinianatha Petty Pagodas or Devastanums receiving above 50 Rupees : Netinagay Ditto Ditto Esswera Manjal Adoor Madnoor - Punchalingeshwera Total Vistnoo Moorty Comarmangal Soobraya Amount of Annua] Tusdeek. Rs. a. p. 600 - - 400 201 - - 280 140 - - 400 800 1,140 12 10 288 4,249 12 10 120 60 - 64 - - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. '2',1 Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management. Estimated Value ofth- Property in eax;h Pagoda. Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Institution. \alue of the Property. Beriz of each Individual. Beriz of a Potall's Division. Rs. a. p. 476 a 4 454 8 5 C73 I'J 4,783 15 1 9,000 - - 3,0C3 7 3 2,079 6 - 334 9 - 31 8 - 621- Trustee Ei-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - - Trustee . - - - Ex-ofiScio Trustees - Ex-officio Trustees - - 1. Ramunt Ursoo, Rajah of Coombla, founder of tlie institution, the aflfairs of which have long been under the management of the Rajah - 1. Adiga Melsanty Krista Bhutta. 2. Oodapay Narsimna Atchairy. 3. Pattaly Appanah. - 4. Principal Ray et EdduneerSwamy. 5. Ditto Erdraorayah Kristna. Rs. a. p. 1,50,000 - 1. Ramunt Ursoo, Rajah of Coombla; the pagoda belongs to the Ra- jah's family. 1. Adigah Swarayah. 2. Oopady Vassadeva Padakamnayah 3. Puttaly Genarsanah. 4. Stanika Kattapoony Sunkappah. 5. Oopady Aykoobanaeyrah. 1. Adigah Kekoonayah Narrainah. 2. Oopady Ranakantoddy Narrainah. 3. Ditto Yeddimogar Shunkra. 4. Ditto Kolooreyah Vassoodevah. 5. Stanika Shunkranarrainah. Trustee - - - - 1. Trustee Ex-officio Trustees Co -Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustees - - Trustees ... Ex-officio Trustees Ex-officio Trustees Narswam Hegadeh, The pagoda belongs to his family, the affairs of which have long been ma- naged by him . . - 1. Ramunt Ursoo, Rajah. The affairs of this institution have been long under the management of the Rajah ; the pagoda, more- over, belongs to his caste 35,000 1,50,000 1. Adiga Melsanty Padmanaba Bhutta. 2. Ditto Kilsanty Kristna Bogpuddy Tayah. 3. Ditto Garrada Kristnayah. 4. Principal Rayet Dejah Bunge. 5. Ditto Narrycoomb Kristapah. 6. Ditto Mogardy Ramapah. 7. Potail Timapoo Puckla. 1. Adiga Melsanty Sunkra Kasanta. 2. Potally Kallabutta. 3. Stanika Venketesha. 4. Principal Ilyet Tekunjah Mahdew Butta. 5. Ditto Koornaud Aytcharry. 1. Principal Rayct Coonjethayah Sunkar Narrainah. 2. Ditto Soruntoddy Timmaprey. 3. Ditto Gootniah Venkatta. 4. Ditto Menal Deranah. 6. Ditto ditto Nursingah. 1. Oopady Vigtnoo Bhutta. 2. Ditto Badakilaya Kristna. Adiga Nottikattah Vistnoo Bhutta. Oopady Vassdwah. Stanika Narrainah. Adiga Ramayah. I I 2 Rs. a. 2,000 - 1,245 2,000 - - Rs. {continued) 2.52 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. I. — Statement of Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Bekul, showing- the Annual Allowance and No. Moganie9 VillagM. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Petty Pagodas or Devastanums receiving above 50 Rupees — continued. 4. Netinagay - - Pcraddal - - - Oodiaswera - 7. 8. Ditto - Vittel - Mogarnaud Ditto - 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. U. 15. 16. 17, 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Ditto - Ditto - Orkaddy - Ditto - Ditto - Orkady - Ditto - Vittle - Kolanaud Sujapah - Padvanaud Ditto - Cavenaad Angady Moger Oobrangala Cusbah - Narricomb Nettila - Moodnoor Panemangalore Koonjatoor Kollioor - Patoor Cusbah - ditto Bayar Cusbah - Nundawar Pullikereh Chenderguery- - Bundadka Yenmakjc Maha Deo Punchalinga Shera Luximy Narsimvam Sadasiva Doorga Parnieshweri Anunteshwara Bhusty Muhadeewur - . . Sunkra Narrainah - Sureshwer . . . Soobraya . - . Koottatajeh Amahuavoroo Punchalinga • - - Gopaul Krista Vinaika - - . Treanbakeshwer Shaustaum - - . Soobraya . - - Sadashiva . . - Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Rs. a. p. 72 - - CO - - 88 - - 196 - 5 142 12 9 56 - - 52 - - 80 - - 200 - - 72 - - 120 - - 60 - - 72 - - 160 - - 72 - - 96 - - 96 - - CO - - 56 - - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAN ISM. 253 Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respeotire Management continued. Estimated Value of the Property m each Pagoda. Hi. a. p. 92 - - 4 8- 64 - - 70 1 7 200 - - 250 - - 105 250 - - 105 64 5,107 109 Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Institution. 174 338 - - 1,628 8 - 1,000 - - /O 9 7 Es-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ei-ofi5cio Trustees Co- Trustee - - Ex-oflBcio Trustee Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Value of the Property. Rs. 1. Adiga Vislnoo Kalatayah. 2. Stanika Vistnoo. 3. Principal Rayet Moochapa Atboo. 1. Adiga Ramayah. 2. Stanika Vistnoo Isswera. 3. Principal Rayet Coonacoolay Vistnoo. 1. Adiga Kooreytayah Vassdevah. 2. Stanika Esswara. 3. Principal Rayet Vassdeva Ammanayah. 1. Adigah Kristna Butta, 1. Adigah Kristnayah. 2. Stanika Narsivam. 3. Oopady Sunkapah. 4. Ditto Padmanaba Butta. 5. Potail Ncltela Narrainah. Ex-officio Trustees - 1. Oopady Narsimva Butta. 2. Ditto Daasa Butta. 3. Stanika Narsimva. Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Ex-officio Trustee Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trugtce - - 621. 1. Poojaree Pudmaindra. 2. Principal Raj'et Parshetty. 3. Potail Apoo Bunga. 1. Ditto Pudmanaba Butta. 2. Potail Neltela Narrainah. 1. Oopady Narsimva Butta. 2. Ditto Dassa Butta. 3. Stanika Narsimva. 1. Poojaree Pudmaindra. 2. Principal Rayet Parshetty. 3. Potail Apoo Bunga. 1. Adiga Apanah Ollah. 2. Stanika V'^istnoo. 3. Ditto Appayah. 1. Oopady Soobray Kurrainta. 2. Potail Sunkanna Butla 3. Ditto Hurry Butta - 1. Adigah Krista Butta. 2. Oopady Keshwa. 3. Potail Mungannah Alwah. ■ 1 . Oodipy Astla Mata Swamy. ' 1. Oopady Sunkara Mayah. 2. Ditto Venketnarainnah. 3. Principal Rayet Mahabalagah. 1. Adiga Kristna. 2. Stanika Soobanah Kristnah. 3. Principal RuyctTayenoorCooriah. 1. Adiga Narsimna Butta. 2. Stanika Sunkaya Kistna. 3. Principal RayetTayenoor Cooniah 1. Adiga Krista Butta. 2. Stanikah Marianah Luxmayah. 3. Potail Nundapuh. • 1. Adigah Poonjctayah Vistnoo. 2. Stanika Koriali Mahia. • 3. Potail Soobooni. I I Beriz of each Individual. Beriz of a Potail's Division. Rs. 6,158 2,600 10 264 3 8 154 3 4 Rs. 1,725 2 5 1,701 - - (continued) 254 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE C.OVERNMENT OF No. 1. — Statement of Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Bekul, showing- the Annual Allowance and No. 23. 24. 25. Ditto - 26. Ditto - 27. Talepady 28. Cassergode 29. Munjaseer 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Moganies, Villages. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Petty Pagodas or Devastanums receiving above 50 Rujiecs— continued. Angady Mogcr - Kattkookeh - - Soobraya Puddy Ditto - Ditto - Ditto - Mograul - - - Bungar Manjaseer - Tycat - - . Nalautnaud Neelaishwar Ditto - Nek raj eh - Cusbah - ditto - Cusbah - Koodooloor Sireyah - Buddajeh Moolinjah Pievalekeh Pootoor - Cusbah - Oodeanoor Adjanoor - Panataddy Cusbah - Kinimani . - . Gopal Krista Yeddanee Mutta Skashtaum Doorga Purmeshwara Venkataraniana Sunkananaina Mahalingashwera Sadashiva Daivagaloo ... Bedradaka Keniar Mani Chendranata Busty Chetrapaul - . - Maddiankoola Chetrapaul Perandatteh Shastavin . Tally Shaustaun - Petty Pagodas whose Allowances does not exceed 50 Rupees, and for the Managemeut of which more than One Trustee is appointed : Vittel Ditto Kepoo Voketoor • Doorgah Purmeshwari Mullary Boota Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Rs. a. p. 96 - - 80 - - 96 - - 59 3 2 103 1 7 72 - - 144 - - 80 - - 400 - - 80 - - 60 - - 72 - - 120 - - 64 - - 54 12 10 3,707 14 9 12 - 20 - - INDIA WITH IDOLATRV, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. a.x') Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Manag-ement — continued. Estimated Value uf the Property in each Pagoda. Rs. a. p. 1,460 - - 856 8 48 8 538 - 4,201 - 008 - 442 - 477 4 - 588 10 5 a,272 10 - 025 10 - 53 8 - 8,15B - - 20,700 - - 20 - 21 - Names of the Propoaed Trustees for each Institution. 1,353 7 2 206 - - Ex-officio Trustees - Ex-officio Trustees - Trustee - . - - Ditto Ex-officio Trustees - 1. Adig-ah Moodooraya Butta. 2. Oopady Vassoo Butta. 3. btanika Eshwara. 1. Oopady Poonjitayah Narrainah. 2. Ditto Kunniammah. 3. Ditto Ludany Narrainah. 1. Yeddaneer Mutta Swaniy. 1. Ditto. 1. Adi^h Soobrayah Butta. 2. Oopady Kelsanty Sunkapah Karrantha. 3. Stanika Soobayah. Value of the Property. Rs. a. p. Trustee . - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Ex-officio Trustees - 1. Principal Rayet Oolytayah. 1. Adiga Kilsanty Sunkanarrainali. 2. Stanika Eswara. 3. Oopady Narrainah. 4. Ditto Narrainah Kurranta. 5. Principal Rayet Jogapah. 1. Adiga Kilsanty Appanah. 2. Oopady Soobrayah. 3. Vassadeya Tantry, 1. Adiga Soobraya. 2. Stanika Sunkra Narrainah. 3. Ditto Sunkapoo. Trustee - - - - 1. Principal Rayet Tremalrey Bullul. Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Trustees - - - 1. Adiga Ramapah. 2. Oopady Suntali. 3. Principal Rayet Kristnaya. 1. Oolapady Punjapindrah. 2. Ditto Pachwindrah. 3. Potail Kantoo Shetty. 1. Adiga Pudmanayattayah. 2. Stainka Ramah. 3. Principal Rayet Pullatta Poortta. Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Trustee - - . 1. Ditto Muddianayer - 2. Ditto Moolahcrry Nair 3. Ditto Cunakapillay - 1. Adiga Kristna. 2. Stanika Gopala. 3. Principal Rayet Toolecherry Ramah 1. Ramah Wurmah Moonancoola, founder of the institution, and the idol is especially worshipped by the Rajah's family. 20,000 6,000 2,500 Berei of each Individual. Rs. Berez of a Potail's Division. Rs. 244 - - 00 - - 18 7 7 Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Truste ()2I. 1. Adiga Soobraya. 2. Principal Kayet Anup Shetty. 3. Ditto Gooly Butta. 1. Principal Rayet Kristna Shetty. 2. Ditto Soobraj'a Seragar. 3. Potail Munjanah. I 1 4 (conlinued) 256 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 1. — Statement of Native Religious Institutions in the Talook o( Behd, showing: the Annual Allowance and No. 5. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Moganies. Villages. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship, Potty Pagodas whose Allowances does not exceed 50 Rupees, kc— continued. Vittel - - . Saletoor - - - Mallary Boota ... Ditto Ditto - Ditto - Ditto - Ditto - Mogurnaud Ditto - Ditto . Ditto - Ditto . Ditto . Ditto Netinigay Orkuddy - Padoomalah Paddy - Ditto - ditto Padvanoor Buyur Canneana Caropaddy Golitamazel Harebett - Kedil Kalkerah Borimar - Ballila - Killanji - Perdal . Manjanadee Budaganoor Moolliar . Kurra^aka ditto Mallaray Boota ditto ditto ditto Gailaganjeltayah - Goodechamandy Boota - Daivagaloo Istta Deoty Kuntayah Ajoor Daivagaloo Ullatty - Vistnoo Moortee Vistnoo Moortee Deo Vistnoo Moortee Darga Panneshwcri ditto Amount of Annual Tusdeek. Rs. a- p. 8 8- 12 8 - 36 18 8 10 40 - - 4 - - 8 - - 8 - - 4 - - 40 - - 8 - 24 - - 24 - - 36 - - 16 22 - - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. J57 Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management — continued. Estimated Value of the Property in each Paguda. Rs. a. p. 690 9 7 1,275 - 1,278 1 8 18 8 - 3,132 - 181 - 160 14 343 14 5 113 4 - 630 13 7 847 12 10 530 - 325 - 190 02 - 139 12 1,679 8 - Namea of the Proposed Trustee* for each Institution. Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - 1. Adiga Ammanah. 2. Principal Gootinah Munjanah. 3. Potail Balajeerow. 1. Adiga Ammanah. 2. Principal Rayct Munjanulwali. 3. Potail Soobay Shanbogue. Ei-officio Trustees - 1. Poojary Narna Butta. 2. Oopady Keshwa Butta. 3. Potail Dassana Proboo. 4. Principal Rayet Murry Butta. 5. Ditto Anta Shetty. ExoiHcio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Trustees - - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Value of the Property. Rs. a. p. 1. Adiga Vassoodeo Butta. 2. Oopady Keshwa Butta. 3. Potail Krista Butta. 1. Adiga Goobee. 2. Principal Rayet Cumpoor Gunapa Bhut. 3. Ditto PuUayooly Sheni Bhutta. 1. Principal Rayet Esswara Butta. 2. Ditto Sayeda Sunkana. 3. Ditto Kessaw Butta. 1. Poojary Appayah. 2. Principal Raj'et Vasso Koodvah, 3. Ditto Vycornt Proboo. 1. Poojaree Deo. 2. Potail Perjeh Vencapa, 3. Ditto Pudnia Parney. 1. Poojary Nursinga. 2. Principal Rayet Vistnoo Butta. 3. Potail 'rimmtinah. 1. Poojary Bitta Timmah. • 2. Potail. 3. Principal Rayet Venkoo (female). 1. Poojary Goodda. 2. Potail Tininiana Butta. 3. Principal Rayet Pudma Poowarry, Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - Ex-officio Trustee Co-Trustees - - - 1. Poojary Vassoo Deva. - 2. Potail Venkapah. 3. Principal Rayet Dija Bunga. - 1. Poojary Timmup Shetty. - 2. Potail Eswara Butta. 3. Principal Kayot Ooparaye Narraina< Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustee - - ■ Ex-officio Trustee Co-'l rustees - - Ex-officio Trustees Co-Trustees • - 1. 2. 3, 1. 2_ 3. 1. 2. • 3. - 1. - 2. 621. Adiga Venketeshwara Butta. Oopudy Vifitnoo. Potail Vi,stnoo Butta. Oopady Siva Butta. Stanika Keshwa Kristna. Principal Rayet Perjeh Govinda Butta, Stanika Sutcheniayah. Ditto Soobrayah. Principal Rayet Koonjitaya Kristnaya. Adiga Piloo Butta. | Principal Rayet Mullcnda Tumayala, Potail Balloollayali. Adiga Venkatranianah. Principal Rayot Murrandattee Amber. Ditto Nundap Bullal. K K Berei of each Individual. Ri. Beret of a Potail's Division. Rs. a. p. {continued) 258 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMEIVT OF No. 1.— Statement of Native Religious Institutions in the Tulook of Bekid, showing the Annual Allowance and No. Moganles. 21. 23. Villages- Designation of the Institutions of Natire Worship, Petty Pagodas whose Allowances does not exceed 50 Rupees, &c. — continMd. Paddy - - - Kurrudaka - - Mahdeo .... Ditto Cooniblch 24. Cassergode Balepoory 26. Podavanaud 27. Munjaseer 28 Banger Munjaseer - 29. Cavenaud 30. Talepaddy 31. Addoor - . . 32. Alvatnaud 33. Ditto - - . 34. Tycat 3.5. Ditto - 86. Nelaishwer 37. Ditto - 38. Diito - ditto . Kedoor - Koodnl Cusbah - Calliotta - Oodiawer Cusbah - Bundavaka Cusbah - Kanakamajel Ajanoor - Pooloor - Chirreatoor Kilaykote Panataddy ditto - Kinanur - ditto ditto ditto Cuddkookehnair Boota - Buggawaty Daivagaloo Canileh Goota Amah Bugavote MuUary Boota Shastaun Vistnoo Moortee ditto Veerbudrah ditto Bugvoti Mahadeo Kiratcshwer Amount of Annual Tusdeek. il». a. p. 12 - - 24 48 - - 40 10 1 7 24 1 8 - 12 12 10 8 9 7 11 3 2 4 12 10 38 12 11 3 2 20 - _ 6 - - INDIA WTH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. !50 Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management— continued. Eatinuted Value of the Property io each Pagwla. Rs. a. p. 303 - - 922 - - 4,4C2 4 9 20 2,760 4 - 350 927 12 7 N'ami» of the Proposed IVuatees for each lasticution. £x-otiiciu Trustees - £x-ofiicio Trustees - Ex- officio Trustees - Co-Trustees - - - Ei-officio Trustees - Co-Trustee - - - Trustees - - • - Trustees - - - - Trustees - - - - Value of the Property. Rs. a. p. 704 8 Trustees - . - - 1. 2 3. 1,025 - - Ex-officio Trustee - 1. Co-Trustees - - . 2 3. 2,719 - 5 Trustees - - - - 1. 2, 3. 4. 5. " " Trustees - • - - 1. 2, 3. 3,030 - - Ex-officio Trustees - 1. 2 Co-Trustee - - - 3. 1,534 - _ Ex-officio Trustee - 1. Co-Trustees - - - 2. 3. 5,226 - — Ex-officio Trustees - 1. 3. 545 - ^ Ex-officio Trustee - 1. Co-Trustees - - - 2. 3. 1,230 - _ Ex-officio Trustee - 1. Co-Trustees - - - 2. 3. 1,120 - _ Ex-officio Trust<;o - 1. Co-TruBtoos - - 2. 3. 4,150 - - Trustees ... - 1 621 1. Oopady Sunkapah. 2. Ditto Kcdalyiih Suiikapuh. 3. Stanika Soobuyah. 1. Aditra Vassoodevah. 2. Stanikii Kt'swali. 3. Ditto Sunkapah. 1. Adiga Sham Butta. 2. Stanika Uamayah. 3. Principal Rayet Nurnatuntrcc - 4. Ditto Narna Hchara - - - 5. Potail Timmanah - . - 1. Adiga Ramanah. 2. Stanika Kittapoo. 3. Principal Rayet CottyKoonjitay ah 1. Principal Shem Butta. 2. Ditto Tinimay Gumbirah. 3. Potail Manjoobandary. 1. I'rincipal Rayet Calliat Rama. 2. Ditto Callaryemboo. 3. Potail Abuldka Chendoo. 1. Principal Rayet Manjoo Bundaree 2. Ditto Vassoodeva Aytalah. 3. Ditto Vistnoo Butta. Principal Rayet MunjapaKaniavii Ditto Pachery Yedda Bulchampaddu. Potail Kantoo Shetty. Adiga Keshow Butta. Potail Canal Chendoo. Ditto Nundapah, Principal Rayet Timma Madda. Ditto Appay Shotty. Ditto Anta Bydeah. Ditto Dooniah. Potail Munjah Addantayah. Principal Rayet Sheniboyah. Ditto Mogaraddy Sivayah. Ditto Gappady Mootayaii. Adiga Narrainah. Stanika Vistnoo Kistna. Principal R.ayet Erattee Vistnoo. Adiga Vassoodeva Butta. Principal Rayet GovindaNarranial Ditto Barikaddatayah. Adiga Addakalayah. Oopady Padarty Marao. Potail Pallata Kootta - - 7,000 Adiga Pannany Kaniah. Pnnci])al Rayet Kokial 'I'ayala. Ditto Piticode Pullatta Koottu. Adiga Kristna Hutta. Principal liayct ToolcliorryRamah. Ditto Kattoor Raniah. Adiga Seralaya Kristna. Principal Rayet Ncclaislinicr Mootadoo. Ditto Toolcherry Raniah. Principal Rayet Coorciimkurpoo Ditto \Iutthit Ooncuiiikurpoo Ditto Chiga Moonamkeloo K K 2 Berez of each Individual. Rs. a. p. 600 - - 8 - - 390 — - 79 13 7 2,590 - - 137 2 - Be rex of a Putail'8 Division . Rs. a. p. 1,510 3 3 700 10 10 ,178 - - n 10 510 - - - 11 7 7C2 8 - - li 1,212 {yonlinucd) 26o PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 1. — Statement of Native Religious Institutions in the Talook of Behd, showing the Annual Allowance and No. 39. 40. 303 381 1 66 457 5 462 Moganies. Villages. Designation of the Institutions of Native Worship. Petty Pagodas whose Allowance does not exceed 60 Rupees, &c. — continued. Nelaishwer - - Podookay - - Sadashiva Ditto Maddaky Vistnoo Moortee Petty Pagodas entrusted to the management of single Trustees, being the Poojaries of the Insti-"l tutions -------- ~ ...... -j Total Petty Pagodas Mutt - - - Mosques Bechirac, or Lapses to Government GRAND TOTAL Aniouat of Annual Tusdeek. Rs. a. p. 16 - - 10 - - 673 3 2 3,150 13 8 7,531 15 7 6 - - 1,043 14 5 12,831 10 10 10 9 7 12,842 4 6 No. 2. — ABSTRACT of the Arrangements effected in the withdrawal of Government DESCRIPTION. TRUSTEES. Number for each Pagoda. Institutions in Receipt of Tusdeek above 50 Rupees each : 7 Mathobar -------- 1 24 Ditto 3 36 Ditto - - - 5 14 Ditto 7 1 Ditto 8 1 Ditto 9 83 15 Chellar 188 Ditto 23 Ditto 2 Ditto 228 - 311 Total Number. 7 72 180 98 8 9 374 15 564 115 14 708 1,082 Amount of Tusdeek. Rs. a, p. 3,266 - - 7,083 8 10 20,505 12 3 23,763 10 - 8,400 - - 918 14 10 63,937 13 11 1,836 - 6 19,170 4 3 4,001 7 11 530 12 5 25,538 9 - 89,476 6 II Amount of Property. Rs. a. p. 25,579 - 1 23,661 10 6 94,417 8 1 2,92,459 8 4 2,00,000 - - 7,161 3 - 6,43,278 13 11 85,653 3 7 90,239 1 8J 52,638 II - 1,563 - - 2,30,094 - 3i 8,73,372 14 2J INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANIS>/. 261 Estimated Value of the Property of each, and the Number of Trustees for their respective Management — contimud. Estimated Value of the Property in each Pagoda. Rs. a. p. 4,150 - - 100 - 38,644 4 1 1,42,918 3 3,140 3 3 1,71,430 4 11 1,71,436 4 U Names of the Proposed Trustees for each Institution. Value of the Property. Rs. a. p. Trustees - - - - 1. Principal Rayet Eyckode Ooni-U ^25 _ _ umkoorpoo - - - -J 2. Ditto Kiunanoor Ooniamkoorpoo 1,178 - 3. Ditto Cherakerch Aniboo - - 500 - Ez-officio Trustees - 1. Adig-a Kukutta Puttery. 2. Oopady Keshwa Puttery. 3. Ditto Narain Puttery. Beiet of each Individual. Rs a. p. 9 7 2 5 10 5 240 - - Berez of a Potail's DiTision, Under the management of the presiding Priests, or hereditary Superintendents. Rs. a. p. (signed) H. M. Blair, Principal Collector. Interference in the Affairs of the Native Religious Institutions in the Zillah of Canara, DESCRIPTION. TRUSTEES. Number for each Pagoda. Total Number. Amouut of Tusdcck. Amount of Property. Institutions in Receipt of Tusdcek not exceeding 50 Rupees each : 2,871 Chillar 156 Ditto 7 Ditto 3,034 158 Muttums- 135 Mosfjues • 3,638 21 Lapses to Government - 2,871 468 35 Rs. a. p. 29,758 1 9 2,739 - 5 151 7 2 Rs. a. p. 1,04,600 9 4 1,17,267 10 - 13,031 14 10 3,374 32,646 9 4 2,34,900 2 2 4,018 160 4,018 12 6 6,135 13 7 3,858 2 10 3,692 7 3 3,659 132,277 10 4 111 1 9 11,15,723 10 5J 1,32,388 12 I (signed) //. M. Blair, Principal Collector. 621. K K 3 No. 3. 262 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 3. — STATEMENT, showing tlie Circumstances of the principal Ryots selected as Co-Trustees of certain Pagodas in theTALOOKsof Udapy, Barcoor and CuNDAPOOR. 1. Adiga Moorty Butta. 2. Coonda Hcgada. 3. Kilshanti Venkatra- mana. 1. Hackdav Alia Hcgada. 2. Ditto Carl) Hcgadc. 3. Shanboijue Sherta Rama. 4. Adiga Rungiah. 5. Ditto V'enkataramana. 1. Adif^aVittla Sastrv. 2. Upadi Manjoo Bhutt. 3. Stanii Guiryana. 4. Potail Shceta Raniiah. 6. Paiap Shetty. * Seetarani. t Sarap Shetty. 1. Adi^i Atlanta. 2. Upada Sobreya. 3. Staiiic Mookyaprana. 4. C'liyteur Kainapa. 6. Ntlli iMaryapa. 1. Adipa Ramapa. 2. Upadi Voiuatvamana Aitalla, also Potail. 3. Adiya Koteshwar Aitalla. 4. Tuatrii- Shivaga Aitalla. /). Upadi R;ima Ailatta. (!. Ditto Pootca Udpa. 7. Timuiaya. Udapy T A LOOK. — No. 11, Visheivashwar Dheo. Three trustees have been appointed to this pagoda, the property of which is estimated at Rs. 5,523. 7. 8., and tlic tusdeek amounts to 1,200 rupees. Two of the trustees, the first and third, have been selected from among the servants of the institution, and the second as being an influential head-man of the village ; he pays revenue to Government amounting to Rs. 379. 14. 10., and is possessed of jiroperty estimated at 4,200 rupees ; he was, during the former governments, a petty chief of the entire mngany of Ellore, in which this pagoda is situated, the annual assessment of which amounted to Rs. 16,687. 1. 3. The ryots and other pagoda servants have unanimously soUcited that he might be appointed by Government co-trustee, as being capable of checking all frauds on the parts of the rest ; he has, moreover, always hitherto exercised a superintendence over the affairs of this and some other minor institutions, which are supposed to have been originally founded by his ancestors. No. 12, reerbkudra Dheo. The allowance received by this institution is Rs. 240. 10. 5. per annum, and the value of the property estimated at 23,721 rupees. Five persons have been named as trustees for the management of its affairs, three of whom are officers of the pagoda, and the other two have been selected from among the influential ryots. The two latter are considered hackdars, or heirs of the idol, as their ancestors are supposed to have built and endowed the pagoda ; they have been independent managers of the affairs of the pagoda until the present transfer, when three of the pagoda servants have been united with them in the trust. One of them, Alia Hegade, pays a revenue of 100 rupees, and his property amounts to 500 rupees, while the other pays to Government 4,212 rupees, and his property is valued at 4,000 rupees. Barcook. — No. 1, Somanath. The annual tusdeek granted to this pagoda amounts to 720 rupees ; the property belonging to it is equal in value to Rs. 5,556. 4. Two of the trustees appointed are head villagers, the others belonging to the pagoda establishment ; both of the former are potails,* one possesses property to the amount of 10,000 rupees, and pays a rent to Government of Rs. 1,140. 11. 7., the property of the other t is valued at 2,280 rupees, and he pays to the circar 317 rupees. As the pagoda servants now named trustees, did not possess sufficient influence among the villagers, it was thought necessary, for the better management of the pagoda affairs, that these two potails should be united with them in the trust. No. 15, Anant Padmanal Dheo. The annual tu.sdeek of this institution is Rs. 1,004. 15. 7., and the property is estimated at about 5,000 rupees. Five trustees have been appointed to the management of its affairs ; three of them are pagoda servants, and the two others head-men of the place. Ramapah pays a revenue of Rs. 74. 9. 2., and possesses property to the amount of 800 rupees. Maryapa pays to the circar Rs. 1 08. 10. 10., and i)ossesses property amounting to 920 rupees. The same reasons which induced the nomination of co-trustees in the case of the preceding pagoda, have also rendered advisable the appointment of co-trustees to this institution. Candapoor. — No. 1, Kutalinga Dheo. This institution receives an annual allowance of 2,680 rupees, and possesses property to the value of Rs. 3,550. 11. 10. Of the seven trustees named for its management, six are pagoda servants, the seventh being a principal ryot of the village in which it is situated. The property possessed by him amounts in value to 400 rupees, and the amount of assessment paid by him to lis. 71. 8. 2. While the affairs of the institution were managed by the circar, a monegar was appointed for its superintendence ; and this appointment having long continued inTummaya's family, he has been fully acquainted with its internal management, and, INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 263 and, as he possesses greater influence than other persons in the village, his nomi- nation was considered necessary for the due nianageiuent and care ot the pagoda- No. 3, Malilingveshwar Dlieo. The tusdeek granted to this pagoda is Rs. 2,246. 12. 9.; the property hclonging 1 Adipi Rimpa Holln. to it is estimated at 25,550 rupees. Seven trustees have heen appointed to the -'• i^'"" l^mia Aitaiia. superintendence of the afl^'airs of this pagoda ; the first tive are officers of the 4. mtZ Naraina."''""' institution, and the sixth and seventh have heen selected from amon^ the prin- s. Upaai Rjima Aitalla. cipal inhabitants. The sixth possesses pro])erty to the amount of 1,479 rupees, J; Ir.Tu^d'.o!a^shcJ'"''^' and pays an assessment of Rs. 21y. 14. 5., and the seventh possesses property valued at Rs. 4,201. 4., and the revenue paid by him amounts to Rs. 3.'^8. G. 5. These two individuals are the most influential ryots in the neighbourhood, and their ancestors granted lands for the endowment of the pagoda. No. 5, Shankra Narain. This pagoda receives a tusdeek of Rs. 2,145. 2. 5., and possesses property estimated at Rs. 60,303. 13. 7. All the seven trustees api)ointed to this pagoda belong to the institution. The first is also the potail of the village, which is assessed at Rs. 3,937. 14. ; he possesses property valued at 7,000 rujjces, and pays to Government Rs. 383. 4. G. as the assessment on his estate. 1 he fourth is an influential ryot in the village, j)ossessing property to the extent of 20,000 rupees, and paying 1,1 CO rupees as circar revenue. (signed) H. M. Blair, Principal Collector. (True copies.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Govermnent. 1 . Adiga Subia Aiialla. 2. Ditto Anunta Udpa. 2. Upadi Shankra fsaiaina Shastiy. 4. Ditto Sliaiikra Munjn. .'). Ditto Shankra Aitalla. (!. Ditto Annapa Adiga. 7. Ditto Subraya Adipa. — No. 116.— (No. 949.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date 4 September 1843. Read the following papers : Extract from the Proceedings of the").., , on r/i 1010 m /.^o x Board of Revenue. ]("^''« ^""^^ 29 May 1843, No. 068.) From the Acting Secretary to thel ,tt ^ n,- t lo^r. ,t ^.^^ ■ Board of Revenue. \^^^'^ ^"^er 20 June 1843, No. 808.) From the Acting Secretary to thel/u . o^ t 1 loio xt nor. n Board of Revenue. /("^'"^ ^^^^^ ^4 July 1843, No. 939.) Extract from the Proceedings of thel-Tj , i-r a ^ m^o -m ■ nn, a Board of Revenue. K^^'^ ^"t^-" ^^ ^^S^^^ 1843. No. 1,021 .) Para. 1. The intimation conveyed in the last of the papers above recorded, of the total withdrawal of all interference on the jmrt of Government with native rehgious institutions throughout the whole of the provinces of the Madras Presidency, is highly gratifying to the Most noble the Governor in Council. 2. The subject of escheats generally will be referred for the instructions of the Government of India. His Lordship in Council is not therefore prepared at present to pass any orders respecting the susjiendcd endowments of the pagoda and cazeeship of the district of Cuddai)ah, alluded to in para. 3 of the Proceed- ings of the Board of Revenue, dated 29 May. 3. His Lordship in Council cannot concur in the recommendation of the Board, in para. 4 of their Proceedings. It is his o])inion that no mark cf favour what- ever should be shown in a case where the murder of a British magistrate has been committed, and he cannot sanction the restoration of an allowance so deservedly forfeited. 4. Under the circumstances detailed in the concluding paragraph of the letter from the Board of Revenue, dated 24 July 1843, his Lordshi]) in Council autho- rizis the disbursemeut of (500) rupees rive hundred, pledged to the inhiibilants 621. K K 4 of Revenue Department. 264 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF of Taramangalum in the Salem district, to enable them to repair the car of the temple at that place. 5. Pending the issue of final orders, his Lordship in Council thinks that disbursements for similar purposes of the pagodas may be authorized by the Board of Revenue as heretofore ; but that the local officers should not exercise any control over the expenditure. 6. His Lordship in Council also requests, with reference to para. 3 of the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 17th August 1843, to be informed upon what ground the Board recommend that the Principal Collector of Canara should be instructed to disburse from the pagoda funds in deposit the sums with- held from the pagoda servants on account of absence in Fusly 1252. It is not usual, his Lordship in Council apprehends, to refund stoppages of this cha- racter. (A true extract.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. Revenue Department. • To the officiatini? Secretary to the Goyemment of India, dated 6 Sept. 1843, No. 952. Leg. Dept., dated 3 Jan. 1844, No. 1, /VT X — No. 117. — (No. 204.) From J. F. Thomas, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George, to T. R. Davidson, Esq., Ofl5ciating Secretary to the Government of Indis^ ; dated 19 March 1844. Sir, Para. 1. I am directed to request the attention of the Government of India to my letter of the 25th April 1843, No. 421, forwarding the draft of an Act for amending the existing law in regard to mosques, Hindoo temples and other places of religious worship. 2. His Lordship in Council anxiously awaits the instructions of the Government of India on this subject ; the reUgious institutions throughout this Presidency, formerly under the control of the officers of Government, having now been for some time past in the hands of native trustees,* and no law exists for their guidance, nor for providing for the determination by the courts of the right to offices, and emoluments under them. 3. A recent despatch from the Honourable Court on the general subject, and late references to the Government by parties claiming rights and complaining of the acts of the managers or trustees, having come before Government, have made it necessary to bring the matter again under the consideration of the Govern- ment of India. Fort St. George, 9 March 1844. I have, &c. (signed) J. F. T/io?nas, Secretary to Government. /v N —No. 118.- (No. 3^-) From T. R. Davidson, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department, to /. F. Thomas, Esq., Secretary to Government of Fort St. George Sir, dated 16 March 1844. With reference to entry ment of Fort St. George, No. 14.— Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated iitli November 184.3, recommending that special sanction be granted lor tlie disbursement from the surjdus Pagoda Funds of North Arcot, of Rs. 1,314. 7, being the amount of charges incurred for constructing a Ruth, &c. for the Ranoocumbaii Pagoda at PadvaiJ. No 14, on the Abstract Proceedings of the Govern- Revenue Department, dated 22d December 1843, I am directed to request that, with the permission of the Most honourable the Governor in Council, you will be pleased to submit copies of the papers on the subject for the perusal of the Governor- general in Council. Fort William, 16 March 1844. I have, &c. (signedj T. JR. Davidson, Off? Sec^ to Gov' of India. — No. 119.— INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 265 — No. 119.— (No. :^59.) From G. D. Drury, Esq., Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, Revcnuo to T. R. Davichoit, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Government of India ; Dipartmcnt. dated 12 April 1844. Sir, Para. 1. I am directed to transmit to you, in compliance with the request con- veyed in your letter of the IGth ultimo, the papers therein noted regarding the disbursements sanctioned by this Goverunient Extract from Proo.edtaps of Boar.! of Revenue, <1ated from the surplus pagoda funds of North ArCOt, 9 Novemlier 184.3, No. 5.52, wth Enclosures: Order of together with the previous correspondence on the Government thereon, dated 28 December 1843, No. 1,351. subject of those charges. 2. It will be observed, that the charges for the Fmm Board of Revenue, dated 22 August 1839, No. .^rs, „„„„*„,„♦: ,r (.1 tl t „ f^ ii „ 14. '*^'''l' Enclosures: Order of Government thereon, dated construction of the ruth, &C., for the pagoda at jo Scptcn.ber lim. No. 1,1.39. From Board of Revenue, Pudvaid were incurred under an estimate sane- dated m July 11142, No. .309, with two Enclosures: Order tioned by Government on the 10th September "*' «ovcrument thereon, dated 2 August 1842, No. 944. 1839, and that the order of the 28th December 1843 simply granted special sanction for the actual disbursement. I have, &c. (signed) G. I). Drury, Fort St. George, 12 April 1844. Chief Secretary. (No. 552-) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 9 November Revenue ° ,040 Department. Read the following letter from the Acting Collector in the Northern Division of Arcot, dated 27 October 1843. (Here enter No. 226.) The Board recommend that special sanction be granted for the disbursement from the surplus pagoda funds of North Arcot of Rs. 1,314. 7., being the amount of charges incurred for constructing a ruth or vehicle, &c. for the Ranoocumbah Pagoda, at Pudvaid, in the Poloor talook in that district, under an estimate sanctioned by Government under date 10th September 1839. (A true extract.) (signed) E. C. Lovell, Acting Secretary. (No. 1,3.51.) The Most Noble the Governor in Council grants special sanction for the charge reported in the foregoing proceedings, amounting to Rs. (1,314. 7.) one thousand three hundred and fourteen, and annas seven. (signed) G. D. Drury, Fort St. George, Chief Secretary. 28 December 1843. (True copies.) (signed) G. D. Drury, Chief Secretary. 621. L L No. 226 266 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (No. 226.) Revenue From W. H. Bahington, Esq., Acting Collector of North Arcot, to K. C.Lffvell, Depurtment. Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 27 October 1843. Sir, I HAVE the honour to submit the enclosed Statement of Charges incurred, as per estimate, sanctioned by Government under date the 10th September 1839, for constructing a ruth or vehicle, &c., of the Kanoocambah Pagoda at Pudv^aid, in the Poloor talook of this district, amounting to Rs. 1,314. 7., and to request that vou will [irocure early sanction for the same. North Arcot, Collector's Cutcherrv, Chittoor, 27 October 1843. 1 have, &c. (signed) W. H. Bah'mgton, Acting Collector. STATEMENT, showinsj the Amount of actual Charges incurred for contructing New Ruth, &e. of the Ranookambah Pagoda, at Pudvaid, in the Foloor Talook of Noith Arcot. Name Amount Amount Talook. of Village, Name of Pagoda. Particulars of the Work. of Estimate. of Actual Chai-ges. Poloor Padavadoo Uanookaniba Pa- goda. For a new Ruth or vehicle, constructed to the Ranookambah Pagoda, the old one being entirely de- cayed. Rs. a. p. 1,267 11 - Rs. a. p. 1,207 11 - For a new Dwajah Stumbam, or Flag- staff, the old one being entirely de- cayed. 20 12 - 2G 12 - For painting the idol Ranookambah of the Pagoda. Total - - Rs. 20 - - 20 - - 1,314 7 - 1,314 7 - North Arcot, Collector's Cutcherry, Chittoor, 27 October 1843. (E. E.) (signed) W. H. Babington, Acting Collector. (No. 309.) INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAN ISM. 267 (No. 309.) From R. T. Porter, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, to the Acting Chief Secretary to Government; dated 18 July 1842. Sir, I AM directed by the Board of Revenue to request that you will submit for the orders of the Right honourable the Governor in Council the accompanying State- Encl.(A.) in a letter ment, showing the chareres incurred under the authority of Goverimient, dated '^""" •'''^ Acting 10th September 1839, No. 1,139, in repairing certain deVastanuins in the district B.'"nio7Reve'nue in of North Arcot, and to recommend that sanction may be granted for the actual *''i" f'lxirtmcn disbursement, amounting to Ks. 4,629. 7. 8. i''')"'" ^^ '"'r', cut of I have, &c. (signed) R. T. Porter, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. 18 July 1842. 20 June, in Cons, 4 July 1842. (No. 944.) The Right honourable the Governor in Council sanctions the disbursement reported in the foregoing letter, amounting to Rs. (4,629. 7. 8), four thousand six hundred and twenty-nine, annas seven, and pice eight. (signed) W. 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Resolved, That the bill received with the foregoing letter, for expenses incurred in the repair of certain pagodas and chuttrums from the surplus funds of the devastanums of the North Arcot district, be transferred to the Revenue Department of the Board for examination and final disposal, the estimate for the same having received the sanction of Government through that depart- ment. (A true extract.) (signed) S. Best, Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue in the Department of Public Works. (No. 37S.) From Secretary to Board of Revenue, Fort St. George, to the Chief Secretary to Government ; dated 22 August 1 839. Sir, Para. 1. I am directed by the Board of Revenue to request you will submit for the orders of Government the accompanying letter from the Principal Collector 8th in Cons. 22 Au- in the Northern Division of Arcot, with Estimate of repairs and disbursements ^""^ ^^^^' required in certain Devastanums in his district, amounting in the whole to Rs. G,174. 7. 4. 2. This amount, as shown in the account particular submitted, is stated to be urgently necessary for the preservation of the several pagodas, and the dis- bursements are proposed to be made from the funds of the institutions, viz. the savings which have accumulated from various items of the established and sanc- tioned expenditure. These savings, amounting to Rs. 8,!J76. 2. 4., having been placed to the credit of Government, sanction for the refund is now specially required. 3. With this explanation, the Board recommend that authority be given for the disbursements on account of the several devastanums, as proposed by Mr. Ogilvie. I have, &c. (signed) P. B. Smollett, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary. 22 August 1839. (No. 127.) From Principal Collector of North Arcot to the Secretary to the Board of Rcvcnnc Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 8 August 1839. Bopuituuut. 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O O 3 c^-, O g O => 2 in rt « " ^ & § aj c3 .-. ) a pt ho C' » — ™ 3 Q = ■?- S< -a E P 3 o o -a 03 03 T3 O O ■a 09 3 .13 to a CO to a o U o 00 o 3 ^* OS '3 £2 < ■•a u o INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OK WITH .MAHOMETANISIM. 27,5 (No. 1,139.) The Right Honourable the Governor in Council authorizes the Principal Col- lector of North Arcot to appropriate the sum of Rs. (G,174. 7. 4.) six thousand one hundred and seventy-four, annas seven, and i)ice four, from tlie surplus funds of the devastanuius in that district, in the repair of the pagodas referred to in the estimate which accompanied the above communication. (signed) II. C/iamicr. Fort St. George, Chief Secretar). 10 September 1839. — No. 120.— (No. 560.) From G. D. Drury, Esq., Chief Secretary to the Government, Fort St. George, Keveime to 1\ li. Davidson, Esip, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India; D'^partment. dated 10 June 1844. Sir, With reference to Mr. Secretary Maddock's letter, dated 3d May 1841, giving cover to copy of a despatch from the Honourable the Court of Directors of the 3d March 1841, No. 2, conveying their orders for the adoption of measures for the withdrawal of all interference with the religious institutions of the natives, and to the request of the Governor-general of India in Council that a report of the final arrangements may, if possible, reach the Government in time to be transmitted to England by the mail of January 1842, and in advertence also to extract Minutes of Consultation dated the rith of September last, No. 952, and to letter dated the 0th January last. No. 22 ; I am directed by the JNIost noble the Governor in Council to transmit copy of a Minute recorded by the Honourable Mr. Chamier, dated the 13th ultimo, No. 516, on the subject of the appropriation of the surplus funds of i)agodas, and to state that, i)ending tlie receipt of the orders of the Government of India on the various points submitted for their consideration, it has not been practicable, at this Presidency, to give complete effect to the orders of the Honourable Court, and under these circum- stances, again to solicit early instructions for the guidance of this Government. I have, &c. Fort St. George, (signed) G. D. Drury, 10 June 1844. Chief Secretary. Minute by the Honourable //. Char/tier ; dated 13 May 1844. 1 . It seems to me to be very desirable that the question of the apj)ropriation of the surplus funds of pagodas, whicii have accumulated in some of the collec- torates to a large amount, should be again submitted for the considcratiun of the Government of India. 2. The right of (Jovermnent to ajiply these surplus funds td purposes of general utility has long since been distinctly recognised upon a mature dciibe- fi-2 1. MM2 ration. 276 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ration. In their despatch to this Government, dated Oth May, No. 5, of 1838, the Honourable Court observe — " Para. 47. These recommendations, which were entirely concurred in by your Government, were supported by the following observations : — The question is, whether it is competent to the Government to inquire into the endowments made by the State in former times for religious and charitable purposes ; and on discovering that they are more than suthcient for the particular purposes intended in making the endowments, to appropriate the surplus to other purposes by which the community will be benetited, instead of letting it be hoarded unprofitably, or applied to the private advantage of individuals. It appears to the Board to be not only unobjectionable, but positively a duty, on the part of Government, to interfere in such a case, and to take the appropriation of the surplus into its own hands. It might, perhaps, be applied to public purposes generally ; but the Board think it advisable that it should be appropriated to purposes by which the inhabitants of Tanjore particularly will be benefited. The establishment of schools would seem to be a very fit object, as well as the construction of roads and bridges. " 48. In these remarks we generally concur. We are anxious that the prin- ciple hitherto observed in Tanjore, of keeping the pagoda funds entirely separate from the Government revenue, should be rigidly maintained. We are of opinion that all grants and endowments should be, in the first instance, appropriated, if possible, to their original purposes ; when the funds are more than adequate to that end, instead of allowing them to accumulate without limit, they should be applied to purposes of general utility, taking care that the particular district in which the endowments are situated should derive full benefit from the new appropriation of the surplus." 3. Nor is this the first time that the right has been recognised. Its recog- nition is apparent in the Honourable Court's orders of the 29th September 1824, nearly 20 years ago, where they say — See the 3d Vol. of " P^ra. 7. The difficulty is, how to interfere so as to prevent the misapplication Selections of Indian of the funds to mischievous purposes, without exciting the religious jealousies of Papers, p. oou. ^.j^g pggple. But yet we doubt not, that a line of conduct may be drawn by which, without infringing on religious liberty, or interfering with the most jealous scruples of the people, not only evil where it exists may be avoided, but some- thing useful, especially in the shape of education, may be connected with the expenditure of the revenues, often very large, of the native temples." 4. The right, in my opinion, is undeniable, and its exercise especially called for, in order to prevent the funds being misappropriated by the parties to whom the management of the pagodas has been transferred. .'3. These funds are not private property, and cannot be claimed by any one. The grants under which the endowments were originally made, were not personal grants to individuals, but intended for the maintenance of the institutions, and the gratification of the people ; and, after all the expenses of repairing the buildings, maintaining the establishments, and celebrating the prescribed festivals, are paid, the surplus may, with propriety, be employed in useful objects, such as the construction of roads and bridges, for the benefit of the community. There cannot, indeed, be a more legitimate mode of expending it as regards the pagodas, or one more acceptable to the people ; for whatever improves the communication with the large towns at which the i)agodas are situated, facilitates the access, and promotes the resort of votaries to those institutions, besides benefiting the com- munity in a pecuniary way, by cheapening the price of articles brought from a distance, which is one of the first effects of good roads, as the saving in time, and in the wear and tear of cattle and conveyances, enables the owners of carts and bullocks to reduce their hire. This was one of the good effects immediately produced by the opening of the Great Western Road. 6. Large disbursements have already been made for purposes of general utility, from the accumulated fund of pagodas, and the discontinuance of the practice mav INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 277 may have the appearance of casting a doubt upon the propriety of past appro- priations ; and if any right otlierwise than in tlie (iovernnient for past years should now be recognised, refunds may be claimed ; but it is obvious that if the right to appro])riate the future surplus funds is to be conceded to the parties who are now entrusted with the management of the pagodas, that right must (Hiually have belonged to the (Government for the period during which the institutions were managed by its officers, so that in whatever light the (jucstion be viewed, it is manifest that the funds now in deposit may be applied to works of public utility without impropriety, and without injustice to any one. 7. But I do not think the State should divest itself of the right of controlling public grants, but should rather reduce excessive endowments, and adapt them to the wants of the institutions for the support of which they are intended, than maintain them on a scale far more than commensurate with the objects in view. 8. I have not lost sight of the Honourable Answer to Revenue Utter, dated C August, No. OC, of 1842. Court's order in the Public Deparment, dated ^ - T''^ Proposed Rrant of 30,000 rupees,-, ojT M n r 1 c^ ^ A TriTi """"^ ^'"^ surplus tunds ot tile paRodas m <3d January, i\o. J of 1844, para 7r>, but 1 have Tanjoie, tor crectiiiirbridfres over the large 75. Approved. expressed my sentiments in the belief that the "vers in that district, declined in couse- ., • . . 1- ■ iiii ii- quence of the Court 8 recent orders. -' matter is yet open to discussion, and that nothing has been finally determined with respect to the disposal of the surplus funds, especially as the reference made to the Supreme Government, under date the 5th September 1843, in obedience to the Honourable Court's orders, has not yet been answered. To make over the funds to the trustees, to be dissipated at their pleasure in vice and debauchery, will make the measure of withdrawing from interference with the religious institutions of the country more unpopular than it now is, and will be a cause of deej) concern to the respectable portion of the native community, who will be able to discern no reason why the permanent good of the entire community should not be consulted in preference to the temporary gratification of a few individuals. 9. Where a portion of the expense of public works now in progress has already been defrayed from the sui-[)Ius pagoda funds, it seems to me to be inconsistent to decline comjileting thciu from the same source, as we have lately done, under an impression that we were not at liberty to authorize further disbursements. Madras, 13 May 1844. (signed) //. Chamkr. (A true copy.) (signed) G. D. Drury, Chief Secretary. (No.1,269.) -No. 121.- From J. F. Thomas, Esq., Secretary to the Government, Fort St. George, to T. li. Davulxoii, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Government of India ; dated 3 December 1844. Sir, I AM directed by the Most noble the Governor in Council to request that you will submit, for the consideration and orders of the Right honourable the Governor- general of India in Council, the accompanying extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under this date, relative to the disconnexion of this Governmept from the religious institutions of the natives, with reference to the orders of the Honourable the Court of Directors. 1 have, &c. (signed) J. F. Thomas, Fort St. George, 3 December 1844. Secretary to Government. 621. M M 3 —No. 122.— ■2T& PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Revenue Department. *See Despatch, dated 5 April 1843. t2 June 1843, IG moutlui past. Tlie disposal of the lands and endow- ments of pagados. Disposal of surplus pagoda funds in deposit in the Government trea- suries. Fonner proceedings of the Board of Revenue. — No. 122.— (No. 1,268.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date 3 December 1844. Para. 1. Agreeably to the orders of the Honourable the Court of Directors,* that the measures in progress under this Presidencj'- for carrying out their instructions for the disconnexion of the Government from the religious insti- tutions of the natives, be reported to and regulated entirely by the instructions of the Government of India, the ])roceedings connected with this subject have since the date t of the last report been duly transmitted to that Government, and the Most noble the Governor in Council now awaits authority for prosecuting the requisite measures. 2. He observes, that, under date the 25th April 1843, the draft of an Act " for Amending the existing Law hi regard to Mosques, Hindoo Temples and other Places of Religious Worship," was submitted for the orders of the Govern- ment of India, and that their attention was again sohcited to tliis draft, under date the 9th March 1844. On this occasion it was remarked, that this Govern- ment anxiously awaited the instructions of the Government of India on the subject. The Most noble the Governor in Council considers it necessary at this time to request the attention of the Supreme Government to the circumstance, that till a law of the nature proposed is passed, the religious institutions of the natives of this Presidency are left without due protection. 3. Under date the 5th September 1843, the early orders of the Government of India were also solicited on the several points hereunder mentioned. Whether the lands and other endowments belonging to native religious institutions were to be relinquished to the recognized trustees or managers, or retained as heretofore in charge of the officers of Government for the benefit of the institutions ; or, as proposed by the Board of Revenue, were they to be assumed by the Government, and amalgamated with the Govern- ment lands, a permanent commuted allowance in money being granted in lieu, payable to the trustees periodically. Instinictions were further requested as to the disposal of the funds of the religious institutions now in deposit in the several provincial treasuries. Whether, in districts W'here these funds exist, the Collectors should be called upon to report, after careful inquiry, what rehgious institutions require repair ; that the necessary sums for this purpose should then be handed over to the several trustees, and the balance appropriated as public property, as compensation for past supervision. Instructions were also again solicited on the Draft Act already refer- red to. The attention of the Government of India was also called to some former proceedings of the Board of Revenue, especially the proposal of the Board, that an allotment of land be made for the support of the mosque at Qui- landy, in Malabar, which shall yield a revenue equivalent to the present endowment in monev 1,S00 rupees per annum, the land to be placed in the hands of the managers or trustees ; and this course, it was submitted, should, if approved, be applied not only in Malabar, but to Uke cases in all the districts. With the view also of relieving the Government from its obligation to pay an annual stipend for the support of certain pagodas at Madras, it was submitted for orders, that a sum of money producing interest, equal upon an average of years to the amount received from the arrack revenue resumed by Government, be assigned to the trustees or managers in trust for the institutions. This Government further observe, that on the 6th January last, the Govern- ment of India was furnished with a statement of the funds in deposit in the several INDIA WITH IDOLATRY. OR WITH MAHOMETAN ISM. 279 several provincial treasuries, on account of pagodas or native religious institutions (referred to in para. 5, of the extract Minutes Consultation, dated the 5th September 1843, No. 954), and that the early instructions of that Government were then again solicited on the various points noticed abov(.'. And, lastly, on the 10th June, in transmitting a copy of the Minute recorded by the Honourable Mr. Chamier, on the subject of the appropriation of the surjjlus pagoda lunds, the early instructions of the Supreme Ciovernment on the several points already adverted to were requested, in order to enable this Government to give eilect to the orders of the Honourable Court. In the absence of all instructions from the Government of India, this Govern- ment has not yet been enabled to issue any orders in furtherance of the views and orders of the Honourable Court and of the Supreme Government, conveyed in the Court's despatch of the 3d March 1841, No. 2, and in the letter from the Government of India of the 3d May 1841, which directed that all arrangements in this matter should be completed, and reported to England, if possible by January 1842. With these instructions still before them, and adverting to the state of the law, the JSIost noble the Governor in Council has deemed it neces- sary, to bring this subject again under the special notice of the Government of India for their early orders. (A true extract.) (signed) /. F. Thomas, Secretary to the Government. — No. 123.— (No. 1,271.) From ./. F. Thomas, Esq., Secretary to the Government, Fort St. George, to T. R. Davidson, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Government of India ; dated 3 December 1844. With reference to the COrreSI)Ondence noted in '^^ Oftuiating Secretary ^o the Government of India, ., • T ]• i. 1 i / -^L X 1 1 • 1 «lated .5 September 184.% No. i)C2 ; to Oiluiating Secretary the margm, 1 am directed to transmit, to belaid to the Government of Imlia, datedCJanuary 184 J, No. 22; before the Government of India, the accompanying t" Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, dated Hfsi.ntfh from fhp Honnnnblp tbp Court nf Dirpp " ^''"■'■'' '"'*-^' ^'<'- -^'•^^ '" t>ffi'^^'"''"S Secretary to the Go- aespatcn irom tne rionouraDie trie ^.ourt 01 uirec- vemment of India, dated 10 June I844, No. sua tors, dated the 3d April last. No. 3 (Legislative Department), with copy of the letter to which it is a reply,* and of the papers referred to relating to the payment of allowances for religious and charitable purposes in the Kurnool territory ; and in accordance with the orders of the Honourable Court, to solicit the early instructions of the Ciovernment of India on this subject, in connexion with the proceedings previously submitted on the measures to be adopted for the final disconnexion of the Government from the religious institutions of the natives. I have, &c. Fort St. George, (signed) J. F. Thomas, 3 December 1844. Secretary to Government. — No. 124.- • To the Honourable the Court of Directors (Secret Deiinrtment), dnted 20 .March 1043, No. 3; Secret Pepariinont, Kxtnict Minutes of Consuhution, dated 28 Mareli 1843, No8. lo, IC ; Itevenue Department, Extract Mimiica of C in.-ultatien, dated 3 I'ebruary 1843, No». 6, 0; to the Board of Keveuuc, dated 111 November 1844, No. 1,100. 6ti. nj M 4 28o PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNiMENT OF — No. 124.— (No. 470 From .S'. Scott, Esq., Agent to the Governor of Fort St. Clcorge at Kurnool, to G. D. Drurj/, Escj., Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George; dated 30 Octoher 1843. Sir, I FIND on the records of my office Minutes of Consultation imder date 28th of March 1843, directing the Commissioner to report on the necessity of con- tinuing the allowances for the performance of ooroos and other ceremonies connected with the Mahomedan and Hindoo festivals, and for the maintenance of mosques and pagodas ; and, in conformity with those instructions, I have now the honour to submit the report therein called for. 2. The money allowances for the above purposes are of two descriptions, one a direct payment from the treasury ; the other, termed saderward, is a remission of the Government demand on certain villages, made annually at the jumma- bundy settlement, and which may be considered as an assignment on tlie revenue. 3. I have divided tlie different institutions and establishments receiving these allowances into six classes, as exhibited in Statements (A.) and (B.) ; the former relates to those institutions only which have a saderward allowance and endow- ments of land, without anything from the treasury ; the latter includes the establishments which receive an allowance from the treasury in addition to the other resources. 4. It will be seen that in the two classes, in Statement (A.), there are altogether 167 institutions receiving an annual saderward allowance above 10 rupees, and 1,177 in which that allowance is below 10 rupees; and it may be observed, that the greater portion of these allowances is on account of Hindoo, whereas those in Statement (B.) are principally for Mahomedan establishments, they being, with few exceptions, in and around the town of Kurnool, while the former are situated in the district. In the four classes in Statement (B.), the establishments receiving an allowance from the treasury under 10 rupees are few in number and small in amount, and are chiefly among those which have no other estab- lished support. The allowance on account of needy travellers, alluded to in the Minutes of Consultation, is not entered in either of these Statements, but will be noticed hereafter. 5. The ooroos are ceremonies performed at the durgahs or tombs of some of the Nawabs of Kurnool, and of men famous for their sanctity and holy life ; the expenses incurred for them have always been defrayed from the exchequer of the ruling power. The persons most interested in the observances of the former are the relations and descendants of the Nawabs ; of the latter, the whole Mussulman population, who resort in great numbers to these durgahs, and would deeply feel the withdrawal of the accustomed means for the performance of the usual cere- monies. The expenses for the pagodas and mosques are of the same description as in other parts of India. 6. With regard to the necessity of continuing these various payments, I am well aware that the object of Government is to disconnect itself altogether with the religious institutions of the country ; but premising that this is not simply a question of non-interference, but also embraces the existence of advantages at present enjoyed ; and regarding it as a measure of policy, as well as in a rehgious point of view, I trust my motives will not be misinterpreted if I appear as the advocate for their continuance. I will not undertake to say that any actual necessity exists for their continuance, but I believe it amounts to this, that if they are withheld, or unless some other sort of allowance is substituted for them, the difl'erent ceremonies and observances now provided for must altogether cease. The relations and connexions of the late Nawab are now pensioners of our Government, and are almost all deeply in debt ; there are, moreover, very few among the whole Mussulman population whose means exceed their expenses, and the majority live from hand to mouth in the best way they can ; to tell these people, INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 281 people, therefore, to live witliin their incomes, and to set apart a portion for their mosques, &c., which have hitherto been supported by the State, would be mere mockery. 7. The feelings of the people, both Mussulman and Hindoo, towards the Government are gratitude, for relieving them from an oppressive and tvrannical rule ; but, at the same time that the Patans cratcfully acknowledge the benefit that they have received as individuals, it is not to be supposed that thev do not feel as a people that their glory has departed. In their attachment to our Govern- ment, and in their general bearing, I see much to admire, and I confess I should be loth to be the means of inflicting- a wound upon them which circumstances would render doubly painful, and which would tend more than anything else to the notion, that the Government no longer sympathized in their fallen condition, or identified itself with their interests. It should also be taken into consideration, that our occupation of Kurnool was not in consequence of any hostile demon- stration of the people, but brought on by the insane acts of their ruler, and to make the many suffer for the fault of one, would be little in unison with the liberality hitherto displayed. It is for these reasons, and to save the Government from the odium which the withdrawal of these allowances would occasion, that I venture to recommend their continuance, though, perhaps, in another form. 8. Of the manner in which they might be continued, there can be no doubt that the most agreeable to the people would be the existing mode of a monev payment, or a remission on the revenue, but I judge that neither of these would meet the approval of Government. An equivalent in land, rent-free, might be granted to each individual institution, or a grant for the support of the whole, to be under the management of trustworthy guardians. Which of these would be most acceptable, I am not able to say, as not being certain that the allowances w ill be continued. I have avoided all propositions which might have the appear- ance of a guarantee in their favour. s^ 9. With regard to those establishments which are in the receipt of less than 10 rupees a year, as the average is under 3 rupees, I think they might, without any hardship, be discontinued ; this will leave 1G7 of the two first classes receiving Ks. 5,078. 5. 0. from the saderward, and .'35 of the four other classes receiving Rs. 3,649. 2. 2. from the Treasury, and Rs. 27. 6. 9. from the saderward, making a total of Rs. 8,754. 14. 8. for the consideration of Government. 10. The sum of Rs. 1,482. 13. on account of needy travellers, is paid to two Fakeers, Tofak Ali Shah and Gazy Shah, as the trustees of the fund, out of which they were, of course, expected to help themselves. The former of these is a verj' old man ; the latter was formerly one of the tahsildars of the late Nawab, and subsequently became one of his favourite perzadehs. I understand that this charity is much abused, and it would be impossible to maintain an efficient supervision without an establishment for the purpose. One-eighth of the allow- ance allotted to Gazy Shah has always been enjoyed by another Fakeer, and, as he himself was in high favour with the Nawab, 1 would beg to recommend that he, as well as the Fakeer above mentioned, be transferred to the yeomiah list, and be allowed, the former (Gazy Shah) half the present allowance received by him on account of the travellers, and the latter the same sum that he is now enjuying; the remaining half of Gazy Shah's allowance to lapse to Government. /\s Tofak Ali Shah cannot live very long, it would, perhaps, be as well to let him keep this allowance for the remainder of his days undisturbed. (signed) S. Scott, Agent to the Governor of Fort St. George, Kurnool, 30 October 1843. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government, 6-'i. NN (A )-st.\tj!;ment 28-2 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF t^ > U a u ca •« O ■»! 03 s ■a :U! » 2 < O H — ■ CD M> bo ■t s V o irt •a 3 o H 3 ■a s S I "3 in "3 .3 •9 3 s I 1 O » H co •8 r c < O INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 283 < f - c I o 3 a 1 s) 2 ?■ v'S r" 1 E >- I d, c i o I I I JD d I I 1 o to !H 1 O -1- OD r* 01 I I o n o e to 3 cs . ° T3 ?5 "H 6 i' > 3 . <.£ 4 " -s Ml g E Jo O 04 CO 01 . = £ = 3 «» = - - i; E -S a. I I I 00 ;o o o I I I a n o CO „ I 1.1 I I » CO n a. I I w O '.O 50 = I- i t I = i « w 2 I? ■a u is 9 9 II 11. - 3 II = 2 £0 Oo 2=> 22 Oo " 1 II II II a 8 a t 621. N N 2 !34 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF O « 2 & 2 = a en 3 E I B - a o o 2 I I ^ l2 2 " S -2 I I o ■* — ^ « 1 I 10 ■* I I O *e9 I I 00 •3 3 o I! 22 o _2 2© 2o t4 o o J= — Co ■as ■a a s o 8 i « i-i < H O OSes <;(S "3 o I-) O E-i § O a i s ■fc •3 - -a o . s| SQ ■J H O H •a e" 'is ■^ t« &• a =* 2 ® 5 ^ &i S n ». q •« S "S 2 "^ •o ,2 - 3 o H « u a t; -S 2 r W ^ u 621. X N 3 286 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Revenue Department. No. 6. No. 6. P. 21. — No. 125.— (No. 93.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date 3 February 1844. Read the following letter from the Agent to the Governor of Fort St. George, in Kurnool. (Here enter 30th October 1843, No. 47.) Para. 1. Before communicating the subject of the foregoing letter for the orders of the Government of India, the Most noble the Governor in Council desires to obtain further information with more detailed statements of allowances paid from the saderwared and from the treasury, for the support of the religious institutions, Mahomedau and Hindoo, in the district of Kurnool. 2. In para. 4 of his report of the 12th October 1841, Mr. Blane, the late Commissioner in Kurnool, explains the payment under the head of saderwared to be a customary deduction made from the gross settlement of each village to meet the different village expenses, such as allowances to the village pagodas, &c., and is supposed to have been originally an extra assessment on the lands made by the consent of the village communities, to provide for the several municipal charges. 3. Mr. Bayley, in para. 55 of his report on the settlement of Kurnool, dated 29th August 1842, describes the charge for "saderwared'' to be " on account of small sums refunded (or rather remitted) to each village, but in great dispro- portion, according to the Momool rate, for expenses of religious ceremonies, &c." Again, in para. 120, he states, that in the Nawab's time, the saderwared was not fixed in each village, but a certain small sum was annually struck off the demand, and the other arrangements were left entirely to the village people. He further observes, that "the amount is so small, that if it were resumed, it would be necessary to allow nearly as large a sum to the pagodas, and in setthng what this should be, much interference would be required, little money would be saved, and the people certainly not satisfied." 4. The present agent, Mr. Scott, in his report dated 30th October last, does not specify the amount of the grant made from the saderwared, or from the treasury, to each individual institution, or for particular festivals or ceremonies, nor the extent of enam lands, or estimated revenue derived therefrom, by the several pagodas, mosques, &c. His Lordship in Council therefore directs that the Board of Revenue will obtain and submit a statement in the subjoined Form, showing the village, the numoer and nature of the rehgious institutions, festi- vals, &c., for which grants of land or of money are made, and the amount of such grant in each case, together with an explanation, whether the sums now annually assigned from the gross settlement for the use of the institutions are fixed or variable, and upon what principle the remissions are regulated. Village. Number and Nature of Religioud Institutioas, Festivals, &c., maintaiocd by Grants of Amount of Annual Aroutes from tho Village Saderwared. Amount of Annual Payments from the Treasury. Grants of Enam Land. 1 Extent. Amount of Estimated Revenue- Total Amount. 1 Pagoda (small) 1 Ditto (large) 2 Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Acres, a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. « 1 Mosque - ) Durgah - Mohurrum Fes-"\ tival - -J 5. The INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 287 5. The Honourable Court, in para. (> of their despatch, dated 22d February 1843, No. 1, desire, with regard to the annua! payment for the maintenance of religious worship in Kurnool, that the rule be followed which was laid down in then- legislative despatch of August 25, No. 17, of 1841, for the guidance of the Government " in all cases in which temples or other religious institutions derive only a limited portion of the revenue or Government share of the pro- duce of the land in the form of per-centage or fees, the collection of such per- centage or fees must continue to be made by the officers who collect the revenue from which they are derived." G. JJut the determination of the whole question, it is observed, is subsequently referred by the Honourable Court, in their despatch of 5th April 1843, Legis- lative Department, to the Government of India, in order that one system may be uniformly carried out throughout the British territories. The Board of lievenue will therefore ascertain whether the amount of saderwared, or enam, or other sum collected snd paid by the officers of Government, cannot be defi- nitely fi.xed, and its collection and appropriation then left to the recognized heads of the institutions, in conjunction with the principal worshippers, as a trust body, similar to the arrangement made for the charge of the religious insti- tutions in other parts of the Presidency, and the Government be thus separated from its connexion, and the institutions, &c. left, as directed by the Honourable Court, to the people themselves. (A true extract.) (signed) G. D. Drury, Chief Secretary. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to the Government. ^xT o \ — No. 12G. — (No. 1,180.) From G. I). Driiry, Esq., Chief Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George, to the President and Members of the Board of Revenue ; dated 1 (J Novem- ber 1844. Gentlemen, With reference to the extract from the Minutes of Consultation under date the 3d February 1844, No. 93, I am directed by the Most noble the Governor in Council to request that you will, without delay, submit the further informa- tion and detailed statements called for, of the allowances paid for the support of the religious institutions, Mahomedan and Hindoo, in the district of Kurnool. (signed) G. D. Drury, Fort St. George, 16 Nov. 1844. Chief Secretary. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Secretary to Government. /XT ^ ■. —No. 127.— (No. 61.) From T. V. Stovhouse, Esq., Acting Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, Revenue to T. R. Daxidsov, Esq., Officiating Secretary to Government of India ; dated DcpaHment. Fort St. George, 14 January 1845. Sir, In continuation of the letter dated 3d December 1844, No. 1,271, 1 am directed by the Most Noble the Governor in Council to transmit the further correspon- dence noted in the margin, on the sidjjcct of the allowances and endowments of K^,rnct from the the religious establi.'-hnients in the Kurnool territory. The (iovernnunt have I'loitcdinus of the refrained from offering any opinion, awaiting the orders of the Government of ^';5^;',^^b"rT844,' India on the general cjuestion. j j^^^^^ ^^ L^eloILf "^ Fort St. George, (signed) T. V. Stonhomc, 14 .January 1845. Acting Secretary to Government. 621. N V 4 ^No. .^76.) 288 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Revenue Depai'tincnt. (No. 576.) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; 2 December 1844. dated InCons.280ct.i844. Read letter from Commissioner of Kurnool, dated 30th September 1844, on the subject of the allowances and endowments of the religious establishments in this district. (Here enter No. 35.) 30 October 1843. Para. 1. In the extract Minutes of Consultation, 3d February 1844, the Government, in receiving a communication from the Commissioner of Kurnool on the religious establishments in his district, requested that the Board would " obtain and submit a statement, in a given form, showing, in each village, the number and nature of the relipous institutions, festivals, &c., for which grants of land or of money are made, and the amount of such grant in each case, together with an explanation whether the sums now annually assigned from the gross settlement for the use of the institutions are fixed or variable, and upon what principle the remissions are regulated." The Board were further directed " to ascertain whether the amount of sadewared, or enam, or other sums collected and paid by the officers of Government, cannot be definitively fixed, and its col- lection and appropriation then left to the recognized heads of the institutions, in conjunction with the principal worshippers, under arrangements similar to those adopted in other parts of the Presidency, the Government being thus separated from all connexion with these institutions, the administration of which would be left solely to the people themselves." The letter from Mr. Scott now under review is in reply to a requisition from this office, calling upon him for informa- tion on the several points adverted to by Government. 2. Enclosure No. 1, in the letter of the Commissioner, exhibits detailed explanation in the form required by Government in regard to the allowances or endowments, oi' whatever kind, enjoyed during the native rule by the several religious institutions throughout the province of Kurnool. These endowments, it will be seen, were of three classes: 1st. Grants of enam land. 2d. Deduc- tions or remissions from the annual settlement, under the term " saderwared." 3d. Allowances in money paid direct from the treasury. Ueneral Abstract. 3. The total extent of enam lands attached to the various institutions is Acres .'J8,261. 38. 11., yielding an estimated revenue of Rs. 19,606. 2. 5. The extent here given of these so-called davastanum enams, is that actually ascer- tained in the course of the survey; the title under which much of this land is held, would, however, seem questionable ; at least the Commissioner expresses himself fully assured that more than a third Avill be found to be quite unauthorized whenever investigation is made. The estimate of their annual revenue has been procured from the village authorities, and is probably much below the truth ; but the Commissioner proposes to determine the true value, together with the extent usually under cultivation (now roughly calculated at little more than half), simultaneously with the progress of the survey assessment. To the same period should be referred the inquiry as to the tenure by which these, as indeed by which all enam lands throughout the district are held. In the interim, the davastanum lands should be left in the occupation of their present holders. 4. The total amount of saderwared is stated at Rs. 7,983. 10. 7., being the same with that given by Mr. Bayley, in his report, 29th August 1842, para. 120. The principle on which this remission was regulated cannot, it appears, be ascertained ; it is, however, said to have been " variable * in its amount, dependent proba- bly on. the collections of the year," but how the amount • Mr. Scott's Letter, now Submitted lias been ascertained, wliether from the accounts of one year, or para. 4. framed on an average of several Fuslies, is not mentioned. IVIr. Scott is requested to explain this, and at the same time to furnish a statement, showing the average saderwared of the several religious institutions, as determined in each case, on the remissions of the last 10 years. 5. Of this saderwared Rs. 7,983. 10. 7., the Commissioner, in his letter of 30 October 1843, proposed to discontinue Rs.2,877. 14. 1., being the total amount paid to those institutions whose receipts from this source were respec- tively In Cons. 24 Nov. 1843. Note, as stated by Mr. Bayley : Pftg:oila cereniotiics Jlosciuc certmouies As given by Mr: Scott Difference only - Rs.' ,3.55 - - g;!o - - 7,985 - - 7,983 10 7 1 a 5 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 280 lively below 10 rupees. He now, however, expresses himself of opinion, that the saderwared miglit be abolished altogether, except in the case of those few estab- lishments which have no other means of support. These, and the sums to be assigned to them, are exhibited in the Appendix to his letter ; the total amount is Rs. 729. 0. 9., or less than 10 per cent, of the original saderwared* for the • Rs. 7/J83. davastanum of the whole province. The Board are not prepared to acquiesce in this proposal ; Mr. Scott urges that these allowances are extensively misapjjro- priated by the village and pagoda othcers ; but this is no more than may be said in a greater or less degree of all davastanum funds. The item of saderwared appears to have been very general f under the native governments; its discoii- + Mr. Blanc's Report, tinuance in 13unganapilly is stated to have occasioned much discontent; and in i- ^ch.Ur itui, the opinion of Messrs. Blanc k Bayley, a like measure in Kurnool would be A^?!*'Bayie.v's Report, regarded with feelings of dissatisfaction. These remissions have indeed, j)cnding -'• A^^xst in Cons. a decision on the question, been suspended in Kurnool for the last two years ; para.*l2™ " ' and Mr. Bayley, writing shortly after their stoppage (20th February 1843) stated, " every village is clamouring for its saderwared allowance for the petty feasts which occur at this season."' Experience has shown that the continuance of allowances of the nature now referred to, has frequently had the effect of engen- dering more tliscontent than the imposition of direct taxes, and, in the present case, independently of the policy, the equity of withholding them is at least open to question. Mr. Blane, in his Report of 12th October 1841, para. 21, states, "it is imj)ossible now to trace whether the sums so remitted have originally formed a portion of the just demands of Government, or have been an extra assessment on the lands, made by the consent of the village communities, to provide for their several municipal charges, and sanctioned by the Govern- ment ; the latter is the most favourable supposition, and it is seldom that a native * Government would be so liberally inclined as to allow a deduction of this kind from its own revenue.'' If this latter view be correct, the saderwared is of the nature of a cess or rate, levied by the people themselves for their own local j)urposes, and, as such, not properly forming an item of public revenue. It should be here noticed, that besides that part of the Kurnool saderwared devoted to the devastanum under consideration, there is also a further portion destined for municipal and charitable purposes, amountinij, as shown in the margin, to 4,268 rupees. The Board (Proceedings, 20 February 1843), have called for a detailed report on the entire saderwared of whatever kind, but in regard to that now before them, the davastanum saderwared, they are of opinion that the amount on account of each institution should be deter- mined on an averajre of the remissions for the last ten '*'~^'° years (as already stated, they are not informed how the Mr. Bayloy's Report, 20 August 1842, paru. 120. results given in Column 5, Statement 1 , in Mr. Scott's letter, have been arrived at), and that the several allowances so fixeast two years been carried to the credit of Government. Complaints on the subject were occasionally made to me, and I was certainly inclined to con- sider them as well founded, and therefore recommended * that a portion of this « Letter to r.ovcm- allowance should be continued. A further knowledge .of the (]uestion, however, m in t, dated 2.5 Oct. and an increased acquaintance with the practice and customs of the countrv, ^ ^' lead me to the conclusion, that a very small portion of this money was in reality cxjiended for religious purposes, and the real gainers by it were the reddies and curnums, tiie more influential ryots and the persons who professed to have charge of the pagodas. I cannot ascertain on what principle this remission was regulated under the late Government ; it seems to have been allowed as an old- established mamool, and as it was variable in its amount, that probably depended on the collections of the year, being raised or lowered as the collections were large or small. 5. For the above-mentioned reasons, I consider it my duty to state that I do not see any urgent necessity for continuing, or, as it would now be, renewing this saderward remission, except in the cases exhibited in the appended list, where the saderward allowance is the only support of the institutions (except what may be collected from voluntary contributions), and where it may be inferred that the allowance was in many cases really expended for their main- tenance. 0. The above list exhibits the amount of saderward formerly allowed to pagodas which have no other source of revenue ; but a reference to the statement will .show, that in the villages in which tliese pagodas are situated there are other pagodas which have cnam lands, though, with the exception of the Casbah Pauiem, they are small in extent. W itii respect to the Rs..'59'i. 10., shown as the allowance to the lihadrachellaswaniy Pagoda, in the village of (Joniarol (Panieni talook), it is to be observed, that only lis. 89. G. is its own saderward iu that village ; the rest is made up from the saderward of other villages in dif- ferent parts of the district, and transferred to this pagoda on account of a c'cr- tain degree of sanctity it is supposed to possess 1 have stated in the column of remarks what 1 consider might be granted in lieu of these allowances. 7. Having, then, found reason to view this (juestion in a different light, I am induced to solicit the consideration of the Board not to press me to a too hasty rei-ort on a subject re(juiring extensive investigation, and some leisure ; in a new country, one is necessitated, for a certain time and to a certain extent, to hear 621. 002 with 2q; PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF • 30 October 184^. • In my letter to Government, dated 25 October 1843. with the ears and see with the eyes of others, and much is pahned off as infor- mation which, with a year or two more acquaintance with the country, would not even be attempted. 8. The Board in their proceedings under date* require me to furnish with the least possible delay a report upon the appanum lands and gowd and devastanum enams. 9. I shall of course do so if they still desire it, at as early a period as my other duties will permit ; but at the same time I am bound to state, that for the present I consider it will be labour thrown away, for it is impossible to obtain anything like a correct knowledge of the value of these enams until the survey assessment is concluded, and it is also necessary, that, before commencing these inquiries, I should have the Board's instructions in answer to Mr. Bay ley's letter, dated Madras, 19th June 1843, on the general question of enams in the Kurnool territory, in order that I may have some guide to the intentions of the Board as to the nature of the tenure which they are prepared to consider as a sufficient claim. 1 he reddies' and curnums' enams will also come under investigation at the same time, and I propose to tix them eventually not with any reference to what they may lay claim to, but with reference to the revenue of the village, on a scale something similar to that prepared by Sir T. Munro for the Ceded Districts. 10. I now come to the allowances paid out of the treasury', and it will be seen by a reference to the statement, that nearly the whole amount is disbursed in the town of Kurnool, and chiefly for ceremonies connected with the Mahomedan worship, and which are performed with very little assistance from other sources. My reasons for recommending the continuance of these allowances have already been given,* and i see no cause for altering the opinions I then expressed. 1 1 . In conclusion, I have only to observe, that when once the grants either of money or land have been definitely fixed by the Government, there will not be the smallest difficulty in making the arrangement contemplated by the Board in the latter part of the last para, of their proceedings of the 21st March. I have, &c. (signed) S. Scott, Kurnool, 20 September 1844. Commissioner. l.-LlSTof R ELiGious Institutions maintained by Grants of Land or Money. 1. 2. 3. 4. Number and Name S. Amount 6. Amount Grants of Enam Lands. 9. 1 7. 8. of of of Total > VILLAGES. Religious Inatitutious. Festivals, &c., Annual Giants from the Aunual Payment from Extent. Amount of Amovmt. O "S maintained by Village the Estimatec a Grants uf Land or iMoncy. Saderwared. Treasury. Revenue. £ A C. Rs. a. p. C. Rs. a. p. Acres, g. a. C. Rs. a. P- C.Rs. a. p. c r3 Pagodas - . Urge 303 10 - 17 28 I 78 12 - 382 6 - 1 Chagulmarry ... ). 4 ditto ... small 8 9- 31 13 5 8 6 3 16 15 - |_4 Mosques . - large . 184 22 10 188 14 6 188 14 6 2 Settyjtcde f 1 Pagoda - . Jarge \ 1 ditto ... small 14 4 - 19 23 10 25 8 2 7 12 3 6 : 22 - - 3 6- f 2 ditto ... large s 1 ditto . . - small 1.1 Mosque - . large 5 - - 33 12 4 44 4 - 49 4 - 3 Burra Wingaljr . 8 1 - - 1 - - . 62 3 66 - - 56 - - ^ 4 Chota Wingaiy 2 Pagodas . . ' small 3 - - 54 28 4 2 - - 5 - - < 5 Coolloor - - . 1 2 ditto ... large 1 1 ditto ... small - 37 4 4 36 6 8 26 - 6 - ~ 26 - - 6 - - s .J D 6 MaUinuOJah - 1 2 ditto ... large \ 1 ditto ... small 12 - - - 4 - 43 19 48 - "■ 60 - - - 4 - < 7 Coppulpad . . - j \ ditto ... large \2 ditto ... small 2 - - 1 - - 19 7 1 4 8 20 - 4 - _ 22 - - 5 - - t- 8 Rajole - . . . 1 ditto ... large . 13 2 8 11 - - H - - 9 Gotloor . - . . 2 ditto - . . large 8 11 - 52 12 44 - - 52 11 - j 2 ditto - . . large 20 - - 20 6 8 6 2 - 26 2 - 10 Nyalumpaud ... ■. 3 ditto ... small (_1 Mosquo - - small - 12 - . - - . - 12 - 1 8 - 4 5 5 - 10 8 2 2 8 1) Awoulpully 3 Pagodas - . small - 8 - . - . . - 8 - n ditto ... large 67 10 - 68 11 1 68 - 135 10 - la Muddoor ... { 1 ditto ... small . 21 - 13 _ - 13 - 1 1 Mosque - - large ... ... 69 1 2 65 - - 65 - - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 2y3 e ■5 < s o 13 U 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 VILLAGES. t.-^ P^ TodeodUpully - Cotakurdakoor Palsagur Veoganpully - Krlshnapuor - ChoU Bhojinum Burra Bliojanum Rampully Ctiinta C^ornadinny Pata Kuodakoor Paudakanillah Alliguddah LinguDidiany - Dcvraypore Cliintakoontah Goobagoondum Chcdulladinney Nukkuhlinnoy - Cliillumpully - Alamoor • Nursapoor Mootuloor Number and Name of Religious Institutions, Festivals, &c., maintainiNi by Grants of Land or jloney. 1 Pagoda /3 ditto - - - I 1 Mosque /I Pagoda ^2 ditto . - - 1 ditto . - - (■2 ditto - - - \ 1 ditto . - - I 1 Mohurrum Festival . 1 Pagoda (1 ditto . - - '. 4 ditto - 1^ I Mosque 2 Pagodas / 2 ditto . - - t 1 Mosque ( 3 Pagudus ditto . - - ditto - . - ditto - . - ditto . - . ditto - - - ditto . . - Mohurrum Festival Pagoda ditto - ditto - . 3 ditto - \\ Mosque f 3 Pagodas \ 1 Mosque 2 Pagodas 3 ditto - c\ ditto - I 7 ditto - I 1 Mosque ( 3 Pagodas I 1 ditto - 2 Mosques Amount of Annual Grants from the \'iUage Saderwared. 35 Nagulavarum - 36 Lingumdinny - 37 Timmanapully 33 Khanapoor 39 W 41 Mookoonilapoor Miltapully Murrypully 42 Yadawadah 43 Ahobillura ToTi Mohurrum Pagoda ditto - ditto - ditto - Mosque Mohurrum Pagodas I 1 Mosque '. 1 Mohurrum P.igoda ditto - Mohurrum Pagoda ditto - !\lohurrum Pagodas ditto - iMos<|ue f 1 Page da 3 ditto L I Mo«que ( 3 Pagodas I 10 ditto 167 - Festival Festival Festival Festival Festival Sir»ul - Yerragoonthah Yerragoodeedi 11 ny Chilkaloor Gopalpoor NuUngutlah small large large large small small large small small largf large small large small large small large small large small small large small - small large small large small small small small . small small large small large large small small - small . large small largo - sme.ll largo . small - small small small large small small small small small small small small large small small large small :.Rs. a. p. - 8 - 68 - - 3 - 2 4 53 4 4 8- 4 15 4 2 12 - 3 - - 8 8- 27 - - - 3 - 8 - - 2 — - 2 - - 15 - - Amount of Annual Payment from the Treasury. Grants of Enam Lands. Extent, C.Rs, Amount of Estimated Revenue. .\eres. g. a. C.Rs. a. p, 6 10 15 62 9 2 81 33 1 18 3 9 14 31 8 - 9 - - 5 - - 6 4- 1 - - 5 3- 3 - - 9 8- 78 11 - 4 4- 4 4- 16 - - 8 - - 12 - - 10 - - 12 10 - 7 - 1 - 3 10 2 4 2 4 2 12 6 - 11 - 18 105 14 9 52 72 9 55 18 105 8 66 16 103 5 89 36 6 2 13 20 14 15 5 22 10 26 4 8 7 1 6 20 10 24 7 10 18 10 9 38 30 34 12 1 8 41 II 44 - 15 - Total Amouxt. 6 - 27 15 5 - 1 8 18 - 25 10 4 - 13 14 15 7 6 28 10 5 10 126 36 10 24 24 10 1 9 10 9 11 2 19 20 12 21 8 4 25 17 11 21 26 10 21 20 55 7 14 38 - 3 _ 16 4 I 14 85 1 1 8 13 mall I'J — 3 6 - large ymol! 9 8 ~ small - - InrgL- f^moll 6 2 2 - _ large »ma)l 2 8 _ large nmail 20 13 4 V email - - 33 31 5 21 6 15 6 38 10 9 29 I 12 10 12 21 14 21 22 28 23 57 94 3 4 - 10 1 5 1 8 la - 2 1 35 12 5 5 3 6 4 5 14 6 13 II 30 12 10 12 - ,2,709 10 85 26 5 8 2 19 24 4 154 11 14 169 34 12 41 232 1 37 28 38 13 29 20 19 20 36 174 3 21 13 6 10 13 2 4 6 9 14 39 4 10 (■> 32 12 27 a 14 7 19 32 8 y 1 2 6 9 8 - 1 - 4 - 12 5 6 101 - 6 13 8 - 9 1 3 18 9 8 3 - - 11 10 8 10 12 - 17 12 9 20 3 1 50 - - 86 13 - 3 6- 10 4 - 4 4- 19 4 - 8 10 6 13 5 - 118- 13 - - 2 1 S 7 12 - 1 - - 1,412 10 3 33 10 7 3 156 - 6 - 48 - 42 - 4 18 8 2 4 5 8 9 6 9 3 6 2 - 20 8 18 8 8 - 196 10 32 6 1 6 12 6 4 5 6 13 8 - 38 10 2 - 6 - !,5I9 3 3 144 15 7 3 155 - 23 60 - 42 - 3 6 21 8 6 8 4 - 10 10 8 8 13 - - 6 (J2I. 003 7 8 59 9 {conlinvLtd) 204 PAPKKS ON CONNEXION OF T[IE GOVERNMENT OF 1. 2. 1 3. 4. Number and Name 5. Amount 6. Amount Grants of Enam Lands. 9. 7. 8. I of of of Total ft) > Religious lutjtitiition^, F*;:: tivals, Annual Grants! Annual Amoimt J 5> V 1 1. L A E S. isc. Irom the Payment from o •II maintained by Village tlie Extent. 1 of Estimated Amount. 1 d Grants of Land or Wo ney. Saderware d. Treasury. Revenue. 5^ •^ CRs. a. I'- C. Rs. a. p. Acres g- a- CRs. a. p. CRs. a. p. ( 2 Pajodas large 20 - _ ... 68 16 5 JO - - 30 - - 7 Buttooloor ... \ 1 ditto ... small 4 12 _ . . . . 4 12 - 8 Gonnip.iramnnidiany - 2 ditto ... large 16 8 - . 57 20 2 43 - - 69 8 - 1> Veu^ikiiinJiuiiy I ditto . - - sniad 1 2 8 ... 10 25 2 8 - - 9 2 8 r2 ditto ... 1 2 ditto - . - large 23 7 - . 119 32 6 42 4 - 70 11 - small _ . . 23 38 4 13 - - 13 - - 10 Yalloor . . . - 1 Mi)S(jue 1 MdhuiTum - large . . . 59 26 30 - - 30 - - small 1 11 - . . - - . . 1 11 - ( 2 I'njjtidoa ( 3 ditto - large small 6 6 8 ... 116 29 14 45 11 52 2 2 11 Cottapaud - - - ... 26 39 4 8 8- sa- ) 3 Itdigioua Inatitutioiu, Feslirals, . kunual Grants Annual Amount it \ I L L A G E S. &c.. from the Payment fiom Extent. of Amount. o d maintained t>y Village the Estimated 1 o Grant:! of Laud or Aloney. Suderwared. Treasury. Revenue. Z. z C. Rs. a. p. C. Rs. a. p. .\ere3, g. a. C. Re. a. p. C. Rs. a. p. . ri Pagoda - - large '' 4 ditto ... small [l Motiiirrunl Festival - small 15 8 - . 22 18 7 13 - - 23 8 - 43 Burra Cumbhatoor - 2 8- - 14 21 14 6 12 8 9 4 a 3 4 - - . - - 4 - - 1 3 Pagodas . - small 1 8 - . 6 32 8 1 12 - 3 4- ■5 44 Yalagalapully - - - [ 1 Rloliurrum Festival - small I 4 - ... . . 1 4 - 45 Mochinen«;|)ully 1 Pagtida - - small r 1 ditto - - - large I 3 4 9 - - : : 22 12 10 114 19 14 8 - - 4 14 - 9 3 4 13 14 - -i 46 Chundloor ... L I ditto . . - small r 1 ditto ... large 3 ditto ... small _ - - - - - 49 23 4 5 1 - 5 1 - 47 MunJaloor . - - 15 - - 3 - - : : : 37 33 13 36 1 13 I - - 5 13 - 16 - - 8 13 - 00 [l Mosque - - small 1 2 Pagodas . - small *( 1 Mohurrum Festival - small 187 . - . ... 27 23 9 3 8- 3 8- 48 PilOOT .... Total ... 5 1 4 2 - - . 1 10 8 35 7 2 - - 3 - - 7 1 4 5 - - 737 3 2 . 4,586 9 6 1,951 8 2 2,688 11 4 '6 Pagodas - . large 9 ditto ... small 238 12 8 26 13 - 614 9 15 238 13 7 504 7 3- 4 14 - - 1 7 44 33 15 17 3 3 22 2 10 /- 4 Mosques . - large 2-6 18 9 2 186 22 13 67 2 10 87 12 6 1 Nundial- 1 1 ditto ... small . . - ... 2 15 14 4 - - 4 - - 8 Durgahs - - large 4 14 - 128 14 - 120 31 7 124 - - 267 12 - 2 ditto ... small . 11 6 - . • - - 11 6 - 1 Mohurrum Festival . large 16 4 - 4 1 - - - 20 5 - " 1 Pagoda - - larye < 1 ilitto ... small I Mohurrum Festival - large 5 1 - . 31 35 7 11 - - 16 1 - 2 Bbcemnarum . - - • - - . 6 5 10 1 7 8 1 7 8 2 4- . 30 19 11 30 - - 32 4 - 3 Billallapnor - . - 1 Pagoda - - small 4 « - ... . . - ... 4 6- 10 - - 38 - - 4 Nooncpully . . - / 2 ditto ... large [ 1 Mohurrum Festival . large 10 - - : : : 74 24 2 38 - - p2 Pagodas . - large j 2 ditto ... small 23 - - _ 183 33 4 100 - - 123 - _ 5 Oothnalpoor - - - 2 4- . . ■ 2 4- 1 1 Mohurrum Festival - small 1 - - . 7 22 15 6 - - 7 - ~ Royanialpoor - . - ( 4 Pagodas - . small ( I Jlohurrum Festival - small 4 1 - -IS- ... 15 25 6 2 8- 6 9 _ - 13 - rl I'agoda - - large IS U) - . 28 14 3 10 - - 25 10 - 3 12 _ 7 PooliinudJy - . - ^ 6 ditto ... sniidl 3 12 - ... - . - . . - [ 1 Mohurrum Festival - small 1 5 - . 9 30 4 6 - - 7 5- "3 Pagodas - - large 4 ditto ... small 12 4 - . . - 110 32 7 76 - - 88 4 - 19 15 - . 14 5 6 - - 2.1 15 _ 8 Poloor .... 1 Mosque - - large 1 Mohurrum Festival - small - 52 13 60 - - CO - - 4 - _ 4 - - - - - - . - - 9 Moongalah . - - / 4 Pagodiis . - small 1 1 Mohurrum Fi'stival - small 10 2 6 1 10 - . 5 31 5 7 30 2 1 14 - 3 - - 12 - G 4 10 _ rs Pagodas - - large 9 ditto ... small 63 9 9 . 272 28 11 174 3 - 242 12 9 2 13 - . 75 8 3 23 - - 25 13 _ 66 - - 6 1 - 10 BunJy Atcoor ... i Mosque - • laige 2 Dntogahs . . small 4 1 - ... 63 2 4 2 33 2 66 - - M Mohurrum Festival . small 2 6- . 7 15 4 o _ _ 4 6 _ 11 Cakanoor ... j 4 Pagodas . - small ', 1 Mosque . - small ' 6 Pagodas - - small 1 1 Mosque - - large / 8 Pagodas - - small 1.1 Mohurrum Festival - small 10 9 - 3 - - ... 32 22 2 3 21 14 6 4- 1 - - 16 13 _ 4 - - 12 13 YerrBgoontlah . . - Careemuddclah 16 6 - 5 - - 22 - - . 15 25 8 12 76 20 6 10 12 8 5 10 - 6 - - 7 4 6 1 8 - 22 - _ 11 - - 29 4 6 1 8 _ 14 Paramatoor - - - / 3 Pagodas - - small 1 1 Mohurrum Festival - small 18 - - 1 2 - . - - 9 34 12 9 16 9 4 8- 5 - - 22 8 _ 6 2 _ fl Pagoda, - - large I 4 ditto ... small I I Miduirrum Festival - small 25 10 6 . 34 27 2 9 12 - 35 6 6 10 4 _ 3 12 _ 15 Suntajoutoor - - - 4 13 - . 38 26 3 5 7- ... ... 16 19 12 3 12 - 16 Burra Dcolapoor fl Pagoda - - large . 4 ditto ... small Ll Mohurrum Festival - small 6 1 - 3 - - . 36 9 8 18 26 14 15 8 - 4 12 - 21 9 _ 7 12 . 2 13 _ - 13 - ... 9 - - 2 - - 17 Bhujanum - . - fl Pagoda - - large ■j 1 ditto - - - small 8 12 - ... 29 38 5 12 10 10 10 7 - 2 11 - 19 3 _ 2 11 _ [l Mohurrum Festival - small 1 - - ... 16 13 2 S 4 - 9 4- 18 Pcssurvoy ... f2 pagodas - - large ] 9 ditto ... small 8 12 - 2 - - . - ■ 54 21 7 67 5 14 42 - - 29 11 - 50 12 _ 31 11 _ 9 - _ 1_I Mohurrum Festival .small ( 1 Pagoda - - large ' 2 ditto ... small 3 - - . 9 29 10 6 - - 6 4- . 6 7 8 4 - - 10 4 _ •> t •> 19 Chota Diolapoor 2 12 - . - - - " * ■ 1 10 _ 60 13 3 25 12 3 5 13 (J |_I Mohurrum Festival - small /■3 Pagodas - - large J 7 ditto - . - small 1 10 - - - - - - - " 20 Ghallichennoypallem 20 13 3 11 II 3 . - - 67 33 13 47 3 7 II 32 H) 40 - - 14 1 - 3 - - 1. 1 Mohurrum Festival - small 2 13 6 _ - - 4 13 _ 10 - _ 21 Ramapoorum - - - 2 Pagodas - - small - 13 - - 16 15 3 60 17 I 4 — — 8 12 - 22 Singavarum - . - 5 ditto ... suiall 1 4 - ■ 3 - _ 23 Suiiiayuztapully 1 ditto ... small 3 - - ... 78 8 1 5 31 49 19 8 17 18 38 25 3 8 26 15 8 33 12 48 18 14 8 3- 10 3 _ 24 25 Yctrnwpnd ParnapuUy . . • ( 5 ditto ... small ( 1 Mosque - - small (2 Pagodas - - large < 1 ditto - . - small 1.1 Mosque . - large (2 Pagodas - - large . 5 ditto ... small ,1,1 Moaque - - small 2 - - 3 - - 1 10 - 28 - - - - 8 - 24 - - 34 - - 1 - A - 8 _ 32 - _ 6 - _ 35 10 _ 29 8 _ 11 9 20 Gapanaruin . . . 11 1 - 2 - - I 7 8 •■ 9 8 _ C2I 004 (ciin(inK«2} 296 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 2. VILLAGES. B a Number and Name of Religious Institutions, Festivals, &c., maintained! by Grants of Land or .Money. 5. Amount of Annual Grants from the \'illage Saderwared, < Q S5 27 28 29 30 31 32 S3 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Nuudipully Ayaloor - Ponnapoor Musjidpoor TuiumadaiJully Bookkaponr Bollavaram Jyawar Codoor Byapa Codoor - Cadamul Calwah Poottapully Gazoolpully Cangalah Chaliole - Mitnalah Goontonalali - Guggatoor Brahminpully - Poosooloor Togurch^de Chaparevoolah Total 0. Panicm - Condojootoor Bulpanoor Cowloor - Nerrawadah Bhoopaud Muddoor Amount of Annual Payment from the Treasury. Grants of £nam Lands. 'I Pagoda - - small 1 Mosque - - small 1 Mohurrum Festival small '2 Pagodas - - large 3 ditto - - - small LI Mosquo - - large 3 PagcMlas - - small 2 ditto - - - small [-1 ditto - - - large I 2 ditto ... small I 1 Musque - - large /•I Pagoda - - large I 2 ditto - - - small I I Mohurrum Festival - small ( 2 Pagodas - - large I 1 ditto - - . small I 1 Mosque - - small j 3 P.Tgodas - - large I 4 ditto - - . small I 1 Mosque - - large ^2 Pagodas - - large ) 2 ditto ... small I 1 Mosque - - small [ 1 Mohurrum Festival - small ; 2 Pagodas - - large ! 5 ditto . - - small I 1 Mosque - - large ' 1 Mohurrum Festival - small 1 3 Pagodas - - small I I Mosque - - small '1 Pagoda - - large 8 ditto - - - small 1 Mosque - - small ^1 Mohurrum Festival - small '2 Pagodas - - large 2 ditto - - - small 1 Mosque - - large 2 Mohurrum Festival - small f'2 Pagodas - - large ■| 3 ditto - - - small 1 1 Mohurrum Festival - large / 4 Pagodas • - large (3 ditto . - - small 1 ditto - - - large 1 ditto - - - large 1 ditto . - •. small 1 Mohurrum Festival - small 1 Pagodah - - large / 1 ditto - - - large I 1 Mohumim Festival - small ["2 Pagodahs - - large ] 4 ditto - . - small I I Mohurrum Festival - large (3 Pagodas - - large . 3 ditto - - - small L I Mohurrum Festival - small 287 C. Rs. a. p. 7 - - 3 12 8 1 4 8 54 - - 5 - - 2 1 - 6 14 - 3 - - U - - 6 - - 2 - - 4 6 2 10 I C. Rs. a. p. 4 4 5 Pagodas 5 ditto . 1 Mosque 1 Durgah 1 ditto ... ) Mohurrum Festival . 1 Pagoda 6 ditto - . - 1 Mohurrum Festival. '2 Pagodas 3 ditto . . ■ 2 Mohurrum Festivals Pagodas I - 12 - - 8 4- 3 - - 14 6 - 2 1 6 7. Extent. Acres, g. a. 3 4 9 80 31 12 172 14 2 11 13 14 6 6 6 7 38 6 122 4 13 23 30 12 20 36 12 93 18 11 8. Amount of Estimated Revenue. . Rs. a. p. 1 - - 26 2 - - 26 10 - 3 9- 1 10 - 2 8- 6 13 - 24 4 - 4 58 3 2 4 9 3 22 12 1 10 30 8 14 7 10 - 1 14 - 12 20 - 11 - 2 - 21 - 2 4 I - 1,164 13 8 6 5 108 18 10 II 33 7 13 15 5 5 5 4 28 11 46 10 9 130 32 6 16 21 10 38 37 10 36 14 44 38 12 II 33 17 7 8 3 26 12 6 12 1 8 2 6 24 4 6 - 2 8 39 - Total Ahovnt. C. Rs. a. p. I - 49 4 5 - 11 - 22 8 3 4 6 8 11 15 12 33 9 161 7 6 8 37 12 50 13 5 55 147 90 5 5 14 30 12 6 9 1 9 15 39 33 33 10 35 7 15 14 27 8 5 15 2 9 25 9 31 15 9 4 28 7 112 32 13 63 30 8 50 25 10 '1 I Mo!«iue r2 Pagodas I I ditto - j-1 ditto . j 1 ditto - 1 Mohurrum Festival r4 Pagodas I 1 ditto . . . I i Durgah I 1 Mohurrum Festival large small large large small small large small small large small ' small large small large small large small small large small small email 181 3 9 12 2 7 - 13 4 14 14 10 8 6 H 189 12 9 21 2 4 1 4 1 14 12 3 11 1 10 8 8 _ 13 3 4 18 _ 2 _ 2 II 32 4,895 27 10 59 6 9 2 2 1 3 9 4 8 - 8 - 3 12 1 4 »0 - 5 - 28 13 13 10 4 8 11 - 8 6 26 4 10 4 8 8 2 - 49 - 1 I 1 - 61 4 13 4 14 - 36 14 5 5 6 8 85 14 9 15 10 10 2 4 4 13 1 - 86 - 6 - 34 8 24 8 - 2 — — 22 8 - 167 10 8 18 - - 23 14 6 11 12 - 3 12 - 2 - - 12 12 - 24 8 - 2 8- 68 - - 40 - 37 - 2,322 5 674 37 5 42 27 14 100 17 15 743 31 4 57 19 5 19 18 2 8 12 5 46 37 14 38 2 4 73 4 1 100 31 6 5 39 5 33 8 14 180 8 5 12 22 6 8 13 581 1 - 14 15 - 48 - - 266 10 - 10 6 - 33 4 - 4 - - 4 - _ 144 - _ 9 2- 36 8 - 4 - _ 33 8 - 5 4- 22 8 - 190 6 8 19 10 _ 54 6 6 26 3 7 3 12 - 2 _ _ 22 12 _ 26 6 - 3 4- 88 - _ 11 - - 42 — - 58 _ - 4 - 3,676 15 5 46 13 - 5 - - 4 - - 36 - - 15 4 3 42 - - 45 3 - - 12 - 36 - - 128 2 - 6 11 - 3 - 762 4 6i 24 II - 50 7 - 266 10 - - 13 - 4 14 - 61 7 - 13 6 2 4 - 57 4 4 30 42 - - 48 14 3} 2 6- 44 8 6 - 13 - 3 4- 146 2 - 8 II - 2 II - 5 - - 2 - I - 1 -- - 9 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAnOMETAXI?^:v[. 2Q7 8 9 10 II 12 13 U IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 VILLAGES. Anoopoor Cottoor - Gonawar Alamoor - Conadadah Bt'tumchen'oo - Rungapoor Citiotoopully Colamalpully - Mouddawaram - Palakolly Tummarauzepully Coniarole Booggaupully • Gadcveninlah - Bilkulgoodoor - noodanoor Grundcvenialah Chindakoor GudegarC'Valah Tirrepaud CooUmud Durgahs V.3 Mohunuin Festivals .( 3 Pagodas j ( 1 Mosque large small lai ge large large siuall small large large small smalt small small small large small large large small large small large small large small small large small small small small small small small small snrall large small large small small large small large small large small large small small large sniall small small small small small small laige small smalt small small large small large large Boiall smalt large small small small large large small large small large small . sniall small large C. Rs. 10 S 1 II 31 a. p. 8 - 122 1 2 II - 15 3 10 - 14 - 15 - 10 - 8 3 13 - 4 6 10 - - 6 8 Amount of Annual Payment from the Treasury, C. Rs, a. p. 45 9 7 12 14 5 1 10 - 6 8 - 4 14 - - 13 - 116- 6 8- 3 4- 504 12 - - 6 6 - 6 6 10 2 6 3 1 - 6 11- 1 10 - - 13 - 9 118 1 10 - 7 8 3 - 13 - - 13 - 2 7- - 13 - 5 15 II 3 7 3 29 2 4 3-9 12 4 - 2 10 1 6 4 - 4 4 6 3 3 6 66 10 - 4 10 9 4 14 - 1 13 3 43 1 - 5 11 - 1 10 - 4 1 - - - " 4 14 - - 13 — Grants of Enam Lands. Extent. Acres, g. a. 19 12 11 87 5 15 4 20 5 46 5 6 16 23 14 32 3 47 10 9 30 2 6 19 5 5 31 4 38 14 33 15 365 37 9 3 217 44 12 3 2 33 6 51 23 6 12 18 10 72!» 109 64 29 117 457 63 6 17 61 60 9 42 23 14 129 4 22 16 42 9 53 33 92 35 31 14 27 14 29 11 10 6 10 1 30 15 24 12 1 10 20 4 27 14 25 14 20 17 15 35 33 11 15 4 17 8 12 5 () 12 3 39 12 (i 6 20 6 32 5 12 !» Amount of Estimated Uevenue. Total Amolnt. C. Us. a. p. 4 - - 60 - - 3 - - 25 6 3 5 6- 19 2 21 14 1 7 2 12 2 - 2 - 4 - 188 11 3 - 35 12 12 3 31 10 - 3 10 11 98 19 20 1 39 20 12 30 22 4 23 2 2 15 8 36 16 42 9 i03 17 9 42 6 29 12 1 7 31 16 12 2 24 25 9 1 16 11 10 13 11 3 18 12 19 5 3 15 1S3 - 10 8 30 - 4 6 7 4 107 4 15 8 4 - 4 - 17 - 6 2 1 4 7 11 5 - 2 49 3 - 8 13 - 3 14 12 7 12 - 10 14 8 11 4 9 16 - 23 12 2 5 5 8 16 - y 8 6 - 6 32 2 141 28 4 12 25 15 4 33 2 12 1 1(1 41 39 1 40 32 11 Ii6 34 8 60 36 14 77 22 12 68 39 2 70 26 14 49 29 14 2 36 12 5 12 8 11 2 - 6 14 t» _ 39 10 3 4 6 - 19 12 2 7 13 2 10 2 10 - 12 8 6 - 4 - 90 5 7 7 4 - 9 2.) 8 9 3 12 15 - l.s 13 9 15 6 - 23 9 - 10 U - 2 5- 1 - - 56 6 - 7 6 4 3 C. Us. a. p. 14 - - 5 8- 61 - - 14 - _ 57 I 3 8 6 3 1 10 - 19 2 - 26 12 - 10 6 _ 2 12 _ 3 10 - 2 8 3 4 13 - 311 -- 2 4 10 - 37 12 6 12 3 - 8 2- 31 10 - 6 1 II 9 10 6 6 6 6 4 1 14 5 14 - 13 - 6 - 10 6 4 - 16 - 223 23 30 4 7 108 22 8 4 28 12 1 10 553 13 4 22 12 10 II U 17 e 15 8 6 4 9 14 - 12 - 4 - 10 - 13 - 7 8 5 - 2 - 8 3 8 _ 13 - 13 - 2 - 13 - 13 II 7 3 12 4 4 9 33 2 7 23 3 11 2 12 5 68 6 6 32 2 20 16 13 16 7 4 l.')6 15 12 I 8 14 II 4 25 4 51 10 18 10 20 7 19 r> 23 9 10 11 4 10 3 6 4 - 12 3 4 3 6 6 3 9 9 3 14 - 621. p p (confmited) 2y8 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF eg 1^ 36 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 9 10 n 12 13 14 15 VILLAGES. 23 Cheonukkapully Alia Guddah - CuUvah - - - HoosseiDpoor - CoDtalpaud Gottopaud Orevakulloo Tippyepully Sukoonalah Brahroinpully - Somayazoolpully Total - Atcoor - - - K are man ah I.,kalali - Doddyalah NuodicoDtah - Veerapoorum - Bavap^>oium - G oovalacoontaH Bund^mncepallcm Netypully Cooikooudah - Ramapoor ObilltimpuUy * Indirfswaram - Sreepatly Rowpettah ]6 Siddyepully 17 Ominpuor 18 Moosteepully - 19 NulIaruUvali 20 21 22 Burkancncatapoor Anuntapoor Piauapocram - Number and Name of Ueligiojs Institutions, Festivab, &c., maintained by Graat8 of Land or Money. Amount of Annual Grants from the Village Saderwared. ["4 Pagodas 1 Mosipie [_1 Durgah 3 PagtKias ditto - - - ditto - - - Mosques I 3 Durgahs Ll iVIohurrum Festival f 2 Pagodas "(4 ditto - - - (•3 ditto - - - JS ditto - I 1 Durgah [l Mohurrum Festival / 1 Pagoda J 4 ditto - - - I 1 I\Ios(jue [ 1 Durgah [ 3 Pagodas - - I 7 ditto - - - i 1 ^losquc [ ! Durgah ( 1 Pagoda i ] Mo-sque ' 1 Pagoda I 9 diito - - - I 1 RIo?que II ditto - . - f 2 Pagodas i 1 Mosque / 1 Pagoda \ I ditto - 320 - small ijmaJl small small large small large small small large small large small small small large small large small large small large small small small large small large umall small small large small C. Rs. a. p. 4 14 - - f? L 1 -I {i ll !: / 8 1 3 1 I 5 I 3 8 1 3 3 1 u Siddapoor lU Pigodas ditto Mosques Durgah Mohurrum - Pagodas ditto ditto Jlosque Pagodas ditto Mosque P;igodas ditto iMosque Pagodas ditto ditto Mosque Pagoda ditto ditto ditto Mosque ^lohuiTum Festival Durgah Pagodas Moiique Durgah pagodas Mosque Pagodas ]\Iosque Pagoda ditto I^Iosque Pago■ VILLAGES. Religious Institiilions, Fcsiivals, Annual Grants Annual Amount Total 01 &<-., from th e Payment from of "o maiutaiued by Village the Eitent. Estimated AMoiruT. 1 Grants of Laud or Money. ■Saderwared. Treasury. Revenue 1 1 C. Rs. a. I'- C. Rs. a. p. Acres • g. a. V. Rs. a. P- C. Rs. a. p. 24 Pedcheroo ... I Pagoda small . - - 7 26 - 8 ^ - 8 - 3 ditto 2 ditto large 21 14 / - 217 13 2 60 - ^ 81 14 7 25 Velpanoor ... small 3 8 9 . . - 20 32 4 8 _ 8-9 2 Mosques - . 1 Durgah large 4 15 8 . 146 13 10 36 8 _ 41 7 8 small 4 7 6 - - . - . 4 7 6 26 AbduUapoor ... / 5 Pagodas - ( 2 Mosques small small 10 13 3 4 11 : : : 25 28 5 6 35 4 3 5 - - 15 - 11 8 4- r 2 Pagodas large 71 7 8 ... 245 27 15 107 10 _ 179 1 8 17 ditto small 1 6 8 - 340 26 14 38 2 _ 39 8 8 3 I^lusques large 4 I _ . 268 6 65 7 _ 69 8 - 27 Velgode .... \ 1 ditto small , - . 3 22 8 1 - _ 1 - - 2 Durgnhs - large 3 10 6 - 49 33 6 29 4 - 32 14 6 4 ditto small 10 15 6 - 37 35 3 17 1 _ 2S - 6 3 Mohurrum Festivali small 14 13 3 .... . _ . - 14 13 3 f 3 Pagodas large 13 15 9 - 149 25 2 38 - - 51 15 9 28 Slotcoor - . . . ■J 4 ditto small . . . 13 6 10 _ 5 10 - L 1 Mosque large - G 6 ... 69 28 10 15 - _ 15 6 6 f 1 Pagoda - large 5 8 7 - 51 30 3 6 7 _ 11 15 7 29 J)'siK4rpully . . - < 1 ditto small - 4 - ... 3 18 - 14 _ 1 2 - L I Mosque small - . - 5 38 4 I 8 .. 1 8 - f 1 Pagoda ■'. I ditto I 1 Mosque large 4 1 - - 90 36 7 17 - _ 21 1 - 30 B(3yar«valah - . - small 4 1 _ - _ . . 4 1 - small 1 10 - . 6 16 14 2 6 _ 4 - - 31 Goontacundalah 1 5 Pagodas . 1 1 Alosque small 7 11 6 - 52 37 2 8 2 - 15 13 6 small - 13 — ... 24 33 8 6 - — 6 13 - 32 Pcnchikulpad . . - / 2 Pagodas - ( 1 Mosque small sm.'dl - 6 - 6 II 6 - 5 21 2 - 9 4 I - 3 - 6 6 f 3 Pagodas 3 ditto (_ 1 Mosque large 16 6 7 ... 152 37 1 20 14 _ 37 4 7 33 Muddoor ... small - . - 11 38 2 1 5 _ 1 5 - small . - . 18 29 12 5 - _ 5 - - f 2 Pagodas - J 5 ditto 1^ 1 Mosque large 9 2 3 - 416 2 13 55 5 _ 64 7 3 34 Vanyalab ... small . - . - - 79 31 13 18 - - 18 - - large . - 54 31 13 24 - _ 24 - - ■ 2 Pagodas . 3 ditto 1 Mosque , I Mohurrum Festival large . . . 89 36 7 54 2 6 54 2 6 35 Corrapoloor ... small small 4 7 1 3 6 6 . 45 49 16 12 38 13 5 I 6 8 6 9 9- 7 116 small - 13 _ . . _ _ . - . - 13 - f 3 Pagodas - large 18 11 _ . . - 104 32 1 22 4 _ 40 15 - 36 Alaganoor ... < 4 ditto small 2 7 _ . 102 31 12 10 6 _ 12 13 - *3 L 1 Mosque 8m:JI - . - 51 4 13 - 4 13 - a s 37 Itfgurgoodoor ... f 2 Pagodas ( 1 iMosque large large 25 14 4 ... 73 77 39 9 25 3 8 13 20 - - 34 11 4 20 - - f 38 Joopaud .... i 3 l*agoda8 ( 1 Mohurrum Festival sm;ill suiall 2 15 6 - 49 16 35 9 36 6 2 2 1 - 9 I 6 2 1 - 1 39 Bhunnoor ... r 3 Pagoda-s small 11 2 - . 24 7 8 5 14 - 17-6 1^ 1 Mosque small - . ... 19 13 2 5 4 6 5 4- " 2 Pagodas . large 14 2 _ . 105 17 4 22 12 _ 36 14 - 4 ditto small 2 14 _ - _ _ 67 37 13 15 4 6 18 2 6 40 Turrygoppoolah 1 Mosque 2 Durgahs . 1 Mohurrum Festival large 3 4 _ . 54 9 6 10 4 13 8 - small 4 8 - - 10 16 8 5 - - 9 8- small - . ... 18 30 3 I 2 _ I 2 - 41 Potyrcddypaud / 3 Pagodas - ( 1 Mosque small sukail 5 8 - 11 5 . 41 9 36 2 22 8 12 3 - - 14 4 - 3 115 f 4 Pagodas - ^ 1 Mosque t 1 Durgah small 2 12 10 . 49 II 7 9 14 _ 12 10 10 42 Toommaloor ... large - 10 7 - . _ 40 .30 12 17 8 _ 18 2 7 small . . . . - 4 39 1 I - - 1 - - 43 Garlapaud ... 2 Pagodas small . . ... 12 19 8 3 8 _ 3 8 - C 1 ditto 2 ditto L 1 Mosque large . - - 31 23 10 - - 10 - - 44 Chiclajootoor ... small 1 3 (i - 4 30 4 5 11 _ 6 14 6 small - . - 22 24 5 S _ 5 8- 43 Lingalah ... 5 P.igodas . I Durgah small small - - - iOI 9 2 1 30 8 9 9 1 4 6 9 9 6 I 4 - r 5 Pagodas small 2 13 - 72 6 3 11 14 _ 14 II 6 46 Chcllcmelah . . 1 Durgah L 1 Mohurrum Festiv.il small . _ . 4 16 12 1 - _ 1 - - small . . . 1 34 14 I - _ 1 - - 47 Roodvawaram ... / 4 Pagodas 1 I Mosque small 6 8 - . 40 8 2 6 - - 12 8 - sm.tll - 4 u ... 4 5 - 8 _ - 12 11 r 1 Pagoda large 26 9 9 ... 75 25 14 20 7 _ 47 9 48 Tootoocherlah - . . < 4 ditto small 3 2 5 ... 40 12 4 17 - _ 20 2 3 L 1 Mosque small . . - 26 1 12 6 - _ 6 - - 49 Mittaknrdalali - - . / 7 Pagodas small - - - 157 39 13 18 5 6 18 5 6 \_ 1 Mosque large . . ... 132 29 6 15 - - 15 - - 50 Pamoolpaud ... ) 6 Pagodas . ( 1 Alosque small small 1 10 - - 70 9 23 8 20 12 11 10 2 8 5 13 4 5 2 8- 51 Bhonoomookkalah . r 2 I'agodas small - . 43 15 12 8 15 - 8 15 - I I r.loNque small . . ... 37 38 4 6 - — 5 — - fti Vcmpentah / 2 Piigudas t .1 ditto large small 13 II _ 5 li ^ 133 68 23 6 14 II 8 7 8 - 22 1 5 9 8 6 r I Pagoda j 3 ditto t, 1 Mosque large . _ . _ 60 3 M 2 - 11 2 - 53 Yerragoodoo ... small 1 .1 *> ... 83 9 4 10 8 4 II II 10 small - . . / 22 12 I - - 1 - - 54 Cumbhalapully 2 Piigod.as small - . . - 66 25 8 4 3 9 5 7 3 611. '( 1 Durgah small - 13 I> P •?. . 9 1 - 1 13 - (continued) 500 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF B is c o o E- C C t- U I S ;z-. 58 59 60 (>1 63 VILLAGES. a 9 10 II 12 Bhauakat'lierlah Sluosalniud^'oo Yerramatum - Siddarajlingapoor Gunrinpoor Chabole - JuttL'Cwaricepully Blmttoovani'imlly 64 Goonimadapoor 65 Yedoorpaud 66 Singarazpully - 67 Swapooram 68 69 70 Mittanieedi Singapoar Slllkapoor Cliintalapully - 71 Hanc'cvarum - 72 Cottnpully 73 Vteralluuira Droog - 74 Cokaiinchah - 75 76 77 78 Gokauaviim Kri^hnapi)c)rum Purwiit Hill - Cullum - . - Total Niindirnotcoov Muddigutlah - Mullyakili Alloor Wuddaraan Collabavapoor Poodoor - PiiUfdempad - Nundana[Mil!y - KhadiTabad Bianitiiicatcoor Damassutlah - 13 Bollawaram 14 15 Nagiilooty Pypallem Nuinlwr and Name of Religious Institutions, Festivals, &c. maintained by Granta of Land or IVIoncy. 4 Pafiodas ^ 1 Mi'sipie (■ 6 l*agtMlas J 2 Mosques j S ditto . . - I 2 ilohurrum festivals I 3 Pagodas 1 2 Mu*c|ucs ( 4 Pagodas [ 1 IVIosfpie {I Pagoda ! 5 ditto 1_1 I\I(»s)|ue 3 Pagodas rb ditto - - - ) 1 Mosque I 1 Durgali ' 1 Moburriim Festival fS Pagodas . 1 Mosque I I IMolinrrum Festival / 4 Pagodas i 2 Duvgahs i 2 Pagodas I_ 1 Mo of Religious lostitution? ice. maintained ' , Festivals, of Annual Grants of Anny ilom th Village PajiiK-nt from the Extent. Airiount of Amol'n't. o E 5 Grants uf L and 01- Money. Saderwared. Treasury. Estimated Revenue. C. Rs. a. P- C. Rs. a. p. Acres ■ g- a. C. Rs. a. p. C. Rs. a. p. 16 llasahibpcttah f2 Pagodan - : small large 2 10 3 . 7 38 33 9 14 4 3 6 20 - - G 13 9 20 - - 17 Calaliun(lalal)auladiiuiy . _ - 1 1 Mosque small - 13 - . 10 11 9 - 8 - 1 5 - I'onnekal - _ - / I Pagoda large - 13 - . 29 24 18 4 - 19 1 - C i; 1 1 Mosque small . - 19 36 4 1 - - 1 - - [ 1 Pagoda large 2 7- - 32 33 10 8 - - 10 7 - I o 7 .lollkul . . . - I 1 ditto . . - I I Mosque small 1 10 - . 12 36 3 1 8 - 3 2- small . . 8 13 13 3 - - 3 - - o |"l Pagoda large . . 46 25 I 11 3 - 113- o (< Goiiagtiiidkih . - - j 3 ditto . . - 1 2 Mosques small 2 10 8 . - - - - - 2 10 8 small 3 8 10 . 29 20 3 11 - 9 3 10 ["3 Pagodas , 4 ditto ... Ll Mosque large 28-6 ... 186 16 13 76 - - 104 - 6 9 Chanoogondlah small - 13 - ... 19 12 10 4 4 - 5 1 - large - 13 - ... 64 28 8 20 - - 20 13 - f5 Pagodas small - 6 6 ... 100 32 3 9 8 - 9 14 6 Id Munnegoontah - \ 1 Mosque small . . 18 7 8 1 - - 1 - - (1 I'agoda '5 ditto - large - . 257 3 5 69 2 - 69 2 - 11 Pyalnconrty - . - small . . - - 88 8 15 20 14 - 20 14 - L2 Mosques large . ... 273 15 11 82 - - 82 - - p Pagodas ' 1 ditto - L4 Mosques large 32 8 - . . - 113 35 9 72 5 9 104 13 9 12 OolchaUIi . . - small . - 4 19 10 4 - - 4 - - large ... i" 1,041 37 12 375 3 8 375 3 8 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH iVIAIIOMETANISM. 303 1. 3. 4. Number and Name 5. .\mount 6. Amount Grants of Euam Lauds. 9. 1 7. 8. ^ « of Religious Iastitution». Festivals. of .\nnual Grants of .Annual ToTA L if ^ VILLAGES. &;c., from the Payment from Amount "o "5 maintained Grants uf Land or by Money. Village Sademared. the Treasury. Extent. of Estimated Amount. Revenue Z z C. Rs. a. P- CRs. a. p. Aeres g. a. CRs. a. P- C. Rs. a. p. (■3 Pagodas 7 ditto . 1^1 Mosque _ large 13 3 3 . 123 26 1 49 - _ 62 3 3 13 Rciuatah - . - small 11 2 9 - 97 28 10 24 8 _ 35 10 9 large - 13 - . 124 23 10 36 - _ 36 13 - 14 Tootjapoor - - _ I 1 P.igoda X 2 ditto . lar.ie small 2 3 2 3 9 9 ■ * - 137 33 12 14 6 14 23 _ 4 - - 25 3 9 6 3 9 1 3 ditto - small - 13 _ _ _ 33 17 14 6 8 7 5- 15 Bavapoorum ... \ I Mosque small _ - 2 12 12 - 8 _ - 8 - f2 Pagodas I ditto - [_I Mosque large 1 G - - .■^z 36 6 50 4 - 51 10 - lU Gopal Singawaram - small 2 4 6 - - - - . 2 4 6 large . . - 58 4 4 56 - _ 56 - - 17 Yedroor - - - - 1 4 Piiyodas small I 10 - - 52 20 6 22 1 6 23 11 6 ( 1 Mos<]ue sn)all . _ - - . 39 12 9 - - 9 - _ IS Doiiddyalah ... I 3 P.igodas small 1 - 6 - 43 24 15 15 - - 16-6 1 1 Mosque small - _ - . - 9 18 2 _ _ 2 - _ 19 Coutalpaud - - . ( 2 Pagodas \ 1 Mosque large small 1 3 6 : : : 44 10 6 12 8 6 26 - 6 - - 27 3 6 6 - - 20 Soonkisoolah - . . 1 1 P:igoila large 9 5 6 - 57 37 8 23 - - 32 5 6 ( 3 ditto - - small 2 10 3 - _ - 43 23 3 14 8 _ 17 2 3 21 Cottacotah ... 1 3 ditto - - small - - - 31 7 6 1 8 - I 8 - ( 1 Mosque - large - 3 3 . _ - 37 20 2 13 - _ 13 3 3 22 Parauiut Singawar - 1 2 Pagodas - small 6 8 - 31 31 8 - - 14 8 - 1 I .Mosque . small • . 17 15 10 2 - _ 2 - - ( 2 P.igotbs - larg,. 62 10 8 - 132 35 2 49 - _ 111 10 8 23 Purlah .... 1 3 ditto . - S 111 .ill 7 1 9 - 30 37 8 12 - _ 19 1 9 j 1 IMosque - hiru'c 1 10 - - 59 16 15 15 - - 16 10 - [ 1 ditto - - Mlllill . - . 10 7 2 8 _ 2 8- 24 Gukoolpaud - . . 1 2 Pagodas - small 2 7 - - 23 14 4 12 - - 14 7 - / 1 iNlosque . laij;:e . . - . _ 31 21 8 20 - „ 20 - - 25 Nerrawadah - . . /2 Pagod.is - smnil - 13 - - 19 19 4 14 - - 14 13 - l_ 1 Mosque . small - _ ... 12 33 10 7 8 _ 7 8 - 26 Sulkapoor ... j 2 Pagodas - small 4 14 _ . 32 15 13 5 - - 9 14 - ( 1 Mosque - small - . . 47 27 9 9 - - 9 - _ [3 Pagodas 5 ditto - 1^2 Mosques . lartie 142 6 3 - _ _ 208 13 1 57 6 _ 199 12 3 2: Lunjapoolloor ... . small - _ - „ . 76 21 12 27 12 _ 27 12 - - large - - - 294 15 2 80 - - 80 - - •5 2-? Doopatid . . - 2 Pagodas - small 3 4 - - 12 14 10 - - 13 4 - a 29 Boordecpaud ... /5 ditto - 1.1 Mosque - small small 2 13 - 6 6 6 - 37 7 22 9 20 13 4 2 - - 16 I 6 2 6 6 f 30 Penchikillpaud [3 Pagodas - small 2 7 - - 26 9 2 14 - _ 16 7 - \ I Mns([ue - small - 3 3 . . _ 10 14 5 • _ 5 3 3 a 31 Koorbanaylapoor f4 Pagodas 1.1 M usque , small Miiall 8 8 - 13 6 - - - 35 24 1 10 26 13 - 4 - - 21 8 6 4 13 - fi P;ii;odas < 2 ditto . (.2 Miisqucs - larg. 17 II _ ... 387 36 9 88 5 _ 106 - - 32 Culloor .... - small 3 4 _ . _ - 42 11 12 10 14 _ 14 2 - u - lari'e 1 13 _ . 293 24 6 47 14 _ 49 11 _ n Pagoda 1 1 ditto . (^ 1 Mosque - lai-e 2 7 _ . 32 30 13 16 - _ 18 7 - 33 Gondecpully ... - small - . ... 8 6 14 2 - _ 2 - - - small . - - 6 7 10 3 - _ .') - - fl Pagoda . 1 Mosque [1 ditto . - la.g,- . - 45 8 - 22 15 6 7 - .. 52 R - 34 Doddecpaud . . - . large . . . 40 3 4 12 - _ 12 - - smalt - - . 6 25 15 1 10 _ 1 10 - 35 Dcvamadah ... ( 3 Pagodas - sn,a 1 - - - 18 8 - _ 8 - - J 1 Mosque - large - - . 53 38 8 10 - _ 10 - - 36 Torapoor ... / 1 P.agoda - small - - 6 8- 28 29 2 _ _ 8 8- l^ 1 Mosque - smalt - - - 24 29 2 1 - - I - _ 37 Assudpoor ... I Ptlgoda - small 2 7 - - . . 2 7- fl ditto . 2 ditto - [ 1 Mosque - large 3 4 _ . . - 33 19 12 25 - 28 4 - 38 Pundepaud ... . small . . - 30 11 13 10 _ _ 10 _ - - small - 13 - . 21 31 12 4 - _ 4 1.1 - 39 Peddapaud ... 3 Pagodas - small 3 - 9 - 20 23 6 - - 9-9 40 Jyiiwar Nayalapoor - 1 ditto - . large 3 4 . . _ _ 22 21 12 16 - 19 4 - 41 LuiijatM)y ... ( 1 ditto - - large - - . 15 8 6 10 - _ 10 - - I 1 Mosque - lar^e - - ... 31 23 12 20 - _ 20 - - 42 Moongalpaud ... ( 2 Pagodas - small 5 II - . 22 38 8 5 - .„ 10 11 _ ( I Mosque - small - - , 13 13 12 6 ^ _ 6 - - 43 Nidjoor .... f i) Pagodas - small 7 5 - . 78 37 (! 6 14 - 14 ;) - l^ 1 Mosfjue - small - . . 50 11 9 7 10 (i 7 10 6 44 Mamdalpaud ... (3 Pagodas - small 2 7 - . 31 4 2 5 4 - 7 11 - ( I Mosijue - small - 13 - - 17 8 5 14 _ (111 - I 2 Pagodas - large 21 2 - - 27 14 2 18 - _ 39 2 - 45 Tandrapaud ... 1 3 ilitto - - small 2 7 - . U 8 10 9 - _ 117- 2 Mosques 1 ditto - - largi- 1 10 _ . 72 29 44 - _ 45 10 - - small 1 10 - - .9 3 9 8 - _ 9 10 _ 46 Raiah .... I ditto . - small . . . 4 7 10 2 8 - 2 8- fl Pagoda 3 ditto - . large 21; 13 _ - 16 39 12 Hi - _ 42 13 - 17 Punclta Lingalah - small 4 13 _ . 41 29 12 6 11 6 119 6 [. 1 Mosijue - large 1 3 6 - 45 la 2 11 - - 12 3 6 Total - _ _ 228 - • - 671 3 8 52 - - 7,276 24 8 2,346 9 8 2,969 13 4 621. p p 4 {coutiiiued} 304 1^\PJ:.KS L ;i\ i.uj> i\Ji,.> 1.1 Ui\ uf in l". U KJ\ IL Itl S 3IJ iAi yjM 1. 2. o 3. 4. Niiniber and ^ ame 3. Amount 6. Amount Grants of E nam Lands 9. ji § 7. 8. 1 = of of of Total ■-) '^ VILLAGES. Religious In> titutions Festivals, Annu.al Grants Annual Amount "^ '■J, &c. froni the Payment from of AaiooNT o "^ liiai[)tainiMl '.V Village tli£ Extent. Estimated i *© Giants of I.aud oi Money. Saderwared. Trcasur) Revenue z •<5 C. lis. a. P- C Rs. a P- Aere< . g. a. C. Rs. a P- C. Rs. a. p. |'2 Pagodas 8 ditto - [7 iMosijues _ large i(;3 3 _ - - - 111 36 14 31 3 5 194 8 5 1 Uaniiillacotah - - - . small 1 10 - - - - 97 36 12 34 4 _ 35 14 - - SIlKlII . - - - - 40 24 12 6 4 12 6 4 (\ Pau'oda 3 ditto - - lart;e 10 9 -' - - - 5 25 8 3 - _ 13 9 - 2 Pendckullcr . . - - small 3 11 - - - - 24 29 11 - - 11 13 10 . jtmnll 1 10 - - - - - - - . 1 10 - 1 3 Paj^odas , small 8 15 _ _ _ _ 66 3 12 4 8 1 23 7 1 3 Surphrazpoor - - - ( 1 Alovijue - kllKltl I 10 ^ - - - 8 - 8 2 2- ri Pajo.la ' fi dilto - 1^1 .Mosque - large 4 14 _ - - - 35 7 12 18 - _ 22 14 - 4 Nursapoor - - - - small 4 7 6 - - - 84 6 11 13 13 I 20 4 7 - large - 13 - - - - 31 28 3 12 3 7 13-7 ( 2 Pa^oilas . - small 4 14 _ . - - 19 12 6 - _ 10 14 - , 5 Hojanapully - - - / I Mosque _ _ small . - - - 9 12 2 - 2 2-2 f 2 Pagodas . t«mall 4 1 _ - - . 21 19 8 8 _ _ 12 1 - 6 Rutn.ipully - - ~ I 1 Miisque . small _ . - _ 10 4 2 3 3 10 3 3 10 f 3 Pagodas . small - 6 6 - _ _ 29 13 8 3 8 _ 3 14 6 7 Bommcreddypully \_ 1 Mosque . small - - _ 13 30 4 - 3 6 - 3 5 1 (i Paj^odas _ small 2"? _ - . _ 112 25 15 7 1 10 9 8 10 i 8 Allongoondoo - - - 1 1 Mo«que _ ^mall , - . . 10 36 1 - 1 - - j'2 PagiuJas 7 ditto - 1 1 IVIoscjue . lar^jc 20 5 _ - - - 164 20 13 21 14 9 42 3 9 !) Ouliudacondah - small - - - - - 129 19 2 13 3 6 13 3 6 . lari;e - _ . ■ - 101 2 9 12 - 12 - - 1 f 2 P.igodas \ 1 Mosque _ small 4 1 _ - _ „ 10 39 n 2 14 3 6 13 3 I 10 Goperlapaud - - - - small . - . _ 2 29 - 12 - 12 - r 1 Pagtida ' 1 ditto - - large 20 5 _ - - - 22 23 3 20 2 - 40 7 - 1 11 PooUagoommy . small - - - - - 12 3 4 3 - - 3 - - [ 1 Mosque _ 8n:all - . . - - 8 3 2 4 - - 4 - - -2 Pagodas . large 27 10 - - - " 70 33 9 61 10 6 89 4 6 12 Culloogotlah - - - ' 1 ditto - . small - - . - 3 17 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 Mosque - large 7 5 _ . . - 90 29 4 41 7 - 48 12 - (■2 Pagodas yi JIo- - Ll Mosque . . large 27 10 - . . _ 231 31 3 31 14 2 39 8 2 30 Dhone - - - - - . small . - . _ . 104 37 8 15 8 - 13 8 - - - large - . . . 96 25 10 14 11 2 14 11 2 31 Walsalah 2 Pai;odas - . small - 13 _ . . . 32 6 4 - - 4 I.) - fl ilitto - 3 ditto - . - large 1 4 14 _ _ _ . 33 18 8 16 13 _ 21 11 - 32 llulkeepoor . - - . small 1 4 14 - . . . 62 27 2 3 - - 9 14 - y 1 r^IoMjue . small 1 1 10 _ . . . 33 18 10 G IS _ 8 9- ( 3 Pagodas _ small 5 7 9 . _ 38 37 8 13 _ 14 6 9 33 Camalapoorum \ 1 Mosque - arge - 13 . - - 28 23 10 - 10 13 - 34 Purdesl.bliay - - - 2 Pagodas . small - 13 _ - - - 23 4 - 4 13 - n ditto - •' 1 ditto - Ll Mosque - large 10 9 - - - - 8 16 8 6 - - 16 9 - 35 ' Cotchervoo - - - - sruall 2 7 _ - - - 10 32 8 6 - _ 8 7- i - sroail 2 7 — " ■ - 23 38 6 - — 8 7 - INDIA WITH IDOLATARY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. \- 1 L L A G E S. Number nnd Name Amount of Religious Institutions, Festivals, 'Annual Grants maintained by Grants of Land or .Money. 3(> CottapuUy 37 Oongamlgoodah 33 Yapadiany 39 Chittyalah 40 Coilcondah 41 MuUialah 42 Vencatapoor - 43 Goomoocondah 44 Camthalpaud - 45 Penamodah 4(j Yerkulchervoo 47 Bramindoddy - 48 Goodempaud - 49 Meedapoorum - 50 Pootloor - 61 Kurlagoontah - 52 Seetahnndah - 53 LutchmeepuUy 54 Amuktaud 5j Jagadoorty oC Oodmalpaud - 57 Camaganeegoontlah 53 Rogale - 59 Alladoddy 1 GO Gornntlah 61 j Yerragoody 62 ' Krisbnalherry 63 Cademalacondah 64 PotookuUoo 65 Yerrabaud 6S Chillabundali - 67 Luildaghirry - 63 Alinaggur 69 Ycrradoddy 70 Amadagoontlali 71 Anoogondah - 72 Ucmadoor 73 Poosaloor f2 Pagodas \^1 Mohtirrum Fcslival ( 3 Pngmlas ( 1 I\Io!»<|iie 1 Pa^tnla 2 ditto ... ] Mosfiue '2 Pa<;o(i;is < 3 (iittit - - - Ll Mosque I 3 Pagodas J 3 d.tto - j 2 P;igiida.s \ 1 IVIosque ( 5 Pag(Hla'* ( 1 iMos<|ue i 2 Pagodas f I lMos(|ue /4 Pagotlas \l Mosque ( 5 Pagoda-s \\ IMosquc /3 Pagodas \ 1 Mosque / 2 Pagodas \^} Mosque f 4 Pagodas I I Mosque /3 Pagodas i. I jNIosquL- J 4 Pagodas Xl Mosque / 3 Pagodas I. I i\lo>que 1 Pagoda / I ditto - - - i I ]\Iosijui; I 2 Pagodas ( 1 iVKwque /3 Pagodas \l iVIohurrum Festival / 4 P.igodas ( I Mosi|ue Pagodas Mosque Pagoda ditto - - - JIoSCJUC 3 Pag(»das '2 ditto . - - 3 ditto - _I Mosque 3 Pagodas , I Mosque 2 Pag e O Graiit» of Land or Money. Saderwareil. Treasury, Revenue. £ C.Rs. a. P- C.Rs. a. p. Acrts. g. a. C.Rs. a. p. ,C.Rs. a. p. 74 Bollawar- - - - /4 Pagodas - - small LI Mosque - - small 4 1 - - 67 23 3 50 6 7 7 - 4 I - 118- 4 1 - n I'au'oda - - large 9 5 6 . 20 36 4 6 - - 15 5 6 75 Buste«paud . - - < 3 ditto - - - small 9 6 . - - 84 8 6 8 15 5 18 4 11 (_1 Mosque - - small - - - 58 21 6 7 - - 7 - - (2 Pagodas - - large <. 9 ditto - - - small [_1 Mosque - - large 122 11 - . 510 25 10 89 4 - 211 15 - 76 Nunnoor ... - - . 131 5 12 19 14 - 19 14 - - - - 168 2 2 40 - - 40 - - 2 Pagodas - - large . 1 Moj-que - - large 20 5 - . 60 25 4 15 12 - 36 1 - 77 IHecdemalah - - - - - . 93 31 4 23 3 - 23 3 - 1 3 Pagodas - - small 1 1 Mosque - - large 8 15 _ _ 8 21 11 1 9 2 10 8 2 78 Ooppulpaud - - - . - . 36 1 15 31 7 - 31 7 - f 4 Pagodas - - small ( 1 Mohurrum Festival small 4 7 6 . 56 17 6 12 - - 16 7 6 79 1 Karakalah . . - 2 7 _ . 31 22 5 8- 7 15 - ; fl Pagoda - - large 33 6 - - 82 30 11 20 5 - 53 10 - 80 Oggalanadah - - - < 2 ditto . - - small (_I Mosque - - large : : - - - - 51 6 3 40 39 7 7- 15 14 - 7 7 - 15 14 - ( 1 Pagoda - - large 2 ditto - - - small [_I Mosque - - small 8 10 - . 24 15 3 - - U 10 . •i 81 Chinnatajkoor 8 7 - . 5 33 2 1 - - 9 7- .5 - - - - - 52 30 15 7 8 4 7 8 4 R ri Pagoda - - small 2 7 - _ - . 23 8 6 3 9 3 6-3 82 i Doddypaud - - - \l Mosque - - small . - - - - 32 5 15 5 - - 5 - - 1 j 4 Pagodas - • small ( 1 Mosque - - small 8 2 _ . 19 33 14 7 11 5 15 13 5 g 83 Peddataykoor . - . - 13 _ . 15 13 8 4 - - 4 13 - o ) 1 Pagoda - - large 9 12 _ . 3 28 6 4 8 2 14 4 2 3: 84 : Wamasamoodruui \2 ditto - - - small 6 1 G . 3 4 - - 10 1 6 Q 1 1 ditto - - - large J 2 ditto - - - small 7 5 _ . 52 37 8 8 6- 15 11 - . _ - - - 42 7 12 4 5- 4 5- 85 Deendevarpaud 1 Mosque - - small . 1 Mohurrum Festival small - . - - - 56 3 3 4- 3 4- . - . 6 21 4 - 13 - - 13 - f4 Pagodas - - small 1 10 - 28 8 7 8 11 6 10- 5 6 d6 Soodereddypully \l Mosque - - large - - 51 17 13 15 10 6 15 10 6 / 1 Pagoda - - small 2 7 - 9 31 14 1 11 10 4 2 10 87 NootanapuUy - - - \ 1 Mosque - - small - - - 4 18 1 1 8 - 1 8 - [3 Pagodas - - small ^ 4 Mosques - - small ^2 Durgahs - - small 10 1 - . 22 34 13 8 8- 18 9 - 88 Paspalah - - 2 8 - - 35 30 8 4- 10 12 - 3 11 - . . - - . - - 3 11 - r 1 Pagoda - - large I 2 ditto - - - small \^l Mosque - - small 3 4 - - 40 24 13 9 10 - 12 14 - 89 Tanduapaud - .' - 4 7 6 . 13 15 4 2- 8 9 6 - 13 - - 57 1 15 9 - - 9 13 - 90 Roodranaram . - - ( 2 Pagodas - - large l 1 Mosque - - large 2 7 — - 27 17 14 25 28 2 26 8 - 15 - - 28 15 - 15 - - f2 Pagodas . - large J 2 ditto ... small Iji Alosques - - l^rge 427 14 3 C - 57 11 7 12 3 - 26 6 6 91 Poolichervoo- - - - 2 7 - - 14 13 6 12 - 9 3- Total - - - I 13 3 - 226 11 3 56 - - 57 13 3 1,063 1 9 - 11,876 25 8 2,357 15 1 3,441 - 10 o o '11 Pagodas - - large 3.^2 10 - * 352 10 - z 3 ditto - - - small . _ 16 4 - - - - - 16 4 - PS B 22 Mosques - - large _ . 1,896 - - 862 17 2 430 - - 2,326 - - « 1 V 1 ditto - - - small _ 14 34 4 7 - - 7 — — [b Kurnool - - - - 18 Durgahs - - large _ _ 967 11 - 8" 34 1 95 - - 1,032 11 - o 9 ditto- - - small - - 63 6 - 14 5 9 7 8- 70 14 - •kS 1 Jloburrum Festival large V 2 ditto- - - small _ . 16 4 - . . 16 4 . o - - 12 3 - - - 12 3 - H J Total - - - 67 - - - - - - - 3,324 6 - 979 11 509 8 - 3,833 14 - GRAND TOTAL - - 2,439 - . . . 7,983 10 1 / 3.779 13 9 58,261 38 11 19,606 2 5 31,369 10 9 Kurnool, 30 S-pteraber 1 844. (signed) /S. Scott, Commissioner. GENERAL INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAMSM. 307 GENERAL ABSTR.ACl'. ss. Number. Saderirard. From Treasury. Enaiii Land. ToTA INSTITUTIOl Extent. Estimated Revenue. I.. Pagodas Jlarge '\_smull /large l^small _riarge !_ small _/larjjp l^sniall [large \^6mall 476 1,364 C. R«. a. 6,213 5 1,325 6 V- 9 11 C. Us. 424 22 a. 15 13 P- 7 Acres. p. 24,476 17 15,016 33 a. 4 13 C Rs. 9,701 2,941 a. 1 12 P- C. Rs. 16,404 4,290 a. p. 5 11 1 1 Total 1,840 7,543 12 8 447 12 7 39,493 11 1 12,702 13 9 20,694 7 - Mosques 178 221 80 1 97 U 1 10 2,002 5 2 12,308 31 3,793 31 3 9 5,021 785 11 1 11 10 7,104 882 2 2 13 8 Total 399 177 12 11 2,002 5 2 16,102 22 12 6,808 13 9 7,986 15 10 Durgabs 39 60 39 6 67 10 5 6 1,222 74 8 12 - 1,400 34 358 18 9 14 648 101 4 ■2 6 6 !,910 243 2 11 9 - Total 99 107 - 11 1,207 4 - 1,759 13 7 749 7 - 2,153 11 11 Mohurrum Festivals 8 93 20 8 134 8 1 20 12 5 3 - 317 23 580 8 5 4 187 159 6 9 3 8 228 306 3 3 4 9 Total 101 155 - 1 32 8 - 006 31 9 346 15 U 534 8 - TOTAL - 701 1,738 6, 358 5 1,625 5 3 4 3,670 109 1 12 2 7 38,503 26 19,758 12 6 5 15,618 3,987 / 10 10 7 2.3,046 5,722 14 3 12 6 GRAND TOTAL 2,439 7,983 10 7 3,779 13 9 58,261 38 11 19,606 5 31,369 10 9 Kumool, 30 September 1844. (signed) 6'. Scoll, Commissioner. No. 2.— STATEMENT, exhibiting the Individual Mahomedan Institutions, &c., which receive a Money Allowance from the Treasury in the District of Kumool. I. o_ 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Village wherein Description NAME Annual Amount of Emoluments Total * X •* situated. of of the Allowance Sadenvarcd. from the Columns i , S Institution. INSTITUTION. from the Treasury. Euam Land. .•5 to 7. •>L iM C. Rs. a. p. C.Rs. a. p C.Rs. a. p. C. Rs. a. p. i. Autcoor- Nundial Cusbah Kumool MoBque Ditto Ditto Musjid - Clioake Miisjid Mustun Saib Musjid - 87 12 - - - - - 67 12 - ^• 18 9 2 . 15 - - .13 9 2 1. 292 8 - . . - . 292 8 - Mahomed Ally Saib - 73 2 - . - 73 2 - yyed Saib 18 4 6 . - 18 4 Lateef Saib 36 9 - . . 36 9 - AttuhooUali 18 4 6 - - 18 4 NeyajkbatumauSaura 36 9 - . - 36 9 - bbari'et'. Naubbuiid Musjid Joke Musjid 73 2 - 474 8 - - - - ~ " ~ 73 2 - 474 8 - Zilloa Khavah Musjid 73 2 - . - 73 2 - Misbah Musjid- 13 - - - ~ 13 - - Mocheevvada Musjid - 26 - - . - 26 - - Baday Salt) Musjid - 71 2 - - - 71 2 - Syed Alii Saib Musjid 1 82 - - - - 182 - - Jeebee Musjid - 117 - - - - - - 117 - - Lateef Saib Musjid - 58 8 - . - 58 8 - Mogul]ioor Durvajah 36 9 - - - - - 36 - Musjid. Jooniiua Musjid 3 4- - 12 - - 15 4 - Chunden Hoossain Saib's Mu.sjid. Total - - . Grand Total - - 292 8 - - - " " - 1 202 8 - 1,800 - - - - - -! 1,908 - - 2,002 5 2 . 27 - - 2,020 5 2 02 1. Q Q 2 {continued) 30 8 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ]\'q, -2 Statement exhibiting Mahoniedan Institutions receiving- a Money Allowance in the district of A'w/vioo/— conlinued. W CJ i) Villagf wluTciii situatcJ. Nuiidial Kurnool Gokavcriiin (Atcoor) IMidiitoor (Nundycotcoor) Ciish;ih Niiii- diul. Kurnool Garidemadg-ool (Nundycotcoor) Nundiah Descriptioli of Institutiiin. JMohoruiu Ditto Ooroos Ditto Ditto Oo Durcrah Ditto Ausur Kurnool, 30 September, 1814. 4. NAME of the INSTITUTION. Annual Amount of Allowance from the Treasuvy. Ashoor Kaniili - Baraw F.nioni - Muvour Mahil Tabood Shaukiinuil Total - - - GUAXD TcTAL - - Hoossain Saib - Jenglj- Padsliaw Koodliah - - - Syed Moliaiiicd Svod JNIohadecn Caudaree Neyaz ... Total - - - Nawab Alluf Khan - Nawab and Miskin Shaw. Hazarut Ally Moor- tizab. I Enicm Ally Sliaw Taravoyali Kbutuin - Pyguiiiber Maliaboob Soobanic - Mobained Ally Shaw Ally Murtjah" - Total - - - GiiAXD Total - - Garccbsaib Jnmaul Shaw Durgah Boodwapc'ttah Aiuecn Sliaw. Tahiirally Slniw Sliali Durvaisli S3 ed Abuiiiod - Nooriiiaty Esuf Miaw Jlowlah - Beoraiii Saib NiiTinjun Saib - Syod Ally Shaw Shah Mailar Shaw - Aiiiceu Shaw - Aukuir Sliaw - Sy lanec Slunv Mowlah Mcali Saib Durgah - Shally Saib Total Kurnool - - Total - - - GRAND TOTAL - C. Rs. a. p. 4 1 - 16 4 - 8 2- 4 1 - 28 7 - 6. Saderwareil. C. Its. a. p. 10 4 - Emoluments from the Enam Lands. C. Rs. a. 32 8 n i - 10 4 Total Columns 5 to 7. 9 9 24 6 3 10 6 2 3 9 1 10 - - 13 - 9 2 3 1 10 13 13 1 10 13 15 6 25 15 00 81 101 20 5 - 20 - - 121 14 - 1G2 8 - 101 9 - 24 6 - 8 2- G41 14 roi 5 14 3 75 15 20 48 7 78 - 126 73 2 20 5 20 5 ]H 11 19 8 101 11 20 5 4 14 8 15 8 15 8 15 6 8 6 8 6 8 4 1 389 525 15 3,332 1 2 4 - 11 20 - - 20 5 8 5 — 10 8 3 4 41 8 5 6 3 144 7 G C. Rs. a. p. 20 5 - 16 4 - 8 2- 4 1 - 28 48 12 - 95 13 3 53-6 3 3 9 16 10 - 24 7 - 9 2 3 52 7 - 81 101 4 - 9 - 20 5 20 - - 121 14 - 162 8 — 101 9 - 24 6 - 8 2 — 641 14 _ 84? 31 71 11 78 - 149 11 - 73 2 - 20 5 - 20 5 - 18 11 - 19 8 - 167 3 - 25 5 - 4 14 - 8 15 - 8 15 - 8 15 - 6 8- 6 8- 8- 4 1 - 399 11 580 11 3,501 14 11 (signed) S. Scott, Commissioner. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIlOMKrAXlSM. 30[) No. 3. — STATEMENT, exhibiting the Individual Hindoo Institutions, &c., which receive u Money Allowance from the Treasury in the District of Kumool. I. /: .S •/; 2. Village wherein situited. 3. Description of Institutions. 43 36 Doddipatid (Goodoor) Joborapoor (Goodoor) Xundia] - Kurnool Pagoda ditto ditto ditto Kurnool, 30 September, 1844. NAJIE of the INSTITUTION. Anjanayasnamy - Neelkuntaisweraswaniy Anjanayaswamy - Mooluuittiiin Bhecmaisweraswamy Cania Dahana Vaus|ioo*sah Total - - Total Venkata Rainana - - - - Vi-eranjatiayaswaray - - - Petta Hnnooniau - - - - Anirootaswera-swamy - - - Soinavvar Pettab Anjanayaswaiiiy Rainaswora Bhoojungasweiasaiiiy Neelakuntasweraswamy - - - Veerabhadrasweraswamy Narsimmaswamy - - - - SiddaswLTaswamy - - - - Nagaraiswcra - - - - Bheemasweeraswamy - _ - Newpetta Anjanayasvamy lihoodwarpettah Anjanayuswamy Total - GR.VND TOTAL - 5. Annual Amount of Allowance from the Treasury. Rs. a. p. 45 H - 6 8- 52 - 15 10 3 14 1 7 5 - 26 14 7 36 9 2D 4 22 12 35 12 55 4 32 8 26 - 16 4 13 - 48 12 36 9 6 8 6 8 3 4 36S 14 447 12 Sadervvarad. Rs. a. 7. Kmolumcnt from the Enam Lands. 8. Total Columns 3 to 7. 18 4 6 9 2 2 27 6 8 Rs. 3 - p Rs. a. p. 52 8 - Os- lo-- 62 21 23 54 14 6 26 14 - 16 44 98 36 9 29 4 22 12 35 12 27 6 54 55 32 26 16 13 - 48 12 36 9 6 8 6 3 3 4 4 - 4 - 368 14 529 3 3 (signed) 5. Scott, Commissioner. No. 4. — STATEMENT showing the Institutions receiving only Saderwared Allowance above 10 Rupees, in the District of Kurnool. Name of the Talook. z,S'X NAME of the VILLAGE. NAME of the PAGODA, &c. Annual Amount of Saderwared. RECOMMENDATION. Chagulmurry/ Nundial I'aniem Dhonc - Nundicotcoor Atcoor - Atcoor 1 22 14 2ri 32 47 26 31 20 31 37 4 77 5 1 Cusbali CliaRulmurry Vnta. (Hiiiilkour Cotd Cuiidkoor Liagumdiiiny Alamoor Chiiprcolah - Gopiiwarain - Tuiniiiadujiully Comakole - Gorkul Oilwah Paniem Cowloor AItT(li!innliiIi Waddninnii - Cusbah Atcoor Velgode Pagodas : A njaneyaswani y - - - Jaiiur(I:ma.sn.iiny - _ - liliceinnswarswainy - - - Uaniaswamy - - - - Uamaswamy - - - - A iijawyasw amy - - - (Hingammah - - - - SiHiic-sMarswamy - - - Maliaimndeswai swamy Hhiidrnchellaswamy - - - Mulle!twar>wamy - - - Anjencyaswamy - - - Bhyruwaswamy - - - Caswa.swamy and Anjanayaswaroy Ees'Aarswamy - - - - Itameswarswiuny . _ - AoJRDcyaswauiy - - - ]\luliuriuni I'tstival - - - GRAND TOTAL - 29 13 24 - 22 8 13 _ Hi 11 l.j 8 1 2 - 12 11 396 10 39 37 12 17 IJ 27 10 3 o 1 10 6 729 '14 3 6 14 13 3 9 Tbesi' Pagod.'us, liavin^ no othor fixed sources of revenue, might receive a grant of land in the village which would yield a sum cijuai to the amount of Saderwared. j For the reasons mentiotied in my letter, I think , a grant of land e(iual to 100 rupees would L be sufHcient. vA grant equal to this nllownnec. j Not necessary, because there is a great deal of ( Enani in the village. \ t A grant equal to this allowance. A grant nf Kind cqii.il to this atnoiint. Kurnool, 30 SepU'mber 1 644. 5, Scutif CommissioDvr. 621. U Q 3 — No. 128. — 310 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF — No. 128.— (No. 703.) Revenue From E. p. Thompson, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George, Department. to G. A. Bus/ibij, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India ; dated Fort St. George, 14 June 1845. Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 10 May 1845, No. 318, with Enclosures. Sir, In continuation of the letter to the address of Mr. T. R. Davidson, dated 14 January 1845, No. 61, I am directed by the Most Noble the Governor in Council to transmit the further correspondence, noted in the margin, on the subject of the devastanum allowances in the Kurnool territory, Fort St. George, 14 June 1845. I have, &c. (signed) E. P. Thompaoi}, Secretary to Government. Revenue Department. In Cons. 24 Feb. 846. (No. 318.) Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated , 19 May 1845. Re.4d letter from the Commissioner of Kurnool, dated 26th December 1844, furnishing the information called for in the proceedings of this office of the 2d idem, regarding the devastanum allowances of his district. (Here enter No. 45.) Para. 1. In para. 4, of their proceedings of 2d December last, the Board, advert- ing to the circumstance that the Kurnool Pagoda sauderward, was said to have been " variable in its amount, dependent probably upon the collections of the year," requested to be informed in what manner the amount of this sauderward* given by Mr. Scott, the Commissioner of Kurnool, in his letter of 30th September IuCons.280ct.i844. 1844, and corresponding with that previously stated by his predecessor Mr. Bayley, had been obtained, whether from the accounts of one year, or an average of several Fuslies. Mr. Scott now explains that this amount was ascertained' by taking an average of the expenditure for seven years, from Fusly 1242 (a. d. 1832-33) to 1248 (1838-39) inclusive. The statement was first obtained from the curnum's accounts in I'uslies 1250-51 (a. d. 1840-41, 1841-42), but only for the villages in the gross ; it has since been divided upon the individual institu Mr. Scott's Report, .^0 S<'pteniher, in Cons. 28 Oct. 1844, para. 4. • Rs. 7,983. 10. 7. t30 September 1844. 2 l)eccnil)erl844. 1 lis. 3,779. 13. 9. From Commissioner, 20 December 1844, para. 3. tions, as exhibited in the Statement No. 1, forwarded with his letter. f lu the Commissioner also explains reference to para. 6 of the Board's proceedings that the ready-money} allowances therein alluded to do not fluctuate ; " it was ascertained by Mr. Blane shortly after the assumption of the country, that these sums had been assigned for the purposes stated, and they have accordingly been paid ever since." 2. In paras. 4 and 5 of his letter, Mr. Scott states, that he is inclined to think with the former Conmiissioner, Mr. Blane, that, under the .Vlahomedan (Jovern- ment, at least, the sauderward Mas really an extra assessment levied by the ryots themselves for their own village purposes, with the sanction of the ruling power, rather than a bond fide deduction irom the actual revenue. It will, however, not be necessary to dwell further ujjon this subject, as the question of sauderward has already been fully discussed by the Board in paras. 4, 5, of their proceedings of 2d December last. 3. Under the explanation now given, the preparation of the ID years' average lately called tor by the Board, seems to be unnecessary. The amount on account of sauderward to be paid hereafter to each institution, as recommended in para. 5 of the proceedings above referred to, may. the Board are of opinion, pro- perly be fixed at the sums entered in .Mr. Scott's statement (No. 1, in his letter of INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 311 of 30th September 1844) already iurnislicd, uliich, as before stated, has been prepared upon the average expenditure of seven years. Ordered, That a copy of the foregoing extract I'rom the Board's proceedings be submitted to Government. (A true extract.) (signed) T. Pycrqft, Secretary. (A true copy.) (signed) E. P. 7'hompson, Secretary to Government. (No. 45-) From S. Scott, Esq., Commissioner of Kurnool, to E. C. Lovdl, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated 26 December 1844. Sir, Para. 1 . I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of an extract from the Board's proceedings under date the; 2d instant, and to furnish the information theroin called for. 2. The amount of devastanum saderward (Rs. 7,983. 10. 7.) alluded to in para. 4 of the proceedings, was ascertained by taking an average of the expenditure for seven years, from Fusly 1242 to 1248. This statement was obtained from the accounts of the curnunis in Fuslies 1250-51, but only for the villages in the gross; I have since had it divided on the individual institutions, as exhibited in Statement No. 1, forwarded with my letter of the 30lh Sep- tember, and for this purpose was again obliged to have recoruse to the village accounts. 3. The allowances paid direct from the treasury (Rs. 3,779. 13. 9.) do not flue- Proceedings, para. G. tuate. It was ascertained by Mr. Blane, soon after the assumption of the country, that these sums were assigned for the purposes already explained, and they have accordingly been paid ever since. 4. With regard to the nature and origin of the village saderward, whether or no it ever formed part of the just demand of the Government, must still remain matter of conjecture ; and whatever it may have been under the old Hindoo rule, I am inclined to think, with Mr. Blane, that under the Mahometan Govern- ment it was in reality an extra assessment. In opposition, however, to this opinion, it must be observed, that the saderward seems always to have been designated as a remission from the revenue, though, for my own part, I do not attach any very great import.uicc to that ; for, ou the one hand, the Government would have no objection to let it be considered as the liberahty of the ruling power, provided it cost them nothing ; and on, tlie other hand, the village autho- rities would be glad to keep up the name of remission, because it enabled them to palliate their withholding a portion of the kists, a mode of jjcculation which was found to be very common undertlie term "dustbaky," but which was always rigorously exacted when discoveied. 5. It is true that the late Nawab made a show of fixing the amount of sader- ward about 15 years ago, and had it (■xhil)ited in the accounts as a remission of the circar demand ; but it seems mere delusion to call it a deduction from the revenue, when the standard beriz was so high as to be realized with the utmost diliiculty, and when the actual collections (or remissions) on account of sader- ward were rarely half" of what they were rated at. This account, however, is alto- gether wanting in many villages, and in the others the curnums' accounts of actual recei])ts and expenditure show that the amount varied every year, and was most probably regulated by the facility or otherwise with which the circar demand was collected. If the season happened to be good, they were enabled probably to keep b.uk a i)art of the kists for the village expenses, without the deficiency being very conspicuous ; but if the season was adverse, there would naturally be a greater difficulty, including the demands of the Government, and the whole resources of the village would be called into play to satisfy them. b2i. Q Q 4 6- The Ci 312 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF C. The annexed Statement of six villages, taken entirely at i-andom, exhibits first, the jyen beriz, and the deduction from it on account of saderward, accord- ing to the accounts prepared by order of the Nawab, as above mentioned; and, secondly, the average actual collections of seven years, both on account of jyen and saderward. From this it will be seen, that the collections on account of saderward do not aj)proach to anything like the amount fixed, except in the village of Yelgode, and, singular enough, in that very village the deficiency in the circar collections is the greatest ; but this apparent anomaly is explained by the fact, that of the Ks. 139. 0. (J. in column 4, onlv lis '17. 12. 0., is for the villa<^e saderward, the remaining Rs. 111. 4. being for " tahareer," or the pay of the circar servants. 7. As the statements already furnished have been prepared on an average of seven years, it is j)resumed that an average for 10 years is not now required ; the accounts for the additional three years can only be prepared in the same way as the other seven have been, and would require a considerable time. I have, &e. Camp Gauzoopully, Commissoner's Office, '26 December 1844. (signed) S. Scott, Commissioner. Statement of Jyen Beriz, and Amount of Saderward, as exhibited in the Zeminzada ."Vccoiints of the late Government. Statement of the actual Collec- tion.s, both of Jyen and Sader- ward, on an Average of Seven Years, from Fusly 1242 to 1248. 1. . No. 2. Names of Villages. 3. Jyen Beriz. 4. Deduction Account of Saderward. 5. Aveiage actual Jyen Collection of Seven Years, from Fusly 1242 to 1248. 6. .Actual Collection (or Remission), Saderward. 1 o 3 4 5 a Canial - - - Ayaloor - - - Tozurchede Chaguhniirry - Bundi Atcoor - Velgode - - - Co.\i Rs. a. p. 6,85-2 1 4 3,606 5 - 4,117 2 8 7,212 - - 4,771 2 - 7,079 - 9 Co.'s lis. a. p. 173 12 - 182 10 4 144 - - 312 - - 23.3 10 - 139 - 6 Co.'s Rs. a. p. 6,220 - - 3,061 - - 4,150 - - 7,226 - - 4,312 - - 3,770 - - Co.'s Rs. a. p. 67 6 5 75 13 11 44 3 2 201 14 6 97 4 3 125 5 7 Cump Gauzulpilly, 26 December 1844. (sig-ned) S. Scott, Commissioner. Revenue Diimrtnicnt. -No. 129.— (No. 1,379, of '^430 From L. R Reid, Esq., Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to F. J. Halliday, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Government of India ; dated 28 April 1843. Sir, I AM directed bv the Honourable the Governor in Council to acknowledge the recei!)t of Mr.' Secretary Maddock's letter, No. 183, dated the 1st November 1841 with its enclosure, being a copy of a despatch from tlie Honourable the Court of Directors, conveyingtheir instructions in respect to revenues alienated to native reli"-ious institutions ; and to transmit for submission to the Honourable the President in Council the accompanyiuL' copy of a letter from the Revenue Commissioner, dated the 19th September last, containing the sentiments of the several revenue authorities under this Presidency, on the points indicated in the letter above referred to. 2. 1 he INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 313 2. The Governor in Council, at the same time, desires me to forward hcre- ■with, for the information of his Honour the President in Council, a suininarv of the proceedings adojitfd by this Government in connexion with the withdrawal of all interferences in the afl'airs of religious estabhshments since the Rcso- hiticin cif the 27tli of February 1841, copy of which Avas laid before the Govern- ment of India with my letter of the same date, No. G18. I have, &c. (signed) L. R. Reid, Bombay Castle, 28 April 1 843. Chief Secretary. (No. 1,333, of 1842.) From TT'. S'niisou, Esq., Revenue Commissioner, to L. R. Rcid. Esq., Chief Secretary, Bombay j dated 19 Sejitember 1842. Revenue Department. Sir, Para. 1. "With reference to Mr. Acting Secretary Blane's letter, No. 3,7l3, dated 4 December 1S41 , and accompaniments, as noted in the From Pocrotaiy to the Govcramcut of India margin, I have the honour to submit a report of the senti- «otlicBonibayGovcnimcnt,(latcaiNov. i84i, ments of the revenue authorities on the questions referred Honoun;i,ie''court, Zed'lf aUuTisS' to in para. 2. No. 17. 2. The Collector of this zillah states, that no endowments of native places of tamkish. worship are there administered by the officers of Government. 3. In the opinion of the Collector of Nuggur there is no difficulty in carrvins: Ahmcdnuggur. into effect the intentions of the Honourable Court, which would be done bv merely adopting the course which has been hitherto followed under this Presi- dency, the Government not interfering with lands or villages granted for rehgious purposes, and the ryots cultivating such lands having the saieguard against over- exaction and injustice ailbrded them by the Regulations. 4. The Collector of Poona sees no objection to the proposed plan of making roona. over the management of the lands or monies granted for the support of religious institutions to agents. The plan has been adopted under instructions from Ciovernnient, in most of the principal institutions in this zillah ; and with regard to the remainder, as well as others of less importance, a similar arrangement is in pi ogress. He adds, that he has every reason to suppose the management will give sali.'-faction, the jiarties entrusted with the direction of the affairs havin<; been given distinctly to understand that they are liable to be prosecuted in the Adawlut for exaction, or abuse of trust in the management of the affairs of such institutions. b. In this collectorate there are three instances of grants of money to temples, Sholapoie. amounting in all to 1,719 rupees, which are managed by the local Government officers, there being no authorized persons to undertake the management. This, as recommended by the Collector, should be discontinued, and the village com- munities among whom these temples are situated should be called upon to apnoint an agent, or a committee formed of four or live of the princijjal persons of each village, professing such religion, for the management of the funds. With these exceptions, all grants are managed by the poojarecs, or persons in charge of the temples, &c. agreeably to the rules of their institution. (). In the opinion of the Collector of this zillah, no objection can exist to Tanna. adopting, in cases such as those prescribed by the Honourable Court of Direc- tors, the practice of empowering managers of the endowed religious institution to delegate their functions to agents, rendered iable by enactment lor misaj)pli- cation or abuse of their trust, to the penalties to which the native servants of Government are subject in similar cases. 7. 'i he rule suggested lor adoption by the Ilonouraljle Court, of allowing the Uutn.nghmo. agents of the managers of temjjles to collect their revenues, if tixed for a term of years, is already in force throughout this zillah; and in the opinion of the Collector, no new enactment is required, as the existing Regulations suffuiently provide lor breach of trust ; the arrangement of allowing (iovernment oilicers to .\si.io],oaj in paia. collect the per-centages or fees for temples will prove effectual in protecting the J^""' l>""i"uiai>ic ryots Irom all risk of abuse. « t, c«un « Despatch. y of a letter from the Honourable Court, dated 3d March 1841, No. 2, in whicli the Court expressed their siitisfaction at the measures adopted by the Bombay Govern- ment, in carrying into effect their instructions in connexion with the withdrawal of (Government from religious institutions. The Government of India also sent a copy of another connnunication from the Court, dated the 31st March 1S41, directing the discontinuance of the attendance of troops or military bands, and firing of salutes on the occasion of native festivals, &c. ; a copy of the latter des- patch was furnislicd to each of the Collectors of this Presidency, who were directed to carry into etl'ect the Court's instructions in such careful and judicious a manner as would, without involving any serious delay, best fulfil the intentions expressed by the Honourable Court. 25. With a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India, dated the 1st Novfuibcr 1841, was received a copy of a further despatch from the Honour- able Court, of the 2r)lh August preceding. In it the Court expressed their opinion, that where the revenue had been or might be fixed for a term of years, the collection of the revenue so fixed bclongin"; to reIia;ious institutions might be safely transferied to ngunts to be appointed by the i)arties in whom tiic nuuiagc- nieut of the afi'airs and funds of such institution might be vested, subject only to such penalties against exactions and other abuses of their trust as the native servants similarly enq)loyed on the part of Government would l)e liable to. 'Ihis principle the Court desired to be made applicable only to entire villages, or distinct portions alienated to religious institutions, and not to limited portions of revenues assigned in the form of per-centage or fees, the collection of wliieh nuist continue to be made by the Government Revenue Ofiicers. As it was not the Court's intention that the revenues of niosijue and pagoda lands should be exem[)ted from any charges for irrigation and lor the general management of the 621. n R 3 districts 31 8 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Khaudcsh. Aliuicdnuggiir. Poona. Sholapoor, Tanna. RutnagheiTce. Surat. Broach. districts wherein they are situated, they desired that provision might be made for defraying such charges before the revenues were appointed to other pur])oses. 26. The Government of India having requested the opinion of this Govern- ment as to the best mode of giving effect to the Honourable Court's intentions as indicated in the preceding para., tlie Revenue Commissioner was directed, under date the 4th December 1841, to call for and submit the sentiments of the several revenue authorities on the questions referred to. 27. From that othcers' report, dated 19 September 1842, it appeared that in Khandesh no endowments of native places of worship existed which were admi- nistered by the officers of Government. That the Collector of Nuggur saw no difficulty in carrying into effect the intentions of the Honourable Court, which he stated would be done by merely ado])ting the course which liad hitherto been followed under this Presidency, the Government not interfering with lands or villages granted for religious purposes, and the ryots cultivating such lands having the safeguard against over-exaction and injustice afforded them by the Regulations. That the Collector of Poona was aware of no objection to the plan proposed by the 1 lonourable Coui't, which he added had been already adopted in most of the principal institutions in that zillah, and was in progress in the remainder, as well as in others of less importance. That in the Sholapoor coUectorate there were three instances of grants of money to temples, amounting in all to 1,719 rupees, which were managed by the local government officers, there being no authorized persons to undertake the management. This the Collector recommended to be discontinued, and sug- gested that the village communities, among whom these temples are situated, should be called upon to appoint an agent, or a committee formed of four or five of the principal persons of each village, professing such religion, for the management of the funds. With these exceptions, all grants Avere managed by the poojavies, or person in charge of the temples, &c., agreeably to the rules of their institutions. That in the opinion of the Collector of Tanna, no objection could exist to tlie adoption, in cases such as those prescribed by the Honourable the Court of Directors, of the practice of empowering managers of the endowed religious in- stitutions to delegate their functions to agents, rendered liable by enactments for misapplication or abuse of their trust, to the penalties to which the native ser- vants of Government are subject in similar cases. That the rule suggested for adoption by the Honourable Court, of allowing the a""ents of the managers of temples to collect their revenues, if fixed for a term of years, had already been in force throughout this zillah, and in the opinion of the Collector no new enactment was necessary. That th.c l-'rincipal Collector of Surat was of opinion, that the course recom- mended by the Honourable Court in the .^)th and Gth paras, of their despatch, might safely be followed, the agents, when such were vested with the manage- ment of affairs, beuig subject to the penalties of over-exactions and abuse of trust, which are prescribed by the Regulations of Government. With regard to temples the management of which was not permanently vested in particular parties, the Principal Collector recommended that in the event of no properly qualified persons being found ready by a specified date to undertake the trustee- ship, the payment of the allowances to those temples should immediately cease, until the management contemplated had been completed, and a responsible bodv of natives interested in their j)reservation had come forward, and agreed to undertake the management of their concerns. The Principal Collector at the same time started a fpiestion, whether the stipendiary and hereditary district and villaoe native officers of Government were eligible or not for the office of trustees, and was of opinion that the " former should not be so considered, but that the latter might, these being immediately connected with the districts in which the temples are situated, and of course interested in thejr preserva- tion." Tn this opinion the Revenue Commissioner concurred. That the Sub-collector of Broach stated, that the interference of Government in the management of the lands allotted to pagodas, temples, &c. in that zillah, would be quite unnecessary, the few beegas of land enjoyed by the persons ])erformin2; the duties of the temples, being generally rented out to the ryots at lower rates than the Government land. That INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAUOMETANIS.M. ji.j That the wishes of tiie Honourable Court of Directors and f bridges, suhkcs, kuttras and other edifices of this description, and which shall provide for the protection and faithful management of all lands and funds bequeathed, given or endowed, for the support and maintenance of these objects (intending the convenience of the public) throughout the country, as likewise for the custody and disposal of nuzzool property, or escheats. 4. The present moment is particularly suitable for such a recommendation, as we are now sending up to the (Jovernment the draft of an Act, discontinuing the collection of the tax on pilgrims resorting to Juggernauth and Gya, and all Government interference with the administration of the concerns of that temple, and we may be confident that this measure of moral policv is to be extended until all connexion on tlie part of the State with native religious institutions shall have ceased, since the third paragraph of the honourable Court's despatch to Govern- ment, dated the 8lh of August last, in the following most distinct terms, desires such a moral emancipation from all such connexion should prevail generally. " In the same spirit we have again to express our anxious desire that you should accomplish, with as little delay as possible, the arrangements which we believe to be already in progress for abolishing the pilgrim tax, and for discontinuing the connexion of the CJovernment with the management of all funds which may be assigned for the support of religious institutions in India. We more particu- larly desire that tlie management of all temples and other places of religious resort, together with the revenues derived therefrom, be resigned into the hands of the natives, and that the interference of the public authorities in the religious ceremonies of the people, be regulated by the instructions conveyed in the G2d para, of our despatch of 20th February 1833." .0. There can be no doubt that the people generally are very averse to our interfering with their religious institutions, and that the small number who desire its continuance are influenced by motives which it must be always derogatorv to us to indulge. At lengtli this subject appears 10 have obtained the consideration it deserves, and we may now hope the service will no longer be required to meddle with institutions so opposed to our spiritual sense of proprictv, and so repugnant to all that our best feelings assure us is conscientiously rigiit. 8 June 1839. (signed) J. Pattlc. (True copy.) (signed) G. Plowden, Officiating Secretary. (True copies.) (signed) Cecil Bcadon, Under ISecretarv to the Government of Beneral. Minute on the Draft of a proposed Act rescinding those parts of Regulation XIX. 1810, which provide for the interference of Kuropcan Officers, lS:c. &c. I DOUBT the sufficiency of this proposed Act, if it lie designed to maintain the principle set fortii in tlie preamble of Regulation XIX. of is 10, :iiul only to alter the agency by means of wliicli tlie iirinciple is carried out and ap[)lied ; if again, it be designed to get rid of the principle " that it is an important duty of every Government to provide that all endowments be ajjplicd according to the real '■J21. s s 4 intent -528 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF intent and will of the grantor," then the more honest and therefore the better plan will be openly to throw the prniciple overboard, and rescind the Regu- lation. Regulation XTX., it will be seen, vested the superintendence of endowments, &c., in the Boards of Revenue, and charged them with the duty of guarding- against the misappropriation of the funds derived therefrom {vide sections 2, 3° and 5), and to enable the Boards the better to carry into effect the duties entrusted to them {vide section 8), local agents were appointed in each zillah, subject to the authority, control and orders of these Boards respectively ; but section 2 of the proposed Act virtually abrogates and rescinds sections 2, 3 and 5, of Regulation XIX. ; for the Board being composed of " Eurojiean officers," would cease, were the Act passed, to be a superintending authority to exercise any control, or to have any right to interfere in these cases ; nevertheless sect. 5 of this same Act provides, " that the present native local agents shall be con- tinued in that capacity," that is, in the capacity of agents of the Board to carry into effect the duties entrusted to the Board, and subject to their authority, con- trol and orders. ^V e have seen, however, tliat the dutiesforwhich their agency was i-etiuired were taken out of the hands of the Board by section 2, and they are not placed in the hands of any other body by the Act in question. There would therefore be an agent without a client, and a subordinate body with authority, under the law, altogether derivative, continuing to exist after tlie destruction of the only source whence its authority was derived, for any practical purpose obviously a nullity. To maintain the principle set forth in the preambleof Reg.XIX.of 1810, and only to alter the agencv through which it is applied, would I'equire the constitution of a body having weight, character, disinterestedness and authority to fill the place now occupied by the Board. I doubt if the Government have materials available wherewith to constitute such a body without the aid of their European officers ; and the question arises whether, under such circumstances, the Government should abandon the principle of Regulation XIX. of IS 10, so long recognized and acted on. I think that it should not be abandoned. I do not find it denied that it is the absolute and undoubted right of INIussulmans and Hindoos to endow mosques and temples, nor is it proposed by any set of men, as far as I have heard, to deprive the heathen subjects of the Government of such a right. The right, then, being recognized, it is 1 apprehend the paramount duty of the Government to guarantee and protect the enjoyment and exercise of this right, as of all other rights, in the most direct and efficient manner possible, care being, of course, taken not to infringe or encroach on any right of any other person. I do not find it asserted that the direct interference authorized by Regulation XIX. of 1810 to secure the correct appropriation of endowments has been ineffec-- tual, or has proved detrimental to the just rights of any man or body of men ; on these vital points, therefore, the existing law being unimpeached, may be held to be unimpeachable. " Quantum Religio potuit suadere malorum !" The sole ground on which alte- ration is advocated, is religion ; the received doctrine being, that a Christian Government and its Christian functionaries should have nothing to do with the appropriation of funds dedicated to the support of a false creed and an idolatrous worship. But no Government will become more Christian in its character by becoming less just or less careful in protecting the acknowledged rights of the conuuunity ; and called upon as Christian England has been to govern a hundred and thirty millions of Hindoos and Mahomedans, she cannot on any such plea as has been set u[), endanger the secure exercise of these rights by her native subjects. It is, I am aware, contended, that the protection of these endowments should be left to the courts ; but all experience shows that even in countries where there is less of dishonesty to abuse, and more of public spirit to correct abuse, the common courts of justice att'ord no adequate security against the misappropriation of such funds ; and in this country they would certainly aftbrd no protection at all. It is to be noted also, that if the interference in such cases of the Christian officer be indeed sinful, as it is said to be, it must be to the full as sinful for the Christian judge to adjudicate money to an idol, as for the Christian collector to avert at an earlier stage its misappropriation ; and this constructive sin, therefore, in one quarter or another, INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH ]\1AU0.\H.TANIS.M. z^g another, can be avoided only by outlawing the religion of all classes of the native community. Ikit the impression I believe is ''and no doubt it is correct), that these com- plaints would not find their way into court ; that no atteiujit would be made to correct misaj)pro]iriation, and that the Christian judge would be seldom, if ever, called upon to adjudicate in these cases or to correct such abuse. This, it is argued, would inflict a great blow upon the false religions of the natives of India, would necessarily tend to their subversion, and it is inferred, would smooth the wav for a purer and truer religion. Christianity, I contend, requires no aid of so doubtful a character as this ; the native has the right to make the endowments, and it is the duty of the Government to pro\ ide for the appropriation of tlie endowed funds according to the real intent and will of the endower. This just right should not be virtually abrogated, or the performance of this important duty to its native subjects should not be evaded on the part of Government by any such covert stroke as this This principle, involved in the proposed alteration, when stript of its disguise, appears to be, that it is allowable to do evil that good may ensue ; this principle was repudiated, as we all know, by the apostle, in the very infancy of Christianity, and I shall grieve to see it now adopted as the ground- work, whether expressed or understood, of any alteration of the law made by a Christian legislature. I would tell the Government that we are unable to draft a law of the descrip- tion required, because we find, on considering the subject, that the principles laid down in the preamble of Regulation XIX. of 1810, which are nowhere denied to be just and sound, cannot be adequately maintained without the intervention in some form or other of the European servants of the Government. (signed) J. Louis, 23 May 1844. Junior Member. (True copy.) (signed) O. Plowden, Ofh elating Secretary. (TiTie copy.) (signed) Cecil Beadou, Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal. (No. 209.) From the Officiating Secretary, Sudder Board of Revenue, to F. J. Ilallidai/, Miscellaneous Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bengal, in the Revenue Department; Department. dated Fort William, 17 June 1844. Present: ^. Tattle, ¥.>-(\. and gjj. J. Lowis, Jibq. With reference to Mr. Under-Secretary Beadon's letter of the 18th March last, No. 216, repeating the call for the draft of an Act in modification of Regu- lation XIX. of 1810, I am directed by the Sudder Board of Revenue to request that you will lay before the Honourable the Governor of Bengal the accompanying copies of the papers noted in the margin,* being the draft of an • {See below.) Act proposed by the senior member, and the Minutes of both the members relating thereto. 2. From these his Honour will learn, that the senior member proposes to modify Regulation XIX. of 1810, so as to relieve all European officers of Government from the management and control of the affairs and funds of all native religious endowments whatsoever, and to provide in substitution of that agency, for the emj)!nyment of native superintendents professing the faith to which such institutions may belong ; but that the junior member is of opinion, that the law in (jucstion ought not to be altered on the above point. :}. The first call upon this subject was made in your letter of the l6th November 1841, No. 1,512, in pursuance of the instructions of the Honourable the • 1. Minute of the senior menilicr, ilnted 1.5 May 1844; and, 2. Ilio Draft Aet. ^. Junior member'* Minute, dated n May 1B44. 4. Senior meuiber's Minute, dated Z Juno lt!44. A. Junior mcmlier"* Minute, dated 6 June 1844. 021. TT 330 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (See below.) + The Sittaces Ha- zaree Mehal. : No. 70, dated 23 October 1838. the Court of Directors (as quoted in the margin*) conveyed in a despatch in the Legislative Department (No. 17, of 1841, dated 25th August), a copy of which accompanied your letter ahove-mentioned ; these instructions appear to have been overlooked in the late Mr. Bignell's department, after the question relating to the retention of the lands f belonging to the temple of Juggernauth, under the management of the revenue officers, which formed the second head of the Honourable Court's despatch, was disposed of. 4. But some time before the receipt of the first orders of Government, the subject had engaged the attention of the Board, and in consequence they issued a circular letter, | calling for information upon the following points from their subordinates : — 1st. The Board were desirous to know whether it would be expedient or otherwise, with reference to the very extensive judicial and revenue powers now vested in the native subjects of Government, demonstrative of the increased confidence reposed in their integrity and uprightness, to entrust to them in future also the powers and duties now exercised by the revenue authorities and local agents under the provisions of Regulation XIX. of 1810. 2d. They wished to be informed whether the interference now exercised by the local agents under Regulation XIX. of 1810, with endowed institutions of a reUgious character, be generally popular or unpopular with the people ; and whether they would prefer to the existing system that the superintendence of all endowments of that nature, and the charge of all lands by which they are maintained, should be left exclusively to the persons of the rehgious persuasion who take an interest in or are benefited by such endowments, the courts of justice being, of course, open for the hearing and redress of all complaints of misfeasance or other abuse. 5. The returns to this circular having been duly received, they were consi- dered by the Board, and the then members, Mr. Pattle and Mr. C. \V. Smith, recorded Minutes upon them, dated respectively 8th June and 12th September 1339, copies of which herewith accompany. 6. From these it will appear, that both these gentlemen concurred in the expediency of a change in the law very similar to that now proposed by the senior member ; but their views were not referred for the consideration and orders of Government, as was determined upon, owing, it is supposed, to Mr. Smith having himself undertaken the preparation of the proposed Act, and kept the papers by him for that purpose until he was about to leave India in April 1842, when he returned them to the office, with various other papers, after "which the subject was not revived. 7. The returns of the local authorities above referred to are herewith sent in original, together with an abstract of their contents, for more ready reference. Sudder Board of Revenue. I have, &c. (signed) Geo. PloU'den, Officiating Seci'etary. P. 6'.— Please to return the original enclosures. Note of Senior Member. The orders of the Government of Bengal, dated IGth November 1841, for- warding copy of a letter No. 127, of the 1st of that month, from the Secretary to the Government of India, with a copy of the despatch from the Honourable Court of Directors, dated 2.'3th August preceding, has, by an oversight, been allowed to remain thus long unanswered. The above orders were twofold ; they first instructed us to prepare the draft of an Act in modification of Regulation XIX. of 1810, which should exempt for the future all European officers from interference in the management of the funds • '' We are also desirous that the Rcfnilations above-mentioned may be modified, and that tlic rules which require any of our European officers to interfere in the management of tlie funds and affiiirs of any mosque, pagoda or temple may be rescinded; and wc request that you will take into consideration the best means of atconiplisliui^' tliis object. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 331 funds and affairs of any mosque, pagoda or temple, and rescind those portions of that Regulation which rctjuired such interference by European officers ; and, 2dly, they referred to the withdrawal, under certain circumstances, of the Govern- ment management from lands belonging to the temple of Juggernauth. Ihe latter measure has been fully carried into effect ;* and, in furtherance of the first portion of the above-mentioned orders, I have prepared, and submit for consideration at the Board, the draft of an Act modifying and rescinding certain portions of Regulation XIX. of 1810, and recjuiring that for the future no Euro- pean officers shall interfere with the funds and affairs of places of native wor- ship ; I have proposed the employment of native agency of the faith of the institution with the aflairs and funds of which it is intended that agency shall be entrusted. (signed) J. Pattle. Sudder Revenue Board, 1.5 May 1844. (True copy.) (signed) Geo. Plowdcn, Officiating Secretary. Act No. , of 1844. Whereas it appears to be no longer necessary to require any European officers to interfere in the management of the funds and affairs of any mosque, pagoda, temple or other religious and native endowment or place of worship : and whereas it has now appeared that their due management, control and maintenance can be effectually maintained and administered by the agency of native superintend- ence, and that to this end the affairs and funds may be entrusted to persons professing the faith to which such institutions belong : II. It is hereby enacted, that so much of Regulation XIX. of 1810 as pro- vides for the interference of European officers with any mosque, pagoda, temple, or other religious and native endowment or place of worship, or in any way requires such superintendence or control of any European officer, is hereby repealed. HI. And it is hereby enacted, that in future the superintendence, government and management of each of such establishments, endowments or other institu- tions of religious native worship, and of their funds and property, real and per- sonal, shall be exclusively entrusted and committed to the charge of persons belonging to the faith to which eacli such institution may belong. IV. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, that founders or endowers of institutions of religious native worship, may appoint and provide trustees or managers ; and all such nominations, whether by testamentary or other deed, shall be allowed and considered valid. V. And it is hereby provided, that the present native local agents shall be continued in that capacity, and such further increase be made in the number of local agents as will be necessaiy from time to time for the due enforcement of the provisions of this Act. VL And it is hereby enacted, that Principal Sudder Aumeens, Sudder Aumeens, Moonsifl's and authorized pleaders of the Civil Court, shall be considered ehgible for nomination and appointment as local agents. VII. And it is hereby enacted, that, as heretofore, the nomination and appoint- ment of local agents shall rest with the revenue authorities. VIII. And it is hereby enacted, that the present managers, trustees and super- intendents of native institutions, being places and establishments of native worshi|), whether under the designation of mootwillee, i)andeh or shervact, or any other, shall be continued undi^turbed in the exercise of their offices. JX. And it is hereby enacted and provided, that whenever the office of nioot- wallec, i)andeh or shewaet, or any other manager or superintendent of a moscpie, pagoda, temple or other religious and native endowment or place of worship, shall • f'jrff Hoard's letter to Government, No. 100, doted 7tli instant, eonimuniiatinf; the final traiibfcr of the Suttacs i^lazai'cc Mchul to the Uajnh of Klioouduh, and tlie iirovious corresiiundcucc. 021. T T 2 33'2 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF shall become vacant, and no successor sliall have been provided by the founder or endower, a successor shall be elected and appointed by a majority of voices of a punchayet, to be convened and composed of individuals of the faith of the institution, not less than five and not more than eleven in number, and that the election of such individuals shall bo made by the (Collector of the district (or other officer holding his office temporarily in his absence) from the most respectable of the inhabitants of the Suddcr station, or of its environs. X. And it is hereby further enacted, that nothing in this Regulation shall be construed to preclude any individual who may conceive he has just grounds of complaint, from suing in a court of justice a mootwuUee or pandeh, a shewaet or other manager or superintendent of a mosque, pagoda, temple or other reli- gious and native endowment or place of worship, for misconduct in the fulfil- ment of his trust. XI. And it is hereby enacted, that no member of any punchayet appointed under this Act shall be liable to any suit in any court in respect of any vote given bv him for the election of a mootwuUee, shewaet or pandeh, or any other manager or superintendent of a mosque, pagoda, temple or other religious or native endowment or place of worship. (signed) /. Pattle. (True copy.) (signed) Gen. Plowdeu, Officiating Secretary. (True copies.) (signed) Cecil Ikiulon, Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal. Note by Junior Member. Read the senior The perusal of the papers now circulated with the senior member's note of member's note of the ^he 3d instant, has not altered the opinion which I have already given, and has papers which accom- not removed the necessity which I felt to be imposed upon me, of giving a dis- panied it. tinct expression of my opinion on this much vexed question. I have little to add to what I have already stated, except it be to point out the error, as it appears to me, which has been allowed to pervade the whole discus- sion, and which stands out prominently in the 4th paragraph of the senior member's present note. The question, I beg to say, is not one of religion at all ; it is not of idolatry versus Christianity. It is not of a special protection to be granted to false reli- gions, which is not extended to the true, as has been made to appear. It is, in truth, a question of the free and complete exercise of a civil right which is involved ; and in this respect only can the Government justly and fairly regard it or deal with it. We know that 34 years ago the legislature judged that the free and complete exercise of this right required special protection, and that therefore Regu- lation XIX. 1810 was enacted. It has not been shown that the right in question should cease to be enjoyed, or that it is less liable to be infringed than it was in 1810, or stands less in need of special protection. It has not been shown that the special and direct protection of the executive has endangered the rights or encroached upon the privile;^es of others ; and whatever the defects of the present law may be, it is not shown, nay it is not pretended, that in good faith the object of the new law is to bestow more complete protection than the old. I contend, therefore, that the old should stand. The change made within these few years at Cuttack, Gya and Allahabad, has doubtless, as is stated in the senior member's .'')th paragraph, proved most satis- factory to the people ; and (whatever reasons may have dictated it) the change itself was just and good. But the opinion is nearly universal, that a man's religion should not be reckoned an exciseable commodity, and that the perform- ance of a religious rite is never the projier subject of a tax. Hence freedom from imposition of that description has proved satisfactory to all, and our change of system is to be called just and good, only because it answers to the test of sound principle. The alteration of the law, of 1810 now proposed will not bear such IXDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAN ISM. 333 such a test as this, nor, as far as T can see, will it be found true to any of the principles of sound and honest legislation. It appears to me to carry within it the mischievous ingredient of religious persecution, because the full and certain exercise of a lawful right is made less secure to the community by reason of their religion, or, in other words, a certain amount of good government is abstracted from the governed, because their governors are of a ditierent creed. This, as far as it goes, is religious persecution. 5 June 1844. (signed) ./. Low is. (True copy.) (signed) G. Ploxvikn, Officiating Secretary. (True copy-) (signed) Cecil Beai/on, Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal. Commissioner of As- sam, 10 Dec. 1838, No. 149. Collector of Gowal- purHh, Ciiptuin Hu- therforU. ABSTRACT of Returns to Circular Order, No. 70, of the 23d October 1838, relative to entrusting Natives with the Powers and Duties exercised by the Revenue Authorities under the provisions of Regulation XIX. of 1810. ASSAM. In the present state of circumstances in the province, Commissioner can perceive no reason why the revenue officers need at all interfere with religious endowments. At no distant period the revenue of such endowments will, he conceives, become applicable to the general education of the people, or for other purposes of public utility ; and, contemplating this event, he advocates the appointment of local agencies (there are none at present in Assam) to superintend, with the particular object of preventing the funds belonging to institutions being misap- propriated, and has no reason to believe that the duty might not be safely trusted to native gentlemen or judicial officers. Is of opinion that in the Regulation Provinces endowments should be subject alone to the interference of the law where they have been founded by private individuals ; but where they have owed their institution to the sovereign, he thinks tlie\ should be subject to the orders of the sovereign for the time being, to meet the demands of altered circumstances, and in this case he would entrust their superintendence to natives. He further thinks, that in Assam all the endowments of the latter description, and their revenues, might be appropriated as it pleased the Government, after making due provision for the religious ceremonies, Sic. Collector of Liickim- Ig of ojiiniou that no interference need be exercised, except for the due reali- pore, ap am etc i. nation of the portiou of revenue which in Assam the Government has reserved to itself from the grants, Thinks it would be highly inexpedient to bestow on natives the powers and duties referred to ; and that it is most necessary that they should be performed by the revenue officers ; and he thinks that the measure of leaving such institu- tions to the superintendence of natives, would be unpopular, and create oppres- sion and loss of revenue. Collector of Kam- roop, Captain Mathie. Officiating Collector of Jorthout, Lieute- nant Bi-odie. Commissioner of HhauKiilpore, No. 17'', ilattAl 16 Jan. J8;.IU. States that he believes little interference has been exercised by the revenue authorities in Assam with endowed religious institutions, and does not think that there would be any serious objection made if the superintendence were left exclusively to natives. BHAUGULPORE. The Commissioner states, that Regulation XIX. of 1810 has never been enforced in the several districts in his division, which circumstance may be taken as a reply to both the tirst and second (juestions put by tlie board. It is clear, the Commissioner says, that the people would preler that tlie exclusive charge of endowments should be left to themselves. Gives an example, and states, that C>-2\. T T 3 Messrs. 334 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Uepiity-rollcctor of Mon;;lijr, dated 4 January 1839. Deputy Collector of Diiiacfei>orc, 29 Dec. -iiiSii. 'Mr. Faif|uliarei n, in chariio of Kliass and resumed Melials, dated 28 Dec. 1838. Mr. Vansitart, Tir- hoot, Special Deputy Collector, 24 Nov. 1838, No. 134. Mr. Alexander, Spe- cial Deputy Collec- tor of Bhaugulpoor, dated 26 Nov. 1838. Commissioner of Chittasong, No. 40, dated 22 March, Mr. Harvey. Deputy Collector of Bullooab, Mr. Gar- lett. Collector of Tip- perah, Mr. Money. Messrs- Vansittart and Alexander recommend that the control over endowments should still be vested in Government, or in the court especially constituted for that purpose. Concurs in the first point, provided some respectable European be associated with natives ; and states, that the local agent's interference with the religious institutions is very obnoxious to the people, and recommends the transfer of such a duty to natives. For the reasons stated, he is of opinion that there would be no risk in vesting natives with the powers now exercised by the local agents. In reply to the second point, that officer states that the interference on the part of the local agents with the religious endowments, is decidedly unpopular, and that the natives in bis district would prefer that the superintendence thereof should be given exclusively to the persons of the religious persuasion. States his inability to furnish the information required by the Board, but at the same time gives his opinion that any interference on the part of Government with the religious institutions would be unpopular with the people, and would probably occasion misunderstanding, the Regulation regarding them has never been acted upon. Is of opinion that natives may be entrusted with the management of the Officiatine Commis- sioner of Cutfack, No. 194, dated 2-5 Jan. 1839. religious endowments, but still Government must keep a check over them. With regard to the second point, Mr. Vansitart states, that natives have no objection whatever to the interference of Europeans under Regulation XIX, of 1810, but their complaint is only for the want of efficient control. States the inexpediency of transferring the uncontrolled superintendence of the religious endowments to natives. Gives an example in the Shahabad district, and states that the institution of a court would prevent the misappropriation of large sums intended for the benefit of the people. Mr. Alexander also states, that the remark on the first point nearly answers the second. CHITTAGONG. Is of opinion that it is expedient to entrust Principal Sudder Araeens, Deputy Collectors under Regulation IX. of 1833, Sudder Ameens and MoonsifFs, with the powers and duties of local agents, within defined local limits, and subject to the control of the superior revenue authorities. Is also of opinion, that it is advis- able that the Government should exercise its discretion on the reports of its local officers, and other sources of information at its disposal, in adding to the local agents constituted as above, such respectable and influential local residents in each district as might be willing to lend their aid. Believes the interference now exercised by local agents and revenue autho- rities under Regulation XIX. of 1810, with religious endowments, to be generally popular; and is of opinion that Government would not be justified in divesting itself of the salutary control it has always exercised over such institutions. In fine, considers that Government should in no degree diminish such control, but that it would act wisely in availing itself of the aid and assistance of that part of its subjects most interested in the proper superintendence of their institutions, and in the proper application of the funds, under such salutary regulations as it may see fit to prescribe for their guidance. Thinks there could be no objection to entrusting the powers and duties now exercised by revenue authorities under Regulation XIX. of 1810, to such natives as may be considered qualified. Never having been in a district where such endowments existed, he is unable to give an opinion on the subject of the second paragraph of the Board's circular. Has never heard that the interference now exercised by local agents is unpo- pular, but has no doubt that the people would prefer that the superintendence of all endowments of a religious character should be left exclusively to persons of their own religious persuasion. CUTTACK. Mr. Mills, the officiating Commissioner, submits copies of replies from the several Collectors of his division. States that he is averse to transferring the superintendence INDIA WITH IDOLATRY', OR WITH MAIIOISIETANISM. 335 Collector of Midiia- poro, dated 12 Nov. 1838. Pooiuc,31 Dec. 1 ('38. Cnttack, 10 Jan. 1839. Halasorp, 10 Doc. 1838. Commissioner of Daccn, datod 20 Jan. lil'M). No. 2'J, .Mr. tiordon. CoU ^ctor of Dacca, Mr. J. (irant. Collector of Mymcn- BJngli, Mr. Irviii. Collector of Rnckpr- gunge, Mr.T, IJrucc. fiupcrintcndcnce of all religious endowmonts to the persons of the religious per- suasion, and reconinicnds that two Boards, consisting of three members each, one of Hindoo and the other of Moosulnien, be appointed to each district for the superintendence of that duty. They should be vested with the full power now exercised by the Revenue Commissioner under the provisions of Regula- tion XIX. of 1810, their decisions being only appealable summarily to the Com- missioner or to the Sudder Board. Says that Regulation XIX. of 1810 has never been fully enforced in all the districts of d : and, for the reasons stated, suirgests the modification of that Hegulalion, so far as to prohibit the authorities from interfering with the management of religious institutions, except on the application of the parties concerned. — Mr. Malet submits a copy and translation of a petition from the mohunts and purchas of Juggernauth, expressing their gratitude for the Government interference with endowed institutions, and statintr, if Government appoint honest and impartial persons as supeiintendcnts, whether they be Europeans or Hindoos or Moosulmans, they are agreed to the measure. That gentlemen thinks the interference on the part of the local agents is popular, and that Government, as rulers of the country, is bound to protect all its institutions without distinction, and is of opinion that the powers of the Regulation should be transferred to the civil court. Mr. Forbes, the Officiating Collector, objects to vesting uncovenanted servants of Government with the charge of the property belonging to the people, who, he states, would not be grateful if the management of their religious endow- ments be transferred to those persons who are interested in them, and that Hindoos prefer the existing system, and are averse to any change. IMr. Repton says, that the people are satisfied with present system of superin- tendence, but he i'^ not aware of any objection to the transfer of the duties now performed by the local agents to natives. DACCA. In furtherance of the principle of confining European agency to superintend- ing and appellate duties, the Commissioner would approve of a law which should make over the jurisdiction contemplated in Regulation XIX. of 1810 to natives, they being subject in their turn to an appellate jurisdiction. ( )l)scrves, that it is not easy to answer Board's second query, because of the difficulty of getting at the opinions of natives collectively. Is inclined, how- ever, to believe that they would not approve of a withdrawal on the part of Government of the interference sanctioned by Regulation XIX. of 1810. Com- missioner would deprecate the cessation of interference, on the ground that such a cessation would operate as a bounty upon fraud and religious heart- burnings and bickerings. Is of opinion that the superintendence under Regulation XIX. of 1810 ought not to be made over to the natives, and that tlie interference exercised by local agents is decidedly popular. Thinks the powers and duties now exercised by the revenue authorities and local agents under Regulation XIX. of 1810 might be safely transferred to the native judicial and revenue officers ; and, from in(|uiries he has made, is encou- raged to affirm that the interference now exercised by the local agents under Regulation XIX of 1810 is, on the whole, unpopular with the natives, both Hindoos and Mahomedans, and that the contemplated transfer of the superin- tendence of endowments from the English officials to respectable trustworthy natives would be satisfactory. ^ Sees no objection to the transfer of the duty of superintendence to the natives, ])rovided an ai)peal lie to some superior authority. There are no endowments of the kind in Backergunge ; but Collector never heard that the interference now exercised is considered unpopular by the natives ; on the contrary, lie believes that, having a tendency to raise their religion in their eyes, and by consetiuence to perpetuate it, the interference is exceedingly popular. f)21. TT4 ^^" 336 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Collcctor of Svlhet, Mr. G. riowdcn. Govemor-p:enerars Agent at Hazai'ee- baueh, No. 20, dated 7 Dec. 1838. Mr. J. Davidson, Principal Assistant- Agent. Loliuidugsaj dated 10 Nov. 1843, No. 151. Mr. L. Bird, Princi- pal Assistant Agent, Hazareebauph Divi- sion, dated 10 Nov. 1838. Lieutenant Han- nyngton, Principal Assistant Agent, Maunlihoon. dated 13 Nov. 1838, No. 266. On tlie first point, is of opinion, for reasons given at large, that respectable natives should be eligible to serve as local agents equally with officers of the civil, military and medical services, the Collector of the zillah being always, as heretofore, an e.r -officio agent, but would not transfer to natives the superin- tending duties at present vested in the Board of Revenue. On the second point, is inclined to believe that the people at large think very little about the matter ; the only objectors usually to the interference of local agents being the trustees, managers or superintendents of endowments, upon whose malpractices the local agents are intended to be a check. ^Vhether it is desirable for the Government to forego interference with reli- gious endowments, de])ends entirely on what may be their present views, if, as at the period of the enactment of Regulation XIX. of 1810, they consider it to be " an important duty of every Government to provide that all such endowments be applied according to the real will and intent of the grantors," then their con- tinued interference in the manner now exercised is undoubtedly necessary to prevent the abuses which would otherwise obtain. But if it be considered unbecoming- on the part of a Christian Government to contribute in any degree to the support of infidel worship, then the present special protection should be withdrawn ; for it seems to Mr. Plowden that the misappropriations and abuses on the part of the managers which would then ensue, entirely without check (for he holds there would be none on the part of the community at large), would in no very long time convert the public grants into private property, and so tend to the subversion of the religion for the support of which the grants were made. HAZAREEBAGH. 1. Whether it would be expedient or otherwise to entrust to the native sub- jects of (lovernment the power and duties now exercised by the revenue autho- rities and local agents under Regulation XIX. of 1810 ? 2. Whether the interference of local agents with the religious endowment would be generally popular or unpopular, and whether they would prefer that the superintendence of all endowments should be left exclusively to the persons of the religious persuasion ? Submits replies from his assistants, and states his concurrence with Lieutenant Hannyngtons opinion on the tirst point, and his inability to answer the second. First point. States that considerable evil would arise from entrusting the power and duties connected with the religious endowments to natives, and that he is unable to reply to the second point, there being no endowment of the kind in his division, but concludes that natives would prefer the present system. Thinks it would be expedient to invest natives with the powers and duties above-mentioned, and that the people would prefer that the superintendence should be left to the persons of the religious persuasion. Is of opinion that respectable natives might be entrusted with the duties now exercised bv the revenue authorities and local agents under Regulation XIX. of 1810. Is convinced, after careful inquiry, that the great mass of intelligent Hindoos consider the interference now exercised by the local agents to be most salutary, and that, so far from desiring any change in the existing system, they would look upon its abandonment as a great evil, the renewal of a misgovern- ment that had happily become a tradition. They argue that, unless directly pro- tected by Government, their temples and endowments would be virtually without protection ; the courts of justice would be a nominal but inefl'ectual safe- guard ; private individuals would not stand as suitors for public rights in opposition to the priesthood, or to persons whom that body might favour, and thus the produce of, or probably the lands themselves, might be irrecoverably alienated. Refrains from the expression of any opinion on the momentous question of Christian duty in regard to heathen religious institutions, because the Board do not ask for speculative opinions. J ESS ORE. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 337 Coramissioncr of Jfssorc, \o. (;2t>, Jated 5 Dec 18^8. Commissioner of Moorsht'dabad, dated 2 Feb., No. 33. Colloctor of Moor- sheJabad, Mr. J. Ward. J E S S O R E. All the officers * are averse, and state the sentiments of the native commnnity to be adverse, to any alteration hi the enactment of Regulation XIX. of 1810. M O R S II E D A B A D. The superintendence of endowments might, in Mr. Jackson's opinion, with advantage be in some cases entrusted to natives, and the native officers of Government might in some instances be chosen for the ])urpose ; but the Govern- ment should not, Mr. Jackson thinks, give up any portion of their right to interfere. Mr. Jackson observes, that the interference of Government is popular with all those who require protection, and are on the side of right and justice ; but with the powerful and interested it is unpopular, inasmuch as it deprives them, in a measure, of their illegal gains. Is of opinion that the powers and duties now exercised by the local agents might be advantageously vested in natives, but not exclusively. The Collector should be ci-olhcio a member. Officiating Collector of Rajsliahye. Is of opinion that the powers and duties might be advantageously entrusted to intellioenl natives, and that the interference of Government through the local agents does not appear to be unpopular in his district. Deputy Con<^orof jg unable to speak as to the expediency of such a measure, not having had an ogra-^. r. i«. opportunity of judging of the qualifications of Deputy Collectors, &c. &c. l)e|)uty Collector of Is of Opinion that the dutics and powcrs in Question might safely and ad van- tageously be entrusted to native public officers of the rank of Principal Sudder Ameen, Deputy Collector, &:c., and natives of acknowledged respectability not in the service of the Government. Has never been stationed at a zillah containing any extensive endowments and is, therefore, unable to speak with certainty of the popularity or otherwise of the other law. Upon the whole, he would say that the people at large would prefer their religious endowments to be managed by persons of their own per- suasion, provided that the protection and countenance at present atibrded them by Government should not be withdraw n. nff( Beerblioom, Mr. Aihertoa. Thinks that the bigotry of the people presents insuperable objections to such a measure as that contemplated by the Board, of entrusting natives with the powers and duties exercised by the revenue authorities under Regulation XIX. of 1810. Believes that those who derive no benefit from, and who are unconnected with the endowments, care little about the matter; but that those who have anything to do with them, like the present system, because, not having much conlidcnce in priestly purity, they naturally prefer cheap to expensive justice. Collector of Rung- pore, Mr. Smith. With regard to arrangements connected with property granted for religious purposes, is of opinion that it would not be safe to found them upon the increased oonfideuce placed by the laws in the integrity and uprightness of the natives ; suflicient data do not exist upon which to test the results of the experiment now making. Finds it difticult to answer the second jjoint noticed by the Board. The nature of our intercourse with independent and well-informed natives is so limited, &c., that it is almost impossible to form any idea of their real .'Senti- ments. If the people are simply told that the superintendence of religious endowments belongs naturally to the persons of the religious jiersuasions in who.se favour the grants are made, it will probably be agreeable to them ; but if the question should be put on any intolerant ground of religious views, it will, in his opinion, no doubt give rise to dissatisfaction amongst the Hindoos, while with the Mahomedans it might be attended with positive danger, since the sec- tarian and bigoted spirit is very strong with them. PATNA. * C'oinmissioucr; Collector of Hooghly ; Collector of Twenty-four Pcrgunnalis ; Collector of Jcssore; Mr. Lawrell. h-'l. IJ U 338 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVEPvNMENT OF Comniissionrr of Patna, dated 28 Manhl83f», No. 2,347. |»ATN A. Observes, that in his division Regulation XIX. of 1810 appears to have been a dead letter. No local agents have ever been appointed by Government under section 9, with the exception of the Collector, who is a local agent e.v officio. Excepting in one instance, the numerous endowments Mhich the investigations of resumption officers have brought to light in his division, have never been inter- fered with. The question, therefore, is, whether the now carrying into full effect the provisions of Regulation XIX. would be popular or otherwise. Both mootawullis and the public would be affected by the measure. The former would deprecate any interference calculated to check the misappropria- tion of the assets. With the public, on the other hand, a vigilant control over the trustees ought, the Commissioner thinks, to be popular, as it is for their benefit ; but the benefit being remote, and of a character which does not touch their pockets, they evince an utter indifference to the abuses which exist. Com- missioner thinks that exclusive employment of natives would be objectionable, particularly where the grants are for the support of colleges or other institutions of public utiUty. Deriving no advantage from the exercise of their functions, and their conduct being open to no supervision, they would take httle interest in the affairs of the endowment, and the funds would remain, as hitherto, at the dis- posal of the mootawullis. In the Commissioner's judgment, however, there is no apparent objection to natives being associated with covenanted officers in the duty, and he would therefore suggest that either the moolvee and pundit at each station, or two Sudder Ameens, one a Hindoo and the other a Mahomedan, be ex-officio local agents in conjunction with the Judge and Collector, both of whom should be likewise agents ex officio. Suggests further, that the mootawulli or other trustee in charge of each endowment, should lay before the committee a quarterly or half-yearly account of his collections and disbursements, and that the com- mittee should in every case determine what proportion of the proceeds shall be devoted to the objects of the endowment, and what proportion shall be assigned to the mootawuUis for their maintenance. An annual report on the state of all the endowments under their charge should be submitted by the committee to Government, either direct or through the Commissioner and Board of Revenue. Offici.iting; Collector of Behar, Mr. Ha- milton. States, that as there are no endowments, &:c. in the zillah, he does not feel com- petent to ofler an opinion relative to the popularity of the existing system. Is decidedly averse to entrusting native subjects of the country w ith the powers and duties now exercised by the revenue or other authorities. The duties defined in the XlXth Regulation of 1810 are of a peculiar nature, and much of it would not be understood by natives, who, as far as Collector can understand, would ]>refer their being performed by the local agents, as at present, rather than it should be left exclusively to persons of the religious persuasion who take an interest in or are benefited by endowments, grants, &c. In Collector's humble opinion, the time has not arrived for entrusting any description of funds to natives, without taking from them substantial security against malversation. Acting Collector of Is of Opinion that both Mahomedans and Hindoos would consider it a great Patna, Mr. itadciiffe. \^qq^ \{ x\^Q management and su|)erintendence of endowments were vested in respectable natives ; for, however conciliatory may be the views of the European local agents, their connexion with the religion and customs of the people beiiijj so widely different, they naturally suspect the local agent can be but partially acquainted with the mootawulli's fitness for office, either from knowledge of his learning or sanctity ; submits that where it was practicable, the two Sudder Ameens, if Hindoo and Mahomedan, should be appointed to the office hitherto held as local agents by the Collector and some other officer of the civil, military or medical service. Considers that if the little control now exercised over endowments by the officers of Government were relinquished, great abuses would be practised, and that the greater part, if not all the funds, would be appropriated for the benefit of the modtawuUis and their dependents. States, that as far as he is acquainted with the sentiments of the natives, the interference now exercised by the officers of Government is not, generally speak- iiiK, OPficiatins; Collector of Shahabad, Mr. Gilmore. Mr. Luke. INDIA WITH IDOLATRV, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 339 ing, popular among them. They would, no doubt, prefer that the superintendence was entrusted entirely to themselves. There being no endowments in Sarun of the nature specified in Regulation XIX. of 1810, Mr. Luke is not aware what degree of responsibility rests with the local agents in their interference with them, and consequently cannot offer an opinion on the expediency or otherwise of vesting the natives with the powers of local agents. , Special Deputy ('ol- lector of Beliur, Mr. Ucid. Special Deputy Col- lector of Patnu, Mr. Farciuhurson. S]iccial Deputy Col- lector of Sarun, Mr. Lushingtun. In Mr. Reid's opinion, it would not be expedient at the present time to vest in the native judicial and revenue officers of Government the powers and duties prescribed in Regulation XIX. of 1810. The interference of the local agents is not, as far as Mr. Reid has observed, unpopular with^the people. States his conviction that the contemplated measure would, as regards religious grants specially, be most popular amongst all classes. Whether it would be as generally beneficial to the well-being of endowments, and equally conducive to the end aimed at by the endowers, must depend, in Mr. Farc^uhar- son's opinion, much on the individuals empowered to superintend them. He gives two instances of the abuse of the power. With regard to the expediency of vesting natives with the powers, &c. of Regulation XIX. of 1810, does not consider the parties in charge of the institu- tions to be, generally speaking, possessed of such integrity, uprightness of con- duct as to ensure the full and regular disbursement of the funds, without the establishment of such checks and the exercise of such control as will render it incumbent upon them to execute their trust faithfully. That the present system of management is unpojiular, Mr. Lushington does not see any reason to suppose, so long as the degree of interference on the part of the local agents is so slight, and he has no doubt upon his mind that the natives would infinitely prefer the present system to the transfer of the control of the endowments, exclusively to the persons of the religions persuasion to whom the subordinate management is at present entrusted. Sudder Board of Revenue, Fort William, 17 June 1841. (signed) G. P/oivdai, Officiating Secretary. (True copy.) (signed) Cecil Beadon, Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal. — No. 132.— No. 1. (No. 642. ) Revenue. From C. Bcadon, Esq., Under Secretary to the Governor of Bengal io G. A. Bfishby, Ksq., Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department; dated Fort William, 13 August 1845. Sir, W'vrn reference to your letter. No. 2.30, of the 15th March last, calling for a report on the lands of the Temple of Juggernauth, 1 am directed to forward, for submission to the Supreme Government, copy of a letter from the officiaiing Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, No. 283, dated the 29th ultimo, with enclosures on the subject. I have, &c. (signed) C. Beadon, Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal. (121. u u 2 (No. 283.) 340 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNINIENT OF (No. 283.) No. 2. From G. Plowden, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Miscellaneous to F. J. HalHdity. Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bengal, Revenue Department Department J dated Fort William, 29 Julv 1845. Present : ^ ' J. I'attle, Esq. and J. Lowis, Esij. CJj. I AM desired by the Sudder Board of Revenue to acknowledge the receipt of Government Order, No. 254, dated the 31st March, giving cover to a copy of a despatch from the Ilonourable the Court of Directors, and of a letter from Mr. Secretary Bushby, calling for " a report respecting any land that may formerly have belonged to the Juggernaut Temple, and which may now be made over for the purposes of that temple, in commutation of the present annual allowance of money paid by Government." 2. As precise information on this subject was not to be found in the office of the Sudder Board, a call was made on the Commissioner of Cuttack, requiring, him, after due inquiry, to report upon the subject. His reply, No. 1,01G, dated the 15th May, and its enclosures, accompany this letter, and it is apparent from them, that, with the exception of the Sutais Huzan estate, already made over to the Khoordhar Rajah, there are no lands of which " any record is now extant, or of which any trace is forthcoming, that have been set aside for the use of the temple." 3. Under these circumstances it has occurred to the Commissioner to suggest, that, in order to complete the discontinuance of our interference with the temple, land revenue should be assigned to it, or that estates should be purchased and bestowed upon the temple, calculated to yield a sum in rent equivalent to the amount of the donation. In this recommendation the Board cannot concur. The distinction drawn appears to them quite illusory, and, with reference to the peculiar value set by the natives of the country upon landed endowments, they are of opinion that the proposed plan involves even greater evils than that now in operation. There is, in fact, no argument against the simple payment of a donation in money which does not apply with greater force against a permanent endowment in land, and if it be not just and expedient to pursue the one course, it may be certainly predicated that no case can be made out for adopting the other. 4. When the subject was last in their hands the Board endeavoured (irre- spective of creeds) to discuss tlie simple question of the existence of any pledge on the part of (government to support the temple. It was satisfactorily estab- lished that no pledge was ever given; and the non-existence of any particular pledge, is, the Board remark, fully recognized in the present despatch of the Ilonourable the Court of Directors, where it is stated, that the allowance was coiitiiuied on the assurance held out by Sir Arthur Wellesley and the Governor- general, that the temple and Brahmins should be taken under the protection of the British Government, an assurance which, the Honourable Court most justly remark, was in strict conformity with the principle on which the affairs of their empire in India have uniformly been administered. 5. But the principle here spoken of, the Board desire me most respectfully to observe, is, of course, the sound and enlightened one of entire toleration and eliectual protection for their subjects of all creeds, in the performance of their respective religious rites and duties, and cannot be the principle of giving pecuniary support to any of the religious establishments of the country, because such a principle has never been recognized or acted on by the Government. 6. In the absence therefore of all ])ledge on the part of the Government to continue the donation to this temple, and in the absence of all evidence, showing any necessity, whether of expediency or otherwise, for persisting in a measure satisfactorily shown to be obnoxious to most serious objections, and considered generallv derogatory to the political character of our Government, the Board respectfully and earnestly advise the unreserved abolition in perpetuity of the donation in question. 7. I am INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 341 7. I am further desired by the junior member to submit, on his part, the accompanying copy of his note of this date on Mr. Mills' reply. I have, &c. (signed) G. Pimrdcn, Sudder Board of Revenue. Officiating Secretary. P. S. — Please to return the enclosures when no longer required. (True copy.) (signed) C. Bcadon, Under Secretary to the (lovernment of Bengal. (No. 1,016.) From A. J. M. Mills, Esq., Commissioner of the Cuttack Division, to j^^ 3 G. Ploudcn, Esq., Officiating Secretarv to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Mi3cellancou9 Fort William; dated Pooree, 15 May 1845. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. No. 99, dated 15th ultimo, with its original enclosure (which is herewith returned), calling for a report on the lands of the Temple of Juggernauth. 2. As I was led to believe little or any land that formerly belonged to the temple could be now traced, and as I considered, that in order to complete the discon- tinuance of our interference with the temple, the Government would not object to redeem the donation, by giving other land of equal value belonging to the superintendent of the temple, 1 desired the Collector to open a communication with the Rajah of Khoordah, who is the superintendent of the temple, having for its object the assignment of the revenues of pergunnah Sunbae, the Rajah's ancestral Zemindars, to the support of the temple. A copy of my letter to the Collector, and of that officer's reply, dated respectively the 19th ultimo and 10th instant, 1 have now the honour to submit fur the consideration of the Board. 3. The Board will observe, from the 3d, 4th and 5th paragraph of the Col- lector's report, that, with the exception of the Suttars Hazari estate, there are no lands of which any record is now e.xtant, or of which any trace is forthcoming, that have been set aside for the use of the temple. The Collector states, that he has satisfied himself on this point, having carefully compared the state- ment of lands given in Mr. Gramme's report, dated 1805, and in that of IVIr. Webb's, dated 1807, with the Mouzahwari details of the Suttais Hazari Mahal. 4. It will be iusti-uctive, however, to exhibit, in an abstract view, the precise results of the comparison. 5. The resources of the temple at the time of the British accession are thus classified in Mr. Gra;me's Appendix : Jummah in Cowreet. Jummah in Rupees, at 4 Kawuns per Rupee. Kawuiis. "lull. Z. . ' Ss. As. Item 1.— Eleven Mouzahs - - 47,393 13 - - 11,848 8 Tlie jummah of these mouzahs for 12.50, is stated at Rs. 11,348. 13. 0\. They constitute a portion of the Suttais Hazari Mahal, and with the exception of Kodhar, which is in Mr. Gra?me's Appendix assessed at a jummah of kawuns 20,000, or 5,000 rupees, have been, under orders of Government, restored to the Temple pergunnah. Kodhar was, I find, struck out of the accounts by Mr. Webb, as it was only nominallv appropriated to the expenses of the temple. It appears that Rugujee Busta granted the pergunnah of Kodhar to Jin Ram Doss Mohunt, for the maintenance of a jtrivate bhoge, established by his mother. The estate has since been adjudged liable to assessment, subject to the payment of Rs. 3,4GG. 10. 8. to the Mohunt for the expenses of the said bhoge. Item 2.— Rent-free lands: Jummah, G30 kawuns — 157. J rupees. Those lands form part of the Suttais Hazari estate, and have been restored, as above mentioned, to the temple. (yz I . u u 3 Item 342 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Item 3.--Kunjahs or assiainraents on jiergunnahs in Mogulbundee : Jumma, 68,71 1 kawuns = 17,152 rupees. I am of opinion, that no doubt can now be entertained that all these kunjahs have been brought on the rent-roll of the district. I mentioned in my report, No. 1,943, dated 26th August 1843, regarding the temple and the connexion of Government therewith, that several of them had. according to JVIr. Webb's authority, been incorporated in 1807 with the Mai lands, and that the Board had recommended that the remainder should be similarly dealt with, and there is every reason to believe, though direct proof be wanting, that this scheme was carried out by Mr. Duller, who was deputed to revise the general settlement of the district, and who augmented in a considerable degree, the jummahs of several estates. Be it as it may, the assignments in question ceased to be collected by the temple officers, from the time of Messrs. Grgemes and Webb's ministration. Item 4. — Kunjahs or assignments on the rent-free lands and villages in the Mogulbundee : Jumma, 29,049 kawuns, 15 punns=7,262i^ rupees. These assignments, with two exceptions of trifling amount, have been regu- larly realized, and constitute an item of the Suttais Hazari Mahal ; viz. On account of Tunki - _ - . Rs. 6,502 6 - Kunjah - - - - 444 9 10 Total - - Rs. 6,946 15 10 Item 5. — Resources of the temple under various heads : Kawnns 42,553. 12. 6=10,638 rupees. This item consists of taxes on trades, &c., Mr. Webb has stated, in the 18th paragraph of his report, that the whole of the collections from the sayers and town duties were resumed, with the exception of the collections on the six bhoges, which is a tax paid on the side of " Mahapershad " in the temple. The Dadjika fees, or those for the privilege of displaying cloth on the wheel at the top of the temple, were included, with the excepted tax above mentioned in the receipts of the temple, on which the annual donation was calculated, and •with it are now collected by the Hajah. Item 6. — Kunjahs on certain Killahs, amounting to Kawuns 3, 11 3. 8 = 778 rupees. With the exception of the kunjahs of Killah Duspullah, viz. 240 rupees, included ni the Suttais Hazari Mahal, the other kunjahs, which appertain to the Khoordah estate, have been consolidated with the Mai. Total Receipts, 1,01,509. 14. 1. kawuns = 47,877^ rupees; and upon every "Lai Jatri" 15 annas. 6. In addition to the above funds of the temple, Mr. Graeme forwarded two statements (9 and 10) of lands which were under the charge of the muthdaris, and which he alleged were assigned for the express purpose of defraying the estab- lished expenses of the temple, but the greater portion of the proceeds of which had been misapplied by these holders : it does not appear, however, that the produce of these lands was ever brought into the accounts of the temple, or the grants under which they were lield were other than bo/id fide lakheraj tenures of the " Aniasat Manage " description, or lands given for the use of or performance of certain ceremonies connected with the temple: the titles to hold these lands have been investigated under the Resumption Laws, and some resumed and some confirmed to the holders. 7. It will be seen from the foregoing observations and comparative statements, that there are no lands which may have formerly belonged to the temple that can in any manner be restored to it, while the inconvenience of entrusting the landholder with the payment of the resumed kanjahs, and the vexatious and objectionable nature of the sayer and town taxes render it highly impolitic to revert to the former system of collecting these dues through the temple officers. 8. Touching the commutation of the money allowance now paid by Govern- ment, by the assignment of the revenues of the Rajah's zemindary talooka Delang, pergunnah Lunbae, I regret to state that my own and the Collector's endeavours have failed to obtain the Rajah's consent to the projjosed arrangement. He opposes INDIA \YITII IDOLATRY, OR WITH .MAIIOMETANISM. 343 opposes it, because cf the possibility of his becoming a dependent zemindar, a contingency which might follow his ejection from the superintendence of the temple'for any acts of n'lisfeasance. I do not think that we could, with any dt gree of justice, force such an arrangement on him. 9. The Board will observe, that the Rajah is not indisposed to accept the revenues of other malials, as enumerated in his reply, in lieu of the donation. It will be time enough to consider the feasibility of such a plan, when the principle shall have received the sanction of Ciovernment ; at the same tin\e 1 cannot but state, that the suggestion oHered in the 12th and 13th paragraphs of Mr. G:irretts report, to purchase Kahang or Serain and Chowbecscoodh, from the Ranee Kutyanee. or to exchange the former or the two latter pergunnahs, for Govern- ment possessions of equal value in Noacolly, would be the most politic (as it is the most consonant with the wishes of the Rajah) arrangement, inasmuch as these estates lie all round the temple, and the (iovernment have already consented to repurchase them, for the purpose of conciliating the good-will and promoting the prosperity of the tenantry I have ^c. Office of Commissioner, 19th Division, (signed) J. J. M. Mills, Pouree, 15 May 1845. Commissioner. (signed) W. H. Marlhi. Un** Assistant to Commissioner. Vide coireFpiindciiec, Mr. WilkiiiMin to CotrmissioncT, dated 24 April \t^.h; Coiiimii^siomr to Board, dated 19 A'ny and 22 July 1837; Boaid to Ciovein- nicnt, dattd 1.5 August ll!:)7. (No. 8oo.) From A. J. M. Mills, Fsq. Commissioner of the Cuttack Division, to the Miscellaneous. Collector of Khoordah, Pooree ; dated 19 April 1S45. Sir, With reference to the accompanying original documents received from the Sudder I'oard of Revenue, with an extract. No. 99, from their proceedings of date the i5th April 1845, I have to reque>t you will ascertain and report whether there is any land attached to your coUectorate, and which formerly belonged to the Juggernaut Temple, that can be made over for the purposes of the temple, in commutation of the present annual allowance of money paid by Government. 2. In the Appendix to Mr. Collector Gramme's report on the temple and its resources, dated 1805, you will (ind a list of the lands which formerly belonged to the temple ; but I entertain great doubts whether any of this land is now traceable, and if traceable, whether it can be unobjectionably restored to the temple. 3. As the Rajah of Koordah is superintendent of the temple, as well as pro- prietor of Limbai, it occurs to me that you may possibly be able to make some arrangement with him for the redemption of the allowance now jjaid from the Government treasury, by assigning to the support of the temple the public revenue assessed on that estate, and which amounts to Rs. 33,789. 10. 5 J, the Rajah guaranteeing its appropriation in full, in all years, and under all circum- stances, to the purposes of the tcmi)le. The diflerence between the allowance and the latter might be made good in land, the property of Government, of equal value. 4. It is hanlly necessary to request your most immediate and careful atten- tion to these instructions, as you are sensible of the high importance which is attached to the complete severance of our connexion with the temple. I have, &c. (signed) J. J. M. Mills, Office of Commissioner 19th Division, Conunissioner. 19 April 1845. (No. 169) From R. B. Garrett, Esq. Collector, Pooree, to A. J. M. Mills, Esq. Commis- sioner for the Nineteenth Division, Pooree. Sir, I ii.wE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. No. 800, dated 19th ultimo, calling for a report on the lands forraei'ly belonging to the ti mple JuggernaMth. 2. The Report and Appendix alluded to in your 2d para, not being in this ^- •• u u 4 otlice, iple of 344 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF office, I procured the former from the Collector of Cuttack, and have to thank you for forwarding to me the latter. 3. I have carefully compared the statement of lands appropriated to the use of the temple, furnished by Mr. Gramme in 180a, and that prepared by 'Slv. Webb in 1807, with the Mouzamarree detail of the Suttaees Huzarree Mehal, as it now stands, and am of opinion that no doubt can be entertained of a sufficient identity being established between the tliree statements to satisfy us, that, with the excep- tion of this estate, which has already been made over to the management of tlie Rajah of Khoordah, no lands of which any record is now extant, or of which any trace is forthcoming, have been set aside for the special use of the temple. 4. For facility of reference, 1 beg to annex a list of the lands according to Mr. Gramme's and Mr. Webb's reports, and of the lands which are at present included in the Suttaees Hazaree Mehal. 5. Tlie inquiries I have made from individuals now residing at Pooree, have also failed to elicit any information which might lead us to suppose that the resources of the temple consisted in the produce of other particularniehals, which were exclusively set aside for the service of Juggernauth. 6. As directed in the 3d para, of your letter, I have been in communication with the Rajah of Khoordah, and beg leave to transmit a copy of his reply. 7. You will observe, that he is unwilling to have the public revenue assessed on Sunbaie transferred from Government to the support* of the temple, but enumerates seven other mehals, with which he would prefer to engage for the support of the temple, as its superintendent, as follows : — Name of Mehals. Name of Propiiietou. Government Revenue. Pergunnah Rahang Mouzah Dhunwakerrah Seeraeen Sat Mouzah - T» Pippleynour - - - M' Balleepani . - - K"" Kokloo . - - - M" Beerniokoondpoor - Ranee Katj-annee, wife of Eissenchunder Sing Deo. Bhug-gut Puddhan Radha Sham Doss and Pully Pudhan. Abkus Gocheekur ------ Chowdree Bullundhur Doss - . . - Arrutt Tram Buttachag, and six others Ruggoonauth Hurreechundun - - - - Sindoo Juma, and 34 others . . - - Rs. a. p. 27,200 1 10 S65 6 6h 1,473 3 2 4,510 13 1^ 226 4 sl 5,546 7 4| 598 7 lOj 8. The Rajah's objection in regard to Sunbaie seems to me very unreasonable. Both the proprietorship of this estate, and the office of superintendent of the temple are, barring unforeseen circumstances, which can only be the conse- quence of misconduct on his part, or that of his successors, hereditary : the assignment of the revenue of this mehal, therefore, appears to me in every respect the best arrangement that can be made, and which, therefore, I would propose for your consideration, in the following manner : — Name of Mehal. Name of PRonuETOU. Sudder Jumniah. Limbaie - - . . Hurreekessenpoor . - - M' Beennokoondpoor - Rajah Ramchunder Deo Dekhit Hurreechurn Rajgooroo Mahapatur and otliers. Sindoo Junnah and others . . . - 33,789 10 54 1,405 2 10 598 7 lOi Total - - - 35,793 2i 9. In his reply to my requisition, the Rajah has not, I observe, included Hurreekishenpoor, but the Dewan expressed to me his willingness to receive this estate in part commutation ; and as the proprietors have presented a petition, at the instance, of course, of the Deuan, for the transfer of their estate from the Government rent-roll to the management of the Rajah, for the purposes of the temple, 1 have included it in my recommendation. 10. Should INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OK WITH MAHOMETAN IS.M. 345 10. Should you be of opinion that some overplus should be granted to cover the expenses and risk of collection, the following estate might be substituted for the one last-mentioned above. Name ok Estate. Name of Piiopuif.tor. Sudder Jumnmh. Seeraeen Lat Mouza Abkus Gocheekar --.... I,4-.j 3 2 11. I should have been glad to have been able to consult, in a greater degree, the Hajali's wishes ; but besides their being, as 1 remarked before, verv unreason- able, so many obstacles present themselves to their accomplishment, that it is not easy to suggest any plan that will be consonant with his application, and practicable or convenient to Government. 12. The Rajah evidently wishes that Rahang should form the principal item in the arrangement; but the purchase of this estate, which belongs to llannee Kutyannee, has been often under the consideration of Government, and, from motives of jjolicy, was very stiongly advocated by Mr. Wilkinson ; but the pro- position never seems to have met with any lavour from the jtroprietress, and unless the authorities in Calcutta could, by direct communication, overcome her disinclination to sell, a compliance with the Rajah's request would involve the necessity of transferring the public revenue to him by direct payment Irom the proprietress, her ready acquiescence with which arrangement is very doubtful. 13. Should it be deemed objectionable to give up the public revenue of Limbaie, as proposed above, against the Rajah's consent, and the purchase of l^ahang, or Chowbeescood and Seeracen, from Rannee Katyannee be impracti- cable, it occurs to me, that as she has extensive possessions in Noncolly, she would possibly be very ready to exchange either of these mehals for some estate of equal value in that district, and as there are there a number of khas mehals, the suggestion may perhaj)S be worthy of consideration. The Sudder jummah of the two last named mehals, are — Seeraeen 21,821 14 8f Chowbeescood 13,584 8 2^ 14. Kodhar is the only estate, besides Khoordah, belonging to Government : the new settlement jummah amounts to Co. 's Rs. 6,738. 10. \0h., and if the severance of our connexion with the temple is to be accomplished by the cession of seme estate yielding a less amount of jummah than Limbaee, this meiuil may well be brought into the arrangement. 15. The present donation, in cash, paid from the Government treasury towards the support of the temple, amounts to Co.'s Rs. 35,758. 9. G. I have, &c. (signed) li. B. Garrett, Sudder Division of Zillah Cuttack, Collector. Collector's Office, I'oorce, 10 May 1845. P. S. — The original enclosures of your letter are returned herewith, copies having been kept for record. (signed) R. B. Garrett, Collector. (True copies.) (signed) W. II. Mania, Uncov' Assistant to Couunissioner. 621. X X AN 34(3 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF AN ACCOUNT of the Lands appropriated to the Temple, with the Amount of the respective Resources", likewise the Amount of Annual Demands on Pergunnahs, &c. in Moghulbundee, &c. collected by the Sautees Hazaree Purcheeas, or Shewajee Ungates. NAME of the Rent-Free Lands ami Villages for the use of the Temple. Jummah. Decrease on account of Inundation. Jummah for the Year 1211. Pergunnah Ruhang : Khs. p. g. Khs. p. g. A7i^. p, g. Mouzah Kupelesser . . - - - 11,800 - - 2,885 3 15 8,914 12 5 „ Subunghurrah Soomgra - - - 1,883 12 - 424 15 5 1,458 12 15 „ Batgram ------ 2,768 15 - 1,336 3 - 1,432 12 - „ Beerpertaubpoor Kotebaur 3,859 12 - 1,133 13 - 2,725 15 - „ Ooturkona . - . - - 1,000 - - 150 - - 850 - - „ Alsurrung 1,000 - - - 1,000 - - Pergunnah Daljorah : Mouzah Poorohitpoor - - - - - 481 - - 169 15 8 311 - - Pergunnah Kodhour - . - • - 20,000 - - - 20,000 - - Pergunnah Puchindy: Mouzah Socole -.-.-- 2,500 - - 100 - - 2,400 - - „ Mohoorah . . - - . 1,400 6 - 89 5 - 1,311 1 - Pergunnah Daljorah : Mouzah Lantrapore - . . - - 700 - - . 700 - - 47,393 13 - 6,289 7 18 41,104 5 2 Small Portion of Land : Pergunnah Ruhang ; Beergovindpoor, 26 batty - - . . 200 - - . 200 - - Alpore, 10 batty 46 4 - - 46 4 - Pergunnah Lembei : Mouzah Barbooe,&c. 7. 13. 10. M. 163 12 - . 163 12 - Pergunnah Rahang : Pucheepar, 5 batty . . - - - 120 - - . 120 - - Persrunnah Chowbeescood : Coospore, 4 batty ------ 50 - - . 50 - - Soojapore, 4 batty . - . - - 60 - - - 50 - - 030 - - - 630 - - (signed) (True copy.) (signed) R. B. Garrett, Collector. C. Grame, Collector. STATEMENT, INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 347 STATEMENT, showing the Amount of Receipts of Suttaees Huzaree Mchals, for 1250 Umlee. Land assigned for Endowment of the Temple of Juggernauth, Whole Villages subject to Assessment : Mouza Kuplepurpoor ... ..... „ Batgoan .......... „ Sumgurra -.-.--...- „ Ooturkunna ......... „ Alsurrung ...-.-.-.. „ Kummarpurra ......... Total Portion of Villages subject to Assessment : Mouza Alpoor Gujkur Hurrikissenpoor Mouzu Pucheepaul „ Beerpertabpoor Beergobiudpoor • Bcrboe Koospoor - Soojanpoor - Swanlo Mohoora Sauntrapoor Poorohitpoor 5> » Total - GRAND TOTAL - Jummah for 1250. 4,uG0 1 1,595 5 84-t 8 786 n 391 3 G3 9 8,24-2 1 2 49 4 13 5 40 12 1,193 3 201 9 61 - 12 - 41 G9G 418 - 3C8 - 11 1) 3 4 3 9 9 7 - 9J 3 8 8 6 3, IOC 11 lOi 11,348 13 -I Whole Villages Tunkee, paying a fixed Quit-rent : Mouza Beernursingpoor - Damnioodurpoor Kassee Juggernauthpoor Dhurmsurrapoor - Benna Kerra Total - Portion of Villages Tunkee, paying a fixed Quit-rent : Mouza Noarooali ---.... Pertabpoorsootunipoor ..... Piiitubiaiiiohiiiidcrpoor .... Bulbuddliiirpoor ...... Sirruiiichunderpoor ..... Raieeliuckerdliurpoor ..... Juggernauth Biddecadliurpoor ... Kirpasindoo Huneeclmndunpoor . . - . Kassee Hurreepiirpoor ..-.., Gopccnauthpoor ...... Beerkesserojjoor -..-.., Beerpertabpoor ....... Suiiijajeepoor ....... Gunr 11,275 - - - 1I,,«00 - _ - 8,914 12 5 - 7,034 2 - - 7,690 7 5 2 9,925 7 14 - ,, Batgoan - - - 3,015 - - - 2,768 15 - - 1,432 12 - - 2,705 11 12 2 2,890 - - - 2,058 13 15 - ft Sunigurrah - - - 1,976 12 - - 1,883 12 - - 1,458 12 15 - 2,408 15 - - 2,221 8 - - 2,120 8 - - „ Ontur Kunna 1,000 - - - 1,000 - - - 850 - - - 2,500 - - - 1,494 - - - 980 5 - - „ AIsurruDg - - - 1.000 - - - 1,000 - - _ 1,000 - - - 1,042 10 - - 1,341 - 15 - 708 10 5 - „ Bcerboocc - - - 163 12 - - 163 12 - - 163 12 - - 163 12 - - 163 12 - - 163 12 - - ,» Koospoor and Soojunpoor 175 - - - 100 - - - 100 - - _ 100 - - - 100 - - - 100 - - - „ Swanloe , - - . . 2,400 - - -. 2,179 4 - - 2,621 3 - - 2,621 3 - - ,, Mohora . - - - - - - . - 1,310 11 - _ 1,087 14 - - 1,493 7 10 - 1,493 7 10 - „ Poor.'ihitpoor ... . 311 14 - - 33 12 - - 33 12 - - 56 4 - - „ Saiintrapoor 700 - - - 700 - - - roo - - - 700 - - _ 700 - - - 700 - - - Putna Cheda rhoolloree - 47 4 - - 47 4 - - 47 4 - - 47 4 - - 47 4 - - 47 4 - _ ,, Kamarparrah - - - 420 - - - 420 - - - 420 - - - 420 - - - 420 - - - 420 - - - Total - - - 19,772 12 - - 19,883 11 - - 19,109 - 14 - 20,423 4 12 2 21,166 6 10 2 21,395 11 4 - Whole Villages Tunkee, payiug a tixed Quit-rent : Moiiza Bee rnursinp poor 4,700 - - - 4,700 - - - 4,700 - - - 4,700 - - - 4,700 - - - 4,700 - - - „ ])amoodurpoor 1,00S 12 - - 1,008 12 - - 1,008 12 - - 1,008 12 - - 1,008 12 - - 1,008 12 - - „ Kassee Juggernauthpoor - 690 8 - - 690 8 - - 790 8 - - 790 8 - - 790 8 - - 690 8 - - „ Dhurrurashurrumpoor 243 11 - - 271 4 - - 271 4 - - 271 4 - - 271 4 - - 271 4 - _ „ Baoiah Kerrah, 100 - - - 100 - - - 100 - - - 100 - - - 100 - - - 100 - - _ Total - - - 6,742 15 - - 6,770 8 - - 6,870 8 - - 6,870 8 - - 6,870 8 - - ; 6,770 8 - - Portions of Villages subject to A ssessment : Mouza Alpoor - - - - 46 4 - - 46 4 - - 46 4 - - 59 5 10 - 59 5 10 - 48 1 - - Gujkurhurry Kissunpoor - 50 - - - 50 - - - 50 - - - 50 - - - SO - - - 60 - - - Gujkurka*^sce Juggeraauthpore - 90 8 - - 60 - - - 40 - - - 40 8 - - 37 6 5 - — Mouza Pucbepaul - - - 220 - - - 220 - - - 220 - - _ 220 - - - 220 - - - 220 _ - _ „ Beerpei tauhpoor 4,177 12 - - 3,859 12 - - 2,725 14 8 - 3,028 9 16 - 3,524 4 4 1 3,560 10 16 - „ Beergobintlpoor 200 - - - 200 - - - 200 - - - 200 - - - 200 - - - 276 - - - Total . - - 4,784 8 - - 4,436 - - _ 3,282 2 8- 3,598 7 6- 4,090 15 19 1 4,163 11 16 - Portions of Villages Tunkee, paying a fixed Quit-rent : Alouza Nawa Rowah - - - 25 - - - 26 - - - 25 - - - 25 - - - 25 - - - 25 - - - ,, Pertaubpoor Snttumpoor - 1,554 12 - - 1,554 12 - - 1,554 12 - - 1,554 12 - - 1,554 12 - - 1,554 12 - - „ Pertaub Ramchunderpoor- 200 - _ - 200 - - - 200 - - - 200 - - - 200 - - - 200 - - - „ Bulbudderpoor 275 - - - 275 - - - 275 - - - 275 -. _ - 275 - - - 275 - - - „ Serec Ranu'hunderpcor - 1,328 6 5- 1,328 6 5- 1,328 6 6- 1,328 6 5- 1,328 6 6- 1,328 6 5- „ Roychuckerdurpoor 896 3 - - 896 3 - - 896 3 - - 896 3 - - 896 3 - - 896 3 - - „ Juggernaut Bidiladurpoor- 1,206 3 - - 1,206 3 - - 1,206 3 - - 1,206 3 - - 1,206 3 - - 1,206 3 - - „ Kirpasindhoohuriy Chun-) 365 - - - 365 - - - 365 - - - 365 - - - 366 - - - 365 - - - derpoor - - -t „ Kasseehurryhurpoor 516 6 - - 516 6 - - 516 6 - - 516 C - - 616 6 - - 516 6 - - „ Gopeenautpoor 607 8 - - 607 8 - - 607 8 - - 607 8 - - 607 8 - - 607 8 - - „ Beerhissorepoor 650 _ - - 650 - - - 650 - - - 650 - - - 650 - - - 650 - - _ „ Beerpcrtaubpoor 520 - - - 520 - - - 620 - - - 620 - - - 520 _ - - 520 - - - „ Shomejajepoor 226 - - - 226 - - - 226 - - - 226 - - - 226 - - - 226 - - - „ Ganganarainpoor - 1,725 13 - - 1,725 13 - - 1,725 13 - - 1,725 13 - - 1,725 13 - - 1,726 13 - - „ Shuniinung _ . - 50 - - - 50 - - - 50 - - - 50 - - - 50 - - - 50 - - - „ Chundunpoor - - - 352 6 - - 352 6 - - 352 6 - - 352 6 - - 352 6 - - 352 6 - - „ Maiteepautpoor 400 - - - 400 - - _ 400 - - - 400 - - - 400 - - - 400 - - - „ Chirrareebautpoor - 680 - - - 680 - - - 680 - - - 680 - - - 680 - - - ti80 - - _ „ Aip«or Basioo Patjosee 220 _ _ _ 220 - - - 220 - - - 220 - - - 220 - - - 220 - - - „ BhailjKior Ramperkus Bor- | niuchay - - - ( 225 - - - 75 - - — 76 - - - 75 - - - 73 - - - 75 - - - „ Bheempoor - - - - ... 1,627 _ _ - 1,527 - - - 1,527 - - - 1,527 _ - - „ Hurreepoor - . . 150 - - - 150 - - - 160 - - - 150 - - - Total - - - 12,023 9 5- 11,873 9 5- 13,950 9 5- 13,950 9 5- 13,950 9 5- 13,950 9 5- Khoodurdao Tunkoe — Names of Peisitns and Places charged with Quit-rent for every small portion of Lands : Tulchoo Miihapatur - . - 75 8 - - 75 8 - - 75 8 - - 75 8 - - 75 8 - - 75 8 - - Tickly Jugdaib - . - 67 8 - - 57 8 - - 67 8 - - 57 8 - - 57 8 - - 57 8 - - I-uckmee IMohunpoor 78 12 - - 78 12 - - 78 12 - - 78 12 - - 78 12 - - 78 12 - - Gnonda Pundit ... 17 12 - - 17 12 - - 17 12 - - 17 12 - - 17 12 - - 17 12 - - Pindoke Gocbka 10 2 - - 10 2 - - 10 2 - - 10 2 - - 10 2 - - 10 2 - - Suniboo I'hartee - . - 18 12 - - 18 12 - - 18 12 - - 18 12 - - 18 12 - - 18 12 - - jyiouza GirmapuUec • - - 73 4 10 - 73 4 10 - 73 4 10 - 73 4 10 - 73 4 10 - 73 4 10 - INDIA WITH IDOLATRY. OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 351 Appendix — continued. RzcEiPTS of tlie Temple, exliibiting the Amount of Collection from every source under charge of the Santaishazaree Purcha, during Six Years — coiiliuued. 1209. 1210. 1211 . 1212. 1 213. 1214. Khoodurdan Tunkee, 8tc. — cont<'. Khs. p. g- c. Khs. p. g. c. Khs. p. g. c. Khs. p. g- c- Khs. p. g. c. Khs. p. g- =• Mouia Gowalljimna Poorsuttum ) MiBscr - - - J 12 6 12 6 12 6 12 6 _ 12 6 - - 12 6 _ Sanoo Lunt - - - - 36 - - - 36 - - - 36 - - - 36 - - - 36 _ _ _ 36 - - - Bhoobnee Roy Goorvo 6 4 - - 6 4 _ - 6 4 - - 6 4 - - 6 4 - - 6 4 - - RIoou'.hee Jug Lall - - - 21 G - - 21 6 - _ 21 6 - - 21 6 - - 21 6 - - 21 6 - - Mouia Halleparra Juggernaut Roy 91 11 - - 91 11 _ - 91 11 _ - 91 11 - - 91 11 - - 91 U - - Damo4Mlur JIaintee - - - fi 13 - - 6 13 - - 6 13 - - 6 13 - - 6 13 - - 6 13 - - IMouza Buniraalet' poor 5 7 - - 5 7 - - 5 7 - - 5 7 - - 5 7 - - 5 7 - - Rlohunt Srccrani Doss 142 14 _ - 142 14 _ - 142 14 - _ 142 14 - - 142 14 - - 142 14 - - Mouia Cliundunpoor PotUy Misscr 26 4 _ - 26 4 _ - 20 4 - - 26 4 - - 26 4 - - 26 4 - - Mouza Ootuukunnah - - - 15 - _ .. 15 - _ - 15 - - - 15 - - - 15 - - - 15 - - - Chuckcrbuttee Tunkee 5 10 - - 5 10 _ - 5 10 - - 5 10 - - 5 10 - - 5 10 - - Juggernaut Bullub - - - 90 - - - 45 - _ - 90 - - - 90 - - - 90 - - - 90 - - - Poorsuttum Bullub - - - 50 - - - 50 - - - 50 - - - 60 - - - 50 - - - 50 - - ' Hurret'poor - - - - 5 - - - 5 - - _ 5 - _ - 5 - - - 5 - - - 5 - - - Tunkee Jugbundoo Rowhit - 16 - _ - 16 - - - 16 - - - 16 - - - 16 - - - 16 - - - Mohunt Srcram Doss 170 - _ - 170 - _ _ 170 - _ - 170 - - - 170 - - - 170 - - - Narain Cbottra . - - 105 - - - 105 - _ - — — — Uaybce Doss - - - - 12 8 - - 12 8 - _ 12 8 - - 12 8 - - 12 8 - - 12 8 - - Ganga Mata Mutt Tunkee - 152 8 - - 152 8 - - 152 8 - - 152 8 - - 152 8 - - 152 8 - - Kotebundce Mahapatur 93 - _ - 93 - - _ 93 - - - 93 - - - 93 _ _ - 93 - — - Maun Sing Mahapatur 82 8 - - 82 8 _ - 82 8 - - 82 8 - - 82 8 - - 82 - - - Rogonaut Surrim . - - 100 - _ - 100 - _ _ 100 - - - 100 - - - 100 _ _ - 100 - - - JudJoomoonee Putnaik 125 - _ - 125 - _ _ 125 - - - 125 - - - 125 - - - 125 - - - Sreeniuot Putnaik . - - 100 - _ _ 100 - ^ - 61 4 - - 61 4 - - 61 4 - - 61 4 - - Boadgicr . . - - - - - - 300 - - - 300 - - - 300 - — ~ 300 - - — Total . - - 1,802 13 10 - 1,757 13 10 - 1,959 1 10 - 1,959 1 10 - 1,959 1 10 - 1,959 1 10 - Shavuckan Tunkee — Quit-rents charged on Lands held by Ser\'ants of the Temple : Govind Modee Ruth - . - 6 3 _ _ 6 3 _ _ 6 3 _ _ 6 3 - - 6 3 - - 6 3 - - Tulchoo Mahapatur . - - 75 6 _ - 75 6 _ _ 75 6 - - 75 6 - - 75 6 - - 75 6 - - Juggunnaut I'uttee - - - 9 8 - - 9 8 - - 9 8 - - 9 8 - - 9 8 - - 9 8 - - Dutt Tunkee . . - - 36 - _ - 36 - - - 36 - - - 30 - - - 36 - - - 36 - - - Jeenan Khoontea - - - 12 6 10 - 12 6 10 - 12 6 10 - 12 6 10 - 12 6 10 - 12 6 10 - Dhnnndee Punda - . . 7 8 - _ 7 8 _ - 7 8 _ - 7 8 - - 7 8 - - 7 8 - - Oi>choot Khoontea - - - 12 8 - - 12 8 _ - 12 8 - - 12 8 - - 12 8 - - 12 8 - - rhaup Dliollai . - - - 6 7 10 - 6 7 10 - 6 7 10 - 6 7 10 - C 7 10 - 6 7 10 - ]'atie Tunkee . - - - llO 13 _ _ 110 13 _ „ 110 13 _ _ 110 13 - - 110 13 - - 110 13 - - Dorta Tunkee . - - - 352 15 _ _ 352 15 _ _ 352 15 - _ 352 15 - - 352 15 - - 352 15 - - Bnddni Tunkee 158 4 - - 158 4 - - 158 4 - - 158 4 - - 158 4 - - 15S 4 - - Paik Tunkee . - - - 45 - _ - 45 - _ - 45 - _ - 45 - - - 45 _ _ _ 45 - - - Drib Sing I'antgosec - - - 803 - - - 803 - - - 803 - - - 803 - - - 803 - - - 803 - - - Total - - - 1,635 15 - - 1,635 15 - - 1,635 15 - - 1,635 15 - - 1,635 15 - - 1,635 15 - - (True copy.) (signed) li. B. Garrett, Collector. (signed) G. Webb, Collector. (True copies. ) (signed) C. Beadon, Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal. Note upon Mr. Commissioner Mills' Letter, dated the 15th May, proposing to substitute an Endowment in Land for the Money Allowance now made to Juggernaut. This report of Mr. Commissioner Mills, respecting any land "that may for- merly have belonged to the Juggernaut Temple, &c. &c.," appears to me to make some further remarks on the general question ("much ve.xed though it has been) necessary. The Sudder Board, in their letter to the Bengal Government, dated tlie 27th October 1843, No. 350, examined the correctness of tlic statement wliich had been made regarding the existence of a pledge on the ]>art of Ciovenuiicat to con- tinue the allowance for the support of the temple at Juggeriiat; and it is exceed- ingly gratifying to find that the Honourable the Court of Directors has approved the view we then took, and determined tliat beyond the general promise ot pro- tection given in conformity with the principles on which tlieir empire in India has uniformly been administered, no distinct and unconditional pledge to su])port this temple exists. 621. X X 4 It No. 4. 352 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF It may be urged, however, that neither the Sudder Board, nor the Government, nor the Honourable Court, is fit to judtje on this point, all being interested parties, or it may be said, that a Government dealing with its subjects should not, like a debtor of doubtful honesty, take advantage of a mere technical flaw in the execu- tion of an agreement under Mhich payment for above 40 years has been regularly made In fact, it has been said that (pledge or no pledge) to stop the allowance now would be to cheat the Hindoo community ; for the pledge, according to Lord Auckland, as quoted by Mr. Mills, " was not to the individual priests, but to the Hindoo public." Happily these objections have been already obviated by the prompt liberality of the Government. "Jlie tax upon pilgrims to Juggernat has been abolished. The Government have cleared the way for dealing with the subject, by bestowing upon the Hindoo community a money boon of much larger amount than the allowance which it is proposed to stop; a glance at figures will show this. Gross, p, Ntt . Collections. I'lafges- Receipts. Thc gross rcccipts ou accouut of Jugg-cmaut, the 18.37-38 - . 991856 - - 73^5 - - IJi/TGo chargcs and tlic net surplus for the last tlirce ycars of the 1838-39 . . i,7(>,25i> - - 69',<)98 - - 1,08,257 tax, ai'c noted ou the margin. 1839-10 - . 90,311 - - 68,212 - - 28,099 ^ The averages of the three years are, —collections 1,24,141 ; charges 69,102; and net gain to Government 54,372. Supposing the same sum still to find its way to the priests in the form of voluntary donations as has heretofore been paid by the Government, this last sum of 54,372 per annum is the amount of the boon already bestowed by Government upon the Hindoo public. Besides the Suttais Hazari rents (already made over) and the cost of collecting, there were in round numbers about 90,000 rupees net collections, of which the priests got 36,000, and the Government 54,000. The Government have rehnquished the whole, and have made it lawful for the priests to collect what the people chose to give them. There is no doubt that their receipts under this permission are very large, probably much larger than they were before, yet in the face of this it is contended that the former allowance of 36,000 rupees must still be paid in full tale by the Government to the priests. The claim, in juxta-position with tlie facts and figures, requires no comments. Had the allowance been at once stopped, or if it be now put an end to, the gratitude of the Hindoo public will still be due to the Government for great and considerate liberahtv- It is only necessary to point out further in connexion with this branch of the subject, that the kunjahs and other items of income enumerated by Mr. Mills as formerly enjoyed by the priests, have for a long series of years been represented by the aforesaid sum of 36,000 rupees, already accounted for, as we have seen to the Hindoo pubhc, two and a half times over; viz. by 90,000 rupees. The assurance given to the Mahratta Vakeels, by Sir ArthurWellesley and the Government, at the time of the conquest of the jjrovince, was that of absolute protection for the temple and priests, an assurance, as the Honourable Court have justly observed, in strict conformity with the principles on which the affairs of their empire in India have uniformly been administered. The princijile here spoken of is an upright and sound one. It is a just cause of boast that the Government of this vast empire recognized it so early, and have adhered to it with such consistent uniformity ; but the principle so recognized and adhered to and boasted of, is that of tolerance and protection of all creeds, and not the prin- ciple of making payments from the Government treasury for the support of par- ticular religious institutions- This has all along been felt to be true in this par- ticular case, and it is this which made the postulate of a pledge so necessary. The payment of the Juggernauth allowance was known to be contrary to uniform principle and general rule, and the reason set up for the exception was tiic spe- cial and particular pledge said to have been given to the priests by the Govern- ment. It is now proved that no such pledge was ever given; there is therefore no reason for the exception, and the only question which renicdns is, whether the unprincipled exception is to continue without a reason. It is possible to conceive a case in which a negative answer to an abstract question of this sort would be wrong. It has been justly observed, that an economist may demonstrate a principle of his science to be correct, which a statesman mit:ht yet have valid reasons for not applying ; and so cases, cognate to this under discussion, do sometimes occur of so anomalous a nature, as to be beyond the roach of principle or piecedent. But this case does not belong to such a class ; on the contrary, it falls into the opposite category, and many of the reasons which made it right for the Government to infringe the strict principle INDIA WITH IDOLATRY. OR WITH MAHOMETAN ISM. 353 princijile of toleration in the case of Suttee, make it right to recede, at any rate, to the hint of the principle (only to tolerate that is, and not to encourage) in the ca?e of Juggernat. The several evils entailed upon the community hy this institution have been often detailed, are not denied, and need not to be d^\ clt upon here ; but it might be well to consider what an observant traveller vould probably predicate, even of a Hindoo sovereign, who, in the middle of the nineteenth century, was so far behind the intelligence of the age as to give gratuitous encouragement to such a svstem as is organized at Juggernaut. Such an one might dig tanks and build temples, feed mendicants and bestow land upon Brahmins, but, observing the vast interruption to the labour of the community, the w^aste of money, the disruption of family ties, the immorality and the misery, disease and death annually entailed upon multitudes by the pilgrimages, he would refrain from encouraging Juggernaut, or even as a Hindoo, might run the risk of being fairly condemned as an ignorant and superstitious bigot. This condemnation, of course, does not apply to those of my brethren who advocate the continuance of the allowance (as all have done), on the ground that there was some })ledge, expressed or implied, or some undefinable under- standing between the Government and the llindoo community, which would cause a stoppage of the allowance to savour of dishonesty. But as it has been said of a learned historian, that he had the affection of spelling better than other people, .*o it may surely be said of the Indian Govern- ment and its servants, that they have the affection of being honester than other people in cases of this particular description ; and for this respectable peculiarity 1 would make full allowance. The excessive punctiliousness, however, to which I refer, may be fairly held to have been fully satisfied by the relinquishment, in favour of the Hindoo community, of the tax on pilgrims, including 30,000 rujjees paid to the priests, and .34,000 rupees net revenue ; and if the Government be not pledged to support, by any special countenance, this particular temple, and it be clearly contrary to the sound principle uniformly acted on in the admini.stration of the empire to give such countenance, then it surely behoves the Government to look at the question in another light, and to determine "whether, in continuing the allowance to Juggernaut, they are (irrespective of creeds; fulfilling or betraying their duty to their subjects. It remains for me to notice Mr. Commissioner Mills' report. He states, that, with the exception of the Suttais Hazari estate, there are no lands of which any record is now extant, or of which any trace is Ibrthcoming, that have been set aside for the use of the temple. And this, as it appears to me, is a full answer to the question asked by the Honourable Court ; but INIr. Mills has annexed to his reply a proposal, that, in order to complete the discontinuance of our inter- ference with the temple, the Government should redeem the donation by giving it other lands of equal value. iSuch an arrangement was not, I think, contemplated by the Honourable Court, and is open to still stronger objection than the continuance of the simple money allowance as now made. Our present interfeience with the temple is circumscribed to this one point ; •we pay annually to the superintendent 30,000 rupees : according to the Commis- sioner, we shall be held not to interfere, if we present to the superintendent an estate yielding the same annual income for the support of the temple. The fallacy of this is obvious. If support implies interference, the one sort of support does so as much as the other. In that respect there is not the slightest difference, but in the quality of the support itself there is the greatest difference ; and that which it is now sought to substitute is mcomparably more stable and more honourable than that which has been heretofore bestowed. In all countries an endowment in land is held, and with good reason, to be better than a dole in money ; and in India the preference is notoriously strong; the attachment of the peojile to their lands is proverbial. The possession of it confers the greatest distinction, and the bestowal of it by far the highest and most honourable boon that can be conferred by the Government, cither upon a community or an individual. Any argument, therefore, against a grant ot money applies with greater force against an endowment of land ; and by making such an endowment at this time, the Government would stand committed as approving, and become idcntitied with the spirit of the institution in a manner altogether new. Another class of reasons might be brought to bear against the 621. Y Y change. 'O^ 354 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF change, which have not yet been touched upon in this discussion, but which need not be detailed to meet the mere suggestion of the Commissioner. A reason does exist in favour of an endowment, but if. is not one which would weigh with Mt. Commissioner Mills, and probably did not occur to him. There are those who think it just, and therefore right to go on with this allowance to Juggernat, and who would go on accordingly. There are those who find no justice in the claim, who think it wrong to go on, and who would there- fore stop the allowance ; but there is a third class who ostensibly a"-ree in ripinion with the latter, yet would act with the former of these, provided the circumstances of the transaction could be kept out of sight. Christian in pro- fession, they would, to conciliate the Hindoo, present their oblation at the shrine of the idol, could they secure themseh^es against the execration of their fellow Christicins ; and for these last there is this in favour of an endowment in land, that although the interference would not be less, it would be less apparent. The Iluidoo would continue to point for ages (it may be) with increasing exul- tation, to the lands with which, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the supreme ruling authority had endowed the temple of his idol ; but men at a distance would lose the distinction between the old Hindoo and the modern Christian or quasi Christian endowment ; and the subject would attract less notice and excite less discussion. The value of such a consideration I am not called upon to appraise. (signed) /. Louis. Sudder Board of Revenue, Fort William, 29 July 1845. (True copy.) (signed) G. Plouden, Officiating Secretary, (True copy.) (signed) C. Beadon, Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal. — No. 133.— (No. 638.) No. 5. From G. A. Bushhy, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, to C. Beadon, Esq., Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal ; dated 6 September 1845. Sir, I AM directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. 642, dated the 13th ultimo, and its enclosures, respecting the proposed commutation of the money allowance at present made to the temple of Juggernauth into a grant of land. The Governor-general in Council having duly considered the Sudder Board's and Mr. Commissioner Mills' reports on the subject, together Mitli Mr. Lowis' note on the latter, desires me to communicate the following observations, and to sug-gest to the Right honourable the Governor of Bengal the expediency of effecting a settlement upon the under-mentioned basis : The Honourable the Court of Directors, in their despatch noted on the Legislative, Xo. 2.J margin (communicated to you under date the 15th March last), have suggested, dated la Dec. laii'. that any lands yielding an annual produce equal to the present money payment, viz. Rs.35,75S. 9. 6. per annum, which may formerly have belonged to the temple, should be re-transferred to it. Mr. JNlills' report shows that, although there were tbrmerly assignments of the revenue of certain lands appropriated to the temple, there were no other parti- cular mehals exclusively set aside tor the support of the temple besides the Suttais Hazaree estate, which has already been restored to it. It appears, also, that there would be considerable difficulty in acting on the Commissioner of Cuttack's proposition of purchasing lands yielding produce equal to those assignments, for the purpose of making them over to the temple. Under these circumstances, it occurs to the Governor-general in Council, that the most reasonable course will be to place the endowments of the temple, as nearly as possible, on the same footing as we found them on tlie acquisition o£ INDIA ^\ ITII IDOLATRY. OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 355 of the province, and to discontinue the payment of any sum in excess of the fundi a? then existing. Mr. Mills" communication uill be found to assist greatly in efTecting this adjustment. It gives the sources of the temple funds as they existed in 1805, from ^Ir. Grame's Report, and shows to what extent they have already been restored to the temple, and what are still withheld from it will be the difi'er- ence ; viz. — I Due to the Temple. 1. Eleven Muuzalis; Jumma, 11,848 rupees, already re-transfei red toll T~ the Temple in the Suttaees Huzaree Melial - - - - J 2. Rent 1.1 certain lands, 157 rupees - ditto - - ditto 3. Kuiijahs (>!• assiiinments on certain pergunnahs in the iMogulbundee -A these have been biought on the Government rent-roll since 1807,' 17,1" about ._-------- -J 4. Kunjahfi on rent-bee lands in the Mogulbundee - - Ms. 7,276 ■ ■ ■ " " ■ ■ - - „ 0,946 Wade over in the f^uttaees Huzaree Mehal Taxes on trades, kc, poll-tax, customs, duties, intestate property, ficc. 10,638 rupees. All these were resumed on the abolition of the sayer, except- ing six bhoges, which consisted of the sale proceeds of food placed before the idol, called Moliapersliadh and Dhuja Pandika; viz. presents, and fees on presenting presents. The recei])ts from the sale of ]Molia])ershadh are now- credited to the temple ; hut information is wantini;' in respect to the Dluija Pandika ; the sale of Mohapersliadh averaged 4,04.3 rupees for some years before the abolition ofthe'tax .--."--- i?s. lo,638 4,043 6. Kunjahs on certain Killahs ------ Made over in Suttaees Huzaree - - - - - 7. Fee of 15 annas on each Lall Jattree : of this presently. Total - Bs. 778 - 240 Rs. 330 6,595 538 24,(;40* According to this account, supposing the present money-payment discontinued, the British Government should still have to make good to the temple annually 24,(J4() rupees, in lieu of saver abolished and assignments on the revenue which have long since been appropriated by the State. But there are other considerations. From time inmiemorial the priests were entitled to certain fees from the i)ilgrims. In order co simplify matters, and to l)revent annoyance to the pilgrims, I'rom a variety of collections, the Government determined that the fees of the ordinary priests should be collected in the pilgrim tax ; the head priests (the purharees and pundahs) being still allowed to make their own collections. It is impossible to ascertain, therefore, what was the amount of the fees of the inferior priests, as they were incorporated in the ])ilgrim tax ; but as respects those of the head priests, for some cause or other they fell afterwards to be collected by the Government officers, but they were brought to account distinct from the tax. For several years before the abolition of the tax, these fees averaged 3,040 rupees annually. Of the Dhuja Pandika, already adverted to, no entry can be traced in the Government accounts of late years. The priests were bound to bring these fees and offerings, consisting of cash, bullion and jewels, into the Government trea- sury, but being collected within the temple, and not susceptible of any check, no doubt the priests appropriated the greatest part to themselves. The amount credited under this head in 1212 Willaity, was l,fiG9 Sicca rupees. The collection of fees was prohibited by Act X. of 1840. 'Ihese fees were the perquisites of the priests from time immemorial ; and the Governor-general in Council proposes to take the earliest fitting occasion to repeal this prohibition ; for • 'I'liis amount is ."".» nippcs in excess ot ll:iit pivcn in Mr. Mills' Kr|)ort. The cxiis.s is in items No;'. .'I luid 4. und ariscb from a slight ilifliifnie in Mr. Mills' iirr^tnt cuuvcniou of (.owrt'e? into rui'cts, tomiiurcil villi Mr. Ursciiie's calculation, which luttcr has been adopted. 62?. Y Y 2 356 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF for there cannot be the slightest doubt but that the priests will continue to collect them, though perhaps under a different name. Supposing, then, the prohibition repealed, the 7th head of the emoluments of the temple will be accounted for ; viz. " 15 annas on each Lall Jattree ;" and the Government will then be in a position to make a deduction from the annual sum shown above to be due to the temple ; viz. 24,640 rupees, as thus — Amount due ....-- — - 24,640 rupees. Deduct Dhuja Pandika last credit known,-, ^ , ,. , ^ Sicca rupees l,uOU . . - -j Balance due Rs. 22, SGO When it is further considered that the annual amount of the pilgrim tax on an average of the last eleven years of its collection w'as 95,389 rupees (including, however, the minor priests' fees), and that it may reasonably be supposed that the whole or nearly the whole of this will henceforward be collected by the priests, the Governor-general in Council thinks there will be little reason for complaint of the withdrawal of the present payment, Rs. 35,758. 9. 6. and the substitution for it of 22,860 rupees, or thereabouts, as a restoration of the former funds of the temple. Tlie Right honourable the Governor of Bengal will accordingly be pleased to issue the necessary instructions to the Sudder Board of Revenue, for the purpose of effecting an adjustment on the principles above described, and to report the result for communication to the Honourable the Court of Directors. Council Chamber, 6 September 1845. I have, &c. (signed) G. A. Bushhy, Secretary to the Government of India. Revenue. —No. 134.— (No. 1,023.) From the Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal to G. A. Bushhf, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department ; dated Fort William, 10 December 1845. Sir, With reference to your letter. No. (138, dated 6th September last, respecting- the funds of the temple of Juggernauth I am directed by the Honourable the Deputy-governor of Bengal to forward, for submission to the Supreme Govern- ment, the accompanying copy of a letter, No. 425, from the Officiating Secre- tary Sudder Board of Revenue, dated the 25th ultimo, with enclosures, on the subject. I have, &;c. (signed) C. Beadon, Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. jMiscellancous Dopartmint. Presfiit : J. Lnwis, Esq. .and E. M. Gordon, Est;. (No. 4^^5.) From the Officiating Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, to F.J. Kalliday, Esq., Secretarv to the Government of Bengal, Revenue Department ; dated Fort William, 25 November 1845. Sir, With reference to Under-Secretary ^Ir. Beadon's letter, No. 796, of the 17th September last, enclosing a copy of a communication from the Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the Home Department, containing instructions for the adjustment of the annual money allowance payable by the State to the temple of Juggernath, I am directed, by the Sudder Board of Revenue, to sub- mit herewith, as requested by him, a letter (No. 2,386, dated 10th ultimo) and ilb enclosure, from the Commissioner of the Cutlack division, proposing alter- ations r,.iv2 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 357 ations in two of the items of adjustment, viz. tliose respectively on account of Maliapershad and Dliujja Pundika. 2. In lieu of the amounts noted on the margin aggregating 5,823 rujiees, Mahaporshaud - Rs. 4.o-».t the Commissioner, in concurrence with the Collector, would deduct Dhujj& Pundika - i^rio Rs. o,3G2. 5. 7 v., which includes on account of Dhujja Pundika Rs. GG7. 12.3^., on account of Mahapershad and certain extra receipts of the temple Ks. 4,094. 9. 4. 3. The aggregate of the deduction proposed by the Commissioner, being thus less by Rs. 4G0. 10. 4h. than the amount allowed by the Government, tliat dif- ference has to be added to the revised compensation of 22,860 rupees obtained by the Government calculation, by which the amount is raised in I'ound num- bers to 23,321 rupees. I have, Sec. Sadder Board of Revenue. (signed) G. Ploivdcii, Officiating Secretary. P. S. — Please return the enclosure. (No. 2,38G.) From the Commissioner of the Cuttack Division to the Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Fort William ; dated 10 November 184'). Sir, I HAVE the honour of acknowledging the receipt of your letter. No. 2G0, dated 10th ultimo, with its enclosures, regarding the Government donation to the temple of Juggernath. 2. Before proceeding to adjust the allowance upon the principles prescribed in the orders of the Supreme Government dated 6th September last, I deem it mv duty to submit for the consideration of the Governor-general in Council, the accompanying copy of a letter from the Collector of the Southern Division of Cuttack, and the following observations thereon. 3. It is the desire of the Governor-general in Council to place the endow- ments of the temple as nearly as possible on the same footing as we found them on the acquisition of the country; and, with this view, it is proposed to re-adjust the donation fixed by the orders of the Governor-general in Council, dated 19th of January \xOH, on the basis of ]Mr. Collector Gramme's statement of the sources of the temple as they existed in 1805. 4. According to the account thus calculated, the donation v.ill be reduced to 22,8G0 rupees ; but, for the reasons stated by Mr. Collector Garrett, exception may, I think with justice, be taken to the item of 1,780 Co.'s rs., stated to be the last credit known on account of Dhujja Pundika. 5. On reference to ^Ir. Webb's report of the 19tli December 1807, it will be seen that the receipts on account of this item for six years averaged Rs. L995. 5. 2i,. and the receipts of 1212 amounted to Rs. 1,G98. 1. 2. G. The receipts for the Mahapersaud, which arc stated at 4,043 rupees, are taken, I imagine, from the statement which accompanied my letter dated 15th Juno 1839, No. 1GG8: this statement showed an average of five years' extra receipts of the tem])le, and exclusive of 3,040 rupees (of which presently) amounted to Us. 5,3(j2. 5. 7^. The item of Dhujja Pandika is herein stated at Rs. GG7. 12. 3.J. It would therefore, I submit, be a fairer calculation, and, as remarked by Mr. Garrett, be more consistent with the present state of things and the practice of the present day, to treat both items alike, and to adjust them on the same basis ; this will reduce the amount due to the tcni])lc to 23,973 rupees ; but .Mr. Coliecior Garrett would go further, and deduct, as originally proposed by Mr. Wilkinson, the entire amount of extra receipts of the temple, amounting- as, above stated, to Rs. 5,302. 5. 7{., thus reducing the donation to Rs. 23,320. 15. 11. 7. My reasons for excluding the above receipts from the assets of the temple, are recorded in my letter above (pioted : I remarked that it would be neither a politic nor a liberal act to make the said deduction, while it would at tiie same time be deriving j^ain from a most questionable source ; but if two of the items, viz. the Mhapersand and Dhujja Pandika be now considered an available and legitimate asset of the temple, I certainly see no reason why the whole should not come under the same category. 621. Y V •? 8. The 3.5S PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 8. The 7th head of the sources of the temple is stated to have been a fee of 15 annas on each " LallJattree," and it is supposed, by repeahng the prohibition to collect the fees, that •' this head of the emoluments of the temple will be accounted for;" but this is altogether an erroneous impression. The 3,040 rupees which are imagined to have been the average amount of the jjurharrees' fees for several vears previous to the aboUtion of the tax, was, in fact, the amount of tribute paid "to the Government by the purharrees for the privilege of exer- cising their calling, and in consideration of their being allowed to levy from the pilditms a higher rate of fees than the pundahs, which was duly carried to the credit of the rulins power, both during the Maharatta rule and our administra- tion. The pundahand purharree fees are the perquisites of the persons who collect them, and it is an error to suppose that the collections made by these persons so towards the maintenance of the temple ; these fees have, as stated by the Collector, no connexion with the temple, nor does the temple derive any advantage therefrom. 9. The rights of the purharrees and pundahs are fully detailed and discussed in the following paragraphs, extracted from my report regarding the withdrawal of the interference of Government with the temple concerns, and the abolition of the pilgrim tax. No. 1,304, dated 11th i\lay 1839. "Para. 33. These servants, or, as they are more appropriately called, these pilgrim-hunters, petitioned the Board to be heard in the matter of the abolition of "the pilgrim tux, who, by their letter No. 272, of the 11 th September last, directed my predecessor to inquire what rank they held, what duties they per- formed in the temple, and whether they had any title to be heard. " Para. 34. My predecessor, in submitting the Acting Collector's report on their claims and interests, remarked (his opiiiiou being, of course, formed from what the Acting Collector had said), ' that the purharrees, by a decree of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut are entitled to a portion of the tax allowed by Government to the servants of the temple ; their interests will suffer by the abolition of the tax, consequently they are entitled to a hearing.' " Para. 35. Mr. Ewart has gone into the question at much length, and, I think, has satisfactorily shown that they are not entitled to any portion of the tax. " Para. 3(). The purharrees are the guardians of the temple ; the pundahs exclusively perform the ceremonies of the bhog ; they both send out emissaries, who traverse the whole of India in search of pilgrims ; while actually employed on duty in the temple (each takes his duty in rotation), they are allowed a small quantity of holy food per diem : the Collector estimates the number of purhar- rees at "about 400, and of pundahs at 2,000. "Para. 37. ' The purharrees have always,' says Mr. Ewart, ' been remunerated bv an equal division of the whole amount of fees, after deduction for expenses of purification, or other liabihties common to all, out of these fees; they paid 11,400 kawans of cowrees as a rent or tribute. The pundahs have always derived their remuneration in proportion to the number of pilgrims that have enrolled themselves under the guidance of each.' " Para. 3^. ;Mr. Blunt, in his letter to the Secretary to Government in the Territorial Department, dated 1st February 1821, remarks as follows :— ' It appears from the correspondence and documents herewith submitted, that under the Maharatta Government in this province, the purharrees were subjected to the pay- ment annually to the State of the sum of 11,400 kawans of cowrees, in con- sideration of which they were allowed to levy from the pilgrims a higher rate of fee than the pundahs,"who. being servants of the temple, were exempted from any similar demand.' "Para. 39. During the years 1803, 1804, 1805, even up to the year 18()(j, the pundahs and purharrees collected themselves their fees, but, on the promulgation of Regulation IV. of 180(i, the fees were fixed by law to secure the pilgrims from ill treatment, at the rates noted below.* " Para. 40^ • These rates were fixed by the Collector; but t'.iey uever were eoiitinned by the Board of Revenue or Ooveruiutnt, as required by law. Pundiihs Fees. Purliarrecs Fees. For each Lull Jattree - - - one rupee. At tlie Rutt Jattra - one rupee eyh'. anais At all other occasion) two rupees. For each Burrunir, &c. - - two annas four annas. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OV. WITH MAHOMETANISM. 3.59 "Para. -40. ' Provided, however,' says the Regulation, ' that this rule shall not be considered applicable to officers denominated pnrharrees and pundahs, who shall be entitled to receive, in conformity to established usacje, a fee from the pilgrims, according to a table of rates, which shall be kept fixed at the temple of Juggernath, in places adjacent to the temple, for general information.' "Para. 41. Regulation IV. of 1S09 repealed the above law, and in the enact- The Boai-d oxfress- ment of Regidatiou 1\'. of lb09, mention of the pundahs' and purliarrees' fees Ir ^Y"'"™f,"'''','" .-, was wholly omitted. They levied their fees, however, according- to the Col- September ii!()(;,tliTit lector's rates, but the privilege being abused, it was resolved by the IJoard of •''.<" rro^i^ioiis con- Revenue in iSdG, in consequence, says Mr. Blunt, of the disputes which had .-it'Jjrot'Resu^atiou' long existed between the pundahs and jjurharrees in the collection of their respec- iv.ofioon^iiould tive fees, rendering the interference of Ciovernment necessary both for the pro- '''' ''^^'^'"'l^''- tection of the pilgrims from the harassing and excessive exactions of these persons, and for the prevention of the disturbance, that the Collector should levy, beside the tax for the State, an additional one on account of these officers' fees. " Para. 42. The fees have been levied as follows : — From Lall Jattrees, 10 ru- pees tax, 3 rupees fees ; from Bhurrungs, 2 rupees tax, annas fees. These fees have been credited in the accounts of the Tax r)ffice in their favour, and dis- tributed to them according to their respective shares, at the close of everv Ruth .Tattra, the purbarrees accounting for the dues for purification, &c., and the Government demand of .3,040 rupees, which demand it was resolved to enforce from the time the fees were collected by the officers of Government. — [Vide Government Order, dated IGth February 1821.] " Para. 4.3. The decree of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut is grounded on the notice issued by the Collector, in conformity to section 6, Regulation IV., of 1806, and settles the relative proportion of the fees to be received by purharrees and pundahs resjiectively ; it only confirms the right conveyed to them by the publi- cation aljove mentioned. The Regulation, too, was not in force when the decree was passed, and Mr. Blunt, in issuing instructions to the Collector on the subject of these fees, says, ' I consider the decree of no force or validity, with refer- ence to the rights of the parties respectively, beyond the date up to which those claims were decided, namely, the 2vSth March 1814.' " Para. 44. The pundahs desire that they may be allowed to collect their fees themselves ; the purharrees contend that Government is bound to collect theirs. Government having remitted the premium of .3,040 rupees, paid by the purharrees, they are certainly in no way bound to interfere in the realization of their perquisites. " Para. 45. The questions for determination are —shall it be publicly declared that they are entitled to receive their fees, and shall, in consideration for the pilgrims, the rates, according to which they are entitled to collect, be notified for general information. " Para. 4G. Mr. Ewart would leave their remuneration to the liberality of the pilgrims. I would go further; I would add this to the rules, or perhaps it would be better to add it to the Act it.self. — ' It is hereby enacted, that all duties, fees or gratuities at the gate of the temple, or other places, demanded lor the benefit of individuals, are strictly prohibited. This restriction shall not, however, be construed to preclude the ])urharrees and jiundahs, and other officers of the temple, from receiving presents or gifts, the same being voluntarily made.' " Para. 47. This declaration would make the abolition of the tax a popular measure, popular it will be to all but the ])undahs and jiurharrees, and they are the last whose interest should be consulted ; they are, I believe, as detested by the pilgrims, as is tlieir traffic odious to us. "Para. 48. The purharrees' right to levy fees is abrogated by the remission of the tribute they paid to the Government ; the jiundahs will be content with tlicii- own gains, and so will, in the end, the imrharrees ; the fee is but a very tritling })ortion of the i)ligrim's expense; for, to use the words in Harrington's Analysis, ' he is fleeced by the pundahs, not only of all the money he brings with him, but of promissory notes for future payments. Indeed, it is a wcll- O2 I . Y Y 4 known 36o PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF knoAvn fact, that pilgrims are in the habit of burying outside of the town, or leaving in the hands of shopkeepers on the road, enough to take them home, so well do they know that these extortioners will turn them out of the town, naked and pennyless.'" Para. 9. Under the above circumstances, I would respectfully but earnestly deprecate the repeal of the prohibition contained in Act X. of 1840. There is no doubt the priests still collect these fees ; but what is now given, is volun- tarily given. To legalize the collection of fees will open the door to extortion and oppression to such a degree as to call for, as it before has done, the interference of Government."' 10. It will be seen from the 3d and 4tli paragraphs of the Collector's letter, that no satisfactory information can be obtained regarding the collection of "15 annas fees on each Lall Jattree," and that verbally afforded by the Rajah's Dewan is vague and altogether insufficient. The Collector suspects the authen- ticitv of the entry, and observes, in addition to the fact that Mr. Grteme himself did not notice it in his report, that the general cess in question has never been levied, and " is altogether omitted in Mr. AYcbb's report, containing a detailed specification of every particular item of income during a period of six years; viz., two before the conquest, and four after that event." 11. It is stated in the concluding paragraph of Mr. Under Secretary Melville's letter, No. 638, dated Gth September last, " that the annual amount of the pilgrim tax, on an average of the last 1 1 years, was 95,389 rupees, including the minor priests' fees, and it may be reasonably supposed, that the whole, or nearly the whole of this will be henceforward collected by the priests." I am not aware •whether the purharrces' and pundahs' fees, which were collected by Government, and varied in amount from 18,000 to 25,000 rupees per annum, are, or are not included in this amount; probably they are not included ; but there is no reason to believe that the superintendent of the temple collects any portion of the tax, or receives any fees or offerings, beyond those which are presented to him by rich pilgrims, on account of Dhujja Paudika, or for the privilege of performing certain ceremonies connected with the temple in a private manner ; these, including, salamees paid by the tcm])le officers, and the extra receipts on account of INIahaparshaud, &c., above mentioned, may, I am informed, amount to 7,000 or 8,000 rupees per annum, 12. Tlic superintendent of the temple has no interests in common with the purharrees and jiundalis ; their interests conflict with each other, and that of the superintendent with both. I have, &c. (signed) J. J. M. Mills, Commissioner. Office of Commissioner, 19th Division, 10 November 1845. (No. 371.1 From 11. B. Garrett, Esq., Collector, Southern Division of Zdlah Cuttack,. to A. J. M. Milk, Esq., Commissioner of the Fourteenth Division, Cuttack; dated 7 November 1845. Sir I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. 2,292, dated" 25 ultimo, with its enclosures, regarding the Government donation to the temple of Juggeniath, and with reference to the instructions contained in your communi- cation, I beg leave to state as follows : 2. 5th Head, " Dliurja Pandika." The Government have stated in their letter of the 6th September, No. 638, that the receipts under this head, on account of 1212 " the last credit known," amounted to 1,669 Sicca Rupees, or 1,780 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 361 1,780 Company's rupees; but, on reference to Mr. Webb's report, dated 19th December 1807, the receipts are given as follows: l-20'J 1210 1211 1212 1213 1214 Kalmns. 4,o67 12 5 5,030 9 2 4,800 4 10 - C,3C7 12 C 1 9,635 1 15 - 13,833 4 5 - Sa.Iis. a. g. c. 1,141 15 3 3 1.407 10 5 3 1,215 12 2 1,591 15 1 2 2.408 12 8 3 3,458 5 1 1 Co.'s.JRs. n. p. 1,218 1 3 1,501 9A 1,290 1 2i 1,098 1 2 2,569 5 lOi 3,688 13 111 According to this statement, the receipts in 1212, amounted to Rs. 1,698. 1. 2. and the average of the six years to Rs. 1,995. 5. 2.1. Tlie amount mentioned in your letter, No. 1,G68, of the 1.5th .June 1839, is, I imagine, taken from the Statement marked (A.), which acc()m])anied Mr. Wilkinson's letter, No. 192, dated 2(;th July 18.37; but as I find from the 7th para, of Mr. Ewart's letter, No. 15, of the 2tith May 1840, that no copy of this document was retained in the office, I cannot speak positively on the subject. I believe, however, the amount in fpiestion was obtaineil by striking an average of five years' receipts in Mr. Wilkinsons time. 3. 7th Head : " Fees of 15 annas on eacii Lall Jattree." Of this item I can obtain no satisfactory informatif)n whatever ; indeed its mention in Mr. Gramme's report of the 10th .June 1805, neitlicr affords any clue to our ascertaining its nature, nor is it at all confirmatory of its actually forming an asset of the temple ; it is not inserted in the body of the statement, but is entered below all the other headings opposite to the words " Grand Total," and in a different handwriting: my inquiries amongst the ])eople at Pooree, and the servants of the Rajah of Khoordah, as well as from the head native officer formerly attached to the Tax- office, have been altogether fniitless in throAving any liglit on the sul)ject ; all have expressed their entire ignorance of this source of emolument. The Rajah's Dewan, after making some incjuiries, stated, on the authority of verbal informa- tion, that when the number of jiilgrims was so great as to cause confusion, the Rajali divided them into comj)anies of several hundreds, placing each comjiany under tlu; charge of a separate pundah, wlio was to collect 15 aniuiS from each of the jiilgrims under his charge, not from the " Lall Jattrees," only, but from all indiscrinn'nately ; but no trace whatever is to be found of this practice in the reconls of the temple, 4. It is very clear, that since the conquest of the province by the Britisli, tliis general cess has never been levied ; it is altogether omitted in Air. Webb's report, containing a very detailed specification of every jiarticular item of income during a period of six years ; viz. two years before the conquest and four after that event; on the whole I am inclined to think it is a subject on which it is quite impossible to obtain any jiarticulars on which we can ground our proceedings. 5. I have carefully perused all the correspondence relating to the Temple of Juggernath, witliin my reach, aiul it appears to me to be establislied beyond a doubt, that the sum of 3,040 rupees, which in the Government letter is supjiosed to have been the average amount of tlie purliarrees' fees for several years ])revious to the abolition of the tax, was in fact the amount of rent or tribute juud by the purliarrees to Government out of the fees they received from tiie ])ilgrims. Nei- ther tliese fees nor tliis tribute iiad any coniu-xion with tiie temple, or Mith the expenses incurred in the religious ceremonies ; the former were the perquisite of the priests, and tlie latter was carried to the credit of the State, botli during the Alaharatta rule and our own administration. Under tlu'se cinuinstances, I do not see how the emoluments of the tem|)le will be increased, 8uj)posing the i>rohibi- tion to the exaction of fees rescinded : those fees have always been a source of trouble to the Government ofhcers ; tlie ojipression exercised by tlie unscrujiuhms 261. ZZ and - 4,043 - H - 421 13 10| 13 5 4 14 12 8f - 667 12 3* - 201 8 lOi 5,362 5 n 362 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF and grasping priests in collecting their dues, was the cause of our depriving them of the power to collect, and of doing it ourselves through the Tax-office, and when this office was abolished l)v Regulation X. of 1840, the prohibition to exact fees formed a leading feature in the enactment ; and I confess that, how- ever much I should rejoice, as a Christian, at anything not in itself improper that would 1)riug this fruitful idolatry into disrepute, I should, out of considera- tion to the ignorant and deluded pilgrims to the shrine, regret to see the practice legalized. 7. If the Government are resolved to remodel the donation in the manner men- tioned in their letter under review, 1 have no hesitation in saying that the 7th heading must be excluded altogether, as it is impossible to identify any practice which has ever come within our knowledge with the "15 annas on each Lall • Originally pro- Jattree." I am not aware, however, of any objection to adoptiiig the suggestion* ^Oy Mr. \vu- (.out^^jne^i in Mr. Ewart's letter, No. 15, dated 26th May 1840, which is to the following effi'ct. " The following items to be deducted from the allowance, Rs. 53,178. 12. 2. would therefore be — On account of the sale of Nirmal ... Sale of old Ruths _----- Sale of old Sheds ..---- Kona Chuckla ..__-. Dhuja Pindaka --..-- Sale of Ruth Cloths . _ _ . - 8. I certainly see no reason why these items should not form a portion of the assets of the temple, and enable the Government to reduce the donation in pro- portion ; there is no doubt that the superintendent avails himself of this source of emolument, and in all probability appropriates it to himself. He will, of course, complain of any or every curtailment of Government donation, and one of his first applications will probably be, as it has been before, that the Government should take upon itself the expense incurred in the reneAval of the idol ; but this, of course, will never be listened to. The sale of Nirmal ^- "^^^^ arrangement would reduce the amount due to the temple, according to is excluded from this the Government letter, from 24,640 rupees, to Rs. 23,320. 15. 11. Aver}- consi- amount alicady. derable difference will be observed in the receipts on account of " Dhurja Pundika," between Mr. Webb's report and the statement exhibited in the pre- ceding paragraph ; but as tliis last is founded on very good authority, viz. the average of fi ve years, and in later times than the former, I am inclined to think it is more consistent with the present state of things and the practice of the present day. In several of the other items the average is greater than it was in Mr. Webb's time. 10. Previous, however, to any absolute alteration being made in the arrange- ments as they now exist, it will doubtless be taken into consideration that the present donation was fixed after a most minute and careful investigation by Mr. Webb, into every item of receipt and disbursement for six years, as stated in a former pai-t of this address, viz. from 1209 to 1214 ; each particular sum was duly considered, several were disallowed and excluded from the account, and others were revised and nioditied ; and although I am very far from thinking that the terms in which the ordersf of Government of the 29th January 1808, fixing that amount are couched, divest the present Government of the power to reduce the donation, should they think proper to do so ; still I would suggest that Mr. Webb's report forms a preferable basis for adjusting the amount, inasmuch as it had the advantage of being prepared two years later than that of Mr. Gra?me, when f "On a consideration of the accounts of tlic receipts and dishursements of the temple jf Juirgeniath, the liovcraor-seneral in Council entirely approves your proposition for limiting the expenses of the temple in future to a sum not exceeding Us. •56,.34:i. 0. 8. His Lordsliip in Council accordingly desues that you will issue the necessary iustructions on tliis point to the Collector of Cutlack." INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 363 when it is natural to suppose that we were much better acquainted with the affairs of the province, and is more closely connected with the fiscal management of the temple than Mr. Graeme's, which rather bears the character of a general narrative, descrijitive of the nature of the religious ceremonies, and of the cus- toms of the priests and other officers of the temple. 11. It appears to me that the deduction referred to in the 7th para, might, without anv Just cause of complaint, be made in the money donation wliich is at present paid from the Government treasury, which would then be reduced from Co.'s Rs. 35,758. 9. C. to Co.'s Rs. 30,396. 3. 10^. ; and if a change is to be effected short of a total severance of all connexion with the temple, I would, if permitted to offer an opinion, recommend this arrangement in jireference to any otl'*''"- I have, &c. (signed) R. B. Garrett, Southern Division of Zillah Cuttack, Collector. Collector's Office, at Cuttack, 7 November 1845. (True copy.) (signed) W. H. Martin, Uncovd Assistant to Commissioner. (True copies.) (signed) C. Beadon, Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal. — No. 135.— (No. 890.) From G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, to Revenue. F. J. HaUiday, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bengal ; dated 20 December 1845. Sir, I AM directed to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Under-Secretary Beadon's letter, No. 1,023, dated the lOth instant, with enclosure, forwarding papers respect- ing the funds of the temple of Juggernath, and, in reply, to convey the sanction of the Honourable the President in Council, to the sum of 461 Co.'s rupees, being added to the amount of compensation to that t(!mple suggested in my letter of the Gth September, that is, to the substitution of an annual payment of 23,321 rupees for the present amount, Rs. 35,758. 9. 6. You will have the goodness to report the completion of this arrangement. I have, &c. (signed) G. A. Ba^lihy, Secretary to the Government of India. Council Chamber, 20 December 1845. — No. 1 30. - (No. 3,1 16 of 1S43.) From R. N. C. Hamilton, Esq., Secretary to the Government of North Western Revenue Provinces, Agra, to T. R. Davidson, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Govern- Department, nient of India, Home Dejiartment Revenue, Fort William ; dated Agra, 9 .Tunc 1843. Sir, AViTH reference to Mr. Secretary Maddock's letter, No. 184, dated 1st No- vendxM- 1841, I am directed by the Right honourable i\\v Governor-general, North Western Provinces, to forward the accompanying copies of a letter and 6-*i . z z 2 enclosures 364 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF enclosures from the Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, No. 202, dated 5th instant, and of my reply of this date, on the subject of the superintendence of native religious institutions. I have, &c. (signed) R. N. C. Hamilton, Secretary to the Government of N. \{ . P. Agra, 9 June 1843. (No. 202 of 1843.) Revenue. Ytom H. M. Elliot, Esq., Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad, to R. N. C. Hamilton, Esq., Secretary to the Government North Western Provinces, i^gra ; dated 5 May 1843. Sir, I AM directed by the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. No. 1,984, dated the 21st instant, requesting the submission of the reports received by the Board relative to the management of native religious institutions. 2. In submitting these reports, the Board beg to enter on the following con- siderations as connected with the subject of the Honourable Court's despatch of the 25th August 1841, No. 17. 3. It need scarcely be remarked, that in these provinces the Government officers exercise no control over the affairs of the native religious institutions. 4. Regulation XIX. of 1810 vests the revenue authorities with a general but undefined superintendence, to provide for the due apjiropriation of lands which have been granted for ])ubiic purposes, but the impossibility of giving effect to a measure of such doubtful expediency in matters of religious rites and observances , has frustrated the object of the law, and rendered it so far inoperative. That portion of the law may therefore be safely abrogated. 5. In other respects the Government local authorities have been equally careful to abstain from interfering with the management of the lands or funds of the religious institutions of the country, excepting in cases where the interposition of authority would appear to have been introduced to discountenance fraud or to allay dissensions. 6. In the district of Agra, the revenues of the lands granted for the support of Sheikh Suleim Chistec's shrine at Futtehpoor Sickree, are collected by the tahseeldar, and paid in equal shares to the two surviving branches of the family of the enshrined saint. In Dehlee there are 13 mosques, the revenues of which, derived from the rent of shops and other buildings attached to the mosques, are collected, and the expenditure controlled under the superintendence of the Collector ; and, what is still more remarkable in this case, the surplus cash receipts of the year are made over to the local agents, as may be supposed, for jiurposes of local improvements. At Chunar, on the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of ministerial attendant of the mosque of Kasim Soolimanee, a successor is appointed by the local agents, and the accounts of the receipts and disbursements are rej)orted to be furnished montlily. 7. These are the only institutions in these provinces in which interference is practised, originating, as it would appear, in the one or the other cause to which it has been already assigned. In all these cases the Local Commissioner and Collector conciu- in opinion, tliat such interference should be avoided, or retained in part only, so far as may be required to protect the interests of the endow- ment. 8. This end the Board consider would best be attained by a new Act, rescinding so much of Regulation XIX. of 1810 as empowers the revenue authorities, or the local agents of a district, to appoint managers and control the accounts of religious INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 365 religious institutions, and declaring all endowments granted for such j)urposes to be trust i)roi)erty, and the sale or mortgage of such pro])erty to be illegal. 9. Suits arising out of such property would then bo heard and decided in due course of law, and, as fitting oj)portunity occurs, measures might be taken to relieve the local authorities in Dehlee, Agra and Mirzaj)ore, of all interference in the concerns of such institutions, making them over entirely to the management of the incumbent ministers in communication with the parties most interested in the institutions, who should be invited to appoint a committee of management to regulate the affairs of the institutions. 10. For the management of the Futtelipoor Sickree endowments, it would seem sufficient that the incumbents be invited to appoint an agent, on a fixed salary, for collecting the revenues and carrying on the management of the estates forming the endowment, and that the agent so appointed be cautioned as to the necessity of collecting the rents as fixed by the settlement. 1 1. The Board ha^e not included in these remarks the religious institutions of Kumaon, as they would appear to require consideration in the Political Depart- ment. I have, &c. (signed) H. M. Elliot, Sudder Board of Revenue, Secretary. North "Western Provinces, Allahabad, ;-i Mav 1843. (No. 1.54.) From T. T. JMetcalfc, Esq., Commissioner of Dehlee Division, to //. M. Elliot, Esq., Secretarv Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad ; dated Dehlee, 4 May 1842. Sir, I HAVE the honour to submit the returns of the several district officers to your circular (H.), under date the 14th December last. Tlie memoranda at the back of each will show the date on which they were received at this office. The superintendent of the Bhuttee district reports that there are no religious institutions of the nature alluded to within his jurisdiction. In the Paneej)ut district there are no religious endowments immediately under the control of the local officer ; but in the event of any misappropriation of the funds assigned by Government for this pur])ose, I presume that the Collector "would be at liberty to investigate any complaint preferred to him. In Hurrianah, also, no control is exercised over any institution of this nature. In Dehlee Proper the practice has been different, in as far as the mosques of the city are concerned. Many years ago it was found necessary to place them under the charge of the local agency, in order that the shops and other buildings connected with them might not be disposed of, and that the proceeds should be projierly apjilied to repairs and embellishments. They can also be consigned to a committee of the respectable Mahomedans of the waid ; Imt I still think ilie Collector should be permitted so much interference as to prevent the sale or mortgage, or transfer in any way, of the jiremises attached. In Rohtuck and Goorgaon no interference is exercised in aiiy cases of (his nature. I have, &c. (signed) T. T. Mdcalfc, Dehlee, Commissioner's Office, Coniniissioner. 4 May 1842. (yi\. ZZ3 (No. 17.) 366 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (No. 17.) From Lieutenant E. J. Robinson, Officiating Superintendent, Bhuttee Territory to T. T. Metcalfe, Esq., Commissioner of Delilee ; dated Bhuttee Territory 29 January 1842. ^' Sir, Letter (H.), dated 14 December 18-ti, from Secre- In reply to your letter, No. 3,599, dated 27th ultimo, p\r„Lt with ^^.^T^^^:^ ^'^'^ enclosures, per margin, I have the honour of stating, 1841, from the Honourable the Court of Directors, that there are no religious mstitutions of the nature dated 2.5 August 1841. alluded to by the Honourable Court of Directors in this district, consequently I am unable to offer any opinion on the subject. I have, &c. (signed) E. J. Robinson, Officiating Supt, Bhuttee Territory, Collector's Office, Bhuttee Territory, Camp, Khawaja Khora, 29 January 1842. (No. 92.) From T. P. Woodcock, Esq., Officiating Collector of Paneeput Kumaul, to T. T. Metcalfe, Esq., Commissioner of Dehlie Division ; dated Paneeput, Kumaul, 8 April 1842. Sir, With reference to your letter, dated 27th December last, No. 3,599, with enclosures, from the Sudder Board of Revenue, I have the honour to report, that no endowments exist, either in land or money, in this district vphich call for the immediate interference or control of my authority. I have the honour to submit a Statement of an endowment in land, and other six in money, for religious jnirposes. 2. In these, as I have stated, no interference exists, although, on the applica- tion of parties of the I'eal appropriation of the funds devoted to the purposes of tlic endowment, I apprehend it would be expedient, and indeed legal, to make such inquiries into such allegations, for the information and orders of superior authority, as might lead to the issue of particular instructions for the proper .appropriation of the funds according to the design of the original endowment. 3. However desirable an object it is to forego even so much interference on the part of the Government officers, I consider it would be inexpedient to deprive the local authority of such power of inquiry; for though I am unable to discover that complaints have frequently arisen of the maladministration of endowments, circumstances might arise which would call loudly for some more summary and more easily attainable remedy than would be affi)rded through the means of the Civil Court. 4. The fact alluded to, of the very few appeals in this district on the subject of maladministration to the local officers, shows that any more interference than such as I suppose expedient is unnecessary, and that the ajiprojjriation of the funds may be safely left in tlio hands of the managers of tiie endowments, with- out much fear of actual malappropriation. I have, &.C. (signed) T. P. Woodcock, Paneeput Kumaul, Officiating Collector. Collector's Office, Kumaul, 8 April 1842. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 367 ENDOWMENTS in Land and Money for Religious Purpo.st.-. Names Granted in Money or Land. For Date Where cfthe what purpose of RE-MARKS. Shrine or Temple. Situated. In Money, per Annum. In Land. Granted. Authorit)'. Durjjah Boali Paneeput - 2,217 9 - ... - - granted for the 1 - - SecEetary to | - - Mouzahs Oojaoon KuUcndar. expenses of the shrine of Boali Kullendar. Government, Territorial De- partment, dated 17 March 1826.^ and Boorshum, granted for the expenses of the shrine ; and the prin- cipal assistant was au- thorized to assess them, and pay an allowance of 2,217. 9. 0. per an- num for the support of it. Ditto - - ditto - - - Village Hurtaree. - ditto - - - Secretarj- to Government, Territorial De- partment, dated 11 August 1829. - - the entire village of Hurtaree is endowed for the shrine of Shah Boali Kullendar, and the occupants to be left in undisturbed po.sses- sion of the fonner. Durgah Imani- - ditto 40 5 - - - - for the expenses - - Deputy Se- ooddeen. of the shrine. cretary Govern- ment, 23 Jan. 1829. MiindurDeveejee - ditto 33 5 - ■ ' ■ - - for the expenses of the temple of Dhoop Deep. - ditto. Ditto - - ditto -- 17beegah8 land. - ditto - - - as per Com- missioner's Or- der, dated 17 June 1829. - - the 17 beegahs of land situated, viz. 7 beegahs in Mouzali Kuhsan,and 10 beegahs in Mouzahs Bruvinilee. Durgah Nasur- Loneput - - - 1 6 beegahs - - for the expense - - as per Com- oodden. land. of the durgah. missioner's Rod- bnkaree, dated 14 March 1829. Zillah Paneeput, Kumaul, Collector's Office, Kumaul, 8 April 1842. (signed) T. P. Woo(kor.k, Officiatina: Collector. (No. 19.) rrom H. Sympson, Esq., Officiating Collector, to T. T. Metcalfe, Commissioner of Dehlee ; tlated Dehlee, 1 February 1842. Sir, With reference to your circular letter, No. 3,,599, under date the 27th De- cember last, I have the honour to forward a Statement, showing the quantity of land in this district alienated for purposes connected with the Hindoo and Ma- homedan religion. 2. From the statement, it will be observed, that there arc no endowments in this district to which the interference of the Government officials is extended. Collector's Office, Western Division, Dehlee Territory, 1 February 1842. I have, &c. (signed) H. Sampson, Officiating Collector. 621. z z 4 STATEMENT, 368 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF STATEMENT, showing the Quantity of Land alienated for the purposes connected with the Hindoo and Mahomedan Rcliirion in Zillah Hhsa?: Purgunnah. MoMzah. Name of Maafeedar. Quantity i, of Land T in Acres. | Hansee Hanssee Khas - Dedar Buksh - - 430 ' Ditto - ditto - Golaum Emam - 185 Ditto - ditto - - - Kootuboodeen - - 347 -- theMaafeedars Ditto Futteabad - - ditto - Futteabad Khas -| Seelmean Shukur Oolah - Ukeer Oolah - -1 -i 60 •25 have sole man- agement of these lands. Mehim Bhaynee Chunderpaul Gooraath - 50 1 Ditto Sreman . . - Raewur Doss - Total - - 5 1,114 Collector's OHice, Western Division Dehlee Territory, 1 February 184-2. (signed) H. Sympson, Officiatinir Collector. (No. 191.) From M. B. Guhhins, Esq., Officiating Collector, to T. T. Mdculfe, Esq., Commissioner of Dehlee; dated Dehlee, 15 April 1842. Sir, With reference to your letter No. 3,599, dated the 27th December last, with enclosure (Circular H.), from the Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Sec, I have the honour to submit a statement of the endowments in this district to which the interference of the officers of Government is in any way extended. 2. These endowments are confined to 13 mosques, situate inside the city of Dehlee, detailed in the Statement accompanying. Besides which, the sum of 2,347 rupees (viz., severally 100, 50, 100, 897 and 1,200) is paid by the Col- lector to Hindoo and Mussulman managers of native shrines near Dehlee, to M'hom the management is entirely confided. 3. TheMaafee villages in this district appropriated to religious endowments are solely managed by the native khadums, or servants of the shrines. 4. Regarding the management of the 13 mosques inside the city, it is clearly incumbent on the Government to relinquish all interference with them, which now very improperly extends to much detail, such as the api)ointment of the mosque servants, passing expenditure for lighting, he, which might long since have been given up. 5. From the acconipanyhig Table it will be seen that the receipts of these buildings exceed the disbursements, the surplus proceeds of which are credited to the local agency fund. The receipts are derived from the rent of shops and buildings attached to the mosques. I would propose, in the ease of those mosques where the receii)ts only equal or slightly exceed the exjienditure, that the whole buildings, viz. mosque or appertaining shops, &c., should be made over to the more respectable mosque frequenters of the mohulla, on their binding themselves to keep the building in good repair, and fairly manage tlie expenditure, and that where the surplus is great, a fixed sum be assigned, sufficient for the expense and repairs of the mosque itself, to be in like manner paid, yearly, half-yearly or monthly, from the Goverimient treasury to the committee or puuchayet of the mosque-goers of the mohulla. I liave, &c. Dehlee Collectorship, 13 April 1842. (signed) M. R. Gubbins, Officiating Collector. STATEMENT INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR \\ITII MAHOMETAXISM. 3C.0 STATlijMENT of Receipts and Disbui^emeuts of Mosques inside the City of Dehlee, attachca vo the Local A^'ency Department, from 1st January to the End of December 1841. No. Name of Endowment. \ curly Receipts. "i early Expenditure. Surplus. 1 Cotewally Chabootra Mosques - 7'J 1 2 27 - _ 52 1 2 2 Futtahpoor Mosques - - - - 799 13 11 124 8 - 675 5 11 3 Aklumabadee Mosques .311 9 4 135 - - 176 9 4 4 Tillaee Mosques . - - - 108 15 Gh 55 8 - 53 7 6J 5 Sneud Khan Mosques ... 117 2 -I 51 - - 66 2 ^ 6 Budaroo Durwaza Mosques 15 13 4 3 3 - 12 10 4 7 Khedmulgar Khan Mosques 37 13 32 15 - 4 14 6 8 Kuttee Neeb Mosques ... 9 9 10 8 9 2 1 - 8 9 Bhyla Puharee Mosques - - . 7 1 - 6 - - 1 1 - 10 Roushim Ooddowla Mosques 46 - 7^ 40 8 - 5 8 7J 11 Kulla Mosques . _ . . 89 5 3 73 7 2 15 14 1 12 Nigurabode Mosques - . - 277 9 10 72 - - 205 9 10 13 Zeenialool Musajid Mosques 170 - - 60 - - no - - 2,069 15 6^ 689 10 4 1,380 5 11 Deputy Collectorship, 13 April 1842. (signed) M. R. Gubhins, Officiating Collector. (No. 109.) From F. B. Gubbins, Esq , Officiating Deputy Collector, Rohluck, to T. T. Metcalfe, Esq., Commissioner of Dehlee ; dated 27 April 1842. Sir, I iiAVK the honour to acknowledge j'our letter. No. 919, of the 1st instant, with enclosure from the Secretary to the Sudder Board, and, in rejtly, to inform you, that chore appears to be no endowments of the sort alluded to by the Honour- able the Court of Directors existing in this district. The only thing at all approaching to it are two ])ensions which are ]»aid from the Government treasury, the one in pergnnnali Khur Kliowda to Sheopoviee Gosasiii, for the supjiort of a temple situated on the bank of the Chu])]ira tank, amounting to 12 rupees, and the other in pergunnah .Mehim, to Gholam Hvder, for till' maintenance of the shrine of iMian Hudayut Shah, amounting to 81 rupees per annum. Rohluck Division, Collector's OflSce, 27 April 1842. I have, &c. (signed) /'. /?. C!uhhins, Officiating Deputy Collector. 621. 3A (No. 16.) 370 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (No. 16.) From iS^. G. Smith, Escj., Collector of Goorn^aon, to T. T. Metealfe, Esq., Com- missioner of Delilic, dated 31 January 1842. Sir, With reference to your circular, No. 3,599, dated the 27tli ultimo, and annexures, T liave tlic honour to state, that there are no endowments held in this district, either in land or in money, to Avhich the interference of Government officers is extended. I have, &c. (signed) S. G. Smith, Zillah Goorgaon, Collector's Office, Collector. 31 January 1842. (No. 190.) From G. F. Franco, Esq., Commissioner of Meernt Division, to the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad; dated 28 May 1842. Gentlemen, In reply to your Circular Orders (H.), dated 14 December 1841, 1 have the honour to state, that there is no endowment either in land or money in this divi- sion, to which the interference of Government is any way extended ; and there ap- pears to be only one village, Monzah Sulonee, pergunnah Behut, zillah Saharunpore, of which the assessment, 300 rupees per annum, is collected and made over to the maafeedars, they acknowledging by a receipt that such endo\Muent has been paid to them. 2. Neither the Collectors of the districts nor myself have been able to avail ourselves of the opinions of any of the residents of the division who might be capable of offering any recommendation on the subject. The Europeans resident have taken no interest in the matter, and the intelligent natives with whom I have conversed, and who are all indirectly interested, are agreed that interference is unnecessary, and would bo inexpedient. 3. I do not advocate any control whatever on the part of the officers of Govern- ment over the numagement of the institutions; but where entire villages are given UJ1, it may be proper for the ]>rotection of the ryots to secure their rights and the extent of their payments, by fixing a rent-toll in each estate. have, &c. (signed) G. F. Franco, Commissioner's Office, 1st Division, Meerut, Commissioner. 28 May 1842. (No. 284.) From JV. J. Conully, Esq., Commissioner of Rohilcund Division, Bareilly, to the Sudder Hoard of Revenue, North-Western Provinces, Allahabad ; dated 27 August 1842. Gentlemen, With reference to your Circular (II.), dated the 14t]i Deccmlter hist, I have the honour to state that it appears, from the replies of the several Collectors to the call made upon tliem, tliat there are no endowments or native religious institutions in this division to which the interference of Government officers is extended. 1 have, &c. (signed) W. J. Conolli/, Commissioner's Office, Rohilcund Division, Commissioner. Bareilly, 27 August 1842. (No. 1 72.) INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMKTANISM. o/ (No. 17-2.) From W. H. Tyler, Esq., Officiating Commissioner of A^ra, to //. M. Elliot, Er^q., Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Alla- habad ; dated 20 May 1842. Sir, With refereuce to your Circular (H.), under date the 14th December 1841, requesting my o])inion on the inquiries and sugocstions made by the Honourable Court of Directors in their desjiatch No. 17, of 1841, dated the 2Jth August 1841, annexed to the above Circular, T have the honour to submit the reports received from the several Collectors of this division as noted in the margin,* and * (*<« below.) to state as follows : 2. The durgah of Futtehjioor Sickree, zilhih Agra, is the only endowment in the whole division in which the interference of Government officers is in any way extended for its maintenance; si.x niaafee villages, yielding 9,709 ruj)ees, are set ai)art, the collections being made through the tahseildars, and dei)osited in the Collector's treasury, and disposed of by the local agents under Regulation XIX. of 1810. Neither the Collector nor local agents exercise any authority in the management of the durgah, or interfere with its rites and ceremonies ; the maiuige- ment is in the hands of the mootuwallee, who receive from the local agents the sum set apart for the expenses of the durgah, and distributes it under fixed rules. The anujunt intended for repairs is held in deposit, and laid out by the local agents ; formerly these repairs were made by the mootuwallee. but he so misap- proj)riated the sums made over to him for the al)ove purpose, that the local agents were forceil to take the rejjairs again into their own hands, and for some years the repairs have been executed in a satisfactory manner through the executive engineer. 3. As a principle, the interference of the Euro])ean officers in the raanagetnent of temples and other endowed religious institutions should, in my opinion, be strictly avoided, and their management entrusted to an agent of the fiiith to which the institution belongs ; in the ])resent instance, however, the mootuwallee is not a fit jterson to be entrusted with the entire management of the funds, and for this reason I would in consequence advocate that the local agents be still allowed to look after the repairs, ami that the tehseildars continue to collect the reveiuie, the nu>otuwallee beins allowed the manairement of the internal affairs of the durgah, as heretofore. 4. Agreeably to the Board's request, 1 called ujion the Rev. Messrs. Moore, Horrnle and Wilson, and Mr. H. H. Bell, to express their sentiments on the sub- ject, but have not yet been favoured with their replies. I have, &;c. (signed) W. H. Tyler, Officiating Commissioner. Commissioner's Office, Second or Agra Division, 20 May 1842. (No. 54.) From C. Kinlodc, Es([., Ofiiciating Collector of Muttra, to //'. 21. Tijlcr, Esq., Officiating Commissioner, Agra Division; dated 28 February 181'2. Sir, In re])ly to your Circular, No. 1 14, of the .30tli of December last, with annexures, I have the honour to accpiaiut you, that there are no ri'ligious endowments in this district to which the interfereiu-e of the local officers is in any way extendi-d. It never has been the practice of the revenue authorities here to interfere in the management of the funds granted for the maintenance of temples or other sucred edifices ; • From Collector of .Malwn, No. .54, doted l!B Fcliniary 1842, with onclosiires. From C- pro]niation of fiinds by the mootuwullee, for want of honesty, in whom the buildings were greatly neglected. The local agents were in consequence obliged to ask the assistance of the executive engineer a few years ago, and have ever since had the repairs executed under this othcer's control in a very satisfactory way, so fai' as the funds at command permitted them to go. I have, &c. (signed) E. H. MorUmtL Zillah Agra, Collector's Office, Collector. 12 April 1«42. JuMMABUNDEE of Futtehpoor Sicri Villages (Endowment). NAMES of V I L L A G E S. Jumma Price to 1248, F. S. Jumma of 1248, K.S. Jtiinin.i of 1249, F.S. Jumma of J 250, PS. Jumma of 1251, F.S. Bhirowlee Khass Jajow . - . Serowlee - - - Mye BozuDg, 13 Bis - Medhou . . . Miglah Bhirowlie Uents derived from shops in the town of] Fnttclipore and Sicri appertaining- to the Durgah - - ... .J Agra Collector's Oflace, 12 April 1842. 621. 392 ;3,5Go 867 1,193 2,930 1,150 344 3,481 819 1,163 2,6J2 1,160 344 3,481 819 1,103 2,552 1,060 344 3,481 819 1,103 2,5.'52 1,000 402 3,080 822 1,031 2,552 1,210 10,103 9,425 190 13 9,425 9,425 9,7li!l - - Fliictuuliiijr, 1)1" ulx'iit 200 rupees a-veiir. I ■ I (.signed) E. II. Morlutul, Collector. 3*3 LIST 374 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THF, GOVERNMENT OF LIST of Letters regarding- Futtehpoor Sicri Endowment. o 3 4 5 10 11 1-2 13 14 15 16 Whose Letter. Local Ag-ents' - Board's - Loc;il Agents' - Board's - Local Agents' - Local Agents' - Board's ■- Board's - Local Agents' Board's Board's Local Agents' - - - With Mr. Farquhar's Minute Board's - - - - Local Agents' - . - Board's - - - - Local A "rents' Board': 18 Local Agents' - in Board's - 20 Local Asrents' - 'Jl Board's - 22 Local Agents' - 23 Board's - 24 Collector's 24» Commissioner's 25 Local Agents' - 26 Local Agents' - 27 Commissioner's 28 CommLssioner's DATE. 22 October - 1812 12 December 1812 17 September 1813 20 July - 1814 29 April - 1818 10 May - 1818 5 May - 1818 20 May - 1818 25 March - 1819 2 April - 1819 2 July - 1819 25 November 18191 31 November 1819 J 10 December 1819 14 February 1820 21 August - 1821 17 December 1821 10 April - 1822 October - 1824 19 October - 1824 9 December 1824 20 December 1824 17 June - 1825 21 July - 1825 31 October 1831 24 December 1831 30 January - 1832 22 February 1833 24 February 1832 4 April - 1832 SUBSTANCE. Bringing the endowment to notice, and requesting instructions. Reply, requiring further information. Reply ; explanation respecting misappro- priations, by mootuwullee accountants. Directing nun- interference. List of claim- ants required. Referring to former correspondence, and detailing circumstances of durgah, &c. In continuation of above. Collector authorized to take the endowed villages under his control, aud hold proceeds in disposal : local agents desired to make certain inquiries. Reply to 10 May 1818 : no further in- structions necessary. Proposing distribution of endowment proceeds ; list of persons entitled to maintenance. Approving above conditionally. With petitions of Kazim AUe Mootu- wullee against local agent's distribu- tion. Reply ; explanation. Requiring accounts of endowment. Forwarding accounts called for. Witli copy of petition of Kazim Alii, ordering suspension of disputed allow- ances. Disputes among the Sheikh's family : some definite orders on payment of allowances necessary : proposed dis- tribution of assets. Approving above : local agents autho- rized to draw from Collector, and pay accordingly. Report on petition of Khadim of Futteh- poor Durgah. inquiring whether office of Khadim be hereditary or not. Reply to above ; refers to 2d para, of Board's letier of 10 April 1822. Rcjly to above; allowances of Khadims to be paid to their heirs, as the office is hereditary. Reply to above ; reply of Cazim Alii to Kliadim's petition. Khadims referred to not to be restored, the oti'ice being now found not to be hereditary. Report on Mootuwullee's petition, claim- ing management of endowment and certain allowances. Reply ; approves of Collector's views ; report to be made about repairs of durgali. Reply purposes arrangement about re- pairs ; considers no alteration in management of villages necessary. Reporting death of FuzalOod Deen, and appointing his son Fuzal llosteiu Mooluu'uUee. Fuzal Ood Deen cannot be Mooiuwullee, Kasim .Mi holds that office. E.vplanation about repairs required fron; Mootuwullee. (signed) E. H. Morland, Collector. Letters INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMET.ANISM. 375 Letters regarding Futtelipore Sicri Endowment. (No. 1.) From Local Agents, Agra, to Sir /. E. Colehrooke, Bart, and J(,lni Dcaiie, Esq., Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad ; dated Agra, 22 October 1812. Gentlemen, It a]>]H'ars upon our records tliat several entire villages and sundry parcels of land in tli(; Futtebjiore perguniiali, amounting in the aggregate to 15,4.3*J. 13. Bis beegabs, yielding an annual revenue of Ks. 9.03.5. 13. are bold by a person termed Peer Zadas, as appropriable to the dnrgali of SaleiTU Chistce at that station. Besides the inccmie derived from these lands, and from the rent of shops and dwellings in a public serai, we are informed that the ollerings made by pilgrims resorting to the shrine constitute a considerable annual emolument. Since the 7tb of August last the ostensildc manager of this endowment has been thrice required to produce his grants, and a statement of bis accounts, but under various pretexts be has yet witldield them. Conceiving- that there are no justifiable groiuids for his procrastination, we have now acquainted him, that unless be comply with our recjuisition at the period latterly appointed l)v himself, the Collector will be i-e(;uested to establish a direct control over the resources. In justification of this measure, it is our duty to communicate to yoiu- Board all sucb information on the subject as our personal inquiries have enabled us to collect. Mahummud Bakur, the ostensible manager, bears the character of a person devoted in an i-xtraordinary degree to worldly enjoyments ; and it seems to bo the general ojiinioii that a very small proportion, if any, of the sum realized from the land, is a])i)]ied to the proper purpose, viz. preserving and lighting the durgah, and distributing alms to mendicants and travellers, the expenses of this description being limited to the amount of devotional otferings. Your Hoard will observe, froni the enclosed corresjiondencc, that the attend- ance of Mahomed T-akur at the Zillah Court is pleaded in excuse for bis non- compliance with our application. On this jioint it may suffice at present to remark, that two branches of the family (of Farzadas) are engaged in hostility against each other, that they are contending for their respective rights in the estate, and that in a recent allray between the ))arties, sonu> Idood was shed. We are, moreover, informed, that the zemindars, availing themselves of this dispute, jiave intimated their intention of withholding the rent until the rio-bts of either jiarty shall have been ascertained. The only document we possess resembling a suiuuid, is a commission from the late Shah Alum, appointing Kazim Ali Chistee, the son of Mahummud Bakur, to the ministerial ofiice, but it contains no absolute specification of the purpose to wliicli till- lands in (juestion are assignable. It apj)ears to us, that the circumstances above noticed imperiously demand our interfereiu-e ; but that we may not err from the direct path of our duty, we request that youi- I'oard will favour us with your early instructions as to the line of conduct that it will be proper for us to pursue. We have, &c. (signed) Agra, 22 October 1812. A. IFnV'^ Acting Collector,] r , E. W. n/iint, C. O. Customs, , , A'. Bo-ucr, Lieut. -Colonel, J --^Sents. (No. 2.) From J\/. Moore, Esq., .Acting Secretary Board of Customs, to Local Agents, Agra; dated Canq) Oodurpore, Zillah L^tawab, 12 December 1812. Gentlemen, I AM directed by the Board of Commissioners to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d October, relative to the diugab of .Suieem Chistee, at Fut- tcbpoor Sickree. 2. It docs not ap])ear to the Board, that the revenues of this endowment are too large, if a i)roper disbursement of them could be ensured, and as this nmst depend (^^' • 3 A 4 princijially 37*3 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OP THE GOVERNxMENT OF princi])ally on the character of the manager, tlie important object of a due appro- priation of such extensive funds calls for a strict attention to the personal respectability and morals of the head of so valuable an institution. At the same time tlie Board are of o[)inion, that, considering the reputed sanctity of the dur- gah, and the veneration in which it is held, the utmost circumspection may be necessary in interfering vith the prejudices of its votaries. The Board accord- ingly, jireviously to furnishing you with any instructions in regard to the subject of your letter, desire to be informed whether any interference which might tend towards the removal of the present mootuwullee and selection of a substitute, would be likely to militate against these prejudices. 3. ^^'itll a view to a more clear understanding of the case, the Board desire that you will ajiply to the Court for copies of all papers relative to the litigation which you mention to be pending between the several Peerzadas and the Board, authorizing your disbursing the expense which may attend it. I am, &c. (signed) M. Moore, Acting Secretary. Board of Commissioners, Camp Oodhurpore, Zillah Etawah, 12 December 1812. (No, 3.) From Local Agents, Agra, to Sir J. E Colehrooke, Bart., and John Deane, Esq., Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad ; dated Agra, 17 September 1813. Gentlemen, Our reply to your ;\cting Secretary's letter of the 12th December last, relative to the durgaii of Suleem Chistee, at Futtehpore Sickree, has been deferred, pend- ing an important suit which was instituted in the Civil Court against Mahummud Bakur and his son, subsequently to our address of the 22d October last. This cause having been decided, we now submit, iu conformity to your instruc- tions, co])ics of all the papers relating to this and other litigations between the Peerzadas. It ajipears that the situation of Mootuwullee has been heretofore held by the descendents of Suleim Chistee, under firmans jieriodically granted by the kings ; we submit for your inspection copies of two of these grants by Shah Alum, which are differently expressed, one to the late Ullee Uhmed, the other to Kazim Alii, the present Sujad Nusheen. ^^'e gather from the proceedings of the Court, that Sheikh Uhmud, a former mootuMullee, had two wives, one named Zeanut (not of the family of the Saind), the mother of Mahonimed Bakur, the other Imam Ool Nissa, the mother of the late Ullee Uhmud, and of three daughters, plaintiffs in the late civil suit. On the death of Sheikh Uhmud, his eldest son, Mahumnmd Bakur, procured a Hrman conferring on him the office of mootuwullee, but that firman having been irregularly obtained, was cancelled, and the office was transferred to his younger half-brother by Imam Ool Nissa, Ullee Ahmed, who exercised the functions of the office until his death, when Imam Ool Nissa assumed the charge of the affairs ofthedurgah; but the right having been contested by Mahunnnud Bakur, the matter was compromised, through the mediation of Colonel Hessengs, who on the mutual agreement of the pai'ties, assigned to each a moiety of the net income of the endowment. About six months after this occurrence, Mahumnmd Bakur obtained the firman conferring the a])poiutnient on his son Kazim Allee, then about seven years of age. Notwithstanding this nomination, the arrangement previously adopted rela- tive to tlie division of the assets, was adhered to until the decease of Imam Ool Nissa, about 20 months ago. On INDIA ^ViTll lUOLATliY, Oli WITH MAllOM KTAMSAl. .>/ 1 . Oil this event Malinniiiuul Bakiir assuniLiI, on behalf of liis son, the sole ami absolute manafjenient of the whole resoureos of the diiryah. The le^ialitv of this proceeding Mas the point at issue in the Jatn civil suit, to whicli we have above adverted. Wc deem it unnecessary to enter into a detailed explanation of the pleadinjjs ; it may suffice to observe, that the document achlressed by the plaintiffs in support of their claim te a- moiety of the fund were set aside as illegal, and the suit dis- missed, on the ground that the land and property is indivisible. In admitting the claim of Kazim Alii to the arbitrary aj)propriation of the funds for the sup])ort of the durgali, the (Jourt, iu its decree, has notified to tlie plaintiffs that they are entitled to sliare with all other dependents on the durgali the profits of the fund, and that they are at liberty to sue f(U- their respective shares according to the futwa of the law officers ; but that it cannot be granted to them on tlieir present plaints,— first, because they have not sued for it, but for a moiety of the whole; and, secondly, because the Court is not apprised of the number of incumbents. It rests with your Board to determine the intention of the grant to Kazim Ullee, with reference to the a|)plication endorsed upon it, and to the expression "according to the former kokum " inserted in the body of it, whether it is simply a nomination to the office of superintending a fund ])reviously established for the support of a public institution; whether it tends to bestow that I'und ibr the pri- vate emolument of a family ; or whether it is to be interpreted as emliracing both those objects, if the property is considered to be of that description, the super- intendence of whicli is consigned to your Board by Regulation XIX. of 1810, we have to solicit your instructions for our guidance in its subordinate management. Since we last addressed your Board on this subject, the agent of Mahummud Bakur has delivered to us two statements of the accounts of the durgali for the Fusly year 1219, one in detail, the other in abstract. We enclose copies of these papers, with abstract translations attached ; also, an extract from the register of maafee lands. "We abstain from offering any further remarks on these accounts at present, than that they do not Mear the appearance of accuracy, that the offer- ings at the durgah are altogether omitted, and that the land (623^ beegahs) within the boundary wall of Futtchporc is held iu excess to that specified iu the grant. Kazim Alii, a youth of 19 years of age, has for 12 years been the nominal mootuwullee, thoufih his father iMahummud Bakur has been and still continues to be the real manager. We arc not aware that the removal of Kazim Alii from the office, would militate against the prejudices of the votaries of the durgah, j)rovided that a substitute were selected from the family of Suleim Chistee, who, in the appro|)riation of the funds should preserve the sanctity and veneration which attaches to the institution. Adverting, however, to the tenor of the grant by which he holds the office, we should be very averse to recommend his removal so long as the objects of the endowments could be attained through his ministry, and, injustice towards him, we cannot hesitate to state that we do not at present possess any proofs of his misconduct. We have, &c. (signed) A. Wris;/it, Collector, E. W. ^Blunt, C. G. C, I Local R. Bouic, Lieut. -Colonel, [Agents. Agra, 17 September 1813. C. Macswccn, Reg', 6^1. 3B .ABSTRACT 378 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ABSTRACT Statement of the Account for the Fuslee Year 1219, rendered by Mahommud Bakur. DETAILED ACCOUNT :_RECEIPTS. Rent of the five villages at Jajon Deduct Nankur, &c. My Boozung ' ' ' ', Deduct Government Rent of" one-third - Ditto Nankur, &c. Bichnowlea - Deductions - Nugla Buhrowlee Deductions - Muhdar Deductions - Surrowlee (Buttai) Deductions - 561 - 99 - 2,700 - - 241 - - 1,620 660 320 - 36 - Land within the city wall Deductions - 620 - - 90 - - 2,400 308 700 8 71 - 517 5 - 34 - - Balance : Being the Excess of the Disbursements to the Receipts - Abstract Receipts. 2,459 - - 969 - - 284 - - 530 - - 2,092 - - 629 8 - 485 5 - Total - Rs. 7,446 13 3,621 - 11,067 13 - Gross Jumma ------ Deduct Government rent of one-third of my Boozroog . . - - - Kantooboroo .----- Deduct Nankar, &c. at Jajon My Boojroog Buhrowlee - - - - Nugla Buhroolee - Muhdar . - - - Sunowlee - - - - Land within the city wall 318 - - 215 - - 193 - - 83 - - 24 - - 58 - - 260 - - 47 - - 10 - - 9,035 13 - 533 - 8,502 13 Net Jumma 675 7,827 13 DETAILED ACCOUNT :— DISBURSEMENTS. Oors Mukurraree : Established Annual Expenses at the Periodical Festivals : Provisions, Oil, Wood, &c. - Turbans distributed . . - Modus to Mooshartees and Mooteils Expenses on the last day of the festival Ditto Rashna and Nukka Khana Ditto in detail - - - - Fixed allowance to Mooshaitees Oors to other durgahs - - - Extra Oors : Roshnee Mohurum - Ed - - - MootawuUee Attendants Cloth and Padlock Khadims - Zeafut to travellers 113 200 200 84 43 12 8 17 10 - 21 8 - 15 6 - 570 - - 112 8 - 356 8 - 65 4 - 47 4 - 10 - - 57 — _ 35 8 - 1,354 - - 695 12 2,049 12 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAN ISM. 379 In the name of the Peerzadas Mahomed Bakur and Kazimallee, their private expense ,..---- 13 Old Dependents, 53 per mensem . - - . - 37 Kelations of hereditary attendants, at 100. 4. . . - 16 Men Servants, at 34. 9. Moiety in the name of Imam Ool Nissa, to 1219, now apper- taining to Mahuraud Bakur and Kazini ^\lli . . . AM. Expenses attending the marriage of Kazim AUee Ditto ...---- of his brother Niece of Mahomud Bakur . - - - ToT/! 601 6 689 _ _ 1,203 _ _ 414 - - 2,909 - 6 2,009 - 6 5,8 IH I _ 2,000 700 - _ 500 - - 3,200 - lis. AL - • 11,007 13 - Abstract Disbursements : Oors Mokurraree Ditto extra 13 Dependents 37 Relations - 16 Servants 1,353 691 689 1,203 416 4 - Fiinenil Expenses of Mahomed Bakur and his Son 583 14 A Moiety to Imam Ool Nissa - . - . . Marriages of the Family ---... Expense of the Eds Nowrogah Festivals - . - - -i 2,891 14 -§ 2,891 14 -J - 3,200 - - - 200 - - 3,400 - - 7,828 1 - (signed) A Wright, ColF, "i E. W. Blunt, C. G. C, L , . R. Boww, Lieut.-Colonel, (^°'"'^ ^S^"^- C. Macsiveen, Reg^ J EXTRACT from the Register of Maafee Lands in the Pergunnah of Fuilehpoor. The entire villages of Jajon - Ditto . - - Mahdee Ditto ... Buhrowles Ditto - . - Surowlee 12-20th of my boozroog Lands within the citj' wall Three Stone Quarries - Tota I. (signed) Beeghas. 3,993 17 5,922 - 1,393 - 2,053 - 1,475 - 623 5 15,460 Jumma. 2,700 - 2,400 - 940 - 700 - 1,068 - 1,191 - 36 - 9,035 - - A. Wright, CoW, -I E. W. Blunt, C. G. C, I R. Bowie, Lieut-Col., | C. Macswcen, Reg', J Local Agents. (No. 4 ) From M. Moore, Esq., Sub-Socretary to the Board of Commissioners, Furruc- kal)a(l, to A. IVright, E. W. Blunt and C. Macsween, Esqrs., Local Agents, Agra ; dated Furruckabad, 29 July 1814. Gentlemen, I AM directed by tlio Boiirrl of Commissioners to acknowledge tlie receipt of your letter of the 17th Sejitember last, with its enclosures, on the subject of the durgah of Suleem Chistce, at Futte]ii)ore Sickree. 2. '] he Board concur entirely with the decision of the Court on the suit of Imam Ool Nissa, widow of the former mootuwullee Shek Ahnuid, and mother of the late mootuwullee Allee Ahnuul, and her daughters, against Mahomed liakur, the half-brotlier of the said Allee Mahomed and his sou Ka/ini Allee, the ]iresent mootuwullee, that lands alienated in works (or mortmain) for a religious endow- ment, are not an object of inheritance or division. 621. 3 B o 3. Under 38o PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 3. Under the opinion whieli you have expressed in regard to the conduct of Kazini Allee and liife father Mahomud Bakur in the discliarge of tlieir trust, tlie Board see no reason for interfering Mitli tlie present management further than may be necessary for securing to the several descendents of the original stock the maintenance which they have been accustomed to receive, or which they may be entitled to ; jnirticularly the widow and daughters of Shekh Ahmud, who in con- sequence of their appeal to law may have incurred the mootuwuUee's resent- ment, 4 The Board accordingly recommended your obtaining from JNIahomud Bakur a list of the persons entitled to maintenance from the endowment, as a guide to vou in your examination of his accounts, which you will continue to reqtiire him to furnish annually, at the close of ever)- year, and in case the personal allowance of Imam Ool Nissa and her daughters should not have yet been fixed by him to their satisfaction, you will proceed to adjust it on equitable terms with reference to their near affinity to the late mootuwullee, on a comparison of the amount enjoyed by other individuals of the family. I have &c. Board of Commissioners. Furruckabad, (signed) M. Moore, 29 Julv 1814. Sub-Secretary. (No. 5.) From the Local Agents to Sir J. E. Colthrooke, Bart., and JV. H. Traiit, Esq., Board of Commi.ssioners, Furruckabad; dated Agra, 29 April 1818. Gentlemen, Repeated complaints having been at different times made to us by the moo- tuwullees of the durgah at Futtehjioor Sickree, that the whole of the funds arising from the rent-free villages a])|)ropriated for the expenses of that institution, and the offerings made at the shrine, were embezzled for their own use and benefit by Mahomed Bakur and his son Quazim Allee, to the exclusion of all others entitled to a participation therein, we considered it just and proper to institute an inquiry into the circumstances, and the result has induced us to trouble your Board with this reference. The correspondence that formerly took place on the dates noted in the margin, Loc.il A,;,'pnt&, ^yj]] \^^^^■^. apprized your Board of the various disputes which took place on the death no.ird'r'onU'rs,'' of Sheikh Allee Ahmed, the mootuwullee, without a son. From the best information 12 Dccpiiiiiei 1312; t^q liave been able to procure, the funds ai>pear to have been appropriated Lunil Agent according to loncf-c'stablished usage uj) to that iieriod ; the whole of the receipts K,Kir.rs Orders, from the lands and offerings were made over to the actmg manager, and regular i-'y July 1814. divisi(m made amongst the mootuwullees and khadims of what balance might remain after the payment of all exjicnses. A settlement was made by Colonel flessing, with which all parties appear to have been satisfied at the time, at least there are no records to prove the contrary. Under this arrangement, half the amount was received by Mohumed Bakur and Imam Ool Nissa,motherof Sheikh Allee Ahmud respectively, until her death, when Mahummed Bakur got possession of the whole, and one of the first acts of his management was the mortgage of three or four of the villages to some residents of this city, under the pretence that the funds were then insufficient, but more pro- bablv, in our opinion, to answer the expenses of the marriages of some of the members of his family, or support his own extravagance, which is notorious. Repeated calls have been made upon Mahomed Bakur to furnish us with the annual accounts as directed in your Board's orders of the 29th July 1814, but no i-eply has ever been furnished, and the very wretched appearance of the khadims and otlu-rs in attendance upon the tomb of the saint, does not lead us to place any confidence in his assertions, that they receive what they are justly entitled to. It is ]uvsunied that occasional repairs to the buil^hed, we apprehend that it must fall gradually to ruin. Under INDIA WITH IDOLATRV, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 3S1 Under all circumstances, we beg to suggest to your Board the propriety of taking the management of the lands into the hands of Government, in order that justice may, as far as practicable, Ix; rendered to all parties, and any balance that may remain at the end of the year be appropriated towards discharging the debts and redeeming the mortgages if they should prove to be due from the institution, and not from Mahonmied Bakur individually. Inazim Allee, the son of Mahomed Hakur, must be considered under the royal firman to be entitled to retain the othce of mootuwuUee. We have &c. (signeil) M. Moore, -, J. F. M. Re'id, Local Agents. Agra, 29 April 1818. W. Farquhar, J (No. 6.) From Local Agents, Agra, to Sir /. E. Cotebrooke, Bart., and W. H. Tra)>t,^'iq., Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad ; dated .Agra, 10 May 1818. Gentlemen, In continuation of our late address to your Board relative to the durgah of Sideem C'histee at Tuttehpoor Sickree, we have the honour to transmit to you herewith copies of the examination of two of the oldest and most respectable khadims attached to that place, together with a copy of our proceedings in consequence. From the statements given by these khadims it appears, — 1st. That although Kaiiim Allee is the nominal mootuwullee, Mahomed Bakur, his father exercises all the authority. 2d. That Mahomed Hakur is by no means considered a respectable character. 3d. That for a series of years the khadims and others entitled to support from the institution have been defrauded of their dues. 4th. That the yearly disbursements of the durgah are not supposed to exceed 1,000 rupees, so tliat Mahomed Bakur must embezzle at least 7,000 or 8,000 rupees per annum. It appears, from the statements of the khadims whom we examined, that in former times a j)erson on the part of the Government resided at the durgah fur the purpose of controlling the disbursements, &c. We venture to give it as our opinion, tlvat a person might now be employed in that capacity with grtat advantage to every one connected with the durgah, excejit Alahomed Bakur and his son, and we have the less hesitation in suggesting the adojition of the measure, because two members of your committee are aware that your Board were formerly pleased to sanction a similar one at the durgah at Ciiunar. We beg leave to acquaint your Board that we, a considerable time ago, called on Mahomed Bakur and Kazim Allee to furnish us with the accounts of the durgah, but they have not even deigned to acknowledge the receipt of our pur- wannali. We beg leave to add, that the relatives of the late Sheikh Uhmed, mootuwullee, are living in the greatest misery, and we are not certain that some of them are lut now begging. We have, Sec. (signed) M. Aloore, -. J. F. M. Reid, I Local Agents. Agra, 10 May 1818. W. Furiiuhar, J 021. 3 B 3 (No- 7.; 382 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (No. 7.) From H. Neionham, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, Furrnckabad, to M. Moore, J. F. M. ReiU and JV. Furquhar, Esqrs., Local Aaents, Agraj dated 5 May 1818. Gentlemen, I Ai\r directed by the Board of Commissioners to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ultimo, regarding the durgah of Futtehpoor Sickrec 2. Under the circumstances detailed by you, the Board desire that Mr. Moore, in his ca])acity of Acting Collector of Revenue, will take into attachment the whole of the rent-free lands appertaining to this collection into deposit, until furnished with the Board's orders regarding the appropriation. Mr. Moore will accordingly submit, in the above capacity, a separate report of the measures which he may propose for the management of the lands, and a state- ment of any establishment which he may deem necessary. 3. You will at the same time proceed to ascertain the number and description of ])ersons entitled to share in the benefit of the endowments, and the amount of each individual's proportion, according to established usage, and you will be pleased to submit a statement of the same, with a view to the Board's furnishing the Collector with the necessary instnictions for the distribution. 4. The Board also desire that you will report the result of your inquiries into the circumstance and amount of the mortgages which the mootuwullee Kazim Allee Khan is alleged to have made of some of the villages. 5. You will, however be careful not to interfere in Kazim Allee Khan's personal discharge of tlie duties of mootuwullee at the shrine itself, or in the receipt and disi)0sal of the offering made at the shrine. I have, &c. (signed) //. Neicnham, Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad, Secretary. 5 May 1818. (No. 8.) From H. Newn/iam, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, Furruci Names. Per Month. Rbm.\rks. Rs. Mahommud Tally - - - 40 - - nephew of Sheikh Uhmed. He daughter and other relatives. has a' Abdool Wassy . . 30 nephhew of Sheikh Uhmed. Sheikh Fuzzui OoUah _ . 30 - - ditto. Sheikh Mannoo _ . 30 son-in-law of Sheikh Uhmed. Moosumut Soot Ool Nissa . 20 niece of Sheikh Uhmed. Kurreemhase - - . 15 grand-nephew of Sheikh Uhtned. Lall Mahomed - - 10 a distant relation of Sheikh Uhmed. Establishment attached to the Durgah : Hefczanath OoUah - . . - Khadim. Golam Nusor Ooddeen - _ - - ditto. Golam Khoosroo - . - - ditto. Gholam Boorhun Ooddeen _ - - ditto. Golam Moheem Ooddeen . - - ditto. Golam Tussee Ooddeen - . - - ditto. Gholam Siraaj Ooddeen - - - - ditto. Golam Hossein . - - - ditto. Allum OoUah - - - - - ditto. Durgahee - . - - ditto. Nujjab OoUah - - - - ditto. Hakeem OoUah - - - - ditto. Munnoo Lall - . - - - formerly Bukshee. Buddur Ooddeen Khan . - - - son of a former Durgah. Seetaram - - - - Moolsuddee, lately entertained. Hussein Bux - - - - - keeper of Sweetmeats. Sheikh Budroo - - - - Chowkeedar. Besharut UUee - - - - Jally Binder. Wajeed - - - - - - - Furash. Wassil - - - - - - - ditto. Tuhhud Khan . - - • ditto. Ajeim OoUah - . - - - ditto. Futteh Khan - . . - - ditto. Nejahmuth - . - _ Durwan. KuUoo - - . - . ditto. Hubeah OoUah - _ - _ ditto. Zakur - - - - . - . Goolfurash. Shahkree - - - . ditto. Husnoo - - - - - - - Nogarehee. Nathoo - - - . - - . ditto. Bahadoor - . - _ ditto. Saddoo - - - - _ - . ditto. Khejrah - - - . . - _ ditto. Noormahomud _ . - _ ditto. Sallahbatte - - _ . _ ditto. Futteh - - • - ^ Ghurreewall ali. Nathoo - - - . _ - . ditto. AzeemooUah - . . - _ Abdar. Middoo - . - - - - . Cook. Namdar - - - - - - _ Peon. Lall Mahomed . . .. ^ ditto. Saddoo - - - . . . _ Performer. Nunnoo - - - _ . « . ditto. Wassy - - . - - - - Barber. Jeewaj - - . - - - « ditto. Methoo - . . . _ Bhistee. Momeen - - - - Sweeper. Names unknown - - - - Dhohee. (E. E.) (signed) JT. G. Christian, H. Fraser, J- F. M. Reid, W. Farquhar, rLocal A^isnts. (No. 10.) INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 385 (No. 10.) From H. Newnham, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, Fumickabad, to H. G. C/iristian, JI. Fraser, J. F. M. Rcid and IF. Farciuhar, Esqrs., Local Agents at Agra ; dated 2 April 1819. Gentlemen, I AM directed by the Board of Commissioners to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated the 25th ultimo, regarding the endowment of Futtehpore Sickree. 2. Under a supposition that the several parties interested have acquiesced in the proposed ai)j)ortionment of support to the several desccndents of Sheik Solenian Chistee, the Board refrain from suggesting any alteration ; but in case the Board's recognition should in any way be liable to be construed into a decision on opposite claims, a more detailed explanation of the principle ■which guided the distribution would be obviously desirable. 3. It is unnecessary to follow the several intermarriages from the original stock, as the descent of the sui)erintendence probably has materially influenced, according to known rules or peculiar rights of the institution, the distribution of the proceeds from the endowment. On this principle, Kazim Ally, the present superintendent, and his father Mohummud Bakur, in descent from Sheikh Alinuid, are to receive monthly 150 rupees, but the principal does not appear applicable to Sheikh Khibhul Oollah, Sheik Maroof and Mussumats Khyool Nissa, receiving 110 rupees a month, as nephews and niece of Imamool INissa. Ihe Board con- ceive that the inheritance of these persons must be claimed through the mother, Kumrool Nissa, who does not appear to have intermarried, and not through the maternal aunt Imamool Nissa, whose rights have, it is conjectured, descended to the issue of Sheikh Ahmed, her husband. 4. The other arrangements are for the present approved, as the Board will hereafter come to a final resolution on having before them the accounts of the khass collections from the lands. I have, &c. (signed) H. Neitmham, Secretary. Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad, 2 April 1819. (No. 11.) From H. Newnham, Esq. Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad to H. G. Christian, H. Fraser, J. F. AI. Rcid and W. Farcjuhar, Esqrs., Local Agents, Agra; dated 2 July 1819. Gentlemen, In continuation of my letter of the 2d April last, I am directed to transmit to you copies of petitions presented to them by Kazim Ally, the mootuwullee of the durgah of Solicm Chistee, at ruttchpore Sickree, and from the other branches of the family, together with a memorandum or statement of stipend.*, which he alleges to have been heretofore received by those persons. 2. In the trace of the several successions to the superintendence of this en- doM'mcnt, the Board observe that it has been, until the aj)pointnient of Kazim Ally to it, strictly confined to the full blood of Soleim (Chistee, as in the instance of Sheikh Mahomed, the son of Sheikh Moazim, excluded in favour of a col- lateral descendant, Islam Mahummud, in consequence of his mother being of the family ; and of Kazim Ally's father, Mahummud liakur, similarly excluded on the same account in favour of his younger brother, Ahmut Oolali, and tliey are there- fore of opinion, that the grounds of Mahomed Bakur's exclusion should equally have operated to the exclusion of his son- 62 1 . 3 C 3. But 386 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 3. But as the Board consider this question lo be no longer open lo revision after the Royal firman nominating Kazim Ally to the office has been so long recognized, and in force previously to the cession, the only point in which they deem themselves at liberty to interfere, is the security of the due a])propriation of the funds, including the stipends to which any members of the family may be entitled; and in this point also they are of opinion, that the usages which may have hitherto prevailed, should be conformed to. The Board accordingly, in their reply of the 2d April to your letter of the 25th March, restricted the confirmation of the stipends proposed by you, to those items which might not be disputed. 4. It appears, however, from the petition of Kazim Ali, that he denies the right of any of the other parties to any such specific sums as you have proposed for them ; and he states, that in instances where you have recommended 50 rupees, the parties have hitherto been in the receipt of five rupees : the Board therefore desire that you will revise your proceedings with reference to the stipends actually received by the parties, and if this cannot be satisfactorily ascertained, the Board conceive that the compromise of Colonel Hessing, although superseded in regard to their right of management, and to an actual participation in the lands attached to the endowments, might furnish a datum for the adjustment of the stipends, by an equal division of the surplus, after defraying the charges of the institution, between Kazim Alii on one part, and Fuzul AUee, with the other connections of Imam Ool Nissa, on the other part. 5. The following appears from the petition of Fuzul Oollah to have been the order of succession in the superintendence of the endowment : — Suleim Chistee. Budrooddeen. Ikram Khan, brother of Islam Khan. Mokrum Khan. Sheikh Moozim, left no legitimate heir, but a half-blood son. Sheikh Mahomed, on which occasion Cazee Aurrenzeh appointed Dewan Islam Mohomed, a full blood de- scendent from Fussee Oonmissa. Islam Mohummud. Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad, 2 July 1819. Wullee Mohummud. Abdool Sumied. Sheikh Ahmud. Alee Ahmud, second son, to the ex- clusion of Mahomed Bakur, first son by an illegitimate wife. On his death,Imamon Nissa set up Sheikh Fuzzul Oollah, but Mahomed Bakur got a finnan from Dehlie, in favour of his son, Kazim Ally. I have, &c. (signed) H. Newnham, Secretary. (No. 12.) From the Local Agents at Agra to H. Newnham, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad; dated 25 November 1819. Sir, We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d July, forwarding copies of petitions presented to the Board of Commissioners by Kaiim Ally, mootuwullee of the durgah of Futtehpoor Sickree, and from the other branches of the family, together with a memorandum or statement of stipends, which he alleges to have been heretofore received by those persons. We beg leave to observe, that we shall proceed to revise our proceedings with reference to the amount actually received by the parties, but we do not think that this can be satisfactorily ascertained, and if the compromise of Colonel Hessing be assumed as a datum for the adjustment of the stipends, by an equal division of the surplus, after defraying the charge of the institution, we apprehend Kazim AUee INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 387 Allee will still object, and if the Royal firman be considered as a document of primary consideration, tlic connections of Imam Don Nissa will of course con- tinue dissatisfied ; we therefore recommend that a regular genealogical table be prej)ared, and when the account of family succession has been clearly ascertained and acknowledged liy the parties concerned, a statement of the probable expenses of the institution, calculated at the average of the last four years, can be jirepared, including the amount to be disbursed annually in the repairs of the building, and a jumma wasil bajrue of the lands attached to tlie endowment for the same period, can be required ; we therefore propose to forward copies of these papers, with any other necessary information, to the law officer attached to this Adawlut, or to the superior court at Bareilly, requesting him to define or apportion the several shares with reference to Mahomedan law, and that the distribution here- after be made in conformity with his decision, if not obviously unjust, leaving the parties dissatisfied to prosecute their claims in the courts of judicature. We have, &c. (signed) H. G. Christian,'] H. Fraser, [Local Agents. Zillah Agra, Local Agency, J. F. M. lieicl, J 25 November 1819. Note by Mr. Farqu/m)' on the foregoing. My reasons for not signing this letter are given in the accompanying Minute. (signed) IV. Farquhai; Zillah Agra, Local Agent's Office, Local Agent. 30 November 1819. Minute. I DECLINE to sign the accompanying letter, because it does not embrace some points which I consider of primary im})ortance. From the tenor of Kazim Ally's urzee to the Board of Commissioners, it is evident that his grand oljject is to regain possession of the villages which he and his father, Mahomed K. Bakur, formerly mortgaged ; and although all the other mem- bers in their minutes recorded as their sentiments that it would be inexpedient to restore the villages to the control of those persons, yet not a word is said on the subject in the letter about to be despatched. Mr. Fraser and Mr. Reid, in their minute, expressed their approbation of the division signified in the 4th para, of Mr. Secretary N(!widiam's letter of the 2d July last ; but the address to the Board of Connnissioners, which has this day been brought to me for signature, contains doubts as to the expediency of the measure, on the plea that it may probaljly not prove satisfactory to one or both of the parties. That any adjustment would give satisfaction to all the individuals concerned is not to be expected ; but I am decidedly of ojiinion, that the most equitable settle- ment wliici) could be made, and the one best calculated to prevent future litiga- tion, would be, after allowing a reasonable sum to defray the expenses of the durgah, and receiving a sufhciency for the repairs of that edifice, to make an equal division of the surplus between Kazim Allee and his relations and con- nexions on the one part, and Sheikh Kuzul Ooddeen llossein, with the otiicr relations and connexions of Imamool Nissa, on the other j)art. I beg leave to suggest that Fuzuloodileen Hossein and Kazim Alice be called upon to give in lists of their relations and connexions entitled to receive support from cnd(»wment, and also to furnish furzsumnamehs ajiproved of by the several individuals of their respective parties. 621. 3c 2 Should 388 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Should the measure prove nugatory, it may be necessary to take the opinion of persons cunning in the Mahomedan Uiw as to the apportioning the stipends ; but in that event, 1 beg leave to suggest that a reference be made to the law officers attached to the Sudder Adawlut in Calcutta, who, it is presumable, are at too great a distance to be biassed by party influence or selfish considerations. I request that this Minute may be forwarded with the letter, which I have declined to subscribe, for the consideration of the Board of Commissioners. I have, &c. (signed) W. Farquhar, Agra, 30 November 1819. Local Agent. (No. 13.) From H. B. Oldfield, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, Furrucka- bad, to //. G. Christian, H. Fraser and J. F. M. Reid, Esqrs., Local Agents at Agra; dated 10 December 1819. Gentlemen, I AM directed by the Board of Commissioners to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ultimo, reporting on the petitions of Kizim Allee, the mootuwullee of the durgah of Futtehpoor Sicree, and of the other branches of the family, and to desire that you will form a statement of the proceeds of the lands attached to the endowment, and of the expenditure, including repairs to the durgah, with a view to enable the Board to judge of the proper measures to be adopted, after knowing what the probable surplus may be. I have, &c. (signed) H. S. Oldfield, Secretary. Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad, 10 December 1819. (No. 14.) From the Local Agents, Agra, to H. Fraser, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad; dated 14 February 1820. Sir, In obedience to the orders communicated in the late Acting Secretary's letter of the 10th December 1819, we have the honour to submit, for the information of the Board of Commissioners, an estimate of the proceeds of the lands attached to the endowment at Futtehpoor Sickree, and of the expenditure, including repairs to the durgah. We have, &c. ZiUah Agra, 14 February 1820. (signed) H. G. Christian, C. R. Lindsay, J. F. M. Reid, W. Farquhar, Local Agents. ABSTRACT INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 389 ABSTRACT STATEMENT of the Endowment at Futtehpoor Skkree, for the Fuslee Year 1226. Dr. Cr. RECEIPTS. To Rent of the under-mentioned Villages ; viz. Jajon Mahdow - Nugla Buhrowtce Mij Boozoorg - Bubrowlee SuiTowIee 2,380 11 - 2,137 9 6 665 - - 650 - - 320 - - 640 - - To Rent of the lands situated within the city wall .----- To Rent of the Surrai, &c. - - . Lucknow Sa. Rs. 6,793 4 6 510 5 3 240 15 - 7,544 8 9 Zillah Agra, Local Agency, 14 February 1820. DISBURSEMENTS. By Amount of the following Establishment entertained at the Durgah ; viz. 12 Peerzadas ... 5,220 - - 12 Khadims ... 174 - - 4 Mootsuddees and Peons 240 - - 21 Furash, &c. - 408 - - 13 Servants ... 222 - - 4 Killowunts - - • 60 - - By Amount for collecting the Rents ; viz. 1 Motsuddee - . . - -1 2 Chowkeedars - - - - - ; Stationery, &c. ... - -J A meeting convened to commemorate the obsequies of Sheikh Suleim Chistee and Wullee Ahmud - . - - - Repair of the Durgah .... Lucknow Sa. Rs. (E. E.) (signed) H. G. Christian,-). R. C. Lindsay, { 6,324 222 500 - - 498 8 9 7,544 8 9 Local J. F. M. Reid, [Agents. W. Farquhar, J (No. 15.) From 77. S. Oldfield, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, Furruckabad, to the Local Agents at Agra; dated 24 August 1821. Gentlemen, I AM directed by the Board of Commissioners to transmit to you a copy of a petition from Sheikh Kazim Ally, and to desire that you will discontinue the payment of the stipends to tlie persons claiming a riglit to have in the benefit of the endowment therein mentioned, until the disputes which exist regarding the appropriation of the funds shall be finally adjusted. I have, &c. (signed) 77. S. Oldfield, Acting Secretary. Board of Commissioners, FuiTuckabad, 24 August 1821. 621. 3 c 3 (No. 16.) 3yo PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (No. IG.) From the Local Agents at Agra to A. dimming, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Board of Commissioners ; dated 17 December 1821. Sir, ■ Wii have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24tli August, transmitting a copy of a petition from Sheikli Kazim Ali, and directing us to discontinue the i)ayment of the stipends to the ])ersons claiming a right to share in the benefit of the endowment of Futtchpoor Sickree, until the disputes which exist between the parties regarding the appropriation of the funds shall have been finally adjusted. 2. After perusing with considerable attention the whole of the proceedings which had passed in this case since the date of the Board's orders of the 10th December 1819, w-e found ourselves utterly at a loss to suggest any arrangement for the division of the funds which could afford satisfaction to both parties, with reference to their widely differing claims. We accordingly issued purwannahs to Kazim Ali, Sazuda Misheen and Fuzul Ooddeen Peerzada, informing them that no further payments would be made until their differences were adjusted, and strongly recommended them having recourse to the arbitration of respectable Mahomedans, in pursuance of this object. Copies of their urzees in reply, and of our proceedings, are herewith forwarded for the consideration and orders of the Board, -which tend to show the hopelessness of our prevailing upon them to submit their disputes to this amicable mode of adjustment ; yet they are both pressing for some final decision being passed relative to their respective claims ; and indeed this is highly desirable, as the stipendiaries and servants attached to the institution are suffering from the suspension of their only means of support. 3. The Board, in the above-mentioned letter from Mr. Acting Secretary Uldfield, under date the 10th December 1819, directed that a statement of the proceeds of the lands attached to the endowment, and of the expenditure, including repairs to the durgah, should be formed, with a view to enable them to judge of the proper measures to be adopted, after knowing what the probable surplus; may be. 4. We cannot discover that this information was ever furnished, and therefore transmit herewith an abstract account, showing the receipts and disbursements under the head of " Durgha Futtehpoor Sickree," for the years Fussly 1226, 1227 and 1228, corresponding with 1819, 1820 and 1821, from which it appears that the average net amount of the collections on account of the endowment for each of those years was Rs. 7,690 5 6 That the charges on account of the Oors amounted to 566 10 8 Ditto for the servants attached to the establishment 1 , 1 64 1 2 2 Ditto for the repairs of the durgah - - 162 14 8 5. But as no heavy repairs were efi'ected in that period, we deem it desirable to set aside a larger sum to meet them when required. We have little doubt of the accuracy of this account, as it was furnished by the tehseeldar, after minute inquiry and investigation, and it tends to show how little Kazim Ali's statement in his present urzee is to be depended upon, wherein he estimates the annual charges of the durgah as follows : — On account of the Oors - 1 ,200 Ditto - of Repairs 1,200 Ditto - Charity 250 Ditto - Illuminations - . . - - 60 Ditto - Perfumery 40 Ditto - Servants ...--- 984 6. Perhaps the subjoined may be considered a fair allowance for the fixed charges of the establishment, and we accordingly recommend its being adopted as such for the future : mithfbe'^^IdTthat On account of Oors - - 700 any furtlier amount Ditto - Repairs* (estimated) - . - - bOO required on this -q-^^ _ Illuminations - - - - - 100 account should be aj-jh.« ^ deducted for the Ditto - Chanty o()^ proceeds of the hmds. pj^^^, . Servants ---.-- 1,300 3,000 7. A larger INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 391 7. A larger sum is here allowed for the oors than all besides Kazim Ali admits heretofore to have been expended on tliat account ; and the other items, for lights, charity and servants are fully provided f(»r, whilst the expense of repairs is taken out of his hands. We further recommend that Kazim Ali, as sajada nusheen, should be entrusted with the disbursement of those several sums, with the exception of the amount to be set aside for repairs, he being directed to for- ward to us the receipts of the servants at the time of pajTnent being made to them. He would thus be left in the undisturbed possession of his rights of sajada nusheen, and no interference Mould be offered in regard to the disposal of the funds appropriated for these duties, arising either from the produce of the lands or the offerings made to the shrine, so long as he executed the office with justice and fideUty. 8. This arrangement would leave a balance (more or less) of Rs. 4,690. 5. 6. applicable for the support of the descendents of the Sheikh Sulim Chistee, and conformably with the suggestion contained in the Board's letter of the 2d July 1819. We recommend that it be equally divided between Kazim Alii on the one part, and Fuzzul Ooddeen, with the connexions of Imamool Nissa, on the other part. Should this ajiportionment meet the Board's final apjirobation, we a])pre- hend there will be little difficulty in getting the [)rincipal parties to settle amongst themselves what sums should be allotted to their respective relations. This might be effected without our interference, and the payments, agreeably to such allot- ment, be made at convenient sta,ted periods at the Collector's office, with reference to the assets in this treasury from the attached lands. 9. The only remaining question is, how the stipends which may lapse from deaths are to be disposed of; whether they should be divided equally between both parties, or escheat to the descendents of the late stipendiaries. To prevent further dispute, we request to be favoured with the Board's distinct orders on this point. 10. As no payments have been made to the persons entitled to receive support from the endowment, or for the establishment, &c., since the 31st May last, to enable us to discharge these, we beg that the Collector may be directed to pay, on our receipt, the sum of 3,545 rupees (more or less), being the moiety of the estimated pro. IL S. OUlfidd^rS^''^'' Zillah Agra, Local Agency, 17 December 1821. ^21- 3C4 Dr 392 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CO O ^ ci bO 5 Q a 01 n s n Id fm a S ■ to TS d I I s -£s c :5 2^u I I I I ■* t>. o i^ m O X u-3 o 00 • C o 2 -= Sec 3 WJ w - - I O I I I o o c3 eo c i> « o o P5 ^5 g C3 rt ^ O ? g mo;* en "^5 -a js C a> O j3 SCA3 3 J3 ^ 00 '-So 00 •a e 13 ^ •I H O H 63 tS a bo OB s 3 PH (x< fa co" !>■ oo" . t> ^"'"~-->^^ 00 Of l-H c ^"^-^^ 0( o n o ti • K lO o •^ 4 •* t>. a> B o 00 o » ♦" ' c -Q o "»;:? (D e3 « 03 I I j3 o a *3 i; « 00 QJ -4-* S ^ O O '^ '4^ o « u "-3 2 ;s^; I k 5 o 2 t3 oj s ;z IP >. E ■< H O H (I'd ^ >> in tn s OD a 3 fa fa fa fa lO" CO* t^ oo" 04 CI e» 2 Ci ei « rN FN •^ c» CO c« «) fa Cd fa pa 00 a> o l-H CJ o« 00 00 00 00 rH 1-4 l-H o «s o s i 00 < b J3 o & •J 0) a> Q < ,s d N (No. 17.) INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 3^^ (No. 17.) From R. Adams, Esq , Acting Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, Furnickabad, to G. Saunders, H. S. Boulderson and H. S. Oldfield Esqrs ' Local Agents, Agra; dated IG Aprill822. > m ■> Gentlemen, I AM directed by the Board of Commissioners to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th December last, and to inform you tliat they authorize you to carry into efiect the arrangement projiosed by you in regard to the appropria- tion of the funds belonging to the endowment at Futtehpoor Sickree. 2. In reply to the ciuestion contained in the 9th para, of your letter, as to the disposal of the sti])ends of those stipendiaries who may die, the Board are of opinion that such stipends should go to the descendents of the deceased persons, and be allotted tf) tlium in such proportion as the head of the party to which they may belong may consider proper. 3. Tlie Collector of Agra will be desired to pay to you such portion of the funds of the institution as may be in deposit in his treasury as you may have occa- sion to draw. I have, &c. (signed) R. Williams, Board of Commissioners, Actin"- Secretary. Camp, Manglour, Zillah Seharunpore, 16 April 1822. (No. 18.) From Local Agents at Agra to JV. Eicer, Esq., Officiating Junior Member of the Board of Revenue in the Western Provinces, Camp Furruckabad ; dated 6 October 1824. Sir, The Collector of this district having handed to us a letter from the Board of Revenue in the Western Provinces, and wliich has been addressed to him by mis- take, requiring report on an urzee presented by Ilafiz Durgahec and Hafiz Golaum Zamamooddeen, khadims of the durgah at Futtehpore Sickree, we have the honour to enclose the copy of a statement delivered to us by the moonshee in the Nuzzool Department. We have, &c. (signed) J. Fraser, -\. , . Zillah Agi-a, Local Agency, F. Anderson,]^'^"^^^ Agents. G October 1824. (No. 19.) From G. W. Bacon, Esq., Acting Assistant Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Western Provinces, Camp Furruckabad, to J. Fraser and F. Anderso)i, Esqrs., Local Agents at Agra; dated 10 October 1824. Gentlemen, 1 AM directed by the Board of Revenue for the Western Provinces to acknow- ledge the receipt of your letter, dated the Gth instant, Avith its Persian enclosure, on the subject of the petition of Ilafiz Durgahee, t!v;c., khadims of the durgah at Futtehpoor Sickree, and to desire that you will make jiarticular inquiry Avhether the office of khadim be hereditary or not, and report the result to the J3oard. I have, &c. (signed) G. JV. Bacon, Acting Assistant Secretary. Board of Revenue, Western Provinces, Camp Furruckabad, 19 October 1824. 621. 3D (No. 20.) 394 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (No. 20.) from the Local Agents at Agra to G. JV. Bacon, Esq., Officiating Assistant Secretary to the Board of Revenue in the Western Provinces, Camp Furrucka- bad ; dated 9 December 1824. Sir, In reply to your letter of the 19th October last, directing the local agents to make particular inquiry as to whether the office of khadim be considered heredi- tar)' or not, we have the honour to transmit the accompanying statement of the moonshee in the Nuzzool Deiiartment, and likewise to refer you to the 2d para, of Mr. Acting Secretary Williams' letter of the 16th April 1822, which avo conceive applies to khadims as well as other stipendiaries of the endowment of Futtehpore Sickree. It would thus appear that the stipends should go to the descendents of deceased persons who were entitled to them. We have, &c. (signed) G. Saundtrs,'\j . . Zillah Agra, Local Agency, /. Fraser, J » 9 December 1824. (No. 21.) From G. H. Bacou, Esq., Acting Assistant Secretary to the Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Camp Nonbutgunge, Oude, to G. Saunders and J. Fraser, Esqrs., Local Agents at Agra ; dated 20 December 1824. Gentlemen, I AM directed by the officiating junior member of the Board of Revenue in the Western Provinces to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 9th instant, with its Persian enclosure, and to inform you, that as the office of khadim and other stipendiaries of the durgah at Futtehpoor Sickree are hereditary, and the petitioners (Ilafiz Durgahee and Boorhan Ooddeen, khadims, and Futteh Khan, furrash) being now in attendance, they should be restored. I have, &c. (signed) G. H. Bacon, Acting Assistant Secretary. Board of Revenue North Western Provinces, Camp Nonbutgunge, Oude, 20 December 1824. (No. 22.) From the Local Agents at Agra to W. Ewer, Esq., Officiating Member of the Board of Revenue in the Western Provinces, Dehlie ; dated 17 June 1825. Sir, We do ourselves the honour to state for your information, that on the receipt of Mr. Acting Secretary Bacon's letter of the 20th December 1824, we issued a perwannah to Kazim Ally, tiie shajada nushccn of the durgah at Futtehpoor Sickree, notifying to him the orders of the Board of Revenue in the ^Vestern Provinces, and directing him to restore Ilafiz Durgahee and Booshanoo Ooddeen, kha29 I addressed the three members of the late Board of Revenue on the subject of the repairs of the durgah, pointing out the ruinous state of the arcade on the left of the grand entrance ; stating my con- viction, that unless immediate ju'ecaution were taken, a great jiart of the arcade ■would fall during the ensuing rains. I further stated, that, under the system of a native agency, which had hitherto been adopted, a considerable sum had been frittered away on tcnq)orary repairs, which had not tended to secure the building from future dilapidation ; that the local agents, being unable to establish any effectual control over a native Avorknian, and considering the repairs innnediately requireil to l^e of greater extent, aiul involving a greater expense than could with prudence be entrusted to any one in whom implicit confidence was not to be placed, were occasions to be allowed to niakt' use of the services of Captain Boilcau, the executive engineer of the division, under whose superintendence the local agents felt assured that the repairs -would be effected in a substantial and satis- factory manner, and the sums advanced would bo a])plied legitimately. 3. To this address Mr. Newnhaiu replies on the 9th of February 1829, object- ing to the jjroposition of enqdoyingthe executive engineer, and stating his opinion that a native mistree was fully comjietent to the work in question. I beg leave to remark, that the local agents did not take ujion themselves to affirm that a mistree was incompetent to perform the required work, but objected to employ atiy native. Considerable outlay must be incurred, without any adequate control being maintained, either as to the actual expenditure or the durability of the work effected. Under these circumstances, the local agents did not think them- selves justified in making advances for rej)airs, and consequenth', T regret to state, that during the rains of 1829, the whole of the arcade alluded to fell down. In December following I visited the durgah, and examined the whole building. It ajpiK-ared evident to me, that, exclusive of the fallen arcade, very extensive repairs were necessary to guard against similar dilapidations in other parts of the edifice. Not, however, wishing to trust to my own judgment, I requested Captain Boilcau to survey the building, and to favour me Mith his estimate for the whole of the re|)airs. Captain Boilcau's survey continued my opinion as to the state of the durgah, but as a means of obtaining accurate data for the estimate of the total re])airs, he requested to be allowed to repair two arches of the fallen arcade, the probable expense of which he estimated at 1 ,100 ru])ees ; the actual expense incurred, however, amounted to 1 ,300 ruiiees, which sum has been disbursed by the local agents from the funds in their hands ajipropriated for the purpose of repairs. ^•2 1. Z ^ 3 Captain 3 98 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Captain Boileau's estimate of the total repairs amounts to Rs. 12,033. 11. (ih. The local agents have not the means of meeting this heavy demand at present but, under the hope that Government Avill not refuse to advance the sum so urgently required for the repairs of the durgali, I have to offer the following an-angement, which will enable the local agents to reimburse Government within three years. 4. The establishment of the durgah is supported by the revenue derived from six villages in pergunnah Futtehpore, the annual jummas of which amount to Rs. Sewar collections, rent of shops, &c. Of this sum, the following annual expenses have been authorized: Servants of the durgah - - - -1,227-- Oors .----.- 1,100 - - Deposited in the local agent's hands for current repairs of the durgah - - 600 - - Balance - Bs. 7,974 - - 268 9 - 8,242 9 - 2,927 - - 5,215 9 - This balance has hitherto been equally divided between Sheikh Kazim AUee Shajada Nusheen, and his family, on one hand, and Sheikh Fuzzulooddceu and the descendeuts of Imam Ool Nissa on the other hand. The six villages above mentioned were settled in F. S. 1228. They have lately been brought under measurement, preparatory to settlement, according to Reg. VII. of 1822 ; and the gross assets exhibited in the tehsildar's proceedings warrant the belief that the revised settlement of the six villages will produce an annual increase of 1,500 rupees. This expected increase 1 propose to retain in the local agents' hands, and to add it to the present funds appropriated to repairs. I further propose to deduct the sum of 1,500 rupees from the balance annually divided between Sheikh Kazim AUee and Fuzzulooddeen, and to carry it to the credit of the fund for repairs, until the debt shall have been paid off. The local agents will, therefore, next year have in their hands the following sums, amounting to 5,050 rupees, available to the repairs of the building : Now in deposit on account of repairs . - - J{s. 1,200 - - Annual sum appropriated to repairs, to be brought to account in my next _.--_.-- 600 - - Expected increase at the revised settlement of the villages - l,i500 - - Sewai collections, shops, &c. -..--- 250 - - Proposed deduction from the annual balance divided between the Sheiks 1,500 - - Ri. 5,050 5. With regard to the six villages appropriated to the support of the durgah, I do not consider any interference with the present management necessary, nor, indeed, could any other system of management be adopted, until the revised settlement shall have been effected. Engagements having been accepted from the present sumbcrdar for the current jummas, I shall endeavour, in my capacity of Collector, to proceed immediately to the settlement of these villages, and shall not fail to bring to your notice any arrangements that may appear to me calcu- lated to ensure the prosperity of the estates. Zillah Agra, Local Agency Office, 31 January 1832. I have, &c. (signed) R. H. Boddam, Local Agent. (No. 26.) INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. (No. 26.) 399 From R. H. Boddam, Esq., Local Agent at Agra, to C. Macsuxen, Esq., Com- missioner of Revenue, Second Division, Agra ; dated 22 February 1 832. Sir, I HAVE the honour to report that Fuzzul Ooddeen, sayad nuslieen of tlie durgah of Suleim Chistee, at Futtehpoor Sickree, died on the 23d December last. I also beg to submit a copy of my proceedings, appointing Fuzzul Hosein, eldest son of the deceased, to the vacant office. I have, &c. (signed) R. H. Boddam, Zillah Agra, Local Agency, Local Agent. Camp, Futtehpoor Sickree, 22 Februaiy 1832. (No. 27.) (No. 2o8.) From C. Macsweeu, Esq., Commissioner of Agra Division, to R. H. Boddam, Esq., Collector and Local Agent, Agra; dated 24 February 1832. Sir, I HAVE Jiad before me your letter of the 22d instant, witli its Persian enclo- sure, reporting that Fuzzul Ooddeen, sajaduh nuslieen of the durgah of Sheikh Suleim Chistee, at Futtehpoor Sickree, died on the 23d December last, and stating that you have apjiointed Tufuzznl Ilossein, eldest son of the deceased, to the vacant office. 2. I think you will find, on reference to the records in your office, that Fuzzul Oodeen was never recognised by the courts, or by the Board or local ao-cuts, as sajadah nusheen, which office has been held by Sheikh Casim Allee alone. The interference of the local agents under the orders of the Board, at the suggestion of the Agra Civil Court, was, I tliink, limited to the appropriation of the fund, and, if I am not mistaken, there are distinct instructions on the subject of the office of the sujadah nusheen in favour of Casim Allee ; under these circumstances, I request that you will refer to your records, and report further ; and I be"- that you will at the same time favoiu- me with copies of urzee that may have been presented to you by any parties concerned, as also by the tuhseeldar. 3. Witli regard to Tufuzznl Ilossein, I request that you will report his ao-e, character and qualifications to perform the duties which were, under the orders of the Board, entrusted to his father. I have, &c. (signed) C. Macsiceen, Commissioner's Office, Agra Division, " Commissioner. 24 February 1832. (No, 28.) (No. 403.) From C. Macsween, Esq., Commissioner, Agra Division, to C G. JMansel, Esq., Acting Collector and Local Agent, Agra ; dated 4 April 1832. Sir, The sajadah nu-^hccn, Casim Allee, gave me to understand tliat he was willing to undertake the repairs at Futtehjjoor Sicree for 400 rupees. I Iiavc reason to believe, however, tliat he never intended to execute tin; Mork, and that he now states that his meaning was 400 rui)ees for each arch. IIi>^ oliject seems to me to have been to make mo, as also Mr. Boddam and others, believe his offer to bo 400 rupees for the whole work, for I repeatedly and 4 question > 400 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF question ; it is, however, of consequence now only to ascertain w^hat he means us now to understand. I request, therefore, tliat you will require him to state it distinctly in writing, and that you will forward the same to me. I have, &c. (signed) C. 3facsween, Commissioner's Office, Agra Division, Commissioner. 4 April 1832. (True cojoies.) (signed) P. B. Rekl, Deputy Collector and Local Agent. (No. 91.) From B.. Campbell, Esq., Officiating Collector of Furruckabad, to JV. H. Tyler, Esq., Officiating Commissioner of the Second Division, Agra; dated 24 Fe- bruary, 1842. Maafee. Sir, In reply to your circular letter, No. 114, dated the 30th December last, with its enclosures, 1 have the honour to report, for the information of the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, that there is no endowment either in land or money in this district, to which the interference of Government officials is in any way extended. I have, &c. (signed) R. Camphdl, Furruckabad, Collector's Office, Officiating Collector. 24 February 1842. o (No. 31.) From JV. D. Smith, Esq., Acting Collector of Mynpooree, to W. H. Tyler, Esq., Officiating Commissioner, Second Division, Agra. Sir, In reply to your circular letter, No. 114, under date the 30th December last, with annexures, I have the honour to state, that there are no native religious insti- tutions in this district, in the management of which the interference of the Govern- ment officers is in any way exercised. I have, &c. (signed) W. D. Smith, JSIynpoory, Collector s Office, Acting Collector. 22 January 1842. (No. 32.) From A. Shank, Escj., Collector of Etawah, to IF. //. Tyler, Esq., Officiating Conmiissioner, Second Division, Agra; dated 4 Februaryl842. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular. No. 1 14, dated 31 December last, forwarding cojiies of a letter from the Sudder Board of Revenue, dated 14th idem, and of a despatch from the Honourable the Court of Directors, relative to the future management of native religious institutions, and requesting the transmission of a statement, showing the number and nature of the endow- ments, whether in land or money, to which the interference of the Government officerg INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OK WITH MAHOMETANISM. 401 officers is in any way extended ; I liave the lioimur to report, for vonr informa- tion, that there are no endowments, whether in land or money, of the nature indi- cated in the Honourable Court's despatch, in the district, and therefore I am unable to forward the required return. I have, &c. (signed) .1. Shati/c, Etwah, Collector's Office, Collector. 14 February 1842. (No. 1.5.) From G. T. Lush'mglou. Esq , Commissioner of Kumaon, to //. M. Elliot, Esq., Secretary to the Sudder Board of Uevenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad; dated 1 March 1842. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Circular (II.), with enclosures, bearing date the 14th December 1841, and, in reply, to observe as follows : 2. There are now no land or funds of religious endowments over which inter- fercTice is exercised by the officers of Government in this province, the lands and funds of the different temples being managed by the temple authorities. 3. It is, in my opinion, the safest plan to leave the management of such grants to the parties enjoying the usufruct of them, allowing the ryots to resort to the constituted tribunals for redress of any (alleged) wrongs, whether of a civil, criminal or fiscal nature, and disj)osing of such plaints as of other cases between man and man. 4. Such is the actual position of these endowments in this province ; and I am not aware that any change is called for as regards the management of lands or funds, in consequence of the recent orders issued by the Honourable the Court of Directors. There is, however, one point to which I would wish to draw the atten- tion of the Hoard and Government, viz. the practice which has obtained in this province from the date of the liritish conquest u]) to the present time, on the part of the rouwals of Budrinath, Kedarnath and Gopesir, of referring the disputes that from time to time arise among the different officers of these establishments to the Connnissioners of the jjrovince, for his orders and adjusiment. Is the exercise of this practice to be considered at variance with the principle laid down by the Honourable the Court of Directors or not? I iim myself inclined to think that this si)ecies of mediation cannot be fairly considered an interference with the afl'airs of religious establishments adverted to in the third para, of the Honourable Court's letter. 5. One point more remains to be noticed. It has always been usual in this ])rovince for the ruwals of Budrinath, Kedarnath and (jopesir, to receive a suiuuul of investment from the ruling authority, and without such sunnud the ruwals allege that their name and powers cannot be maintained. Such was the practice inider the Hindoo Rajahs of Kumaon and Ghurwal, under the Nepalese, and under the British (ioverinuent up to the present time. Is this recognition on the part of the chief Euroj)ean officer of the successor to a vacant ra\^ulship open to objection, or may it not be looked ujion in the same light as the khilot of investiture and complimentary khurcala issued to every native chief in alliance with our Government. 6. If this degree of connexion between the heads of the great Hindoo temples of this province and the Commi.ssioner is held to be objectionable, what course is to be j)ursued in future'' Do the Honourable the Court and Government con- sider that it would be safe, in a jwlitical point or view, to witlidraw these marks of sujiniuacy /// toto, and leave the rawuls to seek and procure similar marks ol'con- firniation from Lahore and Nepaul, between the territories of which the Bu(h-inath and Kedarnath temi)les are most conveniently situated, as conunon centres of poll- tieal intrigue, to be carried on as such intrigues generally are, by Brahmins and reli- gious mendicants (or at any rate j)ersons disguised as such), who might meet at those shrini's from the oi)])osite quarters of Katmandhorand Lahore, i)assing through ,621. 3 E Joombre 402 PAPERS ON C ONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Joombro and Dliotee into Kuniaon and Ghunnal, to Budrinatli and Kedarnatli, and tliencc issuinpf on the opening of the passes into the Trans-Himalayan plateau, bordeiiniz: on the Silvh countries of Sadakh. Baiter, Chooniba, &c., and vice versd. An unbroken line of coninuinication would thus be again established from Katmondhoo to Lahore ; and the secret messages and communications, which the events of the late years have brought to light were transmitted tlircugh the plains of India, would again start into life under the fostering care and protection of the rawals. 7. 1 submit these remarks for the consideration of the Board and Government, as I cannot but feel that the peculiar situation of these shrines, and the vast name and authority the rawals of them possess Avith all Hindoos, give them ample opportunities for conducting intrigues between the powers I have named, the which opportunities would not perhaps be neglected by the rawuls and priests, did they not, under the present system, look up for sup])ort and protection to the Govern- ment, by whom their lantls, rank and dignity have as yet been maintained. Kuniaon, Commissioner's Office, 1 March 1842. I have, &c. (signed) G. T. Lushinc/ton, Commissioner. (No. U).5.) From R. Loicther, Esq., Commissioner, Allahabad Division, to the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad; dated 29 March 1842. Officiating C'ul- lector, Cawiiiiorc, to Commissiuueis, No. 17, ilatfil 8 MiuilillJ42; Officiatii^ Collector, Futtclipoic, to Coin- inissi'juci-s, Xo.iKlB., dated 5 .March 18i2 ; Collector, Huineer- porc, to Commis- sioners, No. 22, dated 24 Jan. 1842 ; Collector Allalial>ad to Commissioners, No. 58, dated 2.'? Fcbrnary 1 842 ; Collector lianda to Commissioners, No. 68, dated 24 March 1842. Gentlemen, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Circular Order {II.), dated the 14th December last, with its annexurcs, from the Honourable the Court of Directors, No. 17, of 1841, dated the 25tli August, directing me to submit a state- ment, showing the number and nature of the endowments in this division, whether in land or money, to which the interference of Government officers is in any way extended. 2. In reply, I beg leave to submit the correspondence noted in the margin, from which your Board will perceive that Allahabad is the only district in which the endowment lands are under the direct charge of the Collector. 3. The two villages and two chucks, referred to in the statement submitted by the Collector, were attached, in the year 18.33, under the authority of the Com- missioner, .Mr. Stockwcll, it having been discovered that the maafeedars had mortgaged the lands in satisfaction of their priA'ate debts. 4. I fully concur in the opinion expressed by the Collector, that our inter- ference should be withdrawn ; the only question which arises is that connected with the schools established at the durgah ; Mr. Montgomery recommends that this institution should be transferred to the local committee of education. I am not aware of any objections to that arrangement; but as the Committee could not exercise any personal supervision, the objects contemplated by that officer might be sufficiently attained, were the superintendence placed under the Collector, who might make it a jioir.t of his duty to examine the pujjils when visiting the interior, and of ascertaining that they are proj)erly attended to. I have, &e. Commissioner's Office, Fourth Division, Allahabad, 29 March 1842. (signed) i?. Lowther, Commissioner. (No. 71.) INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR M ITII MAHOMETANISM. 403 (No. 71.) From C. M. Cahkcott, Esq. OlTiciatinofColIeftor of Ciiwiiporo, to R. L(.ni:thin\ Esq., Coiiiniissioner of llcvenuo, Fourth i^ivisioii, Allaliabad ; dati-d S March 1842. Sir, In rc'|>ly to your circular. No. 51, of the 31st December last, and letter No. 77, of the 28th ultinio, 1 have the honour to inform you, that in this district there are no endowments to which the interference of Government officers is extended. I have, &c. Cawnpore, Collector's Office, 8 March 1 842. (signed) C. M. Caldtcott, Officiating; Collector. (No 90 B.) From the Officiating Collector of Fnttehpoor, to R. Loiuther, Esq., Commissioner of Revenue, Fourth Division, .Allahabad ; dated 5 .March 1842. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular letter, No. 51, of the 31st December last, with its annexures, calling for information respecting the number anrt of ;i Durgah. 80 acres In jjuipetuity, for the support of an Imambara. (signed) Futtehpoor Coilectorship, Camp Juhanabad, 5 March 184>. Officiating Collector. 621. 3 E 2 (No. 22.) 404 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (No. 22. J From J. M. Taunton, Esq., Collector of Humeerpore, To i?. Lowther, Esq., Coniraissioner, I'ourtli Division, Allalia])ad ; dated 24 January 1842. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular No. 51, of 3lst December 1841, enclosing copy of one (H.) from the Sudder Board, dated 14th idem, with its annexurc, from the Honourable the Court of Directors, No. 17, of 1841, dated 25th August last, calling for a statement of the number and nature of the endowments, whether in land or money, in the district under my charge, to which my interference is in any way extended, and in reply to state, for your information, that there are no endowments, whether in land or money, to which my interference is extended, existing in this district. 1 have, &c. Humeerpore, Collector's Office, (signed) J. M. Taunton, 24 January 1842. Collector. (No. .58.) From i?. Montgomery, Esq., Collector of Allahabad, to JR. Loivther, Esq., Commissioner of Allahabad Division. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st Decem- ber, annexing copy of the Board's Circular (H.), dated 14th idem, and an extract from the despatch of the Honourable the Court of Directors, dated 25th August, requiring a statement of the number and nature of endowments in this district, whether in land or money, to which the interference of the Collector is in any extended. 2. The Statement now furnished will show that the endowments in this district are small and of little value, and the funds are principally for the repairs and expenses of the durgahs, which had much better be made ovei' to the proprietors Avho have the most interest in the matter ; the school attached to Sooltanpore Ka'ah Kurrack, might, I think, be made over to the local committee of edu- cation. I have^ &c. Allahabad, Collector's Office, (signed) jR. 3Iontgomery, 23 February 1842. Collector. STATEMENT of Endowments in Land in the District oi Allahabad. X;;iue Quantity of NAME of MOUZAH. of Amount .lumma. P. E M AUK S. Pergunna. Land. Kurrah Roopnaraiiipoor Gee- neo - - - 989 14 - 713 - - For the repairs of the Sool tanpoor Kaja Kurk 726 18 - 850 - - durgahs, and other expenses connected therewith ; there is also a school attached to Chieek Telookhpoor- 45 16 ■- 14 - - Sooltanpoor Kaja Kurk, which contains about 40 Narainpoor Bunga- boys, and the yearly fund low - - - 34 6 - 23 - - set apart for the school amounts to 155 rupees. 1,602 - - Allahabad, Collector's Office, - 2:1 February 1842. (signed) R. Montgomery, Collector, (No. 58.) INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, Oil WITH MAHOMETANISM. 4U.5 (No. ',8.) From ir. F. Massou, Esq., Collector of Banda, to /^. Lowther, Esq., Commissioner of Hl-vc'iuu' for the Fourth Division, Alialuihad ; dated 24 March 1842. Sir, With reference to your circular letter No. ") 1 . of the 3 1 st December last, and its enclosure, I have the honour to inform you, that there are no endowments either in money or land in tliis district to which my interference is in any way extended. I have &c. Zillah Banda, (signed) W. P. Masson, 24 March 1842. Collector. (No. 93.) From D. B. Morrison, F.sq., Officiating Commissioner, Benares Division, to Sadder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad ; dated 28 Fe- bruary 1842. Gentlemen, In reply to your Secretary's circular letter of the 14th December la&t, marked (H.), I beg to state, that, with the exception of Mirzapore, there appear to be no religious endowments in the districts of the Fifth Division, to which the interference of Government ofiicers is in any way extended. 2. The Collector of Mirzapore reports, that at Chunar, in the endowment of the mosque of Kasim Soolinianee, the appointment of the surburakar or manager rests with the local agency, of which the Magistrate and Collector is a member; accounts of the collections and disbursements are given in monthly, and these are deposited in the Collector's office, but beyond this no interference is exercised ; Mr. Money is of opinion, that the appointment and removal of the surburakar, and the mantigeinent of the funds, may with safety be entrusted to a few respectable persons frequenting the mosque ; in this oi)inion 1 agree. 3. I annex a copy of Mr. Money's letter for the Board's information, chiefly with the view of calling attention to what is therein stated regarding another matter, which, though hardly coining under the head of interference in any religious en- dowments, is yet connected with the distril)ution of money collected at the Hindoo shrine of Hinda Bashnee. In the new Regulation which is reconnnended l)y tlie Court of Directors to be enacted, provision may be made to relieve the Collector from the duty of sui)erintending the distribution of the charitable allowances arising from tiiis source, and making it over, not to the pundahs of the temple alone, as Mr. Money recommends, but to a body of the most respectable Hindoo inhabi- tants of the place. Mr. .Money, too, seems to be under some mistake al)out the apjieal to the Civil Court for redress: the meaning of the Section in question* is • Spct. 7, Rofr. merelv to make the Judw the channel of communication between the airirrieved -^^XIV. of 1(06 party and the Governor-general in (Council, with whom the decision is declared to rest : should, however, the suggestion I have made above be a])proved of, the appeal may safely l>e allowed to the Civil Courts in the usual way, without troul)ling- his Lurd.ship in Council in the matter. 4. In Benares tlic different religious endowments arc managed by the people concerned without the interference of the officers of Govermnent : the local agents, one of whom is always Ctdlector and Magistrate, are appealed to in cases of disputes, and their interposition under the provisions of Regulation XIX, of 1810, is not iiifrej fc. 1 a. i 09 1 J s u .E a OS « a s => .iS S.S 1=^.^ r'- -J2 a, £ 5 CD C c el C'/i _2t3 o c ^•5 S 2 c •— o a Ci, « .ft. c 00 c n E E o U 621. 3 E 4 4u8 PAPEBS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF From A'. N. C. Hamilton, Esq., Secretary to the Government of North Western Provinces, Ajjra, to //. iM. Elliof, Esq., Secretary to the Suclder Board of Reve- Dcrartment. "ue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad ; dated Agra, June 1843. Sir, In reply to your letter of the fjth ultimo, No. 202, submitting the reports of the several district officers in the North Western Provinces on the management of native religious institutions, I am directed by the Right honourable the Ciovernor-general in the North Western Provinces to observe, that it does not seem cxjiedient to his Lordship to disturb at present the existing arrangements; but that as laj)8es occur in the management of the endowments in Agra, Dehlie aiul Cliunar, measures can be taken to introduce the system proposed by the Board in your letter under acknowledgment. 2. The ori'i-inal enclosures of your letter are returned, copies being kept for record. I am, &c. (signed) K. N. C. Hamilton, Ao-ra, June 1843. Secretary to Government, N. W. P. (True copies.) (signed) 11. X. C. Hamilton, Secretary to the Government, N. W. P. — No. 137.— Fort \\'illiani, Home Department, Legislative, 1 February 1845. RtAD the despatches from the Government of Fort St. George of the dates noted 29 November 1842. on the margin. 25 April 184.3. Ordered, That the different references from the Madras Government respecting Murcl'."i844. the further proceedings of that Government for carrying into effect the direc- 12 April 1844. tious of the home authorities to disconnect the public officers from the affairs of aViccmb^iW tlie religious institutions of the natis'es, and to modify the present law, which ,T Dci\iiiljcr 1844. imposes the superintendence of these institutions in respect to their funds and 11 January 1845. ^.gtates on the Revenue authorities, be made over to Mr. Eliott, member of the Indian Law Commission, whose local experience and knovi^ledge of the adminis- tration of the Madras Presidency, the Governor-general in Council desires to consult on the questions now depending in these papers for the orders of the Supreme Governmcut. (signed) G. A. Bushhy, Secretary to Government of India. — No. 138.— From D. Eliott, Esq., Member Iiulian Law Commission, to G A. Bushhy, Esq., Secretary to tlie Government of India, Legislative Department ; dated 1 iMarcb 1845. Sir, In compliance with the instructions of the Right honourable the Governor- general in C'ouncil, comnumicated to me by the Honourable Mr. Cameron, Pre- sideiu of the Law Couimission, I have the honour to submit a Report upon the arrangements made in the Presidency of Madras for transferring to native admi- nistrators the charge of the religious institutions heretofore managed by European officers of the Ciovernment, and u])on the questions referred by the Government of Madras, for the determination of the (j overnor-general in Council. Th(? ])apers haiuled to me by Mr. Cameron are herewith forwarded to your office. I have, &c. (signed) D. Eliott. Indian Law Commission Office, 1 March 1845. Report INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOiMETANlSM. 409 Report ujiou the Arrangements made in the Presidency of Madras, for transfer- ring to Native Administrators the Charge of the Religious Institutions hereto- fore managed by European Officers of tlic Government, and upon the Questions referred by tlie Government of Madras, for tlie Determination of the Governor- general in Council. 1. In a letter to tlie INIadras Government, under date the lOtli August 1840, Iiibtmctions of the the Governor-general in Council laid down the general principles to be observed S"I"™ic Govcm- in accomplishing the object of withdrawing the interference of Government and its officers in the administration of native religious institutions, and the endow- ments belonging thereto, viz. " that the administration of the affairs and funds of the native religious institutions should be vested in individuals ju'ofessing the faith to which the institutions belong, and who may be best qualified to conduct such administration with fidelity and regularity, being responsible, together with their subordinate officers, to the courts of justice for any breach of tlu; duties assumed by them which can be made the gromids of a civil action." It was stated that, in conformity Avith these princi]iles, the entire administration of the institutions with which the Government of Bengal and Agra had been connected at Juggernath, CJya and Allahabad, had been either left Avith or assigned over to individuals or communities professing the religion of the institution. "So far as it was proposed to keep imder the management of Government officers those lands belonging to religious endoAvments Avhich had hitherto been managed by Government, the Governor-general in Council, upon the understanding that the net proceeds of the land in such cases would be paid without reservation to the native administrators of the endowment, agreed entirely with the Governor of Fort St. George." " This," it was observed, " is indeed in no Avay at variance Mimiic ol Lord with the principle supported ; it is due, as a measure of justice to the agricul- Elphiiistoiic,inlct(er turists, Avhose contracts and arrangements have been made in anticipation of the "'c'^ •'""f ^^4t>. continued management of tho lauds by Government, and it is the system which has been pursued in Cuttack, where lands, of which the net produce will be paid over to the administrator of the temple of Juggernath, will still remain under the immediate management of the Collector, on the part of the Govei'nment of Bengal." 2. On the 12th June 1841, the Madras Government issued instructions to the Board of Reveinu* according to tho above princi])les, and on the r)th September 1843 it was reported to the Government of India that the total withdrawal of all Endu^uif No. 5.1; interference on the part of Government with native relioious institutions throuo-h- l^^P"'' ufMmlins out the wlioJo ol tlie ]irovinces of the Madras rresidencv, bad Ijeen accomplished ; the tmnslVi- lias that is to say, all interference Avith the internal adniiiiistration, and Avith the been acconnilithcd. expenditure of the revenues, and also Avith the appointment of officers, but Avith- ont any change in the management of lands belonging to such institutions Avjiicli were before under charge of Government officers, tlie (inestion as to the ffnal disposal of such lands being reserved for the orders of the Supreme Government, the net proceeds of the land in the meantime being payable to the native admi- nistrators. 3. The arrangements which Iiave b(>eu made are various. The small village Descnption of the pagodas had not genc.-rally been under the charge of Government officers, but airangfiiHiit.-.* where such charge had lu'en assumed, it has been resigned to the " Ponjiiree." avIio " is looked upon in the light of one of the village functionaries entitled to mora fees, Avith the smith, carpenter, &c." In tho case of larger temjiles Avith more con- siderable endowments, two or more of the principal inhabitants, iucludinii- gene- rally the otHcial iiead of the village or the curnum, have bet>n conjoined with the poojaree in a committee or punchayet. Temples of more importance, Avith a repu- tation and interest extending beyond the vicinity, have been placed under the charge • A^. ^.— -This (Useription np])lies to Hiiuloo institutions only. Tlii' .Mnhoniedan instit\itions were scMom intertercd with, ^\'lu■r^■ ii ecitain de;rree of eontnd wns exercised, it peenis tluit it lias been dropped, ami the in.^titiitioiis left siiii|ily to the ehari;e of those wlio hefoie niaiiia,'e.l their iiiti iiial aHiiirs. In Itellarv. in every village a siildia was foriiieil, eomposed of tho leadiiij; nieiiilars of the eoiniiuinitv, to whieli was left tile election of a siiiLjle superintendent for the village. In Salem, also, the principle of election was followed, but the superintendence was committed to punchavcts, consisting for the most part of three nietnbers, 621. • 3F 410 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF cliarge of committees composed of persons of weight and influence, selected from among the residents within a wider range. Endowment? belonging to matums or gooroos, have been left to the care of the parties interested ; and institutions of Avhich the managers have been usually appointed by such matums, have been deemed to need no other superintendence. 4. Canara i^' the district in which the superintendence of the officers of Govern- ment was carried to the greatest extent. The number of pagodas, &:c. the charge of which has now been transferred to private parties, is 3,345, entitled to money allowances from Government, amounting to 1,22,123 rupees per annum. Of these tliere are 3,034 respectively receiving alloA\-ances not exceeding 50 rupees, of which 2,871 have been made over eacli to the charge of its poojaree, and the rest to committees. Those receiving allowances respectively exceeding 50 rupees, have been transferred to committees (excepting seven, which have been entrusted to individuals). In most instances tlie " potail of the village in which the pagoda is situated, has been associated with the leading men of the community in the trust, which in all cases includes the principal officers or priests of the institution." Number of Pagodas - - 2,874. fj. In Tanjore, in which, after Canara, the number of pagodas, Scc. ^™Ut'"''"'^""°''''"-' 'w^^ under the superintendence of Government officers was the greatest. Average revenue from lend 1,91,047 the arrangements for transferring tlie charge have been nearly similar, ;, J- jj-3 but they commenced earlier. The small village pagodas, in mmiber 2,247, whose receipts respectively did not exceed Rs. 4G. 10. 8. were made over to their respective stanicks so long ago as 183.3. The Total amount, Rs. S2,G4C. 0. 4. No. 311. Total amount, Rs.80,47f>. (': n. Annual Income, Rs. 26,952. Annual income, Rs. 1,22,524. Malabar, Madura, Trichinopoly, Tin- nevclly, Bellary, Masulipatam, Rajahinundry. rest (excepting 1 7 left to the charge of matums) have been transferred to com- mittees or punchayets, constituted as in Canara. G. It is said, that wherever a temple of importance " could be conveniently entrusted to the hereditary custody of the neighl)oin-ing zemindar or otiier persons of local weight, this course has been itivariably adopted ;"' but it is only in a few districts that such an arrangement has been effected, and the number of institu- tions so provided for bears a small proportion to the rest, except in ^Malabar, where circumstances admitted of the transfer of all* that had been under the cliarge of Government officers to Rajahs of the country interested in maintaining them ; and in ?\Iadura, where the temples situated in zeraindaries, of which there are some very extensive, have been committed to the superintendence of the zemindars, " the details of each being managed, as heretofore, by one or two executive officers," under the control of the superintendent. There is an exception of one great zemindary in this district, under temporary sequestration pending a civil suit, in which the Collector wished to retain the superintendence of the jiagodas until the decision of the suit. This being over-ruled, the temporary charge has been committed to two jiersons, as stipendiary trustees. 7. The arrangements for some of the great pagodas in which the whole Hindoo the more ini^ortant comnuinitv mav bc considered to have an interest, require a more particular notice. nnirodns. j .' 8. The celebrated pagoda at Tripetty, in North Arcot, held in high veneration throughout Southern India, and visited by multitudes of pilgrims fi-om all parts, from whose offerings, together with contributions from parties at a distance, an income is derived, amounting on an average to 1,09,873 rnjiees per annum, has been made over to the charge of an individual, the moliunt of a college of ]5yragliees, as sole trustee. It is from this pagoda only that a revenue has been drawn by the State, while the average income from ofrerings has been 1,09,873 rupees, tlic average disbursements have been no more than 32,528 rupees ; and the large surplus has been carried to the account of Government. In future this revenue will be at the disposal of an individual. Less than a third part will suffice for all the customary expenses ; in the disposal of the surplus he %vill be left, as it api)ears, to his own discretion, without any rules or precedents to guide him, or by refer- ence to which he can bo made responsible. 9. The question of how this surplus revenue should be dealt with, is not considered in the correspondence. The Collector thus sums up his report, advert- Slienngunga. Arrangcnicnts for tlie mori pagodas. Tripetty, l,0f!.873 32,528 77.345 Dated 13 Feb. 1843, linolnsure, Xo. 11, in letter from Go- vernment of .Madras, mg to it : — 5 September 184.3. The • 2C I'iigodas, 2 chuttnims- To the Rajah of Pal ghaut, 20 pagodas; to the Zamown. pagoda-s 2 chuttnims. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOxMETANISM. 4:1 " The case is?, I trust, fully before the Board. 1st. The argument, from general experience, in favour of a sole manager, the impractic-aljility of a joint manage- ment on the present occasion, and the confusion that is likely to follow if such is attenijjted, jjoint out the expediency of placing the nianagenient of the temple, on its being given up by the Government, in the hands of one individual. The future will jirovide for itself, according to the circumstances of the time. 2d. A fitter selection than the maliunt could not be made. In no May mixed up with the service of the temple, at the same time deeply interested in its worship and prosperity, identified with the tenets of the temple on the Dungala and Vadagala (juestion, looked ujt to and respected by the community in general, and enjoying much i)ersonal consideration, there is every guarantee that the rights of indi- viduals will not be infringed, and that the interests of the temple will be fully promote five Triuomalcc. great • Amount of tusdcek payable from the Govcnuncnt treasury, in lieu of resumed revenue, &c., .5,920 rupees, besides private contributions to a considerable amount. Jistim'utcd value of property, C5,557rupee9. 621. 3 F 2 Seringham, annual income, Rs. 43,151. Annual Income, Ks. 8,17';. Jambockasoons, Annual Income, Rs. 10,45.5. Great pasodas in Tinncvcllv. Annual Income, Rs. 21,724. Local Committees. 412 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF great Siva Pagodas of Soutlieni India," has been made over to a committee of five native gentlemen, residents of Madras, " in the absence of all qualified parties resident in the district willing to undertake the trust." "The pagoda is situated in a very poor country, and is unsupported by the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, or even of the district," while " the inhabitants of Madras give great supjiort to the pagoda generally," and a large jiart of its property has been acquired by donations from the same quarter. 14. The great pagoda of Seringham, in the district of Trichinopoly, has been committed to the charge of " two independent and respectable persons, in conjunc- tion Mith two of the pagodas stalattars, all the four officers of that description officiating in the committee in alternate years." Of the two independent trustees, one was formerly nazir of the Zillah Court, and now lives on his own means ; the other is a large ineerassidar. Both, it is said, were appointed with the concurrence of some of the most respectable persons connected with the pagoda. The latter has been appointed also sole trustee of the Rock Pagoda, in the fort of Trichi- nopoly. Another considerable pagoda in this district has likewise been consigned to a single trustee. 15. There are nine principal pagodas in the Tinnevelly district, the ]jermanent income of which, in the aggregate, amounts to 95,767 rupees. It was desired that the most important of these, the pagoda of Trichendoor, possessing a per- manent income of 1 9, 1 1 6 rupees, besides annual contributions " of several thousand rupees " from the Rajah of Travancore and other wealthy individuals, should be committed to the charge of the Rajah : but this plan having failed, it has been " made over into the hands of three wealthy and eligible trustees," residents in the district. " The large Nelleambalum Pagoda of Tinnevelly, and its dependencies, 22 smaller ones," have been made over " to a highly respected and wealthy trustee, a native of the ])rovince, and the most extensive landholder in it, to whose nomination the great body of the inhabitants assent." " He would only consent to take it alone." Of the rest, two have been entrusted to a zemindar, two to the jeers of the matums with wliich they are connected, and the remaining three to committees formed of the princii)al persons of the talook or district. 16. Observing that recourse has been had very generally to local committees or punchayets, in which hereditary village officers and the superintendents and priests of the temple have been associated Mith residents, and wealth and respectability, the Board of Revenue remark, that with respect to the latter, that is to say, persons not ap])ointed ex officio, objection has been taken to the temporary nature of the arrangement, and to the difficulty of filling up vacancies in their number. Many of the Collectors suggested that such vacancies should be supplied by the remaining members electing successors ; but this the Board deemed objectionable, " as tending to create a close corporation, in which the interest of individuals Avould be opposed to those of the trust." With respect to a plan recommended by the Collector of Bellary, to supply such vacancies by munici^jal election, they oljserved, that " if admitting of general adoption, it would not only remove all grounds of complaint, but encourage a useful habit of joint deliberation, and ensure a more vigilant control over the conduct of the trustees."* It does not appear that in the end any definite rule has been laid down to meet such cases ; and tiie Board remark, that though the arrangements which have been made will relieve the Government from all immediate connexion with the native places of worship, they do not provide for other occasions of interference likely to occur in future, as in the case of an hereditary trustee becoming incapacitated, or dying without heirs, or the estates of zemindars coming under the administration of the Board of Revenue, as Court of Wards, and the like. 17. It seems that very generally the trustees ajijiointed by the Collectors have been made to execute instruments, binding themselves to certain conditions, which were intended to serve until a general form of instrument for this purpose should be prepared ; but, as will be noticed hereafter, the plan of transferring the sui)er- intendence of these establishments from the officers of Government to the parties now t See poiD. 30. * In tlic iliaft Act prepared by Government, it is proposed, as noticed belo\v,t that Government shall have autlioiity to order punchayets to be assembled, to determine the succession to vacancies not provided for by usage or by recorded rules. IXDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MATTOMETANISM. 413 now appointed ti> tlir charge of tlieni Ijy trust-deeds, was eventually set aside by Government. 18. In reporting, as above noticed, that the officers of Government had been Questions icfcnc-j everv wlicro withdrawn from interference in tlie internal administration of the '>y«|ie Government aflliirs, and the expenditure of the funds of the religious institutions of tlie country, the Government of Madras, witli reference to instructions received from the Minutes of Consul- Court of Directors in a dei])atc]i in tlie Legislative Department, dated 5 April 1843, ti«'on» -^ Sept.iii-i.3. submitted fur the orders of the Governor-general in Council various (juestions necessary to be determined, in order "to the full and linal disconnection of Government" from such institutions; and a recent communication, dated .3d De- cember 1844, recapitulates the points upon which the orders of the Supreme Government are requisite. 19. The first question relates to the alteration of the existing law "in regard Minutes of consul- to mosques, Hindoo tcnq)les and other jdaces of religious worshiji," for which the '{stlQuestioii!, iutla- draft of an Act was submitted to the Supreme Government, under date tli^ tion of the law. 25th April 1843. 20. The existing law is Regulation VII. of 1817, by which the Board of Revenue The existin- law, are vested with tlie general siqierintendence of endowments for the stq)port of J^j'"f "'^f ji^j/as^ °^ such iastitutious, under provisions corresponding with those of Regulation XIX. cone^pomls of 1810 of the Bengal Code. It is the dutv of the Board, under this Regulation, generally with Re- ,1 ■ ■" <• 1 1 111 gulation aI.\. ot to take measures for the due appropriation ot the endowments, through the isio, of Bengal, agency of the Collectors ; also to take cognizance of the arrangements f(jr the management of the several institutions, and u[)ou vacancies in trust*:, Sec, to determine upon the pretensions of parties claiming to succeed thereto ; and where the nomination has usually rested with Government, or where no privatn person may be comjietent or entitled to appoint, to make such provision as may seem fit and right with reference to the nature and conditions of the endowments. 21. It is declared, that nothing in the Regulations h all be construed to ]ire- clude individuals, considering lliemselves aggrieved by orders passed under it, from seeking redress in the Courts. 22. The Madras Regulation has a further provision, not contained in tliat of Sect. IG. Bengal, for the punishment of fraud or embezzlement committed by native ser- vants, trustees, managers and superintendents of the institutions referred to in it, under the rides applicalde to the native revenue servants of Government. 23. With regard to Regulation XIX. of 1810, of the Bengal Code, the Court of Directors, in a despatch dated 25th August 1841, ex])ressed their desire that it ^hoidd be modified by the rescission of the rules whicli re(iuire nnv of their European officers to interfere in the management of the funds and aftairs of any mos(pie, pagoda or temj)le. It does not a])pear that a similar instruction was given expressly with regard to Regulation VII. of 1817, of the Madras Code ; but it a]>pearing to be necessary, under the general instructions on the subject, to modify it, the Board of Revcmie submitted to Government a draft of an Act for Draft of Act for this ])uri)0se, in which it was proiiosed to transfer the itowers theretofore vested in "''"''ly'l'S J^'?"'j>- ., I, ' , , ^- , ^ I i. 1 <• i.1 I- .. • .1 tion \ 11. ot lai,. of the Board to native trustees, selected from the worshippers or votaries, or other Mmlms, (uviiaiviihy parties connected with such ])articular institution, in such manner as should seem Board of Ucwime. best fitted to preserve the trust, " by a deed of trust, to be executed by the Board on the one jiart, and by the trustees on the other ; such transfer to be final ; but Government to have authority" to supply any "failure, or omission or lapse in the trustees, by the mmiination of other (pialified jiersons, if need be;" the trustees to be liable to prosecution in the ordinary courts for any breach of trust, at the instance of any worshipper or other party having a legitimate interest, the courts being enq)owered to award payment of the costs of the prosecution out of tlie funds of the institution. The trust-deed was intended to define the responsibilities and duties of the trustees. 24. The draft proposed by tlu; Board of Revenue having been referred to the Sudder Adawhit, objections to it were made by that court, and exce])tion was taken particularly to the trust-d(,'ed, th(! Court being of opinion, "that it is not necessary that any enactment of this nature should form a jiart of the law, and that any such deed so executed might lead to great difficulties." 621. 3 F 3 25. The 414 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 23 Ausust. Submitted 22 Sep- tember 1842. Minutes of Consul- tation, 2.5Aiiiil 1843 ; Draft Aet prepared bj' Sudder Com-t. Proceedings Board of Revenue, 21 Nov. p.l. Sect. 12. Sect. 14. Sect. 15. Sect. lO. Draft Act, prepared bv Goveninient. Sect. 1. Sect. 3. Sect. 5. Sect.4. ]Uf( rence from Bengal (lovevnmcnt regarding Uesula- tion XIX. of 1810. Draft of Act ])ro- posedbytlie I)o]mty- governor for re- pealing tlic Regula- tion. Proviso that such repeal shall not att'eet institutions now under manage- ment. 2,'). IIk" Government adopted the views of the Sudder Court, and called for the draft of an Act to be prepared accordingly. 2G. The draft prepared bv the Sudder Court, however, did not satisfy the Go- vernment any more than that of the Board of Revenue, and it was deemed to be liable to an objection which had been maile against the latter, that some of its provisions were calculated to peqtetuate the interference of Government. 27. This objection, in regard to the draft of tlie Board of Revenue, had refer- ence to the provision above mentioned, em])f)weriug Government " to sup]>ly any failure, omission or lapse on the trustees." In regard to the draft of the Sudder Court, it had reference to provisions pointed out by the Board of Revenue, -which they described as " giving autliority to the Collector ; 1st, to decide on the titles of ])arties claiming lo sujierintend a religious institution under the Act ; 2d, to appoint a commission of inquiry into the conduct of superintendents, and to receive the report of such commissioners ; 3d, to investigate personally ; and, 4th, to punish acts of fraud or embezzlement ccmimitted by superintendents or others in the property of pagodas." 28. The Governor in Council thought it " not at present desirable to do more than pass a short enactment, which shall annul the powers of interference with pagodas, mosques and other native religious institutions, now vested in the Board of Revenue, by repealing so much of Regulation VII. of 1817 as confers this poMer." The draft submitted under date the 2.5th April 1843, Avhich is now to l>e considered by the Governor -general in Council, was prepared according to this view. 29. This draft, after repealing so much of Regulation VII. of 1817, as charges the Board of Revenue and officers under the Board, Avitli the duty of superintending and controlling religious institutions, arid the endowments thereof, jirovides that the Board shall, with the sanction of Government, transfer such duty " to individuals professing the faith to which the several institutions respec- tively belong, who may be found best entitled and competent to perform the duty ;" and that the succession to them shall be governed by the recorded rules " of the institutions," "if any there be," or otherwise by ancient and established usage, to be determined in disputed cases on regular suit by the established courts, or by punchayet, in accordance with the existing Regulations. 30. Where the succession or election of trustees or managers is not provided for by established usage, or by recorded rules, the Governor in Council is to direct the assembling of a punchayet, to decide under what rules and in Avhom the right of succession or of election shall vest. 31. Any Avorshipper at, or any person having an interest in a religious insti- tution, is declai'ed to be competent to sue in the civil court, or to prosecute before the magistrate or criminal court, any superintendent, trustee or manager, or other ofiicer or servant of such institution, for any breach of trust or duty which can be made the ground of action or prosecution, or for any fraud or embezzlement. 32. "With regard to the modifications of Regulation XIX. of 1810, of the Bengal Code, there is before the Governor-general in Council a rei)ort of the Beiigtd Government^ under date the 8th August 1844, with the draft of an Act pro])osed by the late Deputy-governor. 33. This draft goes beyond the intention of the Court of Directors, by rejieal- ing not only the rules relating to religious institutions, but also those relating to the maintenance of bridges and other buildings for the use of the imblic, erected at the expense of the State or of individuals, and to the superintendence of escheats. On the other hand, the draft ai)pears to fall short of the intention of the Court ; for while it repeals Regulation XIX. of 1810 in toto, it is with a jiroviso that such repeal shall not affect institutions now actually managed under the provisions of the said Regulation, and that such institutions shall continue to be so managed, as long as the local Government shall think fit. 34. The reason assigned for continuing the Regulation in force in regard to in- stitutions already under management is, that "there are difficulties in the way which a])iiear to render it nltogether unadvisable to make any change." The case of the Hooghly Emambarah trust, is cited as an instance in which " much em- barrassment M'ould be ])r()duced, and probably great loss to the endowment, by the withdrawal of the Government officers from the control the)- now exercise." 35. Accompanying INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAXISM. 4 1 -. 3;j. Accompanying the report of the Government of Bengal, is the draft of an Draft Act ])rcpaped Act for modifying Regulation XIX. of 1810, by the repeal of those parts only which V '•"' s«'"'<"' recjuirc the interference of European officer'? of Government in the superintendence Buavd"nicvcnuc of the and funds of native religious institutions. This draft, which pro- Calcutta, vides for the substitution of a native agency, instead of that of European officers, was ]irepared by the senior member of the Board of Roveiiue. and is advocate••' ''"'" ' ..„,°, ' • n I execution ot the a sanction, without an adequate provision tor tlie due execution of the charge, so charge hitlierto far as it has hitherto extended, bv other ao-eiicy. Whether Government was ri'dit ^I'ltediu them, l>y ... , •; . 1 i" 11 . . .V -11 other aireiiey. or wrong in principle, in undertaking such a duty and cliarging its omcers with such a trust, it would seem that it cannot righteously divest them of it where it has been assured, and leave the interests concerned without protection. 40. The Madras Board of llevenue, as has been seen, jiroposed to transfer th e AIndras Board of charge to native trustees appointed by them, under a trust-deed detining their t^^aiVXTtJieTharetT responsibility, with a liability to prosecution in the ordinary courts for any breach hy trust-deed?, of the conditions of the trust, but tiiemselves confessed that they did not see how '"'t -'""'" '''" ,1 1 1 1 • /-< enuaiv u! siuh m- the jirovisioiis of such a deed could Ije enforced after the withdrawal ot Government struments without from interference. "Hitherto," thev observed, "the duty of pulilic prosecutor a spe> i.il jirovision 1 1 • 1 1. 1 .■■'f. . i-< 1 1 1 A hir their cuforec- nas lieen iinpos(!d upon tlie Jioard ot Kevemie, as in hnglainl upon tlie Attorney- ,m.,„_ general, and all experience goes to show, that without the intervention of some such constituted autlioritv, the best devised instrument will become a dead letter." Opinion of the Ui.on this jioint. the juiiior member of the Board of Revenue at Calcutta has SXruni^- expresseil an oi»inioii to the same effect: " It is, I am aware, contended that the venue at Caleuttn, protection of these endowments should be left to the courts; but all experience I,!|;'',',,o[''i,vJ'rd'^*, 6- I. 3^4 shows, fcction against mis- appropriation 41 r. PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Provisions suggested by Madias Suddcr Court. By Madras Go- vcrnmcnt. Senior nunitor Cal- cutta Board of Revenue proposes a nati^ e aciney for control, distinct from tluit for admi- nistration. Sect. 5, 6, 7. Chinglcput, En- closure .5, in letter dated 5 Sept. 184.S; Bcllarv, Enclosure in letter dated 2G July 1842; Salem, 28 Feb.1842 ; Tricliinojioly. A general committee for evei-y district, proposed by some of the Madras Col- lectors. This jilan considered, and recommended as the liest means of nieetiuL' the present oxiffcuev. Despatch, 25 Aug. 1841. shows, that even in countries where there is less of dislionesty to abuse, and more of public spirit to correct abuse, the common courts of justice aftbrd no adequate security against tin- misappropriation of such funds, and in this country thev would certainly atlbrd no protection at all." 41. He adds, " but the impression, I believe, is (and no doubt it is correct), that these complaints would not find their way into court ; that no attemjjt would be made to correct misappropriation ; and that the Christian Judge would be seldom, if ever, called upon to adjudicate in these cases, or to correct such abuse." 42. The Madras Sudder Court proposed that the charge should be transferred to native superintendents under a declared resi)onsibility to the established courts of justice, but they deemed it necessary to provide, that if any superintendent should refuse to exhibit the accounts of the institution under his management, on a requisition made in the manner directed in their draft, it should be lawful for the Collector to order a conmiission of inquiry ; and iurther, that the Collector should have power to inquire into frauds and embezzlements alleged to have been committed by officers of the institutions in question, and to i)unisli them on con- viction thereof. 43. The draft of the Madras Government rejects the trust-deed of the Board of Revenue, and also the provisions of the Sudder Court for the summary inter- vention of the Collector, and simply declares the liability of superintendents, &c., to be sued or prosecuted in the civil or criminal courts, without provision even for the payment of costs out of the funds of the institution to w hich the suit or prosecution relates, at the discretion of the courts, for which the Board of Revenue had provided. 44. The draft proposed for the Presidency of Bengal by the senior member of the Calcutta Pioard of Revenue, it would seem, contemplates a native agencv distinct from that to which the actual administration of the funds and property is committed, to exercise the present poAvcrs of the Board in checking that adminis- tration, and preventing the misappropriation of lands, &c., constituting endoM- fnents for religious purposes. It appears to have been intended that the present native local agents, through whom the powers of the Board are now exercised, should in futiu'e exercise those powers independently, provision being made for the appointment of additional agents when necessary; Principal Sudder Ameens, Sudder Ameens, Moonsiffs, and authorized pleaders of the civil courts being declared eligible, the apjiointmeut of such local agents, however, being reserved, as heretofore, to the revenue authorities. 45. There are no native local agents in the Madras Presidency, such as appear to have been appointed in Bengal urf)]ierly established ." By statute also, 43 Elizabeth, c. 4, authority is given to the Lord Chancellor to grant commissions to inquire into any abuses of charitable dona- tions, and rectify the sajue by decree. The statute 52 Geo. ,3, c. 101, ])rovides, that in all cases of breach, or supposed breach, of any trust created for charitable purposes, or whenever the order of a Court of Equity may be necessary for the adnn'uistration of any such trust, any two persons may present a petition to the Lord Chancellor, provided it be allowed by the Attorney or Solicitor-general, which petition shall be heard in a summary way, upon affidavits, &c. Again, the statute ")9 Geo. 3, c. 91, provides for the intervention of the Attorney-general at the instance of the Commissioners for inquiring concerning Charities, in case of neglect, breach of trust, he. In suits instituted by the Attorney-general, or with his sanction, the proceedings are exempted from stamp duty. 50. The i)rinciple of this special legislation for the security of charities in Englajul is obviously the same as that upon which the Boards of Revenue in Bengal and Madras were charged Mith the duties they have hitlierto exercised in regard to endowments for religious institutions, " and other beneficial ])urposes." The Boards have stood partly in the place of the commissioners intended by the statute of Elizabetli, and jiartly in tlie place of the Attorney -general. 51. Substituting district connnittees for the Board of Revenue, and empower- Puwa-s to be given ing them, on the relation of informants, or of their own accord, in consequence of * * inquiries made by them, to sue for the recovery of endowments misapj)ropriated, or to compel trustees to account for funds entrusted to them, and to prosecute administrative officers for fraud or embezzlement, or other malversation, would [jrobably answer every jiurpose. They should have no power to take active measures to prevent misapi)ropriations of themselves, but the courts should be authorized and recjuired to interfere summarily upon their j)etitions (as prt)vided I)y the statute 52 Geo. 3, c. 101), and their j)etitions, and the proceedings there- upon, should be free from all charge for stamp-duty, fees, &:c. The courts also should have a discretion to order all the costs of such application to be paid out of the funds of the institutions to which they relate. 52. The committees should have full power to call upon trustees, &:c., for accounts of receipts and disbursements, iScc, and upim refusal or delay of the trustees to furnish the same, they should be entitleil to ai)j>Iy to the court to enforce their requisition. Their sanction should not be requisite for ordinary expenses, but no extra charges shtmhl be incurred by the trustees of an institution under their control without their sanction, which, being granted, should be a suffi- cient authority. 53. They should be vested with all the powers of the Board of Revenue in regard to the appointment of trustees, managers and superintendents on the occurrence of vacancies or casualties, when the succession is Hot otherwise pro- fit 1. 3G vided to the district com- mittees. 41 S PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF vided for. This would obviate a difficulty, to meet -vvbich the Madras Board of Revenue deeuied it necessary for Government to interfere ; and the Government, in their draft, though they had objected to tlie arrangement jtroposed by the Board of Revenue, were obliged to make a provision not substantially different.* A Dointmcnt ofthc ^"*" ^^^ appointment of the members of such committees should be made by committees. the Board of Revenue, from lists submitted by the Collectors, who, in pre]iaring such lists, should take every means in their power to ascertain what persons will be most acceptable to the comnuinity. It would be most expedient, if possible, to resort to election. The appointment should be conferred by commission from the Board of Revenue. 55. As in some cases the persons appointed to the charge of particular institu- tions Avill have nothing to do with the actual administration of their affairs, but will stand to them in the relation of " visitors," and perform the functions of the proposed committees, it will be proper that such institutions should be exempted from the control of the committees. The exception should be marie by order of the Board of Revenue, and noted on the commissions issued by them. 5G. It may be said that the appointment of these committees from time to time, in the manner proposed, will be a perjietuation of the interference of Govern- ment. It will be so, indeed ; but I do not think that the interference of Governiuent by its officers in the manner projiosed is incompatible with the orders of the Court of Directors in regard to the modification of Regulation XIX. of 1810, of Bengal (and, by implication, Regulation VII. of 1817, of Madras). There will be no interference with the management of the funds and affairs of native religious institutions by European officers of the Government, and, to my mind, the appointment of committees, with the powers intended, is as little objectionable as the appointment of judges, with whom will rest the adjudication of all disputes regarding the funds and affairs of such institutions, in which the parties choose to litigate. 57. In the ]\Iinute of Consultation of the Madras Government, under date the 3d December last, it is said, that " the Governor in Council deems it necessary at this time to request the attention of the Supreme Government to the circum- stance, that till a law of the nature proposed (that is, according to the draft sub- mitted on the 25th Ajtril 1843) is passed, the religious institutions of the natives of this Presidency are left without protection." 58. Regulation VII. of 1817 has indeed been practically nullified since the Board of Revenue have withdrawn their control, and it may be truly said that the reli- gious institutions of the country are therefore left without protection ; but that a law of the luiture proposed will remedy this defect, is an assumption to which I The Draft Act pro- cannot but demur. I hold, with the Madras Board of Revenue and with the posed l)y the Govern- junior member of the Calcutta Board, that the bare declaration of the liability of sufficiont^fortr' '"' trustees, (SlC, to be sued in the civil courts and prosecuted in the criminal courts, purpose intended. is Utterly vain and useless for the purpose intended, antl, as has been shown, there is nothinor more in the draft referred to. 'o IftIie])lanof dis- 59, If there be insuperable obstacles to the ])lan of transferring the powers of trict coinniittees be , i, ■, <• r* ^ t / • . -i, c ^- t i.i impiacticabip, there the Board of Revenue to district committees of natives, 1 see no other way, appears no al tenia- under existing circumstances, of avoiding the conclusion that the obli^^ations with lh7iii"m"cnt"on"of ^vhich the Governments respectively charged themselves by Regulati'on XIX. of the European ser- 1810 of Bengal, and Regulation VII. of 1817 of ^NJadi-as, cannot be fulfilled mcnthf some'' form " ""'ithout the intervention, in some form or other, of their European servants." ^* °* ^"' GO. With respect to Madras, in this event I would adopt the suggestion of the Advisable in tliat Suddcr Court to maintain the provisions of Regulation VII. of 1817, which case for Madras to declare that tlie rules prescribed by law " for the punishment of fraud or embezzle- mrki"rthe'inana'- '"*-'"t "1 tlie native servants of Government in the dejiartment of Land Revenue, Rei-s, &c. amenable shall be held applicable to all trustees, managers and superintendents, and all to the jurisdiction native of tlie Collectors for fraud or cm- • — bezzlemcnt. » Board's Draff.— Sect. 2. " It shall be competent for the Ciovenimcnt of Fort St. Georye, through the parties to whom they may see fit to delegate authority, to supply any failure or omission or lapse in the trustees." Government Draft. — Sect. 5. " It shall be competent to the Govemor in Council of Fort St. George, by an Order in Council, in ca«es where the succession or election of trustees or managers of native religions institutions is not provided for by established usajje, or by recorded rules, to direct the a-ssembling of a puncha- yet, who shall decide under what rules and in whom such right of succession or of election shall vest." INDIA AVITII IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETAMSM. 410 native servants employed in or charged Avitli the settlement, custodv or appro- priation of tlie revenue, funds or other property of the public institutions referred to in this Regulation." Gl. This measure would render the said officers amenable in a summary man- ^^ iUi iK)wer to ner to the jurisdiction of the Collector for the offences mentioned, and Mi'th pro- ^'oUccton. to sane- visions empowering the Collector, on the relation of iufonnants or of his own of'suitl'' Md"to u°c motion to institute suits, or rather to give his sanction to the institution of suits courts to prosccd iu for the recovery of pro])erty belonging to religious establishments converted to j'^.f y^.'^'** **""* the private nse of individuals, or otherwise misa]i])ro])riated (as the Attornev- general in England jjroceeds in regard to endowments for charities), and reciuirino- the courts to proceed in such suits summarily, exempting the proceedings from stamp-duty and fees, and authorizing the jiayment of costs out of the funds of the institution in behalf of Mhich the suit is prosecuted, would aftbrd such j)ro- tection as appeai-s to be requisite, without the constant interference with the ordinary ailministration of atiairs, which is particularly ol)jectionable. It matters not, 1 a}iprelu'iul, whether the officers appointed to act judicially, upon charges of fraud and embezzlement against tiiistees or others connected with the institu- tions in rpiestion, ])eri'orms ordinarily the functions of Collector, Magistrate or Judge. J'he function being judicial, not ministerial, is one which it is not incon- sistent with the orders of the Court of Directors to commit to a European officer. The Collector in the Madras territoiies being also the Magistrate, and bein"- vested with jurisdiction under the same rules over the servants of Government, it ap])ears to be in every way fitting that he should continue to exercise the like jurisdiction in regard to the said trustees, &c. 0*2. The instrumentality of the Collector under the other provisions proposed, with a view tu facilitate the redress of abuses by the Courts, will only take place occasionally, and seems to be scarcely more oj)en to objection on the ground of interference than the duty to be performed by the Judge. G3. The second ()uestion referred for the determination of the Government of Minutes of Consul- India is, '• whether the lands and other endowments belonijino- to native reliffious *|!,"""' ^ ^i*^'" ^^^' . 1 !• • 1 1 • 1 Tlie second question, institutions are to be relinquished to the recognized trustees or managers, or -ivhether the lands retained, as heretofore, in charge of the officers of Government for the benefit under management of the institutions, or, as proposed by the Board of Revenue, to be assumed by oi-^reta'^ined, and the Government, and amalgamated with the Government lands, a permanent under what anangc- commuted allowance being granted in lieu, payable to the trustees periodically." "*'""'■ 64. The allowances in money, i)ayable to j)agodas from the ])ubli(' treasury, are, for the most part, grants in lieu of lands resumed either by the Mahomedan Government which ])receded ours, or by the British Government at the com- mencement of our rule, or very soon after. It would be impossible to trace the lands resumed bei'ore the country came under the Brit 'sh Government, and very difficult and scarcely possible to trace those resumed at our first settlements. I apprehend that the (juestion referred by the Madras Govcriunent does not apply to such lauds, which have been considered as absolutely separated from the insti- tutions to which they once belonged, but only to lands still recognized in the j»ublic books as jjagoda lands, although they have been for a great length of time removed from the management of the ])agodas to which they respectively belong. 65. The question is of most importance with respect to the district of Tanjore, in which there are lands of this description to the extent of 86,724 acres, yield- ing an average revenue of 1,91,047 ru])ees, which for upwards of 30 years have been completely under the management of the revenue officers, and treated as lands held directly of Government, the net proceeds only being carried to the credit of the pagodas. 66. Referring to the instnictions of the Government of India, repeated by the To Madras, 10 Aug. Madras Government, the Collector of Tanjore, in an able report on the subject, jy,,,,, ']Ma,],.„, expresses his satisfaction " that the continuation of that management is consi- 12 June iiui. dered to be due as a measure of justice to the agriculturists, who^ie contracts and Ueniirt, dated engagements have been made in anticipation of it," and, tleemiiig it to be a settled fn'i',.t°Jr"rom ^^*^' point that the lands are not to be reliii(|uisned, he confines hinisolf to the consi- Madras (Jovcnimcut deration of the arrangements by which the jiagodas may have the full beiu'fit of -3AprillW2. the endowments, without the necessity of keeping a detailed account with them. 621. 302 67. The 420 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ■24 March 184-', in letter from -Madras Government, 23 April 1842 ; from Board of Revenue, 10 Oct. 3842; in letter from Madras Go- vemment, 29 Nov. 1842. From Madrjis Go- vernment, 1 2 June 1841 ; to Madras Government, 5 July 1841. Reasons for thinking it ad\-isable to retain the management of the lands for the saiie of the ryots. G7. The question of altogether rclhi(|uishing the hmds had, however, been re-opened in the mean time, and it is fully discussed in the proceedings of tlie Board of Revenue upon the report of the Collector of Tanjore, and in reports from the Collectors of other districts subsequently submitted by the Board, with a declaration that they adhered to the sentiments before expressed by them. G8. The order of the Madras Government, founded upon the instructions of the Supreme Government, and approved by the Governor-general in Council, directed that lands which had been assumed " for the purjiose of securing tiie public revenue, or in order that protection and justice may be afforded to the ryots," should not be relinquished. It is, I believe, very generally true that the lands belonging to religious establishments which are under the management of the revenue officers, were originally assumed because the management of the officers of those establishments was found to be detrimental to the interests of the ryots. The security of the Government revenue, I apprehend, was seldom, if ever, the main object for the latter purpose alone. I do not conceive it to be necessary or advisable to retain the management of the lands ; but I concur with the Board of Revenue, and the many Collectors who coincide with them, in think- ing it advisable to retain the management of the lands for the sake of the ryots. In my opinion, it would be very prejudicial to the ryots to make them responsible for the lands which they have so long held immediately under Government, with all the advantages of a system which provides liberally for adversities of season and other misfortunes, and has a considerate regard to their means in general, not pressing the demands against them to extremity, and freely remitting balances which cannot be immediately recovered, to parties without either the ability or inclination to afford them such indulgence, who, having a temporary interest only, Avill care nothing for the distress or ruin which sometimes the strict exaction of even the legitimate demand is calculated to produce, but will enforce it at all events, if they can, regardless of future results as affecting either the ryots or the institutions they represent, never granting a remission, but having got all that the resources of one year will afford, keeping the balance hanging- over, to be recovered whenever a fortunate season shall furnish the means. In general, I think, the change would be much to the disadvantage of the ryots, and tend to their impoverishment. But more especially would this be the case where the pro- ductiveness of the lands depends upon irrigation. In the case of lands held immediately of Government, there is a systematic attention to the means of irri- gation ; the requisite repairs are made ])romptIy and efficiently, and the necessary expenses are defrayed with a liberal hand. If an accident occurs by the Ijursting of a tank, the breach of an embankment, or the stoppage of a channel, which prevents the irrigation of the lands of a village in one season, the crop of that season may be lost, but the damage will be rej)aired before the next arrives. In a village belonging to a pagoda, and under the management of its officers, on the contrary, such an accident Mould jn-obably be fatal to its prosperity; and without an accident of such consequence, it is likely that, iVom the neglect of ordinary repairs, the reservoirs and channels would gradually go to decay, and the cultiva- tion Mould decline from year to year. It is justly observed by the Collector of Cliingleput, that " experience has clearly shoM-n that mere protection against the demands of unauthorized taxes, is not the only })oint necessary to preserve the actual cultivators and meerassidars, or hereditary landlords, from j)overty and ruin, for should the controlling authority neglect the reservoirs or other means of irrigation, the cultivator and meerassidar Mill be equally impoverished, even ])erhaps M'ithout having to pay one single rupee of revenue, because the land, by cultivating mIucIi their daily bread is oljtained, must in consequence remain fallow, or, should it be cultivated, will not, from a deficiency of Mater, yield a rennuierating ju'oduce, Avhilst the demand is fixed and unfluctuating. " These very causes have led to a great jiortion of the villages being taken out of the hands of the trustees and their agents ; for, through their neglect and mis- management, not only had the revenues decreased beloM- the sums required for the maintenance of the institutions, but the Government peishcush or quit-rent remained unpaid, whilst large tracts of land that formerly yielded a support to the inhabitants, Mere abandoned. If the decay of the villages, and consequent •lecrease of revenue, affected only the interests of tlie resjiective institutions, I should be inclined at once to relinquish them to the charge of the trustees ; but as 1 conceive the happiness and prosperity of a large body of people depend on the continuance INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETAMSM. 421 ■continuance of tlie villafros under the control of the Government authorities, it will, 1 think, be inexpedient to relinquisih the Jnaiiiiironient of them." G9. In Tanjore and other districts, since the lands in (juestion were assumed, new settlements have been made Avith the ryots, under the understanding that they were always to be dealt with directly by the officers of Government. " In Tanjore, for iu'^tancc," (says Sir Montgomery, an officer well ac(iuainted with that district, and now the Collector of it), " the paracoodies of the villages Ijelonging to some of the large pagodas have agreed to the fixed assessment on the lands they cultivate, and a certain amount of tlie jiayments made is carried to the credit of the })agoda as the meerassy wareni. That these men entered into these engagements under tiie firm conviction that they Mere to coTitinuo under the sole control of the Government officers, is as clear as they would justly have cause of complaint were these lands to be transferred to that of the pagoda managers." 70. Tt is obvious that the decline of cultivation and general deterioration which it is thought would ensue from the transfer of the lands, would Ite as ])reiudicial to the interests of the institutions to which they belong, as to those of the ryots. This is clearly foreseen by the people who are concerned in supporting them ; the measure is therefore deprecated by them, and is not desired, as far as aj)pears, by any party. 71. There ap]iears, therefore, to be every reason to adhere to the arrange- From Madras, ment first recommended by the Government of Madras, and ap])rovL'd by the ^ ' ^fr'V'.l'^'io' Vu"- Government of India, and with that sanction ordered by the Local Government mi], ' in the instructions issued to the executive officers, confining it, however, as suggested bv the Board of Revcime, to the lands composin"- "the creat devas- I'ma. lO; inncecd- tanum estates, generally of considerable extent, and occujiied by numerous ° ryots."' 72. Su])posing, then, tliat the lands actually under the management of the revenue officers, as above described, are not to be relimiuished, the next point for consideration is, whether they shall be managed, as heretofore, on behalf of the ])agodas, the Collectors accounting for the not proceeds year by year, or whether they shall be finally assumed on account of Guvernment, under an arrangement by which a fixed money allowance, calculated on their average proceeds during a series of years, shall be substituted for the fluctuating income which has hitherto accrued from them. 73. The latter is the jdan suggested by the Collector of Tanjore, and sup])orted Fmm (ollocfm-, by the Board of Revenue. After describing the inconveniences of the iiresent 2(i Nuvciulur U!4i ; system, jiarticularly those arismg from tlie necessity of accounting to the pagodas ]{„anl of Kcvoiuic, for the administration of the lands from vear to year, the Collector says, all those 24 Manli i;!42; ,,1, -i /• 1 •" , , (. "ill HI IcttiT lioin inconveniences, "all necessity for keeping separate accounts of pagoda lands as (jov.nimont i.f such, all room for future complaints of inismanagement from the administrators of Madras, i;:5 Ajnil the institutions against the revenue autliorities will be obviated, and all coninui- a Hxed moiuvi.av- nication between them be much more efiectually cut off, and with jierfect justice mcnt rccoiiuiiendl .1 to the institutions, if, as has long since been the case in Tinnevellv and other m ''™ "i tlu- mt districts, the average revenue of their respective land endowments for a series, of year liy v.ar. years were made the basis of a fixed annual money commutation ; the whole of these lands amalgamated with the Circar lands, and the; establishment entertained for their management with the Circar establishment, and the connexion between the Government authorities and these institutions thus reduced to simple periodical payments." 74. The following arc the observations of the Board : " If the commutation principle is once sanctioned, no dilTicnltv is anticijiated in giving full eU'ect to it in all districts. The Collectors will be recpiired to piejiare ■detailed accounts for 10 years, showing the gross collections and charges, im hiding sibbeiidy and niaramut, of all endowments in lands attached to the native religious institutions in their respective districts; and, deducting the gross charges from the gross collections, and striking an average, the result may be taken as a fair and full eiiuivaleiit, and the net revenue hereafter to be allowed to these institutions fixed at this amount, and ]»aid annually from the Government treasury. By this course not only will a permanent and unfluctuating revenue be secured to the ^'21. 303 pagodas Minutes of Consul- tation, ;> Dec. 1844 ; Ditto, 5 Sept. 1843 ; pp. -5 and 0. ad Question relates to tlie disposal of the surplus funds in deposit in the Go- vernment treasuries. 422 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF pa 111 Selections 01 India 29th bciitember 1824, also addressed to the jJadras Government, in which he iViieis, p. .'iix; ; thinks the same iirinciiile is recognizeil. In a desiiatch of prior date, to the Govern- i'> I'tocmlicr iitil, ,. ,, 1 1 It ,V ^- 11- • !■ II p. iifi 01 the sajnc ment ot Bengal, the Honourable Court expressed tiieir sentiments, as loUows : volume "33. We concur in most of the sentiments which you have expressed upon " Lamls hel.l free for this subject. When alienated by a competent authority, you doubt if they could bo the support <.f nli- resumefl for the ])nrposes of Government, even though the revenue of them sli(mld be found to be misa])plied. \Ve think, however, that you may justly make an exception where forfeiture has been legally incurred by neglect of the condi- tions on which the grant was made. In other cases we agree with you, that it can scarcely be regariled as a matter of public interest to interfere. ' The mis- apjirojiriations,' you say, 'though alnisive,' appear to you, and, we doubt not, justly, in regard to most of the institutions in question, to be rather ' of good than ill consequence to the public;' ' one thing, however, in such cases, is always worthy of attention, and that is, the iiKiuiry ; whether to objects of little or no utility which thus may have an expenditure devoted to them, might not be an- nexed other objects really beneficial ; whether good institutions for education, for examjile, might not be combined with the services performed to an idol ; and even 621. 304 i'l ,'ious institutions. 424 PAPERS Ox\ CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF tlpiniou expressed, thiit the surplus funds in deposit should be set apart for purposes of general utility. Appendix to Report of lieneral Commit- tee of I'ublic In- straetion for 1830-31). And that the annual surplus should he reserved, and applied in hke manner; also, that endow- ments of dtfiayed pa;5'odas should be so ajipropriated. iVIins. of Cons., ;S Dec. 1844, .5 Sept. 184;j, jj.lO to 13: 4th (juestion relates to jiroposed allot- jnciits of land in certain cases in lieu nf money payments. IMins. of Cons., :^ IXe. 1844, .J Sept. 1U43, p. 14. The last point, a recommendation to redeem an annual allowance to certain pagodas at Madras )>y an immediate p.n^mcnt in money. in some cases, whether the useful object might not quietly, and without offence, be substituted for the useless." 84. Concurrino- entirely in the rea.soning of Mr. Chamier, I think that the surplus funds should be reserved and set apart, to be applied to purposes of general utility, at the discretion of Government, according to the views indicated in the desi)atoh of the Court of Directors, dated tlie 9tli of May 1838 ; that is to say, the suri)his Avhich shall remain, after providing in concert with the native adminis- trators for the complete repair of every establishment, at Avhose credit there is a balance. As an ajtproved exam]>le of such api>ro])nation, I would refer to the establishment of the College of Mohamed Molisin, at Hooghly.* 85. Mr. Chamier is of opinion, not only that the surplus funds already accumu- lated should be reserved and applied to works of public utility, but also that the st-ate " should rather reduce excessive endowments, and adapt them to the Avauts of the institutions for the support of which they are intended, than maintain them on a scale far more than commensurate with the objects in view.'' 86. In the report of the Collector of Tanjore, it is shown, that on an average the pagoda revenue in that district exceeds the expenditure necessary for all purposes, by about 17,000 rupees per annum, and it is averred to be the general wish of the peo])le, that Government would undertake to apply this annually accruing surplus, as Avell as the funds in deposit, to "such secular objects, as may appear most conducive to the welfare of the ])rovince, instead of allowing it to be dissipated in supererogatory ceremonies, whicii is the most favourable result to be expected from their surrender to the managers of the institutions." 87. It appears to me, that the princii)le n]K)n which it is proposed to reserve the accumulated surj^lus, equally requires that the annual surplus should be reserved likewise, and apj)ro]iriated to similar purposes. Upon the same ground^ I think, that where pagodas have been deserted and gone to decay, the lands or pecuniarv allowances with whicli they were endowed should be resumed, and appropriated to the funds set apart for purposes of general benefit. 88. The fourth question referred by the Madras Government, relates to tlie pro- posal for an allotment of land to be made for the sujiport of a mosque at Quilandy, in Malabar, equivalent to the present endowment in money (1,800 rupees), to be placed in the hands of the managers or trustees, and to a suggestion that this course should be applied not only in Malabar, Ijut to like cases in all other dis- tricts. In the Minute of Consultation under date the 5th September 1843, the meaning of Government is explained to be, that in the case of petty religious establisliments entitled to small pecuniary allowances, granted in lieu of parcels of land fonuerlv resumed, in place of these stipends, the small pieces of land for- merlv belonging to the institutions should be restored, as far as practicable, or parcels equally valuable given in their stead, and that allotments of land should be made equivalent to the petty fees or roossooms assumed. It appears that the former Government disai)proved of the proposed arrangement in regard to the Quilandy Mosque, seeing no sufficient reason for the commutation. The present Government entertains the idea that the commutation of land for money will render the establishments more independent. Tlie dirterence, I apj)rehend, would be more apparent than real. In regard to the ajipearance of the arrangement, it seems to me that it would have the look of making new endowments. Consider- ing that the presumption referred to Mas made at a very distant period, I doubt that it would in any case be "practicable" to restore the old lands, and the gi-anting of new lands is very likely to be mistaken ; what is given in this way is patent to all ; what is taken in exchange is knoAvn to few. I think it better, therefore, to make no change. 89. Lastly, with the view of relieving the Government from its obligation to pay an amuud stijtend for the supjtort of certain i)agodas at JNIadras, it is recom- mended that a sum of money, producing interest etpuil upon an average of years to the amount received from the arrack revenue resumed by Government, be- assigned * The College of Mohamed Mohsin is supported by the surjilus funds, invested in Government securities, which have been derives43, the agent of Government at Kurnool ^5'^'j-3^Jjf'"i°g^3' tted statements of the allowances in question, viz. Rs. 7,983. 10. 7., under Enclosme, No.'lO, the head of Village Saderwared, and Rs. 3,779. 13. 9. money ]>ayments from the j.n^l'^t'er datod Treasury, exj)laining that what is termed saderwared, "is a remission of the '' "''1' " Government demand on certain villages made annually at the jummabundy set- tlement, and which may be considered as an assignment on the revenue," almost . ns.'j^io^i. 1.3. 10. Avholly* on account of Hindoo institutions; whereas the money allowances an- pay- ^ <>"' able for the most partf to IMahonicdan institutions. The total number of Hindoo " '' ' ^ ' '' institutions Mas sIiomu to be 1,162, and of Mahomedan 258. Of the alloMances *' ' out to IMahomedan institutions, the sum of Rs. 778. G. is entered as payable for „ s,37i). 13. 9. "Ooroos," or ceremonies at durgahs, explained to be ceremonies at tombs of NaMabs of Kurnool, and men famous for their sanctity. The expenses for pagodas and mosques, it Mas stated, are of the same description as in other parts of India. 92. The Government agent thought that the alloM-ances, both of " saderwared," and from the treasury, Mhich are under 10 rupees a year (the average being unrler three rupees), might be discontinued, leaving Rs. 5,105. 12. G. of saderM-ared, and Rs. 3,649. 2. 2. from the treasury, Mhich he strongly reconmiended to bo con- tinued. 93. The Government called for more particular accounts, and for further expla- Mius. ofCons., nations to be submitted through the Board of Revenue ; and an extract from the "^ ^'*'^- ^**"*- Proceedings of the Board, revieMing the statements and explanations furnished by Dated 2 D.c. 18«. the agent, is contained in the second letter from the Secretary to Government above noted, but Mithout the report of the agent and the statements referred to, and MJthout the expression of any opinion by Government. 94. It appears, from the Board's proceeding.s, that there are lands attached to r. 0. the various religious institutions in Kurnool, to the extent of 58,2'Jl acres, yield- ing an estimated revenue of 19,606 rupees. A survey, it seems, is in progress in this district, in the cour.se of vhich the true value of the lands Mill be ascertained, and inquiry Mill be made " as to the tenure by Mhicli these, as indeed by which all eniam lands throughout the district arc held ;" and the Board recommend, "that in the interim the devastanum lands be left in the occupation of the pre- sent holders," Mhich st'eins to be advisable. 95. The principle on Mhich the sudderMared Mas regulated, it api)ears cannot I'- ^• be ascertained ; but it is said to have been " variable in its amount, dependent, prol)abIy, on (lit- collections of the year." The Board have caliiMl upon the agent to explain how the amuiuit stated !»y him (as above) has been asct'rtained, and to furnisii a statement, shoMing the average alloM'auce to each institution during the last 10 years. 90. The agent, it is stated, is uom^ of opinion that the saderMared allowances r. 5. may be abolished aitogetiier, except in the case of those few establishments which have no other means of support, to Mhich he Mould leave alloMances amounting in the aggregate? to 729 rupees. " 'Ihe Board are not j)reiiared to actjuiesce in this ])roposal," and are of opinion that the alloMances sliould Ijc continued, but in a difl'erent form. ti2l. 3 II 07. Referring p. • 25 Aug. 1841, No. 17. t Mins. of Cons., 3 Feb. 1844, p. 5. P. a to 7. 426 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 97. Referring to a suggestion of the Government, that these allowances " should be definitely fixed, and the collection and appropriation then left to the recog- nized heads of the institutions," they say they " cannot recommend such a course," as the most probable effect, they fear, would be to give cover and license under the name of saderwared collections, for those undefined and illicit exactions which are but too frequent in all village communities, and which it is most desirable to repress. They think that the whole jumma, including saderwared, should be col- lected and brought to account in full. They recommend that the fluctuating allow- ances under this head be commuted for a fi.xed sum, calculated on an average of 10 years, to be paid direct from the treasury to each institution. If the allowances are to be continued, as recommended by the Board, a point which should perhaps be left to be determined by the Government of JNIadras, tlie commutation proposed by the Board appears to be the most advisable arrangement. To leave the collec- tion of the saderwared to the heads of the several institutions, would be contrary to the instructions* of the Court of Directors in the despatch quoted by the Governmentf ; and for the reasons stated by the Board, I think it would be very inexpedient. 98. With respect to the money payments from the treasury, tlie agent repeats his opinion, that they should be continued, "and the Board fully agree with him." The reasons urged by the agent in his former report, dated 30tli October 1843, appear to be important. 1 March 1845. (signed) D. FJiott. — No. 139. — Note by the Secretary ; dated 20 May 1845. Disconnection of Mv.. Eliott's Report describes the measures adopted at Madras \ for withdrawing officere^fr^tlie ^^16 Eurojiean officers of the Government from interference in the administration religious institutions of the religious institutions of the natives, by the substitution of an agency of of tlie natives. persons professing the faith to which the institutions belong; in some cases by the transfer of the superintendence to the jjriest, in others to a committee composed of the priest or priests of the temple, and of lay members ; in others to the rajahs and landholders of the districts in which the temples are situated, and to indi- vidual management, as seemed expedient and suitable to circumstances and locality of the temple ; in one instance to two stipendiary persons, while a suit is depending in the court which concerns the endowment. B)' these arrangements the total withdrawal of all interference on the part of Government witli native religious institutions througliout the whole of the provinces of the TNIadras Presidency, had been acconqilished, viz. all interference with the internal administration, and with the expenditure of the revenues, and also with the appointment of officers, but without any change in the management of lauds belonging to such institutions which were before under charge of Government officers ; the question as to the final disposal of such lands being reserved for the orders of the Supreme Government, the net iirocceds of the land in the meantime being pa3'able to the native administrators. The questions referred by the Madras Government for the decision of the Governor-general in Council, are reviewed in Mr. Eliott's Report ; viz. — 1. The substitution, under provisions of law, of a responsible and permanent trust, in lieu of that which has been withdrawn ; for though there has been a transfer X Lettei-s from Court of Directoi-s, dated 2 June J840, .3 March 1841, and 2.5 Aurriist 1841. Letter to Secretary to Govor-iinent of Madras, Bombay, Bonu'al and Nortli Western Provinces, dated 1 November 1841. Letter from Chief Secretary to Government of IJombay, dated .3 July 1840, and one enclosure. Letter to Chief Secretary to Government cif fJombay, dated 10 Aup^ist 1840. Letter fi-oin Ciiief Secretary to Government of Bombay, dated 2" Feliruary 1841, and one enclosure. Letter to Cliief Secretary to Government of Bombay, dated o April 1841. Letter from Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay, dated Z^ April 184.3, and two enclosures. Letter from Officiating Secretary to Government of Bengal, dated .5 September 1842, and one enclosure. Letter from Secretary to Government of Bengal, dated 31 May 184.3. Letter to Secretary to Government of Bengal, dated t) August 1844, and six enclosures. Letter from Secretary to Govennneiit of North ^^'■estern Provinces, dated June 1843, and one enclosure. Memorandum by Under-Secretary to Govemment of India, dated 1 July 1844. Letter from D. Eliott, Esq., .Member of Indian Law Commis- sion, dated 1 March 1845 and one enclosure. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAH C^IEANISM. 427 transfer of administration, tbc institutions are described as being without protection. 2. The future management of the large estates appertaining to temples, which have for years been under charge of the Collector, and cannot, it is conceived, be abandoned to the officers and servants of the temjile without hurting the ryots, whose engagements have been made with the Collector in the belief that liis management would continue. 3. The disposal of the surplus funds, of which large sums are in deposit with the Covernment, and of the annual surplus accruing in the hands of the new trustees. 4. The discontinuance of a direct money payment fiom the treasury by the restitution of land, or by grants of other land to the institution, or by the assignment of a sum of money producing interest equivalent to the annual stipend, with a view to disconnection. 5. Lastly, question relating to allowances for religious {)urposes in the Kurnool territory. In the Madras and Bengal Presidencies the superintendence of grants for religious ])urposes, whether of the former governments of the country, or of individuals, is vested in the Boards of Revenue by Regulation. The Regulation of the Bengal Code is XTX. of 1810, and that of the Madras Code is VII. of 1817. The Collector is ex officio the local agent of the Board, and the Governor in Council may apj)oint any other public officer or officers from the civil, military or medical branch of the service, to act with him. It is the duty of the Board of Revenue, by these Regulations, to prevent any endowments in land or money, which have been granted for the suj)port of temjiles, from being converted to the private use of individuals, or otherwise misa])|)ropriated. There arc some differences in the terms of the two Regulations. The Bensral law relates to grants of land for the support of mosques, Hindoo temples, colleges, or for other pious and beneficial purjioses. The Madras Regulation gives to the Board a like superintendence, whether the grant be of land or by assignments of the produce, or portion of the produce of land, or of money ; and it refers to endowments by former governments of this country, as well as by the British Government, and by individuals for the support, (Sec. The Madras Regulation makes the native servants, trustees, managers or sui)er- intendcnts of temple ])roperty, amenable to the authority of the Collector, for the punishment of fraud or embezzlement, as the native servants of Government employed under him in the department of Land Revenue. I'here are provisions in the Regulations referred to for other matters, which the Boards of Revenue are to superintend ; but it is with the duty imposed upon boards and local agents of interfering in the management of the religious insti- tutions of the natives, that the legislature of India has now been requested to deal, in order that the Government may be enabled to give conq)h'te effect to the principles defined in the despatches from the Court of Directors in the Revenue Department, dated 2 June (No. 7) 1840, 3 March (No. 2) of 1841, and 25 August (No. 17) of 1841, respecting the withdrawal of all interference with the religious ceremonies of the natives of India, and the relinquishment of the revenue derived from native temples and other places of religious resort. It is i)rol>ably owing to the very extensive endowments for the support of pagodas that exist in the districts of the Madras Presidency, that the interference of the European functionaries of the Ciovcrnnient with the concerns of these temjiles has been greater under that than the other Presidencies. It cannot be supposed that such interference is agreeable to the worshippers of the temple, or till" coiiiinunity interested in its preservation, exce[)t fcIaniation against the withdrawal of the control of Government over the pagoda at Tripetty (^North Arcot), mentioned in the 10th para, of Mr. Eliott's Report, is very intelligible. The offerings and con- tributions to that tenq>le amount on an average to 1,00,873 rupees a year, and tile charge has been made over to the mohunt or prineijial of a college of Byrag- hees, as sole trustee. I'he average income of this pagoda being 1,09,873 rupees, the expenditure only 3-2,528 rupees, the surplus, heretofore carried to the credit of 621. 3 H 2 the 42S PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF the Government, 77,345, is now at the disposal of this mohunt, -without rule or Para. 8, of Mr. precefloiit to guide him, or by reference to Mhit'li he can be made responsible. Eliott's Report. Mr. Eliott, in the 39th para, of liis Report, ol)scrves, without pronouncing upon the question whether the British Government is bound absolutely to maintain the principle set forth in the preamble of Regulation XIX. of 1810, of the Rengal Code, and in tliat of Regulation VII. of 1817, of Madras, it maybe asserted, tliat at least it cannot renounce a duty so solemnly undertaken, and withdraw its officers from a charge imposed upon them under such a sanction, without an adequate provision for tlie due execution of the charge, so far as it has hitherto extended, by other agency. Whether Government was right or wrong in prineii)le in undertaking such a duty, and cliarging its officers with such a trust, it would seem that it cannot righteously divest them of it where it has been assumed, and leave the interests concerned without protection. Several propositions have been made respecting the superintendence of those institutions for the future; vizt.— Is. The proposition of the Madras Board of Revenue to ajipoint native trustees, under a trust-deed, defining their responsi- bilitv, ■\\ith a liability to prosecution in the ordinary courts for any l)rcach of the conditions of the trust. This would be inefficacious where there was no eji-officio prosecutor. I quote the opinion of Mr. Eliott, of the Madras Board of Revenue, and of the junior member of the Sudder Board of Revenue, paras. 40 and 5S of Report. This apprehension did not occur to the Legislature that passed Reg. X. of 1840 ; and it has not been suggested from Bombay, the North Western Provinces, or from the Bengal Government, in their rei)orts respecting the withdrawal of the European functionaries from the management of native religious institutions. 2d. The proposition of the Madras Sudder Court, to appoint native superin- tendents, under a declared responsibility to the established courts of justice, it being provided, that if any superintendent refuse to exhibit the accounts of the institution under his management on requisition, it shall be lawful for the Collector to order a commissiun of inquiry, and further, that the Collector shall have power to inquire into frauds and embezzlements alleged to have I)een committed by officers of the institutions in question, arid to ]iunish them on conviction thereof. 3d. The proposition of tlie Madras Government, that a law be passed simply to declare the liability of superinteiidents, &c. to be sued or prosecuted in the civil or criminal courts (Mr. Eliott remarks) " without provision even for the payment of costs out of the funds of the institution to which tlie suit or prosecution relates, at the discretion of the court, for which the Board of Revenue had in-ovided." 4th. The jjroposition of the senior member of the Calcutta Sudder Boai'd of Revenue to appoint a native local agency* of persons professing the faith to which the religious institutions belong, for the exercise of those powers which, under Regulation XIX. of 1810, are vested in the Board of Revenue, free from all European interference, to which agency Principal Sudder Ameens, Sudder Ameens, INIoonsiffs and authorized jdeaders of the civil court shall be eligible, the nomi- nation and a]qiointment resting, as now, with the revenue authorities, M-ith a new provision, however, that whenever the office of mootawallee, pandah or shewali, or any other manager or superintendent of a mosque, pagoda, tenii)le or other relio-ious and native endowment or place of worship shall become vacant, and no successor shall have been provided Ijy the founder or cndower, a successor shall be elected and apjiointed, by a majority of voices of a punchayct, to be convened and composed of individuals of the faith of the institution, not less than five and not more than 1 1 in number ; and the election of such individuals sliall be made by the Collector of the district (or other officer holding his office temporarily in his absence), from the most respectable inhabitants of the sudder station, or of its environs. The senior members draft of law providesf or the suing of a mootawallee, pandah, shawak, hcc. for misconduct in the fulfilment of his trust, but not for the redress, by suit, of any injury done to inilividuals by the proceedings of the native local agency. 5th. Mr. Bird's proposition, to repeal the regulation in all its parts, and not to supply its place by any other law.f The repealing Act, of which he submitted a draft, • A native local afrency for the Hindoo, woulil not be a suitable agency for the Mahoraedau institutions. Arc there to ho two for every ilistrict posscssinir both classes of endowments? t Tlie late Depnty-irovernor of Bengal considered that tlie practice nitroduced by Regulation XIX. of 1810, was a departure from sound principle, and a mistake in another way; the direct interference of the Govennncnf, under the Regulation in .[ucstion, with the religions trusts of the Hindoos and Mahomedans, being distasteful to those for whose benefit the Regulation was intended. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH ^lAHOMETANISM. 429 draft, not to " affoct the management and superintendence of any institutions now actually managed and superintrndi-d tiy local agents under the jjrovisions of the said Regulation," but those institutions to continue to be so managed and super- intended as long as the local Government shall think fit, in the same manner as if the Act had not been passed. 6th. The proposition of some of the Madras Collectors, — " seeing the necessity of some chock over the trustees a]>pointed under the new system, ulio will generally be the actual administrators of the funds — "for the formation of a general com- mittee or subha for every district, to be charged with the supervision and control of all the religious institutions belonging to it. Mr. Eiiott, with respect to this proposition, and the remark of the Board of Revenue, that " it seems hardly possible to select a body so constituted as to obtain the confidence and concurrence of all who are interested" o1)serves, " there would be difliculty, doubtless, in constituting a suitable committee; but if the arrangement be feasil)lc', it would seem the best, if not the only, means of meeting the present exigency; that it is im]traoticable, ought not to be assumed without incpiiry, nor do the Board express a j)ositive o])inion to that effect ; the difficulty would be much less if native officers were declared to be eligible, both such judicial officers as are mentioned in the draft of the senior member of the Calcutta Boai'd, and also officers of coiTOsponding rank in the Revenue Department." Reterring to the trust- deed proposition of the Board, this would be a constituted autliority, Mr. Eiiott remarks, through whose intervention the responsibility of trustees could be enforced in the courts. Mr Eiiott proceeds to work up a scheme for the administration of trusts con- cerning religious institutions now managed under Regulaticm XIX. of 1 81U, and VII. of I8I7, to be transferred to district committees, who, if that proposition be adopted, are to be substituted for the Board of Revenue and local agents in respect to the duties which are required of them by those Regulations. Paras. 51 to ."58 of his Report describe the duties to be devolved on the proposed district committees. In Mr. Eliott's opinion there is no other way of fulfilling the obligations with which the Government have respectively charged themselves by Regulation XIX. of 1810, and VII. of 1817, without the intervention in some form or other of their European servants. In such case, in respect to Madras, he would maintain the provisions of Regulation VII. of 1817, making trustees, &.c., amenable to the rules prescribed I)y law for the punishment of fraud or embezzlement in the native servants of Government in the department of Land Revenue ; thus i-endering such trustees, kc, amenable in a summary manner to the jurisdiction of the Col- lector for the offences mentioned, and with provisions empowering the Collector, on the relation of informant, or of his own motion, to institute suits, or rather to give his sanction to the institution of suits, for the recovery of property belonging to religious establishments c prin- cijtal persons professing the religion of the temple, or a committee of such persons, 621. 3 ii 3 1'^ 430 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF has been formed by the Collector for the administration of such trusts, and they have accepted the responsibility with a knowledge that they will be liable to prosecu- tion in the courts of justice for exaction or abuse of trust in regard to the affairs of such institutions. Where lands, or the collection of revenues, are to be managed, the committees appoint an agent ; there has been a complete disconnection, therefore, of the officers of the Government of the Bombay Presidency from the rehgious institu- tions of the natives, -nith a few exceptions, and with regard to these, the separation was in progress, Avithout any ill effects. The Revenue Commissioner, in his report dated tlie 19th September 1842, suggests that it would be desirable to pass a legislative enactment rendering the agents in whom the management of the affairs and funds of such institutions may be vested liable to the same penalties for exactions and other abuses of their trust, as native servants of Government similarly employed. The Siidder Board of Revenue in the North Western Provinces report, that only in three districts (Agra, Delhi and Mirzapore) the provisions of Regulation XIX. of 1810 have been acted on, and there were cases Avhich called for interposition, either for the discountenance of fraud, or to allay dissensions. With reference to the despatch of the Court of Directors dated 25 August 1841, the Board state, that in the North Western Provinces the Government officers have exercised no control over the affairs of the native religious institutions. Regulation XIX. of 1810 vests the revenue authorities with a general but undefined superintendence, to provide for the due appropriation of lands which have been granted for public purposes ; but the impossibility of giving effect to a measure of such doubtful expediency in matter of religious rites and observances, has frustrated this object of the law, and rendered it so far inoperative. That portion of the law may there- fore be safely abrogated ; in other respects the Government local authorities have been equally careful to abstain, excepting iu cases as above described. The Board consider that the interests of endowments will be best attained by a new Act, rescinding so much of Regulation XIX. of 1 8 1 0, as empowers the revenue authorities or the local agents of a district to appoint managers, and control the accounts of religious iiistilutions, and declaring all endowments granted for such purposes to be trust property, and the sale or mortgage of such property to be illegal. Suits arising out of such property would then be heard and decided iu due course of law ; and as fitting opportunity occurs, measures might be taken to relieve the local authorities in Delhi, Agra and Mirzapore of all interference in the con- cerns of such institutions, making them over entirely to the management of the incumbent ministers in communication with the parties most interested in the institutions who should be invited to ajipoint a committee of management to regulate the affairs of the institutions.* The opinions of all the Governments, and their experienced officers, have now been collected, as to the best course of proceeding for carrying out the injunctions of the home authorities, for the withdrawal of the European officers of the public administration, from the management of the funds and affairs of native temples, and it remains to be decided Avhether there be any peculiar causes at the Madras Presidency for shaping our proceedings differently there from elsewhere ; whether it will not be sufficient, and the time has not arrived for that purpose, to pass a law for the protection of the jtroperty of temples, without interference on Europeans or Na- the part of the officers of the Government with the management of the lands and tives^as officers of ^.j^^j control of the funds and affairs of all religious endowments whatever. In this issue it would be the duty of the Madras Government to see to the protection of the ryots, when the settlement has been fixed, or may be fixed for a term of years, in the same way that other Governments protect the agricultural population. The Government has no rig-ht to determine that such lands shall be for ever alienated from the temples, and a fixed payment of money from the Collector's treasury substituted for the income to which they arc entitled from the land. The temjile officers and committees will be required to appoint competent managers of estates belonging to the institutions, and provision made for default and • Lt'tter I'ropj Suddcr Board of Revenue, .5 May 184.'?. Enclos\irc of letters from Secretary to Govemracnt, North Wcsicrn Provinces, to the Secretary to Govei-nmeut of India, dated 9 June 1843. the GoveiTUuent. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH :\IAH()METANISM. 431 and fixiluro, as with estates the under Courts of Wards. The principle settled, the detail of the law can bo easily supplied ; Act X. of 1840 has loft tho worshippers of Jujrcfornath with 110 other assurance against abuse " by a conipotont Hindoo superintendent,' or by the priests, officers and servants of the temple, than a full responsibility to the established courts of justice. Tho transfer having boon discreetly and adequately provided for by the local Governments, in the appointment of fixed committees and superintendents, the general protection may l)o confided to tho committees, and the redress of wrongs to tho courts of justice, on tlie complaint of j)arties interested or injured ; or if Mr. Kliott's objection on this score, in which he agrees with Mr. Lowis, of the Suddcr Board of Revonuo, insu))orabIe ? The first and second questions reviewed in Mr. Eliott's paper having been dis- posed of, the Government is asked to determine respecting the appropriation of the surplus funils of religious institutions in deposit with the Government, and in course of collection with the new trustees. It may be presumed, that the Government Avill not authfirize or concern its officers with aiiy a()]iropriatiou of money obtained through ofi'erings to idols, but that there will be no objection to the co-opsration of tlie j)ublic ofiicers in the application of other descriptions of surplus revenue, not coming from similar sources ; for example, the surplus revi-iuies of estates, or surplus monies paid from the public treasury to jmrposos of indubitable utility. We have a precedent in Bengal, in the case of the Syedpore trust estate, where tho revenues and income of funds bt'longingto that estate are partially applied to the maintenance of the Imambarah College at Hooghly. At Madras, this surplus has sometimes been applied to purposes of public utility, not immediately con- nected with the institutions to which the funds aiiportained, and the question as Para. 78, of Mr. to the competency of the (jovornnient authorities to approjjriate the surplus to Eliott's Report. other than the specific puiposes of the endowment, has been much discussed. Schools, roads, bridges, tanks, hospitals, have been suggested as suitable estab- lishments and works for the expenditure of such funds. The particular district in which the endowments are situated to derive full benefit from the new appro- priation of such surplus. It w'ould not, apparently, otl'end any of the principles on which the Court of Directors desire to withdraw from interference, if the Government officers were associated with tlie officers of the institutions in directing the apjiropriation of un- objectionable fumis to j)urposes of general public utility. The officers of education and the officers for public works, for example. If the jirinciple is enunciated by law, the detail can 1)0 arranged by the Executive Govonunont. In respect to luonoy ])aynionts direct from the treasury, where land can be re- stored or comnuited, that onght to be done, consistently with the proceedings of the Government in regard to Juggernath. Whore it is a money payment, not capable of commutation, and the title is good, it must be continued. The despatch of the Court of Directors, dated the 25th August 1841, and the observations of Mr. Eliott, appear to suggest ail that is necessary in reply to the Madras reference, regarding the Kurnool allowances for worsliip. It will be observed, that the Bengal officers are very conflicting in their opinions on the subject of the jjopularity of our interference under the provisions of Regulation XTX. of 181<>, and that, with exception to the abolition of the Jugger- nath and other jiilgrim taxes, and the Regulation for the superintendouco of the Temple of .luggornath, and the transfer of the Suttaeos Hazaroe Mehal to the Rajah of Koordah, as superintendent of Juggernath, nothing has yet been done to alter the relations of tlu; revenue officers with the religious institutions of the natives since the inquiry conmienced, consequent on the receipt of the Court's despatclies above mentioned. Tho Regulation which the late Deputy-governor projjosed for ropealing XIX. of 1810, would have perpetuated its provisions in respect to all institutions under superintendence at tho time of repeal, at the discretion of the local Government; and if, therefore, the prospective operation of the Act was suggested by a sense of obligation to continue a pledged superintendence, the proposed law would not have advanced the general ol)iect, and would have been of little or no service in purging the administration of interference with the religious institutions of the natives. It will also l)e observed, that there is no uniformity of proceeding in the Bengal districts relative to these institutions, tiio Regulation being inoperative in some (i2i. 3 n 4 districts, 432 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF tlistricts, and there is no return of the number of endowments, or of their value, to A\hich tlie authority of the local aj^ents has been extended in those dist'-'f^ts iu uliich the Regulation is admitted to be in force. It is an inactive, and, I believe, a very unnecessary agency; and ■where it is popular, it is probably to that circumstance and character of its proceedings that it owes this popularitv. 20 May 1845. (signed) G. A. Bushby. No. 140. Nou-lutcrftience of Government officers in the aftairs of reliaious institutions in tne JMadras territories. iVt'c I'rcanibles of Kc'^'ulation XIX. of 18io, bengal Code, and Ri'SuUtion VII. of 1817, .Madras Code. Minute by the Honourable Sir T. H. Maddock, Kut. ; dated 10 June 1845. The Madras Government has succeeded in carrying out, generally, the views of the Honom-able the Court of Directors in discontinuing the practice which before prevailed to a great extent in that Presidency, of enij)loying its own European officers in the management and control of religious institutions, and of the funds by which they were supported. The measures taken by the Madras Government, in obedience to the Hononrable Court's instructions, have, in sonu; instances, been remonstrated against by the Hindoo community, who saw, or apprehended, in the transfer to private indi- viduals of the management of their religious endowments, which had before been controlled by responsiljle officers of the Government, much risk of future malver- sation on the part of those about to be entrusted with the charge of the funds of these institutions. The course pursued by the Madras Government in this matter has, on the whole, been less unpoj)ular than might have been expected, and this should be in a great measure attributed to the able and judicious manner in which it jiroceedcd to carry into execution the Court's orders. But thouo-h the Madras authorities have thus accomplished the main objects contemplated by the Honourable Court, in withdrawing the interference which they formerly exercised in regard to temj^le administration, the control of tenii)le expenditure, "and the nomination of priests and other religious functionaries, they have not so entirely relinquished their cojuiexion with these institutions, as to have resigned into the hands of the priests, or other managing authorities, the collection of the revenues by which many of these institutions are supported. Cogent reasons are adduced why the lands from which these revenues are raised should not be made over to the priests, and on this and other points requiring decision, a reference is made to the Supreme Government. On this reference a report is now before us from Mr. Eliott, member of the Law Commission. As coming from a distinguished officer of the Madras Presi- dency, Mr. Eliott's ojiinions would of course} be entitled to great weight on a subject of this nature, and in the paper before me, the questions to be decided are, irrespective of the writer's local knowledge, explained with such clearness, and the course recommended for adoption is, in my ojiinion, so judicious, and based on such sound and philosophical principles, that in giving my support "•enerally to Mr. Eliott's vicAvs, I find little room to add to the arguments he adduces in their favour. The only question of great difficulty referred by the Madras Government is, how to create an efficient suljstitute for the Board of Revenue of that Presidency for the responsilile discharge of the duties of trustees of religious endowments imposed upon it by Regulation VII. of 1817, of the Madras Code ; and the diffi- culty consists in this, that in former times the Indian Governments declared it to be an important duty of every government to provide that all religious endowments shall 1)0 applied according to the real intent and will of their donors, and the Board of Revenue were accordingly constituted trustees of these endowments ; till lately no one dissented from the principle that every government is under obligation to its sul)jects to jirovide for the security of their religious endowmentSj as much as for that of their private i)roperties, and jierhaps no one Mill now attempt to controvert that principle. But then it stands so nuich in the way of a total withdrawal of the European officers of Government from interference with the religious institutions of the natives, as directed by the Court of Directors, that it has been found impossible to suggest any mode of totally relieving the Board of Revenue and their European subordinates from the trust imposed upon them IXDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH .AlAHOMETAXISM. 433 them bv law, vhich is likely to afiord any security for the faithful discharffc of their duties when transferred to otiiers. We cannot, as ]Mr. Eliott justly argues, righteously deprive our subjects of the guardianship of their religious endoAvments, Mhich we considered it our duty to undertake, and ■which ve have exercised througli our officers for a long course of years, without securing them and their institutions from injury if ue see fit to relinquish the trust, and if it is, as I believe it is, impossible to secure them from injury vithoul. some degree of Euro])ean control and inteiferenct, the Govern- ment must be ])repared to sanction such a modified scheme as may continue, to the endowments in question adequate p'rotection, with tiie least amount of interference, and that of an unobjectionable nature, on the part of Eiiiopean functionaries. Such a scheme is proposed by Mr. Eliott, in his report, para. 51 to 56, and he should, I think, l)e desired to prejjare a draft of Act on tliat basis, to be sent to the Government of Madras for their approval. If Christian officers are exenii)t from all concern Avith the religious affairs of mosques and temples, we shall, I believe, satisfy the requirements of the home authorities; and with regard to the secular contingencies of endowments, whether arising from the rent of lands or liom any other source, as they cannot be taken from under the protection of the law, but must be investigated, and all disputes arising out of tliem must be decided by European Judges, it Avould seem ini])ossible that the Honourable Court should have desired to restrict either their judicial or executive officers fr(;ni all those official acts of interference with such iiio]icrty, without whicli justice cannot be administered, and rights cannot be maintained and preserved, and I shall therefore anticipate the full approval of such a measure as that ])roposed by INIr. Eliott, by the home authorities. It is evitlent that some enactment of this nature must be urgently required at Madras, where it would appear, that since the Board of Revenue withdrew from their trust under the provisions of Regulation VII. of 181 7, the religious insti- tutions of that Presidency ha\c been left without any legal i)rotection. We are asked by the Madras Government whether the landed estates, the revenues of Mliich have been assigned by governments antecedent to our rule for the sui)port of native religious institutions, ought to be n.ow made over to the priests, or other authorities whom we may set up to perform those dttties which, under Regulation VJI. of 1817, were performed by t lie Hoard of Revenue, or should 1)0 retained under our management. On this subject I think there can be little doubt. In tlie first |dace, as all settlements of revenue have been made with the dif- ferent classes of proprietors and under-tenants by British oflicers, Avithcut any intimation that they were liable ever to be placed under any other Collectors of the revenue tlinn those of the Government, it would not be just to them to deprive them now of the protection of our revenue officers, and subject them tt> the chance of ojipression at the hands of other parties over v> hom a\ e could exer- cise no certain control, or bind them eflectually to adhere to our engagements with the ryots ; and in the second place, it would not be just to the ])eople who derive advantage from such endowments, to subject the sources from which they arise to injury from mismanagement, which would almost inevitably follo-\\- their transfer to other hands. The best arrangement in all such cases, where it can be effected with the con- sent of the parties most interested, is, in my ojiinion, to convert the averaize net receijits of the revenue of the land into a money-j)ayment from the treasury, to become a fixed charge on the revenues of the district in which the land is situated, and to attach the land in jierpetuitv. Where any obstacle exists to such comnuita- tion, wo can jmy the net proceeds of the land as heretofore, to the institution for the benefit of which they were originally alienated, till a fitting opi)ortunity shall arise for converting them into a fixed amount in money. Objections, J know, have been made to the jiayment l)y a Christian govern- ment, of money for the su]iport of the institutions of idolatry, and of other reli- gious, liut ignorantly, T think, with reference to such cases as those which we are considering. Wlien tlie (Government of tins country fell into our hands, we found the existing religious establishments de]!endent mainly for their sujtport on assiginnents made by former rulers and men in authority on the revenues of the country ; some of these Avere assignments on the land revenue, for the security of Avhich, the collection of the rent of certain portions of land Avas aiipropriated to G2\. 3 I the 434 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF the parties to be benetited, or in trust for the objects to be promoted ; others were assignments on different ])ranc]ies of revenue, sucli as the Customs, the Exeise, the Mint, &c., payable by the collectors or contractors of those brandies of revenue, and some were in the shape of orders on tiie general treasury of districts for a certain annual payment. It -vvould have been at the option of a new dynasty, like that of the British Government, to disallow all such alienations of the general resources of the State, and to have risked the odium attending their resumption. The British Government adopted the more lil)eral policy of con- firming, almost without exception, all grants of this description, or, as was more commonly the case, permitted every one who was found in possession of lands said to be held for religious purposes, and in the enjoyment of allowances iu money for religious ])urposes, to retain them. Our Governments, in those days, were not supposed to be thus doing what was mischievous for the ])romotion of the religions of the country. They were not alienating, de novo, any portion of the public revenue for their sujjport. They found a revenue subject to these deductions, which had been sanctioned by their Hindoo and Mahomedan predecessors, and were content with it on that footing. They took to themselves Avhat they considered to l)e the dues of the State, and they left to others what they considered to belong to them. Their successors have no pretence, at this distant period, to object to such alienations, because they are devoted to maintain the religions of the country, and as these religions derive the same support from the State, whether that support is afforded to them in the shape of money-jiaymcnts, or in that of assignments of the revenue derived from the land, there can be nothing more objectionable in our continuing the money allowances which have been paid since the commencement of our rule, or in converting assignments on the land revenues into such money allowances, than there is in allowing those land revenues to be devoted to the same objects. And if there is any force in this argument, there can be no objection, in a religious ]ioint of view, to paying from the treasury a given sum of money for the support of a Mahomedan or Hindoo institution, instead of allowing an equal sum to be collected for the same institution from the land, whether through a British officer, or directly by the agents of that institution. If this is admitted, as it will be, by those who are best able to form a judgment on the subject, there are so many reasons connected with' the general prosperity of the country, and the rights and hajipiness of the people, in favour of retaining in the hands of our own officers the management of the lands of religious establisli- ments, rather than make them over to any native trustees who may be appointed in place of the Board of Revenue, that I would on every favourable opportunity convert the claims of these establishments on the land revenue into allowances in money from the jjublic treasury. In rej)ly to the reference of the Madras Government with respect to the dis- posal of any funds which may have accumulated in the treasury, and which may hereafter arise from there being realized a larger income from any property assigned for the su]>port of a religious establishment than is required for its proper maintenance, I should say that such a surplus income, being in excess of the sum required for the establishment according to the intent of its founder, is revertiblo to the founder, or his representative, the present Government ; and that if all the objects of the original endowment are attained by the present expenditure upon it, whatever remains over and above that expenditure should be held to ])c at the absolute disposal of the State. There might, in the ])resent day, when the Government has sacrificed considerable revenues from its throwing open to all the world the tem]iles from which it before derived a large income, and has subjected itself to actual loss, by having to pay for the support of one temple from which it used to draw a considerable revenue, be some ground for its laying claim to appropriate to itself the surplus income of estates which are more than sufficient to meet the charges to which they are liable on account of similar institutions. But it would be more becoming, as well as more consistent with the course which we are now i)ursuing with respect to all these endowments, to regard such surplus as a fund to be devoted to the j)ublic benefit in works of general utility, preference hu'mg given as to the loCiility where the surplus is to be expended, to the neighbourhood from which it proceeds, and the education of the people being held forth as a most legitimate object to which it should be applied. From INDIA yyiTH IDOLATRY, OU M ITII MAIIOMETANISM. 435 From what has gone before, it will be coiiclucleil that I am not favourably dis- posed to the ])ropo^ition of the Madras Goveniineiit, for an allotment of land to be made for the support of a mosque at Quilandy in IMalabar, in lieu of the iire- sent money endowment of that mosque i)aid from the treasury, nor to sanction this kind of commutation in other cases, in Malabar or elsewliere. The object aimed at by the Madras Government is not U> discontinue the sup])ort of Govern- ment, but to avoid the appearunce of giving its support to tlie religious institu- tions of the country, Ity periodical pajTiieiits from tlie treasury ; and it is imagined that this object would be attained, if lauds were assigned for their maintenance in lieu (if the money allowances now made to them. Mr. Eliott, in the 88th jiara. of Lis Report, argues that the very course proposed by the Government of Madras would, if it made any diflcrence in appearances, render more marked the sujjjxirt of Government than it is under the jiresent system. But to my mind, it is not for our Government to attend to appearances in such matters. "NVe have to deal Avith realities. We find a certain portion of the lauds or revenues of the State set apart irrevocably, and we jiresume l\y competent authority, for certain public purposes, or for the benefit of individuals. We have sanctioned and confirmed these alienations, and the title on which they rest is entirely indeiicndent of the creed of those who enjoy the benefit of them ; and when titles have been proved and acknowledged, it is incumbent on the Govern- ment, Avhatever religion its rulers may jirofess, honestly and openlv to defend such titles. The religious ])rincij)les of the present rulers of this country are in no wise com])romised, by allowing justice to be done to those of another faith; and there can be no good or moral reason why we should shrink from the appearance of maintaining a Hindoo or Mahomedan institution out of the public revenue, when in reality they are maintained, and everybody knows that they are so, out of that revenue, and when it is also universally knoAvn, that these alienations of the revenue were not originally made by the present Government, and have been maintained by us, not out of favour to the religions which they are designed to promote, but because we had no right to infringe or meddle with them. A\ ith resjiect to the annual sum now paid by the Madras Government to certain l)agodas at Madras, which was originally an assignment on the Excise, and the j)roposition to ]>ay over to trustees a sum of money, the interest of \\liicli ^^lall equal the amount now defrayed as an annua! allowance, I see no benefit in the measure proposed. I have recommended a course directly opposite in the case of the rents of lands similarly appro]n-iated ; and I have exju'essed mv concurrence with Mr. Eliott as to the necessity of some Eurojiean agency to secure the faithful discharge of their duty by any native trustees who may be entrusted with the management of the funds of religious institutions. Without such a real and eflective check on the proceedings of native managers or trustees as can be exer- cised only by Eurojiean officers, the probability is, that the capital sum proposed to be advanced in lieu of all future animal payments Avould be misappropriated by those into whose himds it might fall, and the institutions to which it belonged might thus be left without support, to the discredit, in the eyes of the natives, of the Government, which would ajijiear to them designedly to have exposed these funds to risk, and not greatly to regret their lieing squandered ; and seeing the anxiety of the Government to divest itself of all interest in their relisjious endow- ments, and to withhold from them the jirotection which it has hitherto afforded, they would have grounds for the belief that the measure was prompted by secret hostility to their religion. It is needless to ex]iatiate on the im[>olicy of giving groumls for such a belief, and on the handle which it would atibrd to the designing and ill-disposed, in their attempts to shake the loyalty of our subjects and their attadnnent to our Govern- ment, Such characters are ahvavs at hand, and readv er.ou"li to take advantan-e ot every oji]iortunity to excite the people against us; and nothing can avail them more, or be more suitable to their jmrpose, than innovations which can be construed as attacks on the religion of the jieople, or even as a departure from the tolerant protection which it had before met with from the British Govern- ment. I am opjKoed to all measures which can bear such an interj)retation, not only for their jaejudicial tendency to alienate the affections of our subjects, Imt also for the higher reason of their absolute injustice. 1'here can be but one ])lain rule for the guidance of a government ruling over nnllions of men of various creeds, and that is, to protect all, and favour none. The Hindoos and the Mahomcdans have 621. 312 a right 436 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Tlici'c would be as gODit leubou in Eng- Jand tu object to pay tlje interest of the money of any religious institution lodjjed in the funds, because the Govom- nient was not favciu"ab!y disposed to the institution to which the money boloiicred. a right to expect the same degree of protection for their cudowmcuts as is afforded to those of our own cliurch, just as much as any individual of those ]iersuasions is entitled to the same measure of justice as a Christian in any of the ordinary trans- actions of the vorld. To attempt to get rid of our obligations would be unjust ; and to such expedients for avoiding the appearance of fulfilling them openly, is unworthy of a great government. "Be just, and fear not," is the maxim whicli I would recommend to this Government in dealing with questions of this nature; and I feel the strongest conviction, that by such a course we must in the end most truly further the great olyect of moral and religiousimprovement, which, however we mav differ as to the means, we all have equally at heart. With every proper respect for the religious prejudices of those who are scanda- lized at the payments made by a Christian government in support of other religions, I cannot but think that the Government of India is called upon to declare the limit to which it is prepared to go, in accordance with their desire to see the Government disconnected with the religions of the country. The Madras Government has virtually effected all tliat is necessary or desirable, in prohibiting all interference on the part of its officers in the ceremonies of Hindoos and Mahomedans, and in the internal management of mosques and temples ; and it has gone beyond the limits of strict justice in depi-iving religious endowments of the protection of the Board of Revenue, before they had provided other adequate means for their control and superintendence. This will, I hope, now be afforded, without more direct interposition of European agency, than is necessarjr for the ends of justice; and as to the payments made from the treasury, payments out of the revenue derived from the same classes, to whom a small frac- tion of their contributions is thus paid back, I can see no reason for their discon- tinuance. It is mainly from our having religious endowments derived from the public revenue, on the footing that we found them on acquiring the different territories whicli we now possess, that we have been able to rule this country with so little opposition to our authority on the part of our subjects ; and it is reasonable to expect that the ministers of religion, who ostensibly derive their support from the Government, should be well affected towards it, and, as far as our influence extends; should exert it not against, but in favour of the Government. Some recent proceedings have, I knov\-, led to a suspicion among some influential classes of the natives, that we are no longer disposed to show that respect to their customs and religion which they have experienced from us since the commencement of our rule, and that many of our measures are designed gradually to subvert the ancient institutions of the country, contrary to the pledges of the earlier British rulers in India. Too much care cannot be taken to avoid giving cause to such suspicions, and to prevent their becoming the general belief. As long as they are confined to the inhabitants of our capital cities, where a general diffusion of knowledge is to be found, and where the intercoui'se existing between Europeans and educated natives gives opportunity for the free discussion of topics of a controverted nature, the discontent and ill-will likely to be generated may be of little political importance ; but we ought to guard against the possible effects of such notions being propagated among the ignorant inhabitants of the country, calculated as thev are to shake their confidence in the ftiir dealing of the Government, and to make them regard their rulers as the enemies of their religion. The Government admits the rights of the religious establishments to the endowments that belong to them, and can have no legitimate reason to object to the channel through which the funds out of which they arise may reach their destination. It affects not our position in relation to them, whether wc allow them to be collected along with the public revenue from the cultivators of the soil or any other class of rent-payers, or collect them ourselves, and afterwards refund them to the j)arties entitled to receive them. We have not to concern our- selves with the misapprehensions which the latter mode of procedure may cause among persons little acquainted with the real nature of the transaction ; and if we find the latter course most just to the people as affording the best security to their endowments, and most prudent towards ourselves as placing the ininisters of the popular religion in a position of such dependence on the Government as shall make it their interest to promote its stability, we should endeavour, I think, to prevent any present money-payments from being changed for grants of laud, and to com- mute on every feasible occasion the fluctuating amount of land-rents belonging to religious institutions into fixed money -])ayments from the treasurv. With INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETAXISM. 437 With respect to the alienations of land and rout for the support of religious institutions in Kurnool, on Mliich a reference is made from Madras, I am of opinion that all lands held rent-free on our assumption of the Government should continue undisturbed till the survey now in j»rogress is com])leted, and the investigation of rights can commence. I agree with the Board of Revenue at Madras, that the separate collection of the saderward allowances should cease, and that the i)arties entitled to participate in them should receive a fixed sum in lieu, in an annual pa}inent calculated to equal the average amount of the last 10 years of the saderward itself. I would continue the ])resent money payments from the treasury in every case where the grants by which they are claimed are found to be valid. (signed) T. II. Maddock. — No. 141.— Note by the Under Secretary ; dated 1 July 1844. This correspondence is the result of an order issued by the Government of Fort St. George to the Board of Revenue on the 12th of .Tune 1841, directing them to carry into effect the intentions of the Court of Directors, for the imme- diate withdrawal of all interference on the part of the officers of Government with native temples and places of religious resort. It is prob.able, that neither the Court, when they issued these instructions, nor the Board, when they prepared to give effect to them, had any just idea of the number of heathen institutions whose affairs were under the immediate super- vision of the officers of Government. The reports received from the Collectors of the difl^erent zillahs of the .Madras Presidency, show that the superintendence of no less than 7,600 Hindoo establishments, from the famous Temples of Seringham, to the common village poojaries, has hitherto been vested in the officers of Govern- ment ; and this -was sometliing more than a nominal superintendence ; the jjcople ife'^iiv"™mite^"°"'^ did not merely regard the Collector as the friendly guardian of their religion, but accniately, as the thev looked up to him as the regulator of its ceremonies and festivals — as the super- J"';'"™'* i"™'" ^"'"^ * ui.stricts (irc not siii™ visor of the priests and servants of the pagodas — as the faithful treasurer of the ficiently perfect. pagoda funds— and the comptroller of the daily expenses of their idolatry. " ^Ve it is, of com-se, not have hitherto," savs the Collector of North Arcot, " stood to these ])agodas in the meant that the ,,.. ,. •. , . ,. , ,-, ii-i/> rti'Krcc nt sii])erir.- obligation or sovereigns, and our mterterence has extended over every detail 01 femlonee was the management ; we regulate their funds, superintend the repairs of their temjiles, same in every keep in order their cars and images, appoint the servants of the ])agodas, iiurchase ,f' 'A ., • and keep m store the various commoiuties required tor their use, investigate and tor. North Avcct, to adjust all disinites, and at times even those of a religions nature. 'I'here is the Board of nothing appertaining to or connected M'ith the temples that is not made a subject ];j]i'""'"' "' "'' ' ■of rei>ort, except the religious worship carried out daily in them ;" and the Col- lector of Tinnevelly, a district never visited by the violence of Mahoniedan zeal, where Hindoo idolatary has ahvays flourished undisturbed, writes in terms very sir H. I\Iont!,'omcry, similar: "The ])resent control and interference of the district Government *-'"',''^j['°'' "', J'"" authorities extends over almost everything connected with the pagoda; from the of lltvpniK-, collection of its revenues (from whatever source derived), and the management of its 22Aiiril i;!42. lands, to the regulating of its daily usual expenses, its periodical festivals, and its repairs. Accounts in detail, including every item of receipt and expenditure, are ,kej»t and controlled, and the appointment and dismissal of its servants maile by the officers of Ciovernment." 2. To transfer the expenditure of so many institutions from the hands of Government officers to those of natives, was a business of much difficulty; it was managed with greater or les*^ Hicility, according as the connexion of the ruling authorities witii tlie institutions was of ancient or of late date, and according as it hannonized witli, or ojiposed the usages of the people. In some districts, no sooner was it known that Government intende(l tf» ndinqnish tlie management of the temples, than there appeareil munerous claiinants to the office of dhunnakurta ■or superintendent; in others, the chief difficulty was experienced in finding persons willing to undertake the duties. In the district of Madura the zemindar and the hereditary officers of the villages, the ])riests and servants of the pagodas, put forth contending claims. In South Arcot the Collector complained that he had to ask it as a favour of a native to take charge of a pagoda, and he remarks 02 1. 313 ^^ 438 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF to the Board of Revenue, Avho had urged him to effect the arrangements for the transfer with greater exi)edition, reminding him of the jirogress Avliich had been Mr. Hallitt to the made in other districts : " Each part of the country has its pccuharities con- fsXttMillfcrTsIi i>eoted witli the funds, the usages and control of these institutions, and it ap- jiears to me imiiracticahle to make at once a general rule for the disposal and continuance of the whole, to the management of native trustees, and equally im])racticable for so important a change to be carried out with celerity and certainty, unless the question can be referred to one person or a committee of persons, pre- pared locallv to ascertain particulars, and devote vnidivided time to its settlement." In North Arcot, also, it was found that the natives of all grades were opposed to any change ; no one temple has caused so much difficulty as the famous pagoda of Trijiutty, in that district. Speaking of the aversion of the people* to the transfer of the niana"ement of this institution, the Collector says, " No persuasion or reason- ing could effect a change in the resolution they had taken ; the management of the pagoda, thev said, had been in the hands of the ruling power for ages back, the innovation contemplated was contrary to long-established custom, and if per- sisted in, religious worship in their temple would cease." 3. But while iu some districts the change has been regarded as an innovation, it is quite clear that in others it has been looked u])on as the restoration of ancient iisace ; A\hen Me first assumed possession of the various districts of the jVIadras Presidency, we did not find the religious institutions of the natives enjoying that decree of su]i])ort from the Government which mo have since extended to them; our connexion with the Hindoo idolatry has grown with our growth ; we found that in many districts pagodas were enriched by large landed endowments ; that the lands attached to them were cultivated by ryots, under engagements with the dhurmakurta or the priests of the temjdes ; in course of time we observed, that in many instances these lands were mismanaged, the ryots brought complaints of ojipression, and tiio people pointed to the decay of their temples as the conse- quence of the mismanagement and neglect of the lands. The result was, that in numerous instances we displaced the dhurmakurta, and ourselves took charge of his duties of the management of the temple and the cultivation of the lands. Wherever we adopted tliis course, it is evident, that to restore the dhurmakurta would be to revert to original usage, and therefore a much easier business than to find dhurmakurtas for temples of Avhich the management had been in our hands from the first ; not that it is by any means certain, that these tenqiles also were not originally under the management of their own dhurmakurtas, for it seems very probable thai the Governments which preceded our own, adopted under the same circumstances, the same course of proceeding, displacing the dhurmakurtas, and assuming the management of the lands and of the tenqdes. Thus, the Collector of Tanjore, a district in which no less than 2,874 jiagodas have hitherto been under the su]»erintendence of the Government officers, alludes to the origin of this state of things in the following terms : " It has been usual for native Governments to alienate the whole or a part of the laiid-tax on portions of land, and sometimes on whole villages, and to vest the collection of it in the grantee ; the tendency of such irresponsible management has been, to engender abuse and to call for interference ; and the mode of its exercise has been to resume the privi- lege of control, without infringiuEt on the proceeds of the grant. Thus, the greater part of all the landed I'udowments in Tanjore have for a series of years been under the management of the officers of Government on this account. 4. The main question now before Government for decision! respects the lands attached to pagodas. After you have transferred the management of the pagodas to native • In most of" the zillahs, tlie people arc rci)vcsciitea as being very imuli opposed to the transfer, and tlic opinion amonu' all elasscs is siiid to he universil. tliat tlie i-uin of the institutions aviII he the conse.|uence of the iue;Lsure. ' " Tlierc is bnt one oj.inion," tlie Collector of Salcra writes, " re-ardinj; the measures of C.ovem- ment wliich is, that thev are calculated to ruin the pa-o.his hy the malversation of the parties into wliose hands thev are to he idaced." And the C'uUector of C'oiinhatore, allmUn- to the transfer, says, ' I he funds vill no longer he retained hv the (iovernnient officers, a matter of exccedin- lamentation, tor the natives feel assured" th.1t tlieir (the "new juperintend.'uts') management will commence witli a tcmi)tation that cannot be whhstoo.l and that the i.eiveision of their funds in tlie fii-st instance will lay the foundation of a system of fraud of which thev cannot foresee the termination." "They lament with ureal feelin- being suddenly forsaken bv that tioVernment who have been their bankers, and liavc countenanced with gentleness and toleration their religious institutions for the last iO years."— Mr. ^\ roughton to the Board of Rc^•enue, 10 February in4i'. , / , . , . , ^ i\ r xi + The reports received from Madi-as do not give a general statement (which is much wanted), of the reve- nue derived from pagoda lands in each district under the management of Government officers, nor do the returns INDIA MITII IDOLATRY, Oil WITH MAHOMETANISM. 439 native superintcmlents, will you also transfer to tlicm tlic inana^i'inont of tlio lands? It is important to note, in particular instancos, the origin of our con- nexion with the temples. Of the .Tamavada Pagoda in Nellore, the Collector says, " The dhunnakurta, a Brahmin, resigned the office on account of his advanced age, and having left no issue, the pagrxla was taken, in the year ItS 15, under the management of the officers of Government. The income of the jjagoda lands was settled to be received into the pnhlic treasury, from whicii all charges were defrayed •," and of the Pawderty Pagodas, in the same district — •• they were formerlv under the management of the ])riests ; but as they neglected the daily and annual ceremonies, the management of them was assumed by the otlicers of Government in the year 1818. They have no lands attached to them, but derive their income from a compensation paid by Gcjvernment in lieu of salt roosooms, formerly paiit the pagoda, and these, witli their families, formerly composed a multitude of not less than -10,(1(10 ^.ouls, maintained without labour by the lil)erality of superstition. Here, as in all the otlier p-eat ])agodas of India, tlie Brahmins live in a subordination which knows no resistance, and slumber in a voluptuousness which knows no wants." INDIA AVITII IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 441 individual, the Govomment simply confers its own rights in the hind, which are limited to that portion of the produce, or its equivalent in money, constituting the public revenue. The ])ayment of this is the tenure by which the ryot holds his laud, and having discharged it, he cannot be ejected. And not only does this establish his right to possession, but to sundry other ])rivileges connected with the peculiar economy of an Indian village, such as right of common, the services of the licreditary village servants, the uccupatictn of particular houses or sites, the pro- portion of good and bad lands, ]>eriodical exchange of fields, Mith many others too numerous to particularize, sometimes general, sometimes confined to particular ])laci'><. It is easv to perceive the vexatious interferences to which such rights are exposed, under the individual or collective administration of trustees, hereditary or elected, often non-resident, and ignorant of village affairs, looking only to present returns, without a jiersonal or jiermanent interest in the ])roi)erty or to the people, and how the resistance of an nnjust demand may call forth the exercise of ])etty annoyance frcmi jiarties armed with the summary jiowers of the revenue laws. Hence, though it has been the jiractice of all former, as well as of existing Governments, to delerate, they have been careful never to alienate such powers. /~k ..1 .. -r 1 1 xi 1- 1 1 i. i.- 1 • J. Proceedings of t!ie On the contrary, if abused, they are. liable to summary resumption, and instances Board of Revenue of the exercise of such interference are of frequent occurrence." --i March 1U42. 7. On the 17th August 1843, the Board of Revenue reported, that "the total withdrawal of all interference on the jtart of Government with the native religious institutions throughout the whole of tlie jirovinces composing the Madras Presi- dency," had been completed. In the Minutes of Consultation of the Madras Government, dated the 4tli September 1843, the Governor in Council notices this report as very gratifying, and at the same time " His Lordshi]) in Council autho- rizes the disbursement of 500 rupees pledged to the inhabitants of Taramungalum. in the Salem district, to enable them to repair the car of the temple at that ]ilace. Pending the issue of final orders, his Lordshij) in Council thinks that disburse- ments for similar ]iui"i)oses of the pagodas may be authorized by the Board of Revenue, as heretofore, but that the local officers should not exercise any control over the expenditure." ^«o\v it is evident that the total withdrawal of all inter- ference has not been completed, if it is still considered necessary that the Board of Revenue should sanction the disbursement of sums of money for specific purposes connected Mith the tenijiles. 8. It is proper to explain briefly what has been done in each district ; it will then be seen more clearly what yet remains to be effected. ^'IZAGA^ATAM. In this district there are .W pagodas receiving small amounts annually from the rrocecdinss of the Government treasury; only one is under the immediate superintendence of the fc'^" jf,,|j,'i.7r[^i. Government officers, tlio Nuckapully Pagoda, to which 1,000 rupees is i>aid from the Government treasury ;* the superintendence has been transferred to the pro- ])rietor of the Nuckajiilly estate, who has bound himself, by a siinnud given to the Collector, to administer faithfully the revenues of the temple ; 713 rupees are in deposit in the treasury on account of this pagoda, being the surplus remaining from the annual endowment of 1 ,000 rupees, after defraying the expenses con- nected with the institution. The amounts paid by the Collector to the 49 other ])agodas (in all, 1,1.'34 rui)ees) are paid to the "worshippers" who are named in the permanent settlement accounts, and the allowance descends in the same way as any other real property. "Respecting the deposit of 713 rupees, it was pro- aii. Arimthnot to ])Osed' to transfer it to the new superintendent; to this, however, the Government the B.mrd of f)f Madras objected, without a reference- to the Court of Directors, being doubtful nS]!.'""'' ' "•* whether these deposits should not be expended, as heretofore, on works of public Mii.utcs of Consul- utility, instead of being handed over to the persons who cannot claim tiieni in f^'twn, i:)OcM84l. any way."' NEr.LOllE. • I-et it be observetl, that the oriffin of thc,<;e payments ia not .always to he traced; it is sujiposcd that Ihey Were [;iven in most in.stances as commutation iilhiwanccs for hind resumed. M'e continued tliom as \vc found them unih'r the former (iovernment. Since we had possession of Kurnool, we liave disliurseioncr (4 Felirnnry nU;;), •• were no doubt intended as a renumeration to the puVtits for the performance of certain religious lercmoiiics; but whether, uucUt the late orders from the t'ourt, 1 um to sec tliut these comlitious are per- fomied, is not for inc to decide." 621. 3 K 442 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Nellore. In this district there are 829 pagodas and mosques, whose estimated income from lands is 44,953 rupees, and from other sources (payments from the Government treasury and oflferiiigs of individuals) 30,537, making a total esti- mated income of 75,490 rupees; of this, 7,069 rupees is peishcush, payable to Government. There are only 12 pagodas which have been managed by the Col- lector. The superintendence of each of tliese has been transferred to a committee, composed, in most instance's, of the priests, in conjunction with the head inha- bitants of the village in which the pagoda is situate ; vacancies in the committee are to be supplied, in the case of a priest or pagoda servant, by inheritance ; in the case of any other manager, by election of the committee. Malabar. In this district 28 pagodas were under the management of the Government officers ; they have been made over to the Zamorin of Calicut ; money payments are made from the Government treasury to two pagodas, of 1,771 rupees annually ; there is also a mosque in this district (Quelandy Mosque), on account of which Government pays 1 ,800 rupees annually ; * this is a commutation allowance in lieu of a right to certain customs whicli have been abolished. A sum of 3,579 rupees was stated to be in deposit in the treasury on account of the pagodas, on the 20th November 1841. Madura, t Thirty-four jjagodas in this district were managed by the Collector. The aggre- o-ate amount of the annual money allowances granted by Government to Hindoo institutions in lieu of resumed lands, is 49,155 rupees ; the amount derived from endowments of laud under the immediate management of the officers of Govern- ment is 25,686 rupees ; the amount stated to be in deposit on the 6th October 1841 was 78,205 rupees. In this zillah there were plenty of claimants to the office of dhurmakurta. Dhurmakurtas have accordingly been selected, the arrangement proposed, writes the Collector, is that which appears to have been usually adopted upon the original presentation of endoAvments by states or indi- viduals, viz. that the general superintendence of the affairs of one or more j)agodas should be made over to some " personage of influence and respectability, and the details of each managed, as heretofore, by one or two executive officers under his immediate control." It is intended that the office of dhurmakurta shall be hereditary ; in failure of heirs, the Civil Court is to nominate. Rajamundry. Only one pagoda in this district was superintended by the Collector; 2,010 rupees (a commutation allowance in lieu of resumed land) is paid on account of it annually from the Government treasury. The superintendence has been trans- ferred to the Rajah of the district, " who will be called upon to execute a bond for the due performance of the prescribed ceremonies, and maintenance of the buildings in repair, and a faithful administration of the funds." There are other 16 pagodas which receive allowaucc from Government, amounting to 018 rupees; also a mosque, which receives 1 67 rupees, as commutation for salt roosooms. Masulipatam. The interference of Government extended to only two institutions in this zillah. They were made over to the zoniindars in December 1841. There are a great many small endowments attached to pagodas, but only one money assignment, 280 rupees, a commutation for salt roosooms. TRICIIINOrOLY. • The Governor in Council proposes to assisfn lands in lieu of this payment ; but the j)oint is yet undc- ciJed whether it is less scamlalous to give lands than to give money, "there does not seem to bo any real difference. t The Collector of this zillah states the sources of the pagoda revenue as they should be stated, dis- tinguishing between that which is paid from the Government treasury as a fixed allowance, and that which is paid on account of lands of which Government has merely assumed the management. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 443 Triciiinoi'oly. One hunditd and sixteen pagodas were managed by the Collector. Dlnimia- kurtas and trustees liave been selected for them with much difficulty. The annual enidlunients of the institutions amounts to 1,37,914 rupees, of which 50,298 rupees is contributed by Government ; 98,424 rupees Mas in deposit on the 4th September 1841, " which, I conceive," says the Collector, "to be entirely at the disposal of Government." Tanjore. Two thousand eight hundred and seveuty-four Hindoo institutions were under the superintendence of the Collector ; of those, 875 receive money allowances from Ciovernment, the rest have landed endowments. The lands are managed by Government, and yield a revenue, on tlie average of five years, of 1,91,047 ruj)ees ; the temples have been transferred to dhurmakurtas and trustees ; the influential natives of the district have usually been selected ; we retain the management of the lands, and pay the proceeds periodically to the dhurma- kurtas. Chingleput. The Collector had the management of 24 pagodas, su])ported by an income of 43,G32 rupees, exclusive of voluntary contributions ; they have been transferred to trustees. Canara. In this district, no less than 3,668 institutions are stated by the Collector to have been under his management^ — - Pagodas ..--.. 3,372 Muttans - ----- 160 Mosques - - - - - -136 3,068 Their total fixed revenue is 1,54,634 rupees, derived chiefly from the tusdeek There are no lands paid by Government, amounting to 1,33,152 rupees. No jtart of this amount is under the manage- disbursed except by order of the Collector ; the diflerence between the actual mmt officers in thia disbursements and the fixed revenue amounting, the Collector states, to 2,7G4 ^I'strkt ; the Col- rupecs aniuially, has been regularly carried to the credit of Government, conse- the'orMirof the'^^ quently there is no deposit ; 4,279 trustees have been appointed in consequence tusdeek. of the order for withdrawal of interference on the part of Government. South Arcot. One hundred and seven pagodas were under the management of the Collector; The returns from they have all been transi'erred to native trustees; the people appear to have been this district are im- much dissatisfied with the arrangement for the transfer. A petition was sent in 'iKome 'is not ''°° " to Government, praying that tlie orders might l)c susjiended " until a reply ,i,'iven. obtained for the memorial which the i)eo])le of all countries }iroposed to address to the Queen of England on this subject." North Arcot. The lands attached to the pagodas in this district are said to produce 70,730 The ni urns from rupees; they have never been under the management of Government ; there is •i'"'* •'"^"""•t "' t''i' ■ 1 c 1 /- • r>^ f It 1 • 1 • 1 1 number 01 piigodas, panl h-oju the (jovernment treasury 20, 941 rupees, wlucli is stated to be a com- &c. are imperteet. mutation allowance for lands which have been resumed. Salem. One hundred and ninety-three pagodas in this district receive from the Govern- ment treasury a fixed allowance of .')5,237 ru])ees; they were under the super- intendence of the Collector, but have been transferred to 68 puncliayets, or bodies of trustees, consisting generally of three members. ()2i. 3 K 2 Bellary. 444 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Bella RY. In this district 26 Hindoo institutions, deriving from land an income of 3,35G pees, and from the Government treasury 2,005 rupees Collector ; they also have been transferred to puncliayets. The lands arc under the management of mpees, and from the Government treasury 2,005 rupees, were managed by the Oovenmient officers. ' - ' _ . . . . .•' . , * . o ^ CoiMBATORE. The petty village temples, supported by small enams of land, are 3,094 in number; the lands yield a revenue of 40,200 rupees, and pay a quit-rent to Government of 4,337. With the management of these, Government has never interfered. There are 132 pagodas of a superior class, Avhicli have been under the superintendence of the Collector, supported by an income of about 60,000 rupees. They have been made over to native dhurmakurtas. CUDDAPAII. The number of institutions under the management of Government was 285 ; their income, from money allowances granted in lieu of resumed enams, is 32,007 rupees, and from enam lands 2.5,472 rupees. The superintendence has been vested in the influential men of the district ; a superintendent and trustees have been nominated to each pagoda. TiNNEVELLY. The number of pagodas in this district which have been under the immediate superintendence of tlie ruling authorities, is stated to be 350, supported by an income of 2,23,709 rupees, derived from tlie following sources : — 1,81,369 Tusdeek (the lands being managed by Government) Enams -------- Tripany -------- 20,059 10,281 2,23,709 The Tripany Fund, as it is called, is stated to have been originally derived from lands expressly approjiriated for the repairs of pagodas, and from a tax on un- thrashed straw, collected in certain villages. The lands have been resumed, but the tax still continues. The tax is levied by the Government officers, who appro- priate the jtroceeds to the pagodas. The institutions have been transferred to trustees selected from the chief men of the villages.* Tlie rctnms from this district arc impcrfei-t. GuNTOOK. Tlie interference of Government has been very limited in this district ; the pagodas of two villages in one division have alone been under the cognizance of the Governnu'ut officers, and even in these the extent of interference ap])ears to have been restricted to sujiervision of the disbursements on the i)art of the Aunieen, through whom the revenues of the enam lands attached to each pagoda were made over to tlie dhurmakurtaor trustee of the institution. These establish- ments have been transferred, without reserve, to the officiating Brahmins. Gan.iam. t The Govcnmient connexion with native religious institutions in this district is very limited ; it is confined to the payment of money allowances of 1 70 pagodas, the * In all these arrangements, it cannot fail to he observed, that if efleetuid, thev are only so for tlie nonce. Disputes are sure to arise, aneen tli 111 Alav, IS witli ■was usually exiiendeil tor local [lurposes, and that ir the amount now m deposit is the papers. The given over to the pagoda officers, the people uill derive no benefit from it. The other siJe of the Collector of Tanjore says on this subject, " To any one interested in the ■welfare to have olitainlX-i"" of this fertile, jiopulous and thriving province, it would be grievous indeed to sin-Ie advocate. think that a fund which has hitherto administered so largely to its improvement Other ottieere Avritu in the construction of bridges, the formation of roads, the repairs and cleansing in fact, on this pm-t of j)ublic tanks, the construction and repair of ghauts on the banks of the rivers, «'" the suiijeit the the support of Linegerkannas, for the reception of the indigent poor, and of be uJiam"mmis'^ *'* ■establishments of scavengers in the large towns, and in a variety of minor works and matters tending to jiromote the cleanliness, health and comfort of the popu- lation, and facilitate the traffic of the district, should now be aiiniiiilated." n wr'^T'iT"'-^' *" ' ' iJuaru ot lievenue. The Court of Directors, in a despatch dated the 9th of May 1838, to the Govcnimeut of Madras, use the following words : " \Vc are of ophiion, that all grants and endowments sliould be, in tlic first instance, appropriated, if possible, to their original jmrposes ; when the funds arc more than adccpiate to that end, instead of allowing them to accumulate without limit, they should be a]>])lied to purposes of general utility, taking care tliat the particular district in wliicii the endowments are situated sliould derive fidl benefit from the new api)ropriatiou of the surplus." Mr. Chamier, in his minute of the 14th of May, forwarded in a letter from the Madras Government of the 10th ultimo, has enlarged u])on this question, the decision of which, it is to be observed, has been left by the Court of Directors to the Government of India, 10. There is a third question f which respects the Act, which it will be necessary to lit; November 1841. ■f Regulation VII. of l(U7,ofthc Maih-.is ('o(le,a RcKul.ition for theihie apiM-.ipriation ofthe rents and pro- iluee of lands ^'ranted for the support of mosipies, Hindoo tenijdes and eolli';;es, or other ]Mililie mirjio^es, for the mnintcnancc and repair of bridijes, ilioultrees, or eliuttruin and other ])ul)lic liuililini,'s, and for tlie eus- tody ami disposal of esenses of their idolatry." Much difficulty was experienced in eflfecting the transference of the superintend- ence of some of these institutions from Euroj)ean to native agency ; and different modes have been adopted, according to local circumstances and feelings. In some cases the temples have been committed to the single charge of rajahs, influential zemindars and dhurmakurtas ; in otliers to committees or punchayets, in which hereditary village officers and the superintendents and priests of the temples have been associated Mith residents of Avealth and respectability. One celebrated pagoda has been connnitted to the care of a mohunt. The next branch of the subject relates to the management of lands belonging to religious institutions. The Honourable Court, in their despatch No. 17, of 1841, 25th August, after referring to a previous despatch, regarding the disposal of the Juggernauth lands, proceeds thus : " 5. In all cases where the revenue has been or may be fixed for a term of years, as has been done in Cuttack, we think tliat the colh>ction of the revenue so fixed belonging to temples or other endowed religious institutions, may be safely transferred to agents, to be appointed by the parties in whom the management of the affairs and funds of such institutions may be vested, subject only to such penal- ties against exactions and other abuses of their trust as the native servants sinn- larly employed on the part of the Government would l)e liable to. "6. The * " The number cannot be given ijuite accurately, as the returns from some districts are not sufficiently perfect.'' f It is, of course, not meant that the degree of superintendence was the same in every district. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 449 " 6. The foregoing observation is applicable to entire villages, or distinct por- tion^ (if villai^cs, wliich may liave been assigned to temples or other relio-ions insti- tutions in all jiarts of our territories, ])rovided, however, that the revenue demand- able from such villages or portions of villages has been clearly defined, and a pottali or lease issued to each ryot, sjiecifying the extent of land, the amount of the revenue, and the periods at ^vh)ch it becomes due ; bnt in all villages in which temples or other religious institutions derive only a limited portion of the revenue or government share of the produce of the land in the form of per-centages or fees, the collection of such per-centages or fees must continue to be made by the officers who collect the revenue from which they are derived, as any attempt to sejiarate the tMo items of demaiul, and to leave their collection in the hands of distinct agents would, we fear, expose the ryots to serious risk of abuse."' " S. You will perceive, that in the directions now conveyed to yon. it is our object to give complete eftcct to the princijiles recognized in the despatches to which we have referred, and we rely on your promoting that object to the utmost extent in which it may be practicable." In pursuance of the above instructions, the Juggernauth lands have been made over to the Rajah of Khodrda, the sn])erintendent of the temple. The only other endowment lands in Bengal under the charge of the revenue authorities, are those constituting the Syedj)ore estate. This is a very ])cculiar endoM-mont ; it consists of a large zemindary in zillah Jessore, permanently settled, mIhcIi the ])roprietor in a.d. 1806 gave in perpetual appropriation for certain religious purjioses. He appointed two persons trustees, and enjoined, that after the payment of the Government revenue, the produce of the lands should be divided into nine shares, of which — Three to be appropriated to the maintenance of religions ceremonies; Two, in equal jtortions, to the trustees for their })ersonal expenses ; and Four to the j)ayment of the necessary establishment, and certain pensioners. Subsequently disputes arose between the two trustees, which led to extravagance of expenditure, to derangement and confusion in the management of the trust, and to a want of punctuality in the payment of the Government revenue, which occa- sioned an attachuient of the lands. During the attachment a mojiissil settlement was undertaken, with the intention that on its completion the estate should be delivered back to the trustee, a sole trustee having been appointed by Government after the death of the original trustees. Under this settlement, tlie estate has been for the most part parcelled out into Putnee talooks ; but the rents having, at the desire of the trustee, been made jjayable to the Collector, the estate has continued under the management of the revenui- officers. Of the two shares originally appropriated to the trustees, one is now devoted to education, and the eight are paid over to the trustee to be aj)plied to the proper purposes; but laj)sed pensions and savings from the four shares are carried to the credit of the Education Fund. The reason assigned by the Bengal Govern- ment for retaining' the entire management of this estate, viz. that a portion of the profits is devoted to educational purposes, is scarcely sufficient. If necessary, such a portion might be retained as would yield an annual income equal to the one-ninth share, but the rest should be made over to the trustee. The Bengal Government might be referred to on this point. An endowment of this description rests on a very insecure foundation ; since on a sale of the t'state for arrears of revenue, it would, I presume, fall like all other incumbrances imposed after the tinif of settlement. In the North AVestern Provinces the rents of the lands belonging to the shrine already mentioned, are collected by the telisildar, and paid in equal shares to tMo surviving branches of the family of the enshrined saint. These lands (of vhich a mofussil settlement has been made), consist of six mouzalis, yielding 9,701) rujiees per annum. The Suddi-r Board reconunended tliat the incnnd)ent should appoint a juiid agent to collect the rents as li.\ed by the settlement, anil to manage the lands. The Governor-general concurred in this view, Init ])ostponed giving effect to the plan till a vacancy in the nund)ers should take place. The transference should l)e niaile at once. In the Allahabad district, lands yielding 1,002 rupees per annum, approjjriated for tlie repairs and other expenses of certain durgahs, are managed by the revenue 621. 3 L authorities. 4,^0 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNxMENT OF authorities. Both the Collector and Commissioner proposed that they should be restored to the trustees, but the Board appear to liave overlooked them. The restoration should be immediately effected. A school, containing 40 boys, is attached to one of the durgahs, and a yearly fund of 155 rupees is set apart for it. The Collector proposed that the school should be made over to the local Com- mittee of Education ; the Commissioner, that it could be most effectively suj)erin- tended by the Collector. It is not stated when or how this school was established, or what is the nature of the studies pursued in it. The Lieutenant-governor may be requested to determine this point. Strong olyections have been urged by the revenue authorities at Madras against the relinquishment of the charge of the endowment lands now under the manag(>ment of the Collectors. I concur with Mr. Eliott in thinking that the Honourable Court's instructions should be held apiilicable only to such lands as are still recognized in the public books as pagoda lands, and not to such as in times past belonged to religious institutions, but wliich, either under the Mahomedan government or during the earliest days of our rule, have been incorporated with the revenue lands, money payments being made from the treasury in lieu of them. Such lands it would be now impossible or extremely difficult to trace. The Madras Government and Board of Revenue advocate the retention of the management only of the lands, " comprising the great devastanum estates, gene- rally of considerable extent, and occupied by numerous ryots ;" all lands, therefore, not answerino- to this description, should be relinquished to the trustees of the institutions to which they belong, after arrangements made for securing the rights of the cultivators. In many cases, the lauds of the smaller pagodas have never been taken charge of by the Collectors ; in Coimbatore, for instance, there are 3,904 village temples supported by small enams of land, yielding 40,200 rupees, and paying 4,337 rupees peshcush, which have continued under native management; in North Arcot also lands yielding 70,730 rupees have so continued, but the number of pagodas to which they belong is not specified. Of the lands appropriated to the larger pagodas, we are not informed what portion still remain under native superintendence. Various were the causes which led to the temples and their funds being brought under Government control ; the death or resignation of dhurmakurtas leaving no successors, the quarrels of dhurmakurtas, neglect of the religious ceremonies by the priests, mismanagement of the fuuds generally, and of the lands in particular, involvinii- iujurv to the ryots, and loss or risk of loss to the Government where revenue was derivable from them. The principal objections urged by the Madras authorities against the relinquish- ment of the lands are,— The prejudice to the cultivators, in depriving them of the benefit of the liberal administration of the Government officers, and exposing them to the rapaciousness of men having only a temporary interest in the lands, especially in the case of lands the productiveness of which depends on works of irrigation ; such works being kept in regular repair by the Government officers, but wliich, left to native superintendence, would be neglected ; causing decline of cultivation and distress of the agriculturists. The Collector of Trichinopoly, in whose district are the celebrated temples of Seringham, is the only officer who takes a different view of the subject. " i am not aware," he says, " of any reason Avhy all the lands should not be entrusted to the management of the trustees ; the rights of the agriculturists will not be in any way affected by this measure, as any attempt on the part of the dhurmakurtas to make exactions unauthorized by the Regiilations can, and I doubt not will be met without hesitation by actions at law. An agriculturist in a pagoda village under the new arrangements, will be in exactly the same position as an agriculturist in a pagoda village in which the servants of Government have not been .accustomed to exercise control, or in an enam village, or in a village belonging to a large ])roprietor." I have understood it to be a cause of complaint with the Government officers, that ryots are withdrawn from the revenue lands by the offer of better terms from the proprietors of enam villages, and if the constant indulgence shown to the Ciovernnient ryots in the shape of remissions of balances and abatements from the full amount of revenue demandable from them, arises from the circumstance of the rents imposed being of the nature of rack-rents, the objections urged against the INDIA \\TH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMET ANISM. 451 the relinquislinient of tlie teniplc lands on the ground of deprivinn- the lyots o, this considerate treatment, may jirobably he ol)viated l)y the establishment of a moderate rate of assessment on the lands, previously to their transfer to the native trustees. The dhurniaknrtas generally may be indifterent landlords, but in many cases the affiiirs of the religious institutions have, as above stated, been made over to the charge of rajahs and influential zemindars, or to committees in which hereditary village othcers and the superintendents and priests of temples have been associated with residents of wealth and respectability ; under their superintendence, and the general control |)roposed to be vested in committees where the institutions are under the immediate charge of the dhurmakurtas, the ryots will find many safe- guards against oppression. In jiarts of the countiy where cultivation de[)ends chiefly on extensive works of irrigation, I should have supposed that authority existed somewhei-e to ensure the punctual repairs of reservoirs and tanks, whether the parties responsible for the same were zemindars or enamdars. The temjile lands would of course contribute their quota to the funds necessary for preserving these works in an efficient state ; the Honourable Court have adverted to this part in the 7th para, of their despatch ; they observe, " it is not our intention that the revenues of mosque and pagoda lands should be exempted from any charge for irrigation, and for the general management of the districts wherein they are situated, to which they may justly be liable, and we desire that provision may be made i'or defraying such charges before the revemies are apjilied to other purposes." The Government of India had determined to continue the Juggernath lands under the charge of the revenue officers, in order to secure protection and justice to the ryots, and in August 1840, with the same vieAv, they conveyed to the Madras Government their sanction to the adoption of the like course W'ith the temple lands in that Presidency; but the Honourable Court, in their des- patch above quoted, have enjoined a different mode of jirocceding, and they rely 25 August 1841. on us to j)romote their view, " to the utmost extent which may be practicable," having in a previous despatch observed, "that the whole subject of the discon- 3 March 1841. m-etion of Government and its officers from the native religious institutions" has " been specially " eoniuiitted to our charge. I therefore think it is incumbent upon us not to swerve from the fulfilment of the Court's instructions, unless we are satisfied that the execution of them would be attended Avith very serious incon- venience. In the Bengal Presidency they have been executed with facility in the only instance to A>hich they have been applied — that of the Juggernath lauds, yieldiii"- about 18,000 rupees per annum ; and in the Bombay Presidency they have been fully carried out without objection or difficulty. I am not myself satisfied that they cannot be carried into eftect at Madras also. 1 would jiropose, that the Madras Government be directed to transfer to the projier native agents all the lands not " composing the great devastanum estates," after adojiting such measures for the ])i'otection of the ryots as may be necessary, and respecting the devastanum estates,* I woidd request their opinion whether, after les have been committed to the single charge of rajahs, inlliu'ntia! zemindars and dhnrmakurtas ; in others to conunittees or punchayets, in whicli hereditary village otficers, and the superintendents and priests of the tenqiles, have been associated with residents of wealth and respectability. One celebrate. 12 April 1844. 1:. lOJune 1844. * . ;) IVc. 1844. H. ;? Dec. 1844. it. 11 Jan. UM-I. 0. 14. Tunc 184.5. o 454 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 4. It further appears, that in certain instances the measures of the Government ■were remonstrated against by the Hindoo community, who saw or approlicnded, in the transfei' to jn-ivate individuals of the management of their religious endow- ments, which had before been controlled l)y rcsi)onsible officers of the Govern- ment, much risk of future malversation on the part of those about to be entrusted with the charge of the funds of tiiese institutions. The course j)ursued has, on the Avhole, been less unpopular than might have been expected ; and the Governor- general in Council has much satisfaction in remarking, that this is in a great measure attributable to the able and judicious manner in which the Government of Fort St. George proceeded to carry into execution the orders of the Honourable Court. 5. But though the Madras Government have thus accomplished the main objects contenii)latcd by the home authorities, the Governor-general in Council observes, that the disconnection of the officers of Government with the affiiirs of these establishments has not been so complete as was desired. Strong objections have been urged by the revenue authorities at Madras against the relinquishment of the charge of the endowment lands now under the management of the Col- lectors ; and on this and other points the decision of the Supreme Government is solicited. 6. These objections are grounded on the prejudice that may be done to the cultivators, by depriving them of the benefits of the liberal administration of the Government officers, and exposing them to the rapaciousuess of men having only a temporary interest in the lands ; especially in the case of lands the i)roductive- ness of which depends on works of iirigation, such works being kept in regular repair bv the Government officers, but which, left to native superintendence, it is anticipated would be neglected, causing thereby the decline of cultivation and the distress of the agriculturists. The Collector of Trichinopoly, in which district are the celebrated temples of Seringham, is the only officer who takes a different view of this subject. " I am not aware," he says, " of any reason why all the lands should not be entrusted to the management of the trustees. The rights of the agriculturists will not be in any way affi?cted by this measure, as any attempt on the part of the dhurmakurtas to make exactions unauthorized by the Regulations, can, and I doubt not will, be met without hesitation by actions at law. An agri- culturist in a pagoda village, under the new arrangements, will be in exactly the same position as an agTiculturist in a pagoda village in which the servants of Government have not been accustomed to exercise control, or in an enaam village, or in a village belonging to a large proprietor." 7. The Governor-general in Council understands it to bo a cause of complaint with the Government officers, that ryots are withdrawn from the revenue lands by the offer of better terms from the proprietors of enaam villages ; and if the constant indulgence shown to the Government ryots in the shape of remissions of balances, and abatements from the full amount of revenue demandable from them, arises from the circumstance of the rents imposed being of the nature of rack- rents, the objections urged against the relinquishment of the temple lands, on the ground of depriving the ryots of this considerate treatment, may probably be obviated by the establishment of a moderate rate of assessment on the lands, and that, if practicable, in perpetuity, jtreviously to their transfer to the native trustees. 8. The dhurmakurtas generally may be indifferent landlords, but in many cases the affairs of the religious institutions have, as above stated, l)een made (ner to the charge of rajahs and influential zemindars, or to connnittees in Avhicli hereditary village officers and the sujierintendents and priests of temples, have been associated with residents of wealth and respectability. Under their superintendence, and the general control proposed to be vestetl in committees where the institutions are imder the immediate charge of the dhurmakurtas, the ryots, it is presumed, will find many safeguards against o]>]M-ession. If these and the Regulations of the Madras Presidency are not sufficient, other securities can be provided. 9. In parts of the country where cultivation depends chiefly on extensive works of irrigation, the Governor-general in Council supposes that authority exists some- where to ensure the punctual repairs of reservoirs and tanks, whether the parties responsible for the same are zemindars or enamdars : the temple lands will of course contribute their quota to the funds necessary for preserving these works in an o INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 45.5 an efficient state. Tlic Most noble the Governor in Couneil will have observed that the Honourable Court have adverted to this point in the 7th para, of their despatch, which is quoted on tlie margin lor easy reference.* » (See below.) iO. The Govemment of Fort St. Geoffje and the Board of Revenue at Madi-as advocate the retention of the nianafrement only of the lands " comprisino-the "reat devastanuni estates, generally of considerable extent, and occupied by nnnu-rous ryots." In many cases the lands of the smaller jjagodas have never been taken charge of by the Collectors. In Coimbatore, for instance, there are 3,904 village temples supjiorted by small enaaius of land yielding 40,200 rupees, and jiavino- 4,337 |)eshcusli, which have been continued under native management; in North Arcot also lands yielding 70,730 nipees have so continued. Of the laiuls a])prn- priated to the larger jiagodas, the Government of India are not informed Mliat portion still remains under native superintendence. 11. Various were the causes which led to the temples and their funds being brought under Government control ; the death or resignation of dhurmakurtas leaving no successors; the (piarrels of dhurmakurtas; neglect of the religious ceremonies by the priests ; mismanagement of the funds generally, and of the lands in particular, involving injury to tlie ryots, and loss or risk of loss to the Govern- ment, where revenue was derivable from them. 12. The Government of India, with the view of securing protection and justice to the ryots, conveyed their sanction, in August 1840, to the Madras Government for continuing under tlie charge of the revenue officers the tem])le lands in that Presidency. The Honourable Court, in their despatch of the 2.'3th of August 1841, has enjoined a different mode of proceeding, and have directed that when " the revenue demandable from entire villages or portions has Ijeen clearly defined, and a pottah or lease issued to each rajah specifying the extent of land, tlie amount of revenue, and the ]ieriods at which it becomes due, the collection of such revenue shall be transferred to ajjents to be ai)i)ointed by the ])arties in whom the manage- ment of the all'airs of the institutions luay be vested." 13. I am insti-ucted to observe, that the Honourable Court's orders have been executed with facility in the instance to M'liich they had been applied in Bengal, viz. that of the .luggernath ands ; in the Bombay Presidency they have been fully carried out witliout objection or difficulty, and there does not appear in the reports uniler acknowledgment any conclusive reason why they cannot be carried into effect at Madras also. The (Jovernor-general in Council would accordingly have the necessary orders issued for the transfer to the pro])er native agents or trustees of the institutions of all the lands belonging to them not " composing the great devastanuni estates," after adopting such measures for securing the rights of the cultivators, as may be considered a sufficient protection by the district officeis ; anur intention tliat the revenvies of mos(|ue and pa;^oila lands sliould be exempted from an v char„'es for ini^'ation, and for the neneral management of tlie distriets wherein they are sitnated, to wliicli tliey may justly h^- liable ; and we desire that i)rovision may be made for defravini; sueli charge.", before the revenues avu applied to other purposes." (i2i. 3L4 o 456 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 16. The CiovtTuor-geiR'ral in Council remarks, tliat a i)roposition has Ijeen made to resume endowment lands, and to substitute tixed annual payments calculated on a ten years' average of their net produce ; such a commutation is stated to have been already made in Tiinievelly and other districts. The reasons assigned for this proposition arc, that the necessity for keeping separate accounts of the pagoda lands, and all room for future complaints of management from the administrators of the institutions against the revenue autliorities. Mill he obviated, and that " the separation from all connexion with these institutions Mill then in truth and in fact be full and complete." 17. This proposition is made, of courhc, on the supposition that the lands uom- managed bv the Government officers Mill not be relinquished, the Governor- general in Council cannot see that any important object Mould be gained by such an arrangement, though doubtless it Mould be attended Mith some convenience. It could iu)t be eflected Mithout the full consent of all jiarties concerned, and this, considering the general preference evinced by the natives for land, possessions might not in many cases be conceded ; and as by Hindoo and Mahomedan laM- endoMment lands arc not alienable, a legislative enactment Mould perhaps be necessary to give validity to the transaction. The Governor-general in Council is desirous of avoiding recourse to legislative measures on a })oint in Mhich the inten- tions of the Government may be misapprehended, or not duly ajipreciated by the native community. 18. The proposed modification of the provisions of Regulation VII. 1817 ATill immediately engage the attention of the Legislature, and the draft of the law which may be determined upon Mill be forwarded hereafter to the Most noble the Governor in Council for his sentiments, and such improvements as local expe- rience may enable him to suggest. 19. The Governor-general in Council uom- proceeds to notice the reference of the Madras Government resjiecting the disposal of the funds in deposit in Govern- ment treasuries to the credit of religious institutions, the management of Mhich has been transferred to native administrators. It appears, from a statement pre- pared by the Accountant-general at Madras, that the amount in deposit on the 30th June 1843, Mas Rs. 14,23,252. 12. 5.; the probable disbursements mxto estimated at Rs. 5,52,1.34. 5. 2., and the net surjdus Mas shoMu to be Rs.8,71,118. 7. 3. This surplus has accrued entirely from an excess in the endoMuients, above Mhat is needed for keeping the temples, &c. in repair, ami for the due performance of the services and duties intended by the founder. It is ])resumed that ofierings to the idols are not taken into account in these accumu- lations, which, in the opinion of the Governor- general in Council, should be held to be at the absolute disposal of the State, and should be regarded as a fund to be devoted to the public benefit in M'orks of general utility, preference being given as to the locality M'here the surplus is to be expended, to the neighbourhood from Mhich it Mas derived, and the education of the people being held fortli as the most legitimate object to which it should be applied. Such an appropriation of the surplus funds will accord with the views of the Honourable the Court of Directors, communicated to the Government of Fort St. George in paras. 47 and 48 of their despatch dated the 9th May 1838. 20. In conformity M-ith the principle above explained, the funds of any institu- tions deserted and gone to decay, Mill also be applicable to purposes of general benefit. 21. With reference to the proposition of the Government of Fort St. George for an allotment of land to be made for the support of a mosque at Quilandy in Malabar, in lieu of the present money allowance paid from the treasury, and to the general question of substituting grants of land for money payments, I am directed to state that the Government of India do not attach any imj)ortance to such an arrangement. The Governor-general in Council sees no objection to it, if most convenient to all ]iarties, and no inducement to it on the ground of there- by more eftectually disconnecting the Government and its otiicers from tiiese institutions. 22. With respect to the proposal of the Madras Government for redeeming certain allowances made to mosques, by the payment to the trustees of a sum of money yielding interest equal to the amount of the excise duty resumcid, for which annual ]iayments are uom- made to those institutions, I am instructed to observe, that the Governor-general in Council cannot perceive any benefit in the arrangement INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 4.57 arranj^emeiit proposed ; 011 the contrary, he is of opinion that such an arrangement Mould 1)0 vcrv ol)jection:il)k'. 23. In reply to the references respecting the alienations of land and rent for the support of religious institutions in the Kurnool territory, I am desired to communicate, that all lands held rent-free on our assumption of the Government, should continue undisturbed till the survey now in progress is completed, and the investigaticm of rights can commence. The Governor-general in Council concurs in opinion with the Board of Revenue at Madras, that tlie separate collection of the saderwared allowances should cease, and that the j)arties entitled to participate in them should receive a fixed sum in lieu in an annual payment, calculated to equal the average amount of the last ten years of the saderwared itself. The Governor-general in Council is pleased to sanction the continuance of the present nioney-i)ayments from the treasury in every case where the grants under which they are claimed are found to be valid. I have &c. (signed) G. A Bush by. Fort William, Secretary to the Government of India. 20 September 1845. P. S. — Original papers returned. — No. 145. — (No. 886.) From G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, to ir. Escombc, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bombay ; dated 20 September 1845. Sir, The correspondence respecting the discontinuance of all interference on the part of the officers of Government with the affairs of native religious institutions, has been recently under the consideration of the Government of Indi.'i, and I am directed to acquaint you, with reference to Mr. Chief Secretary Reid's letter, dated the 28th of April 1843, and its enclosures, that the Governor-general in Council has remarked with much satisfaction the complete execution by the Government of Bombay of the orders of the Honourable the Coiwt of Directors on this subject. The only exception, if it be one, is the case of the two villages (Urnej and Rajpore) in the Ahmedabad coUectorate, the management of which has been continued in the mamlutdar, who will pay over to the native connuittee, ■without accounting to the Collector, the revenue (3,000 rujjces) as realized, to be apj)ropriated to the object of the grant, viz. the sujjport of a temple and the maintenance of pilgrims. 2. There appear to have been but few cases in Bombay comjjared with the other Presidencies, where the Reveinic oflicers have had the charge of endf)wment lands. The transference in these has been effected with little ditficultv, and it is jrratifv- ing to the Governor-general in Council, that no apj)rehension is entertained of injury to either the institutions or to the ryots, from the change in the manage- ment. I have, &:c. (signed) G. A. Bushby, Secretary to the Government of India. Fort William, 20 September 1845. — No. 146. — (No. 895.) From G. A. Busldnj, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, to F. J. Jlall'idaij, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bengal ; dated 20 September 1845. Sir, '1 iiE Right honourable the Governor-general in Council having had under con- sideration the general (piestion respecting the discontinuance of all interference on the part of the officers of Government with the affairs of native religious 621. J M institutions 458 PAPERS OX CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF institutions at the several Presidencies, directs me to communicate the following observations and orders, in reply to your desjiatch dated the Sth August 1844, advocating the repeal of Regulation XIX. of 1810. 2. It appears, from the papers forming the above despatch, that the late senior member of the Sudder Board of Revenue, with the view of giving effect to the orders of the Honourable the Court of Directors, conveyed in their legis- lative despatch No. 17, of 1841, dated the 25tli August, and at the same time maintaining the principle of Regulation XIX. of IS 10, ])roposed a modification of the law, wlierebv native agency would be substituted for the control of Eurojieau officers of the Government, in the management and appropriation of funds set apart for native religious establishments. From tliis proposition the junior member differed in toto, and suggested that matters should be left as they were, quoting, in support of his view, a part of the preamble of the above Regulation, viz. that " it is an important part of the duty of even,- government to provide that all endowments be applied according to the real intent and M'ill of the grantor." On the other hand, the late Deputy-governor of Bengal, differing in opinion with both members of the Board, recommended the repeal of the Regu- lation in all its parts, but with prospective effect. 3. The Governor-general in Council, after an attentive consideration of the question, has not concurred with the late Deputy -governor as to the expediency of rescinding altogether Regulation XIX. 1810, and of not su]>plying its place by any other law. Although the provisions of the above Regulation appear to have been almost inoperative throughout the Presidency of Fort "William, still it will be projier that the law and practice be made to correspond. 4. The onlv case of direct interference on the part of the European officers of Government with the administration of a native religious institution in the Bengal Presidencv, was that of the temple of Juggernauth, the lands belonging to which have been made over to the Rajah of Khoordah, and when the further arrange- ment, suggested in my letter of the 6th instant, shall be effected, the discon- nexion of the Government and its officers from this institution will be complete. 5. The only other case of endowment lands in Bengal under the charge of the revenue authorities is that of the Syedpore estate. This seems to the Governor- general in Council to be a peculiar endowment. It consists of a large zemindaree in zillali Jessore, permanently settled, which the proprietor, in a. u. 180G, gave in perpetual apjH-oitriation for certain religious ])ur|ioses. He appointed two jjer- sons trustees, and enjoined that, after the payment of the Government revenue, the produce of the lands should be divided into nine shares ; viz. Three to be appropriated to the maintenance of religious ceremonies ; Two, in equal i)ortions. to the trustees for their personal expense ; and Four to the payment of the emambarah, hospital, mosafirkhana and other esta- blishments, and of certain pensioners. 6. Subsequently disputes arose between the two trustees, which led to extra va- ''•ance of expenditure, to derangement and confusion in the management of the trust, and to a want of punctuality in the payment of the Government revenue, which occasioned an attachment of the lands. During the attachment a mofussil settlement was undertaken, with the intention that on its completion the estate should be delivered back to the trustees, a sole trustee having been appointed by Government after the death of the original trustees. Under this settlement, the estate has been for the most part parcelled out into putnee talooks ; but the rents having, at the desire of the trustee, been made ])ayal)le to the Collector, the estate has continued under the management of the revenue officers. 7. Of the two shares originally ap])roi)riated to the trustees, one is now- devoted to education, and eight are paid over to the trustee, to be applied to the proper j)urposes; but lapsed pensions and savings from the four shares appro- priated to the payment of establishments and pensions, are carried to the credit of the education fund. 8. The reason assigned by the late Deputy-governor of Bengal for retaining the entire management of this estate, viz. that a portion of the profits is devoted to educational purposes, does not appear suflficient. The Right honourable the Goveruor-general in Council is of opinion that Regulation XIX. of 1810 should be rei)ealed, and the Government of Bengal empowered to provide for the appoint- ment of committees to discharge the functions which that Regulation requires the Board of Revenue and the local agents to perform, in respect to endowments for INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 450 for the siipj)ort of the religious institutions of tho natives, and that the Syetlpore trust estate should he administered under this new law, like all other endow- jnont lands. The draft of a law on this suhject is under consideration, and will bf I'orwardL'd heruafter for the information and observations of tiie Honourable the Deputy-goveruor and the Sudder Court and Board. I have, &e. (signed) G. A. Bushby, Council Chamber, Secretary to the Government of India. 20 Se])tember 184.3. — No. 147.— (No. 8 84.) From G. A. Bushby. Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, to J. Thornton, Ksq., Secretary to Government, North 'Western Provinces ; dated 20 September 184a. Sir, The general question respecting the withdiawal of all interference on the part of tlie officers of Government with the affairs of native religious institutions having been under the consideration of the Right honourable the Governor- general in Council, I am directed to communicate the following observations and orders in re])ly to Mr. Secretary Hamilton's despatch on the subject, No. 3,116, dated the 9tli" June 1843. 2. It appeal's, from the returns of the local officers submitted Avith the above despatch, that there are several instances in the North Western Provinces in which the officers of Government exercise more or less control over native reli- gious establishments. 3. In the city of Dehlie the Collector realizes the rent of certain shops and other buildings, constituting the funds of 13 mosques, and controls the expendi- ture and appoints the servants of those institutions. The surplus receipts are ajjplied to purposes of local improveuient. 4. At Chunar, the local agents appoint a successor on a vacancy occurring in the office of ministerial attendant of the mosque of Kasim Soolimanee, and are furnished A\it]i monthly reports of receipts and disbursements connected with it. 5. In Agra the local agents and executive engineer charge themselves with the periodical rej)airs of Sheikh Suleem Chistec's shrine at Futtelipore Sickrce, the rents of the lands belonging to which are collected by the tehsildar, and, after disluu>ing the fixed expenses of the shrine on account of establishment, an annual festival and repairs, the balance is paid by the local agent, in i>qual shares, to two surviving branches of the family of the enshrined saint. These lands (of wliich a mofussil settlement has been made) consist of six niouzahs, yielding 9,709 nqiees ])er annum. There are also certain shops appertaining to this endowment, whieli yield about 200 rupees per annum. 0. llic Sudder Board of Revenue recommendctl in the two former cases, that the institutions should be made over to the incumbent ministers, in communication with the parties most interested in them, who should be invited to a)ipoint a committee of management for their regulation; and, in the latter case, the Board suggested that the incumbents should ajjpoint a paid agent to collect the rents as fixed by the settlement, and to manage the lands. 7. The Government of the North Western Provinces concurreointed by the parties in w.ioni the ma- nagement of the affiiirs and funds of such institutions may l)e vested, subject only to sucli penalties against exactions and other abuses of their trust as the native servants similarly employed on the part of the Government would be liable to. G. The foregoing observation is applicable to entire villages, or distinct portions of villages, which may have been assigned to temples or other religious institutions in all parts of our territories, provided, however, that the revemie demandable from such villages or portions of villages has been clearly defined, and a pottah or lease issued to each ryot, specifying the extent of land, the amount of the revenue, and the jieriods at which it becomes due ; but in all villages in W'hich temples or other religious institutions derive only a limited portion of the revenue or Government share of the produce of the land, in the form of percentages or of fees, the collection of such j)er-centages or fees must continue to be made by the officers who collect the revenue from which they are derived, as any attempt to separate the two items of demand, and to leave their collection in the hands of distinct agents, would, we fear, expose the ryots to serious risk of abuse. 7. It is not our intention that the revenues of mosques and pagoda lands should be exempted from any charges for irrigation, and for the general management of the districts wherein they are situated, to which they may justly be liable, and we desire that provision may be made for defraying such charges before the revenues are applied to other purposes. 8. You will perceive that, in the direction now conveyed to you, it is our object to give complete eflect to the principles recognized in the despatches to which we have referred, and we rely on your promoting that object to the utmost extent which may be practicable. We are, &c. (signed) Georcje Lyall. II. St. G. Tucker. J. L. Lushliigtun. M. S. Smith. P. Vaii.'i Agnew. Ilcnry Alexander. W. Yoimg. Robert Campbell. F. IVarden. II. Lindsay. A. Robertson. John Cotton. \V. H. C. Flomlen. London, 25 August 1841. (True copy.) (signed) T. H. Maddsck, Secretary to Government of India. (No. 202, of 1S43.) From H. M. Elliot, Esq., Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad, to R. N. C. Hamilton, £s(|.. Secretary to the Government, North Western Provinces, Agra; dated Allahabad, 5 May 1843. Sir, I AM directed by the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. 1,984, dated the 21st instant, request- ing the submission of the reports received by the Board, relative to the manage- ment of native religious institutions. ^•2»- 3 M 4 2. In Revenue. 464 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 2. In submitting these reports, the Board beg to enter on the following con- siderations, its connected -with the subject of the Honourable Court's despatch of the 25tli August 1841, No. 17. 3. It need scarcely be remarked, that in these provinces the Government officers exercise no control over the affairs of the native religious institutions. 4. Regulation XIX., of 1810, vests the revenue authorities with a general but undefined superintendence, to provide for the due appropriation of lands which have been granted for public purposes ; but the impossibility of giving effect to a measure of such doubtful expedienc)-, in matters of religious rites and observances, has frustrated tliis object of the law, and rendered it so far inoperative. That portion of the law may, therefore, be safely abrogated. 5. In other respects, the Government local authorities have been equally care- ful to abstain from interfering with the management of the lands or funds of the relio-ious institutions of the country, excepting in cases where the interposition of authority would appear to have been introduced to discountenance fraud, or to allay dissensions. 6. In the district of Agra, the revenues of the lands granted for the support of Sheikh Soleem Chiestee's shrine at Futtehpore Sickree, are collected by the tuhseeldar, and paid in equal shares to the two surviving branches of the family of the enshrined saint. In Delhi there are 13 mosques, the revenues of which, derived from the rent of shops and other buildings attached to the mosques, are collected, and the expenditure controlled under the superintendence of the Col- lector, and, what is still more remarkable in this case, the surplus cash receipts of the vear are made over to the local agents, as may be supposed, for purposes of local improvements. At Chunar, on the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of ministerial attendant of the mosque of Kasim Soolimanee, a successor is appointed by the local agents, and the accounts of the receipts and disbursements are reported to be furnished monthly. 7. Tliese are the only institutions in these provinces in which interference is practised, originating, as it would appear in the one or the other cause to which it has been already assigned. In all these cases, the Local Commissioner and Collector concur in opinion that such interference should be avoided, or retained m part only, so far as may be required to protect the interests of the endowment. 8. This end, the Board consider, would best be attained by a new Act, rescind- ing so much of Regulation XIX. of 1810 as empowers the revenue authorities or the local agents of a district to appoint managers, and control the accounts of reli- gious institutions, and declaring all endowments granted for such purposes to be trust property, and the sale or mortgage of such projierty to be illegal. 9. Suits arising out of such property would then be heard and decided in due course of law ; and, as fitting opportunity occurs, measures might be taken to relieve the local authorities in Delhi, Agra and Mirzapoor, of all interference in the concerns of such institutions, making them over entirely to the management of the incumbent ministers in communication with the parties most interested in the institutions, who should be invited to appoint a committee of management to regulate the affairs of the institution. 10. For the management of the Futtehpore Sickree endowments, it would seem sufficient that the incumbents be invited to appoint an agent on a fixed salary, for collecting the revenues and carrying on the management of the estates forming the endowment, and that the agent so appointed be cautioned as to the necessity of collecting the rents as fixed by ihe settlement. 1 1 . The Board have not included in these remarks the religious institutions «f Kumaon, as they would appear to require consideration in the Political Depart- ment. I have, &c. (signed) H. M. Elliot, Sudder Board of Revenue, N. W. P., Secretary. Allahabad, 5 May 1843. (No. L72.)^ INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH ^^AHO^rETANISM. 465 (No. 172.) From W. II. Tiller, Escj., OfficiatiriQ: Commissionor, Agra Division, to II. JI. miiot, Esq., Secretary tu tlie Suddor Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad ; dated Agra, 20 May 1842. Sir, ■With reference to your Circular (II.), under date the 14tli Decenihcr 1841, requesting my opinion on the inquiries and suggestions made by tlie IJonourable the Court of Directors, in their desjjatch, No. 17, of 1841, dated 2r)t]i August 1841, annexed to tlie above circular, I have the honour to submit the re])orts received from tlie several Collectors of this division, as noted in the margin,* and * (.See below.) to state as follows. 2. 'Jhe durgah of Futtehjiore Sickra, zillah Agra, is the only endowment in the whole division in Avhich the interference of the Government officers is in any Avay extended for its maintenance. Six maufee villages, yielding 9,709 rupees, are set apart, the collections being made through the tahsceldars, and deposited in the Collector's treasury, and disposed of by the local agents, under Regula- tion XIX. of 1810. Neither the Collector or local agents exercise any authority in the management of the durgah, or interfere with its rites and cere- monies ; the management is in the hands of the mootuwalee, who receives from the local agents the sum set ajiart for the expenses of the durgah, and distributes it under fixed rules. The amount intended for repairs is held in deposit, and laid out by the local agents. Formerly these re])airs were made by the mootuwalee ; but he so niisajipropriated the sums made over to him for the above j)urj)ose, that the local agents were forced to take the repairs again into their own hands, and for some years the repairs have been executed in a satisfactory manner, through the executive engineer. 3. As a principle, the interference of the European officer in the manageuient of temples and other endowed religious institutions should, in my opinion, be strictly avoided, and their management entrusted to an agent of the faith to which the institution belongs ; in the present instance, however, the mootuwalee is not a fit person to be entrusted with the entire management of the funds, and for this reason I Mould in consequence advocate that the local agents be still allowed to look after the repairs, and that the tuhseeldar continue to collect the revenue, the mootuwulee being allowed the management of the internal affairs of the durgah, as heretofore. 4. 7\greeably to the Board's request, I called upon the Kev. Messrs. Moore, Heverule and Wilson, and Mr. H. H. Bill, to express their sentiments on the subject, but have not yet been favoured with their replies. I have, &c. (signed) W. II. Tyler, Officiating (,'ommissioner. Commissioner's Office, Second or Agra Division. 20 May 1842. (No. iGg.) From E. II. Morlaud, Esq., Collector of Agra, to W. II. Tyler, I'.sq , Officiating Conmiissioner of Revenue, Agra ; dated Agra, 12 April 1842. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge your circular letter of the oOth December, No. 114, with copy of a letter from the .Sudder Board, and of a desjiatdi I'rom the Honourable the Court of Directors, and requesting a statenu'iit of the number and nature of endowments in this district, to which the interference of the Government officers is in anv way extended. 2. The * From Collector of Muttrn, No. 54, dattd 2(! Kcliiunry 1842, -with enclosure. Kroin Collector of Agro, No. Ki'.i, ilnted I'J .\irril ll!4i, with enclosure. From Collector of Furruekiilmd, No. !H, diited '.'4 Febniiiry ' 4'2. From Collector ot .M\ni)(a)rv, No. 31, dnlcd 22 Jntii ted 4 Feliiuary U!42. 621. 3 N ]li42. From Collector ot .M\ni)oorv, No. 31, dnlcd 22 Jnnuurv 1842. Frciii Collector of Kluwnli, No. 32, dated 4 Fcliiuary U!42. 466 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 2. The only endowment of the nature in question in this district appears to be that of the Futtehpore Sickree durgah, celebrated as being the place where the ashes of Sheikh Suleem Chushtee, a person of reputed sanctity in the time of the Emperor Akbar ,are enshrined. For tlie maintenance of this institution, the proceeds of six maofee villao^es are set apart. The collections of these villages, which have lately been revised under the new settlement, are made by the tchsceldar retained in the Collector's treasury, and disposed of by the local agents under • (See below.) Regulation XIX. of 1810, according to a distribution as per margin,* made several vears ago, under sanction of the Board. 1 have the honour to transmit a statement, showing the names of the villages, and their jummabundee. 3. I am clearly of opinion, that the interference of European officers in the management of Mahomedan mosques and Hindoo temples, is generally out of place, and in most cases should be rescinded altogether. All such interference impresses the natives with the idea of our veneration for such edifices, which should be avoided, while our non-interference does not, or should not, go any way to suspend their maintenance. But in recognizing this as a principle, I am not prepared to say that it should be summarily adopted in regard to the Futtehpore endowment ; the magnitude of the property, the character of the parties interested, and all past transactions connected with this endowment lead me to think, that were the present management withdrawn, and the individual in whom the control was originally vested, and who is still the mootuwulee or autho- rized manager of the internal affairs of the shrine, left to exercise a jilenary power, disorder and peculation would very soon ensue, followed by disputes, animosities and violence among- contending factions, requiring to be repressed by magisterial power. The records of the local agent's office give ample room for apprehending such results, no less than the bitter feeling which the two branches of the family of Shiekh Suleem Chusthee evince towards each other to this day. The stronger party has always infringed on the rights of the weaker. Complaints t With list attached, have followed f and recriminations kept up for years. The enclosed copies of letters, which I have been favoured with by the local agents, afford the fullest infor- mation on the subject, and I beg to put them before you, in order that you may take such notice of this particular case, as you may think necessary in reporting to Government. 4. Before closing these remarks, which appear called for from me, it may be as well to state, that though the collection of the rents of the villages forming the endowment, is under the Government tashuldar, and the money is received into the Collector's treasury, with the general collections of the district, neither the local agents nor the Collector exercise any authority in the management of the durgah, nor interfere with its rites and ceremonies in any way ; all this is in the hands of the mootuwulee. He receives from the local agents, for himself and dependents, the quota allotted to him ; and the head of the other branch of the Sheikh's family does the same. The sums set apart for annual festivals and wages of servants of the durgah are also made over to the mootuwulee, to whom the parties look. The amount reserved for repairs is held in deposit, and laid out by the local agents through parties entrusted with the work. Formerly, these repairs were effected by the mootuwulee, who drew upon the local agents for sums of money, as occasion required ; but this was found to open a door to great misajipropriation of funds by the mootuwulee, for want of honesty in whom the buildings were greatly neglected. The local agents were in consequence obliged to ask the assistance of the executive engineer a few years ago, and have ever since had the repairs executed under this officer's control in a very satisfactory way, so far as the funds at command permitted them to go. I have, &c. (signed) E. H. JMorlaitd, Zillah Agra, Collector's Office, Collector. VI April 1842. JUMMABUNDEE » Allowance to servants at the durgah, per annum -------- Jls. 1.227 Ditto tor an annual festival ----------- 1,100 Set apart for rcpaira to durgah ---.-_.---- 2,277 Hs. i,m-k The difference, making up the total proceeds of the endowment, are divided equally between the two branches of the family, tlie heads of wliich are Kazim Alee and Fusol Hoscen. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH iMAIIOMKTANISM. 467 JUMMABUNDEE of Futtehphore Lien Villages -(Endowment). N A JI E of VILLAGES. Bherowla Khass - Jajin - . - Scrowloe Mye Bozury, 13 Bis Medliow Nuglah Bharrowlec Konts derived from shops in the towns of"! l"uttelipore and Sickree, appertaining to the '^ Durprah ----.- Jumma, prior to 1 248, F. S. J Agra, Collector's Office, 1-2 April 1842. 392 3,565 867 1,193 2,936 l,loO 10,103 Jumma of I24S, F. S. Jumma of 1249, F. S. 344 3,481 619 1,163 2,552 1,066 344 3,481 819 1,163 2,552 1,066 Jumma of 1250, F.S. 344 3,481 819 1,163 2,552 1,066 Jumma of 1251, F. S. 402 3,686 822 1,031 2,.552 1.216 9,425 9,426 9,425 9,709 I 190. 13. fluctuating; but about 200 rupees a year. (signed) E. H. Morland, Collector. (No. 884.) From G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, to Home Dcp.irtment, J. Thornton, Esq., Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces ; Legislative. dated 20 September 1845. Sir, The preneral question respecting the withdrawal of all interference on the part of the officers of Government Avith the affairs of native religious institutions, having been under the consideration of the Right honourable the Governor- general in Council, I am directed to communicate the following observations and orders in reply to Mr. Secretary Hamilton's despatch on the subject, No. 3,11G, dated the 9th June 1843. 2. It appears, from the returns of the local officers submitted Mith tlie above desputoii, that there are several instances in the North Western Provinces in wliich the officers of Government exercise more or less control over native reli- gious establishments. 3. In the city of Delhi, the Collector realizes the rents of certain, shops and other buildings, constituting the funds of 13 mosques, and controls the expenditure, and appoints the servants of those institutions ; the surplus receijits are applied to purposes of local improvement. 4. At Chunar the local agents appoint a successor on a vacancy occurring in the office of niiiiisheual, attendant of the mos(pie of Kaseni Soolinianee, and are furnished with iiiDiithly reports of receijits and disbursements connected with it. 5. Ill Agra the local agents and executive engineer charge themselves with the iieriodical repairs of Sheikh Suleem Chieshta's shrine at Futtehpore Sickree, the rents of the lands belonging to which are C(dlected by the tulisalder, and, after disbursing the fi.xed expenses of the shrine on account of establishment, an aiinuul festival and rejtairs, the balance is paid by the local agent, in equal shares, to two surviving liranches of the family of the enshrined saint. These lands (of which a mofussil settlement has been made) consist of six monzahs, yielding 9,709 rupees jier annum. There are also certain shops appertaining to this endowment, which yield about 200 rupees per annum. (121. 3 N 2 6. The 468 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 6. The Sudder Board of Revenue recommended in the two former cases, that the institutions should be made over to the incumbent ministers iu comumnication ■with tlic parties most interested in them, who sliould be invited to appoint a committee of management for their regulation ; and in the latter case, the Board suggested that the incumbents should a])point a paid agent to collect the rents as fixed by the settlement, and to manage the lands. 7. The Government of the North Western Provinces concurred in these recom- mendations ; but not deeming it cxjKMlient to disturb existing arrangements, directed the changes to be introduced on the occurrence of vacancies. 8. The Governor-general in Council is of opinion, that no time siiould l)e lost in carrying the ])roposed arrangements into effect, and, with this view, I am in- structed to request that you Mill bring the Board's ])ropositions to the notice of the Honourable tlie Lieutenant-governor. 9. In the Allahabad district lands yielding 1,002 rupees per annum, appropri- ated to the repairs and other expenses of certain durgahs, are managed l:)y the revenue authorities. Both the Collector and Commissioner proposed that they should be rest(n-ed to the trustees, but the Sudder Board appear to have over- looked them. Tlie Governor-general in Council directs that the restoration be at once effected. 10. A school, containing 40 boys, was attached to one of the durgalis, and a yearly fund of 1.5.5 rupees is set apart for it. The Collector proposed that the school should be made over to the local committee of education; the Commissioner that it could be most effectively superintended by the Collector. It does not appear when or how this school was established, or what is tiie nature of the studies itursued in it ; and I have been desired to notice these points, in order that the subject may engage the attention of the Honourable the Lieutenant- governor. il. The local officers suggest, that the distribution of the charitable allowances, defrayable from the offerings of the Temple of Bindabushee, near Mirza])oor, now made' in conformity with section 7, Regulation XXXIV. 179.5, by the CoHector, under the orders of the Board of Revenue and Goverinnent, should be transferred to the pundahs of the temple, or a committee of respectable Hindoo inhabitants of the i>!acc, leaving any parties deeming themselves aggrieved by tlic mode of distribution, to seek redress in the Civil Court. It is stated that lengthened inquiries are frequently necessary to establish the identity of pensioners, and to overrule the objection of the ]HUidahs. 12. The Sudder Board of Revenue have not noticed this suggestion, and tlie information before the Government of India is not sufficient to enable it to deter- mine as to the jiroiiriety of rescinding the law. The Governor-general in Council requests, that, with the permission of the Honourable the Lieutenant-governor, you will procure and furnish, for the orders of the Supreme Government, further informa- tion as to the origin and annual amount of this cliarity, and the class of persons entitled to benefit by it. 13. The Commissioner of Kumaon states, that the rawuls of the three great temples of Budrenauth, Kedarnauth aiul (iopesir, receive sunnuds of investiture from the ruling authority, and that the custom lias been continued under our Government. He advocates the observance of this usage on political grounds ; but his letter does not contain sufficient information as to the nature of the offices held by these persons to enable the Governor-general in Council to conn- to a decision on the point. I am directed to request that the Commissioner may l)o called upon to report further on the subject. 14. The Legislature is at i)resent engaged in considering the modifications necessary to the provisions of Regulation XIX. 1810, to meet the objects con- templated by the Flonourable the Court of Directors and the Government, and the draft of the law which may be deteruiined upon will hereafter be referred for the sentiments and suggestions of the Honourable the Lieutenant-governor. I have, &c. (signed) G. A. Bash by. Fort ^\'iHiam, Secretary to the Government of India. 20 September 1845. (No. 2,nfi(), INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR \MTn MAH0METANI5M. 469 (No. 2,c66, of 18411.) From J. T/ioniloii, Esq., Secretary to Government, North ^\'e.«tcrn Prnvinces, Revenue to G. C. Barnes, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, I^q'-i'""^^"'- North Western Provinces, Agra; dated Agra, 18 May 184(5. Sir, With reference to Mr. Elliot's letter, No. 202, dated 5 May 184.3, and my predecessor's reply, No. 3,115, dated !) June following, I am directed to forward to you, for submission to the Board, the accompanying copy of a despatch from Mr. Secretary Bnslihy, dated the 20th Septeml)er last. 2. The Board are requested to connminicate the instructions of the Supreme Gro- l>riation of the funds connected with these institutions, so that the measures M-hicli may now ])e adopted to secure this end, may have, as far as ])ossil)le, the concur- rence of all parties. Wlieu the new arrangements are completed, the Board are requested to report them for the information of Government. 3. The Commissioner at Allahabad should l)e instructed ])y the Board to give immediate etfect to the orders contained in tlie 9th and 10th ])aras. of Mr. Bushbv's despatch. The Board will observe, that further information is required regardino- the school attached to one of the durgahs. 4. As regards the temple of Bindabushee, mentioned in the 1 1th antl 12th paras, of ^fr. Bushby's letter, tlie Lieutenant-governor has lately received a communi- cation direct from the Commissioner. Tliis should liave been addressed to vour Board. To save time, however, it is now sent to you in original, with its enclosures, copies being kept. The Lieutcnant-o-overnor -would observe upon this subject, that the collections are of the nature of a tax upon the jjundas of the temple, and that the ]iensions, of which payment has been already sanctioned, cannot now be discontinued. Tlie best plan, perhaps, would 1)0, for the Collector to commute the monthly jiayments for a fixed sum, according to the ]irinciplcs laid down in the orders of 10 August 1845, and to assess that sum by jiunchayet iijiou the pandas, releasing them from all future demands on this account.' If tlie pundas can be brought to consent to this arrangement, the monthly jiayment may then eitiier be continued as heretofore to tlie pensioners from the Government treasury, or the equivalent ready-money jiayment may be given them on their accepting the same. 5. The (Jonunissioner of Kumaon will be addressed sejiarately fnmi this ofHce on the subject of the temples in the province under his jurisdiction. 1 am, t^c. (signed) J. TJio niton, Agra, 18 May 184G. Secretary to Government, N. ^V. P. (No. ;jio, of 1846.) ■From 6'. C. Barnes, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Kcveimo. North Western Provinces, to J. TliornUm, Es(i., Secretary to tlie Government, I'lvsmt: North Western Provinces, Agra ; dated Agra, 14 Julv 184(i. T. J.Timui, Ksij., " seiiior iiuiiilKr, and Sir, II. M. Kliiot, Km,., With reference to your letter. No. 2,060, of the ISth May last, on tlie sul))ect Ill^mbor ''"'"'' of with(b-awal of interference on tlie part of i)ublic officers with the afliiirs of native religious institutions, I am diiecteil by the Sudder Board of Revenue to hubmit, for his Honour's consideration and orders, tlie accompaiiviiig letter from the Commissioner of Agra, olijecting to the unconditional transfer of the ])eoplo resident in the endowed villages t<» the extortions of tlieir new masters, and to entrusting the conservancy of so fine a building as the sliriiie of Sheikh Soleem Chishtee to the hands of careless and dishonest priests. fi-"!!. 3 N 3 2. In 470 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 2. In the Board's opinion, the tenor of the orders of the Supreme Government admits of no reservations ; and they have ah-ead}^ so decided in the case of the shrine of Boo Ali Kulander, at Paneeput. But tlie subject is one of general interest, and is therefore submitted for tlie decision of Government. I have, &c. (signed) G. C. Barnes, Sudder Board of Revenue, Officiating Secretary. North Western Provinces, Agra, 14 July 1846. (No. 341.) From F. H. Robinson, Esq., Commissioner of the Agra Division, to G. C. Barnes, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces; dated 2 July 1846. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th ultimo, No. 338, ■with enclosures, on the subject of native religious institutions. In reply, I beg you will submit to the Board my opinion that it will not be expedient to give up, at Futteh])ore Sickree, the management of two things connected with the endowment. The one, the settlement and collections of the villages with which the shrine is endowed ; it will be hard to turn the inhabitants over to the exactions and extortions of avaricious priests, after they have been so long treated on the same footing as the other zumeendars and ryots of the country. The other, the conservancy and repairs of the buildings, one of the finest specimens of archi- tecture in India. If the funds now applied by the officers of Government to the preservation of the building are made over to the priests, they will be misapplied to their personal wants, and the building will fall to ruin. I presume that the Board and Government will accede to these two reservations. I have, Sec. (signed) F. H. Robinson, Commissioner's Office, Agra Division. Commissioner. 2 July 1846. (True copies.) (signed; J. Thornton, Secretary to Government, N. W. P. — No. 149.— (No. 129.) Iloiac Dopartment. From the Secretary to Government of India with the Governor-General to the Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces ; dated Simla, 27 August 1846. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. 3,347, dated 14th instant, and its enclosures, relative to the withdrawal of all interference on the part of the Government officers with the affiiirs of the native religious institu- tions, and, in reply, to convey the Governor-general's approval of the instruc- tions issued to the Officiating Secretary to Sudder Board of Revenue, regarding the superintendence of Lah Saleem Chistee's endo^vment at Futtehpore Sickree. I have, &c. (signed) F. Carrie, Secretary to Government of India with the Simla, 27 August 1846. Governor-general. (True copy.) (signed) W. Edwards, Under-Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-general. — No. 153.— INDTA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANI.SM. 471 — No. 150.— (No. i,un, of 1847.) No. 1,012. From J. Tlionitoii, Esq., Secretary to the Government, Nortli Western Provinces, Revenue to Sir /'. Curric, Bart., Secretary to tiie Government of Iiulia with the (lovernor- Department. General, Home Dcjiartment, Head Quarters; dated Lieutenant-governor's Camp, 27 February 1847. Sir, With reference to paras. 1 1 and 12 of Mr. Bushby's letter, No. 884, dated the 20 September 1845, I am directed by tlie Hf»noural)le the Lieutenant-governor to forward to you, for submission to the Right lionourabh' the Goveruor-geueral, the accompanying copies of correspondence,* which lias passed between this Government and the local authorities, regarding the pensions connected with the temple of Binda Bashnee, near INIirzapore. 2. Mis Lordship will observe that the priests of the temple in question decline to terminate these pensions by the payment of a ready-money sum, calculated upon the probable lives of the recipients. The Government, on the other hand, is so far pledged to the continuance oi' the support which the pensioners have hitherto enjoyed, that it could not leave them to attempt unaided the realization of tlieir stipends from the numerous j)arties bound to defray them. The Collector himself has, at times, found this a troublesome and difilcult task. 3. The Lieutenant-governor would therefore propose, as the only method by which the connexion between the Government and the temple can immediately be dissolved, that the State should take the payment of these pensions for the future on itself, relieving the ])riests of the temple from all demands on that account. The whole amount of the pensions is now only Rs.415. 10. 9. per annum, and as the recipients are almost all of advanced age, the payments will diminish rapidly. It is hoped that his Lordship will be pleased to sanction the adoption of this course. 4. I am directed to take this opportunity of mentioning what has been done with regard to the other religious institutions referred to in jNIr. Bushby's letter above (juoteil. 5. The Commissioner reports to the Sudder Board of Revenue as regards this Mosque of Kasin mosque, in his letter No. 337, dated 13 October 184G, that " the intentions of cIuum.'^*^'' Government have already been carried into effect ; and the affairs of the institu- tion are now managed by the resident priesthood, aided by a committee of persons interested in the durgah." G. The final arrangements which have been made as regards this shrine, were Slmue ot Sluikli api)roved by his Lordship, as communicated in your letter, No. 129, dated |u\7eh\,oic?1?kri' 27 August last. ziUah Agra. 7. All connexion between the Government and these durgahs has ceased, as Lands attai lied to reported by the Sudder Board of Revenue in their letter to tliis office. No. 442, S;!£'^(fl^ dated 1 1 September last. The school referred to in the lOtli para, of Mr. Bushby's letter was found to have been long discontinued. f^. The Lieutenant-governor is in communication with the Commissioner of Tcmiiics of Uudde- Kumaon, on the subject of successions among the raweels of these temples, and „,jj Gopcsir, in the result will be hereafter submitted for the information of the Supreme luunaon. Government. I have, &c. (signed) J. Thornton, Lieutenant-governor's Camp, Secretary to tlie Government, N. AV. P. 27 February 1847. (No. 4. • Letter from the Commissioner of the Benares Division, dated 2.*? April 1046, No. 4. Letter to the Sccrcturv to ihc Sudder lloaiil of lleviiiue, dated Hi Alay liUO, No. ^.(MiO. Lutter from the Secretary to the Sudder Hoard of Uevemie, dated .'!0 Oetoher 11!40, No. SJSO, with eiul'isiiros. I.etler to the Secretary to the Sudder IJimril of Revenue, dated liO Noveuiher llUd, No. 4,!)B(i. Letter from the Commissioner of tlie Benares Division to the .Sudder Board of Revenue, dated 12 Jaiuuiry li!47, No. 5, with enclosure. 621. 3 N 4 472 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (No. 4, of 1846.) From E. P. Smith, Esq., Commissioner of the Fifth or Benares Division, to J. Tliornioii, Esq., Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces, Agra ; dated Ghazeepore, 23 April 1846. Sir, Agrelably to verbal instructions received from the Honourable the Lieutenant- governor, North \\'estcrn Provinces, at INIirzaporc, in January last, I have instituted the most careful incjuiries, with the view to obtain further information, first, as to the origin of the charitable endowment at Bindachul, in the district of Mirzapore, known as the famous tenq)le of Biudabashnee ; secondly, as to the annual amount of this charity ; and, lastly, as to the class of persons entitled to the benefit of it. 2. The old records of the Revenue Office merely confirm what is said in section 7, Regulation XXXIV. 1795, extracted, for convenience, in a marginal " (*«e below.) note.* But, following up a clue which presented itself in the course of the exami- nation, I addressed Captain Stewart, the Superintendent of the Rajah of Benares, if perchance he might be able to trace something bearing upon the institution (which M'as always one of notoriety, f of a date anterior to our assumption of tlie direct management of the revenue. 3. Through that officer's exertions I have succeeded in obtaining Mr. Duncan's (A.) original warrant.:j: bearing date 11 November 1788, a.d., which, together with a §(B.) Pleascretuni translate § of the same in English, I beg leave to enclose for the Lieutenant- v-Iicn no longer re- governor's insjK'ctiou. Its authenticity is undoubted, having been obtained from ''""'**^' the descendents of Buksheeram, the Hakim of Mirzaporc, to whom it is addressed. We learn from this document, that in the year 1788, a tax, amounting to 2,125 rupees, was fixed on the temple of Biudabashnee, to be appropriated for the benefit of certain pensioners, Brahmins and Fakeers ; in other words, as a charitable allowance for beggars and indigent persons ; that Buksheo Ram, as the chief officer of (iovernment on the spot, was vested with the management of the fund, /. e. he was to receive it from the priests or pundas of the temple, and distril)ute it to the recipients Mith his own hands. This, it may l)e presumed, lasted until at length the introduction of our revenue system brought to the temple collections under the immediate superintendence of the Collector, though it seems for a time to have been administered to through the officers of the Custom Department at Mirzapore. 4. Concurrent testimony in supjwrt of the above statement is found in an old Canoongoes Wassil Bakee, of 1195, f.s., corresponding with 1788, a.d., which II (C.) IT (D.) I beg to submit herewith, an original, || together with a translate.^ The discre- pancy of 125 in the account of jumma, is explained by the papers to have been added in payment of a mohurrir's wages for keeping the accounts. 5. A list of pensioners, dated 1215, f.s. or 1808, a.d., forthcoming among the records, is the sole clue we possess to the class of persons entitled to benefit by this charity. They ctmsisted chiefly of residents in indigent circumstances, many of them females. The number has now been reduced, by deaths, from 42 to 2 1 persons, who are almost exclusively of the Brahmin caste, and, with one or two excei)tions, residing at Bindachul. The amount of pension is allowed to lapse with the life of the liolder, so that the sum now levied from the priests of the temple is not much above 400 rupees per annum, and is gradually diminishing under the operation of the Board's order. 0. The institution is supjjosed to have been established in Rajah Buhvuut Sing's time, and probably was a mark at once of his recognition of the sanctity of the temple, and of his desire to devote a portion of the offerings to the pur]ioses of charity. But whatever its origin might have been, there can be no doubt what it is now ; • Section 7. " Certain cliaritalile allowances are likewise ilefrayable from the relisious offerings made at the temple of Hindabaslinee, near to Mirzajiore, t)ie ilistribution of wliich (as bitliorto, made to tlie narties entitled to receive it, umler the authority of the native judi^e) is to be continued as formerly, with this alteration, that the distribution is to be niade under the orders of the Itoard of Reveinie and the Governor- general in Council, by tlie Collector, wlio is to be held rcspoiisihlo for the proper dis]>ensation of the charity, agreeably to the established rules for the management of it. If any of the partiis interested in this fund shall deem tlieinselvcs aggrieved by the orders of tlie Collector, they may rei)reseiit the circumstances to the Judge of the Dewanny Adawlut, who is to forward the petition to the (iovernor-general in Council, who reserves to hiinsulf the power of passim; such determinatiim on the petition as may appear to him proper. t The jurisdiction of the Mirzaporc Court was extended to the site and temple of liudabachnee on the lltli November ITaO. Vide Sect. 9, Regulation XXII. 1705. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 473 now; and I liave no liusitation in 8aying that it ill becomes a Christian govern- ment to have any concern with the proceeds of gross idolatry, even for an osten- sibly good purpose. Mutations, too, and casualties during the lapse of time, have reiideri'd zhv collection of the anioiint Icvietl no easy matter ; thus briiiii-jn"- our revenue establishment into disagreeable collision with the Hindoo priesthood, and our Govenunent into virtual connexion with the temple itself. In mv opinion, we cannot err by withdrawing altogether from the concern, and leaving tliose inter- ested in it to assert their rights according to the custom of the country in regard to all other descriptions of property. 7. Tlie Collector has aided my researches, and I beg to submit herewith in ori- * Letter fiom ginal a report drawn up by Mr. Deputy-Collector Walker, as per margin.* Deputy-Collector to I have &c P"'*- ^'^^"'^ ■*"' f^^''- 1 ua\c, occ. 1840. No. :«. (signed) R. P. Smith, Commissioner's Office, Commissioner. Fifth Division, Ghazeepore, 23 April 1846. (B.) Translation of Mr. Jonathan Duncan's Perwannah, dated 11 November 1788. Be it known to Lalla Bukshee Ram, Ilaikim of Mirzapore, tliat a sum of 2,125 rupees, is allowed for the teiiJ|)lf of Bindaboshun, out of which the pensiouprs, incumbents, Brahmins and Fakeers have all along been paid. At present the settlement of jjcrgunnali Kuntil has been made separately, tappah by tappah ; for this reason the above temple has been placed under the ordeis of the above individual, so that he will receive the money allowance sanc- tioned for the temple, and pay it with his own hand to the Fakeers and Hrahnnns, accord- iner annum were collected in 1788 and 1789 as follows: 1,G20 from the jtundahs as fixed contributions, and .')00 from the Chyte Meilah, out of which a portion wa.s set aside for the usual poqjah exjienses, and the 6.^1. 3 O remainder 474 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF remainder distributed among the Brahmins and indigent attendants at the temple. The pergunnah auniils and otlier officers superintended the receipt and payment of the money until 1808, when the collection was made over to the treasury officers. 4. On the separation of this zillah from Benares, a list was received, showing that the sum of Rs. 1,261. 2. G. was realized from 22 pundahs, and paid to 42 pen- sioners ; and a reference was made in 1834 regarding the adjustraent of arrears, when it was ruh^d by the orders of Government, dated 7th April 1834, that the Collector should demand from the pundahs only the amount necessary to defray the pensions of the present incumbents during their lives, and after their deaths the demand should cease altogetlier. 5. There are now 21 ])ensioners, receiving Rs. 415. 10. 0. per annum, and a great deal of trouble is experienced in realizing the amount from the pundahs, as many of the original shares have been divided among heirs who are not always to be found, and some have been mortgaged, and disputes exist between the parties, so that it is difficult to enforce payment. G. Under these circumstances, and as the interference of Government officers has been withdrawn from other native religious rites and endowments, I beg respectfully to recommend that the Bindabashnee pundahs be also allowed to manage their own charities, and the collection made by the revenue officers be discontinued. I have, &c. (signed) J. Walker, Mirzapore Collectorship, Deputy Collector. 4 February 184C. (No. 2,g66, of 1846.) I'l^^"'""- From .7. Tliovnton, Esq., Secretary to the Government, North Western Provinces, Dppartment. ^^ q q Barnes, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces; dated Agra, 18 May 184G. Sir, With reference to Mr. Elliot's letter. No. 202, dated .^tli May 1843, and my ju'cdecessor's reply, No. 3,115, dated 9th June following, I am directed to forward to you, for submission to the Board, the accompanying copy of a despatch from Mr. Secretary Busliby, dated tlie 20th September last. 2. The Board are recjuested to communicate the instructions of the Supreme Govenmient contained in the Sth para, of Mr. Bushby's letter to the Commis- sioners of the Delhi, Agra and Benares divisions, and to urge upon them tlie expe- diency of speedily making arrangements for relieving the Collectors and local agents from the care of the institutions therein alluded to at Delhi, Futtehpore Seeckree, and Chunar. Care should be taken to give notice of the approaching change in the system of management to all i)ersons interested in the due ap|iro- priation of the funds connected with these institutions, so that the measures which mav now be adopted to secure this end, may have, as far as possible, the concur- rence of all parties. When the new arrangements are comi)leted, the Board are requested to report them for the infornuition of Government. 3. The Commissioner at Allahabad should 1)0 instructed by the Board to give immediate eHect to the orders contained in the Oth and 10th paras, of Mr. Bushby's despatcli. The Board will observe, that further information is required regarding the school attached to one of the durgahs. 4. As regards the temple of Bin(labashnee, mentioned in the 11th and 12th paras, of Mr. Bushby's letter, the Lieutenant-governor has lately received a com- munication direct from the Commissioner. This should have been addressed to your Board. To save time, however, it is now sent to you in original, with its enclosures, copies being kept. The Lieutenant-governor would observe upon this subject, that the collections are of the nature of a tax upon the puiidas of the temple, ai.d that the ])ensions, of Avhich payment has been already sanctioned, cannot now be discontinued. The best plan, perhaps, would be, for the Collector to commute the monthly ])ayinents for a fixed sum, according to the principles laid down in the orders of IGth August 1845, and to assess that sum by puncliayer upon INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR ^VITII MAIIOMETANISM. 475 upon the inindas, releasing thcni from all future deniaiuls on this ni-count. If tlie punclas can he hrought to consent to this arrangement, the monthly ]iavment may then either he continued, as heretofore, to the pensioners from tlie Government treasury, or the equivalent ready-money payment may he given them on their accepting the same. 5. The Commissioner of Kuniaon will he addressed separately from this office on the subject of the temples in the province under his jurisdiction. I am , Agra, 18 May 1846. SiC. (signed) J. Thornton, Secretary to the Government, N. AY. P. (No. 536, of 1846/) Ymm A. SJialifipcar, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Uevcnuc. North Western Provinces, to /. Thornton, Es<|., Secretary to the Government, Picst-ut: North Western Provinces, Agra; dated Agra, 30 October 1846. T. t;. Turner, Esq., senior mcmhcr. Sir, II. M.Elliot, Esq., \Yiiii reference to tlie orders of Government, No. 2,066, of the 18th May last, memtie""'"""''^ para. 4, I am directed by the Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, to request that you -will submit, for the orders of his Honour the Lieutenant- governor, the accomjianying corresj)ondence, received from the Commissiorier of Benares, relative to the charitable endowment at Bindachul, in the district of jNiir/.apore, known as the temple of Bindabashnee. 2. AA"ith reference, also, to the orders above-mentioned, the correspondence res])ccting the durgah of Kasini Soolamanee, at Chunar, is likewise forwarded for the information of his Honor. I have, &c. (signed) A. Shakspcar, Sudder Board of Revenue, Officiating Secretary. North Western Provinces, Agra, 30 October 1846. (No. 337, of 1846.) From E. P. Smith, Esq., Commissioner, Fifth Division, to Sudder Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Agra; dated Ghazeepore, 1;> October 1846. Gentlemen, With reference to your Secretary's letter, dated 16th June last, No. 122, and accompaniments, in the matter of native religious institutions, I have the honour to submit herewith, in original, a report from the Collector of Mirzapore, dated 10th instant. No. 210, respecting the durgah of " Kasim Soolamanee," at Chunar, which is the only estaltlishment in the division to which the instructions of vour Boaid and Government apply. 2. It will be observed, that the intentions of Government have alrcadv been carried into etlect, and the afl'airs of the institution are now managed by the resi- dent ])iiestliood, aidi'd by a committee of pOrsons inti'rested in the liuroah. Commissioner's Office, Fifth Division, Ghazec[)ore, 13 October 1846. I have, &c. (signed) E. P. 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No heirs of the deceased have pre- ferred their claims in the Collector'.^ office, and the case is yet pending-. alive. - - (lied, and realized from tlio mort- gagees. - - died, and realized from the heirs and mortgagees. (signed) IV. E. Monei/, Ciilleetor. (True copies.) (signed) E. P. Smil/i. Commissioner (True copies.) (signed) /. T/ionilaii, Secretary to the Government, N. \V. P. f)2i 504 — No. Ifjl. 480 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF TFIE GOVERNMENT OF No. — No. 151.— Extract from the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department (Revenue), under date the 25th April 1846. (No. 259.) From G. A. Biishhy, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, to E. H. Trnciiseiicl, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bombay; dated 25 April 1846. S ir. With reference to entry No. 1, in the Abstract of the Proceedings of the Government of Bombay in the Revenue Department, for the 18th February last, I am directed to request that you will have the goodness, under the orders of the Honourable the Governor in Council, to forward, for the perusal of the President in Council, a copy of the report of the Revenue Commissioner, Northern Divi- sion, dated 5th January, and of the orders of Government, dated the 8th January 1 84G, therein referred to. I have, &c. (signed) G. A. Buslihy, Secretary to the Government of India. Fort William, 25 April 1846. — No. 152. No. 7. Itevcnuc Department. Extract fi-om the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department (Revenue), under date the 6th June 1846. (No. 2,362, of 1846.) From R. K. Pringlc, Esq., Chief Secretary to the Governm.ent of Bombay, to G. A. Biishbij, Esq. Secretary to the Government of India; dated 22 May 1846. 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CI < c 0, "Z^ CD CD M ■ 1 1 1 1 1 t^ 1 t^ ■* -T* s ^, TO 1 TO = 'S 5, iz; =-3 ■ •■III I -3 ■ • a a cid • 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 < tt CD o , 3 3 ■ II 1 1 1 1 1 1 O rt to ^ 3 "3 ♦-• - 1 1 . g £ . . imcda Igaon laba - '3 :£c5-a o3^a§ -^ -.^ oj (-. ■< -j; P5Pa U OW 'X PhK^JMH 05 St IH ft! B 60 , C3 11 3 Ol r: 3 a <», _o CJ r? -° o 3 ■— is P O ** tM 3 OS -^ M ^ *5 a cJ *" '" fe "3 ^ ^ > fl '.3 la 0-3 o o V -.^ '3 CJO * . INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 48,5 — No. lo4.— Extract from the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department (Revenue), under date 2 January 1847. (No. 295.) From the Commissioner of the Cuttack Division to the Secretary to the Sudder Revenue. Board of Revenue, Fort ^^'illiam ; dated 19 February 1846. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknoAvlodge the rocoi])t of the Board's memoinnduni, No. 17, of the 213d ultimo, with enclosures, and, in rcplvi to report, that the orders therein contained, reducing the money donation to the temple of Juggernath, from Co.'s Rs. 35,758. 9. G. to Rs. 23,321, will, the Collector reports, take effect from the commencement of 1254 Umlee, the three first instalments for 1253, amounting to Rs. 33,236. 11. 7\, having been already disbursed. I have, &c. (signed) A. J. M. Mills, Office of Commissioner, lOtli Division, Commissioner. Alidnapore, 19 February 1846. (No. 6g.) Submitted for the information of the Honourable the Deputy Governor of Bengal, with reference to tlie orders of the Supreme Government, No. 890, dated 20 December last, communicated under cover of Under-Secretary Mr. Beadou's letter. No. 31, dated the 14th January following. By Order of the Sudder Board of Revenue. (signed) Geo. Plowdoi, Fort William, 3 March 1846. Officiating Secretary. (No. 180.) A coi'Y of this letter, forwarded to the Secretary to the Government of India, Home l)e])artment, with reference to his communication, No. 890, of the 30th December last. By Order of the Honourable the Deputy -governor of Bengal. (signed) C. Beadon, Under-Secretary to the Gov' of Bengal. Fort William, 11 March 1846. (No. 234.) Office Memorandum. — 21 March 1846. No. 3. The Secretary in the Home Department has the honour to forward to the Home Deimrtmenf, Financial Department, for information and communication to the Office of i^^'^ '■'""*'• Accounts, the correspondence noted in the margin* connected with the reduction {See below.) of the money donation to tlie temple of .luggcriuith, from Co.'s Rs. 35,758. 9. 6. to Rs. 23,321 per annum, commencing with 1254 Umlee. (signed) (r. A. Busliby. Secretary to the Government of India. — No. 155. — • Consultations, C September 184.5, Nos. 1 to 5. Consultations, 20 December 1845, Nos. 1 to .3. Letter from Under-Secretary to Government of Bengal, dated 11 .March 1840. 621. "^ 1' 3 J 486 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Rovcnue Dt-partment. " (Sec below.) Nos. 1,273, l,28(i, 1,344, 1,415, 1,557, 1,320, 1,321, 3,340, 1,432 and 1,605, of 184G ; and 90, 140 and 308, of 1847. (No. 53:5-) — No. 1 55. From Sir //. C. Aloutgovicry, BarL , Secretary to the Government of Fort St. (ieor^e, to G. A. Bushbi/, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India; dated Fort St. George, 29 April 1847. Sir. Para. I. Referring to your letter dated 20 September 1845, No. 951, I am directed by tlie Most noble the Governor in Council to transmit for submission to the (lovernment of India, the correspondence and proceedings noted in the margin,* which \vill furnish full information of the measures taken by this Government for <>iviui>- eft'ect to the instructions communicated in the letter under acknowledsr- ment, for the discontinuance of all interference on the part of public officers with native religious institutions, and for the dis])osaI of the lands belonging to, and of the surplus finids in deposit in Government treasuries, to the credit of such institutions. 2. In connexion with this sulyoct, I am also directed to submit 13 original ])etitions from parties ctmnected Avitli certain pagodas in the districts of Chinglejmt, Madura, Taujore and Trichiuopoly, objecting to the apj)ropriation of these funds in the manner contemplated by this Government, together with a copy of the orders passed thereon. I have, &c. Fort St. George, 29 April 1847. (signed) H. C. JMoiitgomei'y, Secretary to Government. Revenue Department. t Paras. 6 to 11. Para. 12. (No. 4«4) Extract fi-om the Minutes of Consultation, under date 8 April 1846. Read the following letter from the Secretary to the Government of India. (Here enter 20 September 1845, No. 951.) Para. 1. In the foregoing communication the Supreme Govermnent review f the objections Mhich have been urged at different periods at this Presidency, against the transfer of pagoda lands and religious endowments to the trustees or managers of the institutions ; and observe, " with the view of securing protection and justice to the rvots," thev conveyed their sanction in August 1840 to the Madras Govern- ment, for contiiuiing under the charge of the revenue officers the temple lands in that Presidency. " But that" the Honourable Court, in their despatch of the 25th of August 1841, has enjoined a difterent mode of ])roceeding, and have directed that Avhen " the revenue demandaljle from entire villages or ])ortions has been clearly defined, and a pottah or lease issued to each ryot, specifying the extent of laud, the amount of revenue, and t\\Q periods at which it becomes due, the collection of such revenue shall be transferred to agents to be appointed liy the parties in whom the management of the affairs of the institutions may be vested."' 2. And in the ftdlowing para. (13) the Government of India proceed to state, " that the Honourable Court's orders have been executed with facility in the instance; to Mliich they had been applied in Bengal, viz. that of the Juggernath lands ;" that " in tlie 13om1)ay Presidency they have been fully carried out, without objection or difficulty ; and there did not appear in the reports under acknow- ledgment any conclusive reason why they cannot be carried into effect at Aladras also." And Uiis Government is then instructed that •' the Governor-general in Council * Extract Minutes of Consultation, 8 April 184(i, No. 414. From Acconntnnt-gcncral, 11 June 184G, No. 24.'!, with an cnc'iosure. Extract Minutes of Consultation, 1 i July li!4(>, No. 733. From Aorountant- fjencral, 10 SeptcMiI)er ISlC, .N'o. 375, with two eni-losurcs. From tlio Board of llerenuc, Department of Public Works, 14 September 184(>, No. G25, one original enclosure, and with order. From Aceountant- •^'cueral, 1!! Decemher I84<), No. 405, with five enclosures and order. From Board of Revenue, Department of l'ul)lic \V'orks, !i Fchniary 1847, No. 119, with two ori^'inal enelosuies and order. From Board of Kevcuue, 1 Feliruarv 1847,'No. 8-3, with eight original enclosures. Extract Minutes of Consultation, 18 March J847, No. 3(;7. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY'. OR WITH MAHO^IETANIS.M. 487 Council Mould aocor(lin;;ly have tliu necessary orders issued lor the transfer to the projior native agents or trustees of the institutions, of all the lands belonffino- to tlicm," not " composinji^ the ffreat devastanuin estates," after adojitinji- such measures for securing;- the rio-lits of the cidtivators as may be considered a suflicicnt protection by the district oflicers. 3. In conformity with the foregoing orders of the Ilononiable Court and the Government of India, the Most noble the Governor in Council resolves to instruct the Board of Kevenue to issue orders to this eftect, without delay. They will accordingly direct tlie several Collectoi-s who have now the custody of pagoda lands or rcMirious i-ndownieuts, under Re"-. VH. of 1817, to transfer them, under the limitation prescribed, to the trustees of the several institutions as early as practicable. 4. The PiOard have already reported, under date 17 August 1843* (No. 410), * Para. 4. that managers or trustees have been duly apiioiuted to all the religious institutions ; and it will only be necessary for the several ofiicers of (iovermnent to relinquish to those parties who now receive and disburse the proceeds, tin- landed endowments tbemsclves at present held on their behalf by the (Tovcrnment, and to refrain hereafter from all interference \\ith them, and from taking any part in the manage- ment i)f native religious endowments. The Hoard will observe, that these orders are not at present to include the large devastanum estates, as those of Steerungham, nor to extend to lands not on the pid)!!'- books as the propertv of religious insti- tutions at this date. .0. In can-ying out these instiiictions, the iioard will also take due care thai all the riglits and jirivileges which tlie ryots and occupant cultivators now enjoy, are fully ]ireserved to them. And they will attend to the sjiecific ])oints noticinl by the Honourable Court and by the Govcniment of India.i Should they find any f Paras. 7-13, &c. special ])rovisions to be necessary for the preservation of the i-ights of ryots on pagoda lands, other than those provided by law for ryots in otlii-r I'ont-free himls, they will report the same to (iovernnu>nt, proposing the requisite provisions for consideration. G. His Lordship in Council would hope that as little difficulty will be found at this Presidency as in Bombay, in giving effect to the views of the Honourable Court ; as he observes, that the comnuniications from the several local officers laid before the (iovermnent by the Board, mider date the 1st October 1838, lead to the conclusion, that if the policy of the entire severance of the Government from all interference with native religious institutions be recognized, there would be little or no difliculty in giving over the lands to the autliorities of tlie ])agodas. In t Salem & Cud Japali: but two|; of the 20 districts of the Presidency were diHiculties a])pi-eheuded, and Cudda- in these districts the amount of ijajjoda, cVc. property in charjie of the officers of pali, 7,447. 7. 7- Ciovennnent, was, as conifjared Mith other districts, inconsiderable. "^'"' ''^" '' 7. The statements furnished by the Board in the year 1837, which give the extent of all endowments under the charge of the ('ollectors, tend also to show j •.■imjam, Vi/.i^apa- that the transfers of tlie lands to trustees can be made without dilKcnlty. In the ICsuHiStmT-Nv'i-' Northern Circars§ the value of native religious endoM'ments in the custody of the lore, tiuutoor. officers of Government was very insignificant, both in itself || and as compared with |l 1^3-*',wo. 14. 7., the property under jirivate maiiagenient.** Thi're would seem, therefore, no cause nuMirottim-s.""^ '"' to expect any impediment in carrying out the views of the Government of India " Ks.i, 00,31 ri. 2., imu)cdiately in those provinces. Tiie amount also in several otlu-r districts is not JJJ||||^|i' l'"va(o ma- of any magnitude ; and in the ])rovinces in which the i)agoda prt)|ierty under the ,Vfe statement (A.), charge of the officers of Government is large, as Trichinoixilv, Madura, Tanjore, ^>o-i, Mibmittod North Arcot ami Tiunevelly, the officers in cliarge did not, it would appear, ''>'♦'"-'""*■■''• apprehend that any sj)ecial diflicukies would arise. The Government sec no ground, therefore, to believe that the n)easure which has been carried out in Bengal and Bombay so successfully, may not be onforced with equal facility throughout tins Presidency. Should, however, unlooked for impediments arise, it will be desirable for the Board to ascertain from the authorities at Bondjay, through this Government, the course there jjursucd. 8. His Lordship in Council desires to receive, on an early date, the opinion of the Board on the question of the relinquishment of tho large devastanum pro- l)erties to their trustees. And with reference to Mr. Onslow's remarks, as quoted by the Government of India, they will call upon that oiticer to lay before them his views at length ; and in comnnmication with Mr. Onslow aiul the several Collectors in charge of the large devast;niam properties they will report the peculiar nu-asures called for, if any are required for the relinquishment of these estates. The Board 621. 3 P 4 will 488 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF will also submit any propositions for additional means beyond those now recognized and enforced, if this shall be found necessary, for maintaining the sources of irriga- tion for pagoda lands in repair ; and they will make such arrangements as may secure the due payment of their quota of charge on this account from the pagoda estates. 9. The Board will also furnish, as pointed out in para. 15 of the letter from the Goverement of India, sjiould the cases arise, a statement of the lands belonging to religious institutions which it may be foinid impracticable to transfer to the trustees, showing their extent, the institutions to Mhich they belong, and the causes which prevent their transfer. 10. Their attention is also directed to paras. 19, 20, of the letter from the Government of India. They will observe, that the surplus pagoda funds now in deposit are to be dealt with as public proi)erty, and applied to purposes of general benefit with reference to local interests. 11. The Board will comnuinicate to the agent in Kurnool the instructions contained in the concluding para, respecting the alienations of land and rent for the support of religious institutions, the saderwared, and present money-])ayments from the treasury. 12. In their letter under date the 7th October 1841, the Board submitted, with their recommendation, the proposition of the Collector of Malabar for substituting for the present money payment to the mosque at Quilandy a grant of land. The Board will observe, that under the orders of the Government of India (para. 21) now comnmnicated, it is open to them to direct this arrangement, if it can be done without inconvenience ; and they will, in communication with the Collector, authorize that oflicer to adopt the arrangement originally proposed by him, if now convenient and easily practicable. The Board will also observe that the same course may be pursued in all similar cases where it may be deemed advisable and no inconvenience will follow. (A true extract.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. (True copy.) (signed) H. C. Montgomery, Secretary to Government. (No. 243.) Official Memorandum. Revenue WiTH reference to the official memorandum from the Chief Secretaiy to Goverii- Departmcnt; mcut, dated the 8th April last, the Accountant-general has the honour to forward herewith a Statement, framed from the information obtained from Collectors, showing the actual surplus sums in deposit in the several provincial treasuries on the 31st March 1846, on account of pagodas or native religious institutions, after providing for all authorized or usual demands which may be required to be disbursed therefrom. (signed) T. V. Stotihousc, Fort St. George, Accountant-geuerars Office, 11 June 1846. (A time copy.) Accoimtant-general. (signed) //. C. AIontgo7ncry, Secretary to Government. STATEMENT, INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 4S9 STATEMENT, showing the Sums remaining in Deposit in the several TnEvsuKiEs of the Col- lectors on the 31st March 1840, on account of Pagodas or Native Religious Institutions ; with the probable Amount required to be disbursed, and the available Surplus. Balance remaining to Deposit on tlie 31st March 1S46. Deduct the probable Amount which will be required to be disbursed therefrom. Net Surplus in Deposit. I nut immediately required for the purpose of Hagodas, or Native Religious Institutions. Vizagapatam - - - Masulipatani - - - Gunfoor ... Nellore - - - - Chingleput - - - Madras - - - - Southern Division of Arcot Bellary . - - - Cuddapah . . - Salem - - - - Coimbatore - - - Tanjore - - - - Trichinopoly - - - Madura . . - Tinnevelly - - - Canara - - - - Total - - - Co.'s lix. a. ]>. ' 713 lo 4 290 13 ■ 1 7,937 G -2 4,310 1 9 79,584 14 2 3,420 8 - 33,993 7 9 12,872 7 2 4,919 3 10 39,004 11 4 57,019 7 5 0,35,650 - - 1,00,334 13 11 82,530 12 10 3,88,541 4 8 7,124 12 10 Co.'s Rs. a. p. 32 5 - 937 2 11,273 - 9 7,306 3 10 38,893 7 9 18,184 - 10 .,50,000 - - 35,334 13 11 2,333 6 - 7,234 13 - 163 10 3 Co.'s Rs. a. p. 713 15 4 258 8 1 7,000 - - 4,310 1 68,311 13 3 3,420 8 - 20,687 3 11 12,872 7 2 4,919 3 10 109 3 7 38,833 7 4,85,050 — — 03,000 - - 80,193 6 la 3,81,306 7 8 0,961 2 3 Co.'s Rs. 14,58,254 12 3 2,71,697 3 8 11,86,557 8 7 Fort St. George, Accountant-Generars Office, 11 June 1840. (True copy.) (Errors excepted.) (signed) J\ V. Stoiikouse, Accountant-creneral. (signed) //. C. Monigomeri/, Secretary to Government. (No. 733.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, tlated 14 July 1846. Read ap:ain letter from the Secietniy to the Govenmient of India, dated 20th Rtvcmic September 1845, and recorded in Diary to Consultation 17tli April 1S4G, No. 29. i>'T!»tmcnt. Read also memorandum from the Accountant-general. (Here enter 1 Ith June 184G, No. 243.) The Supreme Government having directed, in their orders of 20th September 1845,* that "the fuiulsin deposit in Government treasuries to the credit of • iVni. in. religious institutions, the management of vhich has been transferred to native administrators, should be held to be at the absolute disposal of the Government,"' anil a]iplied " to -works of general utility, ])reference being given as to the locality where the surplus is to be expended to the neighbourhood from ivhich it vas de- rived," adding the o]iinion, that "the education of the peoj)le, being held forth as the most legitimate object to which it should be a])]ilied, such an ajipioj)riation of the surplus funds "vvill accord with the views of the Honourable the Court of Directors, 621, 3 Q communicated 490 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF communicated to the Government of Fort St. George, in paras. 47 and 48 of their despatch dated the 9th May 1838 ;" his Lordship in Council "resolves to Vkagapatam, Masu- instruct the several Collectors of the eight districts named in the margin, where lipatam, Ciiiugtoor. Nellore. Madras, Cuddapah, Salem, Caaara. the amount in deposit is inconsiderable, to disburse tliis amount on any work or works of public benefit, most acceptable and valuable to the native community gen(>rallv. as bridges, choultries, tanks or wells ; the work to be of a permanent character, and open to all classes. The Collectors will carry out these instructions in communication with and under the orders of the Board of Public Works. 2. His Lordship in Council further resolves, in accordance with the views of the Government of India, that of the amount in dejiosit in the following districts — Chingleput ... - 68,311 Taiijore ----- 4,85,050 Tridiinopoly - - - - 65,000 Madura 80,195 Tinnevellv - . - - 3.81,300 Total - 10,80,408 Tanjore, Chingleput, Tridiinopoly, Ma- dura. Soutli Arcot, Coiinb.itorc, Bcllarv, Tinnevellv. a sum of eight (8) lacs be transferred by the Accountant-general to the gene- ral education fund of the Presidency, for the purjxtses of Education in the provinces. That of the balance, 2,80,408 rupees, a sum not exceeding 80,000 ru))ees l)e ajiprojiriated under the orders of the Board of Public Works in Tanjore, and 20,000 rupees in Madura, these districts being already provided with roads and bridges to a great extent, and comparatively large sums having been expended in them on public works for some years past. 3. He also directs that 1,00,000 rupees be disbursed from the funds in deposit in Tinnevellv, in constmcting roads, with the necessary bridges, choultries and wells, to connect the cotton districts with the port of Tuticoreen. The Board will also call upon the Collectors of Chingleput and Tridiinopoly, and the civil engineer of the division, to point out the works of benefit to the public on which they would recommend the remaining sum of 80,408 rupees, or 40,234 rupees in each district, to be laid out, and they will also require the Collectors of Bellary, South Arcot and Coiml)atore, in concert with the several engineers, to report the works on which they would propose to expend the surplus pagoda funds now in deposit in their treasuries. 4. The Board will be pleased to give effect to so much of the foregoing order as relates to their department, simultaneously with their instructions for transferring the religious endowments to the charge of the native trustees ; and in making the requisite communications to the several Collectors, they will be careful to ascertain that the sums now ordered to be expended (as given in the statement from the Accountant-general dated 11th June), are available. The Board will also submit for the consideration of Government their final instructions sanctioning particular works in the districts named in the margin. Ordered, That copy of the foregoing resolutions, with copy of the statement from the Accountant-general, be communicated to the Board of Revenue in the Department of Public Works, and that a copy be also furnished to the Accountant- general. Ordered also, That extract from para. 2. be furnished to the Council of Educa- tion for their information. (A true extract.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary to Government. (A true cojiy.) (signed) H. C. Montgomery, Secretary to Government. (No. 375.) INDIA WITH IDOL-\TRV, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 491 (No. 375.) From T. V. Slovhomc, Esq.. Accountant- Ms. the Board of Revenue ----- .J 39,903 13 8 Trichinopoly, 15 August 1846. (E. E.) (True copies.) (signed) A. P. Onslou (signed) A. SulUcnn, Acting Assistant Accountant-general. (True copies.) (signed) H. C. Montgomery, Secretary to Government. (No. 625.) INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 493 (No. 625.) From Captain J. II. Bell, Secretary to the Board of Revenue in the Department of Public M'orks, to J. F. Thomas, Esq., Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George; dated 14 September 1846. Sir, Para. 1. I .■vm directed by the Board of Revenue, with reference to the orders of Government, as per margin,* to submit the acconij)anying letter from tlie Collector • No. 7;!:3. lUitiil of Tanjore.f soliciting a reconsideration of the authorized appropriation of the '^ J»l.v i^^^"- Tanjore devastanum surplus to purposes not connected with the province. inoo"'^'^ ^ ^*^* 2. Upon this subject the Board do not think it necessary to record their opinion, the arrangements for the distribution of the general surplus having been made independently of them by the Government, and they accordingly submit for such orders as may lie expedient, the representation of the Collector of Tanjore. (signed) /. //. Bell, Madras, 14 September 1840. SecV Bd. R. D. P. Works. (No. 1,038.) The Governor in Council sees nothing in the communication from the Collector of Tanjore, which accom]Kinied the above letter, to alter the orders contained in the Extract Minutes of Consultation, 14th July 1840, No. 733; those orders were passed in conformity with instructions received from the Government of India. (signed) E. P. Thompson, Fort St. George, 14 October 184G. Secretary to Government. (True copies.) (signed) //. C. JMontgomenj, Secretarv to Government. From Sir if. r'. Montgomery, Bart., Collector of Tanjore, to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue in the De])artment of Public Works, Fort St. George ; dated Tanjore, Tranquebar, 3 September 1840. Sir, Para. 1. The orders contained in the extract from the Minutes of Consultation of the 14th July 184G, sent to me with the Proceedings of the Board of the l!7th idem, have received my anxious consideration, and as Ibelieve the execution of these orders, as far as this district is concerned, will cause great dissatisfaction to the inhabitants of the Tanjore district, and that the orders are o])posed to a just recognition of the local claims of this important ])rovince to tlie funds ])urely al Collector, 15 Fehruar^-, in Consultation, 10 March 1842, para. .3. From Principal Collec- tor, 14 July, in Consultation, 28 July'lR42 ; aec further. Board to Government, 24 July 1843, extract from the Minutes of Consultation, 4 September, para. 6. recur to a more distant period. Rs. a. p. ]a38 2,486 8 18.19 10,622 9 2 1840 2,807 - 6 1841 15,.507 4 8 1842 8,711 - 4 1840 6,527 15 2 1844 6,6.35 1 10 1845 4,611 11 11 Total - 64,469 2 ,3 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH xMAllOMETANISM. 505 districts, in the return* furnished by the Accountant-jjoncral, in reference to ♦Made up to which the orders of the Supreme Government, 2()th September 1845, Mere issued. 30 June 1843. It will be for the consideration of Government whether, as regards the province of Madura, any deviation slioukl be permitted from the course prescribed in those orders, and whether the large sums in dej)Osit in that district shouUl be made over to the several trustees, with intent to their beting ai)plied to the objects referred to by Mr. Blackburne, but witliout any power on tlie part of the ofiiccTs of Govern- ment to ensure their being so appropriated; or whether they should be devoted to the purposes contemplated by the Su])reme Government, purposes of general utility and advantage, and in which the whole community are interested. It should further be observed, that if any departure from the orders of the Govern- ment of India be allowed in the case of the Madura devastanum funds, applica- tions of a similar nature may be expected from other districts, the whole question of the disjiosal of the surplus devastanum funds will be rc-opeucd, and the Govern- ment subjected to much embarrassment. 5. On the second of the questions mooted by the Principal Collector, viz. as to the disposal of the funds which have accrued from the devastanums in those zemindaries which have been under circar management, the Board had been in communication with Mr. Blackburne jirior to the receipt oi" the order of Go- vernment now under acknowledgment, and they direct me to submit the corre- spondence which has passed upon the subject. f The zemindaries in which these funds have accumulated, and the amount in deposit on account of each, are as under : — Shevagunga : Deposits on account of devastanums, situated within the Rs. a. p. zemindary, and managed by Zemindar . - - - 23,036 14 8 Deposits from Peramenoor, &c. Villages - - - - 5,216 4 3 Pramalie - ditto - ditto, by Puudarum - - - 10,067 6 9 39,220 9 8 Maroongapoory zemindary ------- 7,379 11 5 From other zemindaries in the Maroongapoory Talook ; viz. Comaravady, Veeramalay, Ramagherry, Thogamalay, jointly 5,524 2 7 52,124 7 8 0. The religious institutions in the Shevagunga zemindary, except the Pramalie devastanums, are stated to have been under the sole charge and control of the zemindars of that estate, until its sequestration in Fusly 1247 (a.d. 1837-38), when the devastanums were attached at the same time. They continued under the management of the officers of Government until the commencement of Fusly 1251 (a.d. 1837-38), when they were consigned to the care of trustees ; on the estate being surrendered by order of court to the zemindar in Fusly 1254 (a.d. 1844-45), the trustees made over to him the devastanums also, and these are now under his charge. The sums in deiiosit (Rs. 23,936. 14. 8.), are the excess of the income of these institutions above their expenditure, during the period of circar administration, or for the four years from Fusly 1247-1251 (a.d. 1837-38, 1841-42). 7. The Paramauoor deposits are those which have accrued in 44 i villages in the Shevagunga estate, which constitute the eiidownu'iits of certain pagodas at the town of Madura. These lands, and llie institution to which they are annexed, have always been managed by the zemindar, save during the sequestration of his estate + From Principal Collector, 31 August, in Consultation, 22 October 11140. From Principal Collector, 31 August, in Consultation, 22 Octolier IJMfi. Priici'e(liiij;s, 22 (Vlulior Ilt4(i. From Principal Collector, 17 Ni.veniljer 184(5, in Consultation, 14 January Ili47. 'I'o Principal Collector, 14 January 1047. Front Principal Collector, 22 January, in ('onsultation, I Feliruavv. 6ji. ■ 3 8" 5o6 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF estate from Fusly 1247 to 1251 (a.d. 1837-38, 1841-42). The deposits have accumulated during this interval. 8. The Pramalie devastanums were managed by the Sunnady Pandaram, or by his servant, the tamberam, until Fusly 1248 (a.d. 1838-39), when they were sequestered, in consequence of the malversations practised by the latter individual. They -were replaced under charge of the Panderam at the end of Fusly 1251 (a.d. 1841-42). The surijlus (Rs. 10,067. 6. 9.) is that accumulated during the inter- mediate term of Government management. 9. The religious institutions in the Maroongapoory and other estates in the talook of the same name, seem to have been under the control of the several zemin- dars, until their estates were attached for arrears of revenue in Fuslies 1225-26 (a.d. 1815,1816, 1817), and 1228, (a. d. 1818, 1819). The Maroongapoory zemindary, with its devastanums, has recently been restored to the zemindar ; the other properties are still under amanie management. The sui-]:)lus funds in these cases have been accumulating from Fusly 1226 (a.d. 1816-17), in the case of Maroongapoory, to the release of the estate in Fusly 1256 (a. d. 1846-47), in the remaining estates from Fuslies 1225-1226 (a.d. 1815-16, 1816-17), and 1228 (a.d. 1818-19), to the present time. 10. Of the sums mentioned in the last paras., amounting to Rs. 52,124. 7. 8., the Pramanoor deposits, Rs. 5,216. 4. 3., and those which liave accumulated in the devastanums in the five estates in the Maroongapoory talook, up to 1st April 1846, are included in the return of the Madura deposits (Rs. 80,195. 6. 10.) furnished by the Principal Collector to the Accountant-general, 25th of that month. The subsequent accumulations from the Maroongapoory devastanums, Rs. 3,239. 0. 2. and the entire deposits for the Shevagunga and Pramanoor devastanums (Rs. 34,004. 5. 5.), in all Rs. 37,243. 5. 7. have not been entered in that return. 1 1 . The Principal Collector has recommended that the Pranahie surplus, and that which has accrued on account of the davastanums in the Shevagunga and Maroongapoory zemindaries, and from the Pramanoor villages, be made over to the pandarum, and to the proprietors of tlie two estates respectively, as he does not think that it can, by any means, be considered part of the property entering into the resolution of Government of the 14th July last. He suggests that the surplus endowments in the four zemindaries still under attachment, be retained in deposit, until the course to be taken in respect to those estates be deter- mined on. 12. It does not occur to the Board, and Mr. Blackburne has not assigned any reason why a different course should be pursued in regard to the surplus funds of the native religious institutions in the Shevagunga and other zemindaries, from that to be followed in respect to the accumulations on account of tlie devas- tanums in the A in talooks. That the former class of establishments were, prior to their sequestration, administered by the several zemindars and pandarums respectively, and have recently been again placed under the management of those individuals, rather than under that of bodies of trustees, or that the endowments of those institutions in which the sums in deposit have accumulated may have been in great part originally conferred by the ancestors of the present zemindars. From Trincipal docs iiot, it appears to the Board, affect the question. The endowments are now 1840 '^''"^' ^^ ^^^' ^^"^ property of the several institutions, and the sums at present in deposit have accrued, after payment of all usual charges, whilst those institutions, and their endowments, were under the superintendence of the officers of Government. The same principle which has induced the Supreme Government to direct the appropriation of the devastanum deposits generally to objects of j)ublic utility and benefit, would seem equally applicable to those in Shevagunga and Maroon- gapoory, as to those in the ammanie portion of the district. Under these cir- cumstances the Board cannot support Mr. Blacklmrne's recommendation ; but they would suggest that these sums be made available to public purposes, and applied to the construction of works of general utility ; bridges, choultries, &c., preference being given to the localities which the devastanums in which they have accrued are situated. In Cons. 13. It will be seen, from the Principal Collector's letter of 31st August last, 22 Oct. 1846. ji^-^^ jc)3^ jIjj^j )j(,gjjps tlie sums in deposit in his treasury on account of the Sheva- ffunjira INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANIS.M. 507 gunga dovastarmms, tlioro is also a surplus to the amount of Rs. 4,193. 2. 10. to the credit of tlie chuttrums in that zemindary. The Principal Collector states that the zemindar has expressed his willingness to leave the administration of these charitable funds in his hands, and suggests, that till that power be recalled, they should be allowed to remain in deposit. The Board do not admit that the retention of these funds in charge of the Collector is a matter dependent on the pleasure of the zemindar. As, however, the chuttrums on which the funds have accumulated have been made over to the zemindar, and are now under his management, the Board see no objection to these funds continuing in the treasury, and being disbursed to the zemindar from time to time for any purposes connected with the institutions, the Princijial Collector being of course careful that they are duly applied to the objects intended. I have, &c. (signed) T. Pycroft, Revenue Board Office, Fort St. George, Secretary, 1 February 1847. (True copies.) (signed) H. C. Montgomerrj, Secretary to Government. Extract from the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue ; dated Revenue 22 October 1846. Department Read the following letter from the Principal Collector of Madura, dated 31st in Cons. August 1846, on the subject of the sums in deposit on account of the native Oct. 184G. religious and charitable establishments in the Shevagunga zemindary. (Here enter No. 193.) From ditto of the same date, respecting the stnidus in deposit on account of in Cons. devastanum endowments in the five polliums of the IVIaroongapoory talook. ^^ Oct. 1846. (Here enter No. 194.) The Principal Collector is requested to state whether the sums referred to in the foregoing letters, are included in the amount (Rs. 82, .^SO. 12. 10) which appears to have been returned by him to the Accountant-general, as the surplus remaining in deposit in his treasury on the 31st March 1846, on account of the pagodas or native religious institutions in the Madura district. It is observed, that in his letter to the Board of 1 5th Febniary 1842, para. 4, in Cons, the Principal Collector stated that the surplus on account of the Shevagunga ^° March 1842. zemindaries amounted, on the 1 1th July preceding, to Rs. 1,33,779. 1.5. 6., whereas the amount at present in deposit in his treasury on the same account is only Rs. 38,197. 8. 3. The Principal Collector will be pleased to favour the Board with explanation on this point. (A true extract.) (signed) T. Pycroft, Secretary. 621. 3S2 From lio Rs. a. P- lie 23,936 14 8 1 10,067 6 9 he 9,664 13 10 - 3,239 - 2 - 46,908 3 5 508 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF From T. Pycroft, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, to /. BlacUbiirne, Revenue Esq., Principal Collector of Madura ; dated Revenue Board Office, Fort St! Department. George, 14 January 1847. Sir, Both in Cons Para. 1. In your letters of the 31st August last on the subject of the surplus 22 Oct, IWG. ' funds in deposit in your treasury on account of the zemindary devastanums of your district, those accumulations were stated to be as under : — On account of the Shevagunga devastanums, exclusive of the chuttrum funds .-..--. On account of the Paramalie devastanums - - - On account of the devastanums in the five zemindaries in the Moorungapoory talook, to the 31st March 1846 On account of ditto from 1st April to 29th August Total - Of which amount you recommended that the sums in deposit on account of the Paramalia devastanums, and those in the Shevagunga and Maroongapoory zemin- daries in all Rs. 41,384. 0. 10., should be made over to the zemindars and to the pundarum respectively. 2. In their proceedings of the 22d October 1846, the Board requested to be informed whether the sums referred to in your letters formed part of the amount, Rs. 82,530. 12. 10,, or, deducting the probable expenditure required, Rs. 80,195. 6. 10. returned by you to the Accountant-general as the amount of the devastanum accumulations in deposit in your treasury on the 31st March 1846. In your reply of 17th November you answered, that " the sums, " the disbursement of which you had recommended, did not form part of that amount ; you stated, however, para. 3, that in that amount was included a surplus of Rs. 5,216. 4. 3. from the Pirama- uoor, &c., villages, endowments, Minatchie devastanum, &c., in the Sheva- gunga zemindary. 3. From the statement appended to your letter to the Accountant-general, it seems that the sum of Rs. 80,195. 6. 10. exhibited in the return sent by you to that officer, as already stated, does include Rs. 5,091. 7. 10., being the amount which had accumulated on account of the Maroongapoory devastanums up to the 31st March, and forming part of the sum (Rs. 7,379. 11. 5.) which in your letter of the 31st August last, you recommended should be surrendered to the Maroon- gapoory proprietor ; it includes also the surplus which had accrued on the devas- tanums in the four other zemindaries of the Maroongapoory talook, to the same date, and it also comprehends the surplus accumulated from the endowments of three chuttrums. 4. The Board now beg to call upon you for explanation on the following points : — 1st. Whether the sum in deposit on account of the Piramanoor villages, Rs. 5,216. 4. 3. forms a part of the deposit on account of the Shevagunga and Pramalie devastanums, given by you in your letter of 31 August at Rs. 84,004. 5. 5., and, if so, whether any further portion of this last sum is included in the amount returned by you to the Accountant-general. 2d. As to the nature of these Piramanoor accumulations, and the course which you would recommend in respect to them. 3d. As to the difference, as remarked above in para. 3, between the statement made by you to the Board in your letter of l7th November, and the memorandum appended to your letter to the Accountant-general of the 13th of the same mouth. 4th. As to the reasons why the surplus funds of chuttrum institutions not of a religious character have been included in your return to the Accountant-general of INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 509 of 25th April ; vlietlicr tlie funds of any other dioultrums than the throe named in your memorandum annexed to your letter of 13th September 184G have been entered in that return, and, if so, the names of sueh establishments, and tlie amount in de])osit on account of each. 5th. As to the parties at j)rcsent charged with the management of the pagodas, &c., in the four zemindarics of the Maroongapoory talook still under sequestration 5. As the Board have been called upon by Government for an early rej)ort upon the Madura devastanum surplun funds, they trust you will find no difficulty in supplying the information now required by the day after that on which you may receive tliis letter ; they request also that you will at the same time furnish a statement shoving at one view the amount in deposit in your treasury on account of the devastanums in each of the zemindarics of your district, distinguishing that pai-t of it included in the return sent from your office to the Accountant-general 25th April 184G, from that not so included. I have, (signed) Revenue Board's Office, Fort St. George, 14 January 1847. &c. T. Pijcroft, Secretary. (signed) (True copies ) T. Pycroft, Secretary. (No. 193.) From Mr. J. Blackburne, Principal Collector of Madura, to T. Pycroft, Esq., Secre- tary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated Madura, 31 August 1846. Sir, I HAVE the honour to transmit a memorandum of surplus funds in deposit in the Aladura treasury, to amount of Rs. 38,197. 8. 3.,* in favour of the religious and charitable institution in the Shevagunga zemindary, accumulated from the receipts of their endowments from 1247 to 1251, whilst under my control, after defraying all usual charges. 2. These endowments, with exception of Paramalie and four other devasthans, in possession of tlie pundarum, have ever been under the sole charge and control of the zemindar, and were sequestrated from him with the rest of the estate in Fusly 1247, whilst those Paraiuali(> and the other four were sequestrated in the following Fusly from the thumboran, a servant of the punbarun, because of his malvei-sations : at the commencement of Fusly 1251 (13th July 1S42) the former were consigned to the charge of two trustees, and the latter were made over to the Pundarum Sanady under the Governmentordcr of thel7th June, an don the transfer I expressly informed both parties I held the surplus in (]e])osit at their connuan I) 38,197 8 3 621. t To SlirviiniiiiLM Zoniimlai- - it-. L'-^.md 14 H To I'uiiduia buiiuady - - 10,0U7 C 3 S3 510 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SURPLUS Proceeds of the Landed Endowments of the Devastanums and Chittrums of the Shevagunga Zemindauy, in deposit in the Treasury of the Principal Collector of Madura, up to July, in Fusly 1235. Items. SuperiDtendiDg Parties. Pagodas or Chittrums. Amount. TOT.^L. TOTAL. Co.'s Rs. a. p. Co.'s Rs. a. p. Co.'s Rs. a. P- Pagoda of Theroocootigoor „ Theroopoolany „ Velapoongoody „ Allaghapoory „ Thur Nurray „ Auvidar Corel „ Cundattavee - - - „ Sailtoor Esweren - „ Ammen of Sailtoor „ Cunder Mumkan - „ Cuttooputtoo - - - „ Theroopoorannm - „ Vailengoody - - - „ Naga Moocoondengoody „ Vyce.ngoody - 13,328 3 7 6 - - 50 - - 768 13 4 468 2 7 7 - 1 402 7 9 437 - - 236 9 1 39 12 - 200 - - 1,625 3 2 430 8 - 162 10 7 59 10 - Pagodas - Zemindaries „ Theroomungana Veraver „ Putta Mangalum - „ Jhoovan - . - „ Sesevarnaswiren ,, Panangoody - - - „ Moreyoor - - . „ Ooroovattee Ammen „ Mattoor ... „ Singempoonary „ Soomeengoody „ Scontoo Jyands „ Voorniun Soorengoondy - „ Sevapoory ... „ Amachiar . . - „ Naicoopy ... 1,064 - - 213 - - 285 - - 150 15 - - - 10 671 3 6 89 - - 42 13 9 381 6 - 300 4 - 49 1 3 365 8 - 767 - - 294 10 2 301 - - 2.3,936 14 8* Pagoda of Peramalia ... 4,847 - 3 *- Thumbran - ■ „ Theroocalacoody - „ Concuagoody I „ Chitronaida Mungalum - Total Devastanums ... 2,405 6 7 1,818 10 11 996 5 - 10,067 G 9 1 34,004 5 ... . 5 Chuttrum of Aundapoorum „ Odianapoorum - „ Mungalum „ Peramagoody Nagappa Chitty - . 977 3 4 2,613 5 - 600 - - - 14 7 Chuttrums - •m m ~ Vadukoo Chuttrum ... ... 51 6 1 Chuttrum of Thundavaroya Pillay - ... 160 - - „ Veluchirry — — „ Theroopooranum . 47-9 „ Calea Nagherry . 113 13 3 - „ Madupoorum - _ Modam of Theroovada " " ~ 166 11 6 20 3 11 4,193 2 10 1 GRAND TOTAL , Items . - - 38,197 3 3 * This surplus is from receipts of proceeds from Fusly 1251 (a. d. 1842). t This surplus is from Fusly 1248 to a. d. 13 July 1842, Fusly 1261. (E. E.) Madura, 31 August 1846. (signed) J. Blackburne, Principal Collector. (No. 194.) INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. Ill CNo. 194.; From Mr. /. Blackburne, Principal Collector of Madura, to T. Pycroft, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George; dated 31 August 184G. Sir, I HAVE the honour to submit a memorandum of surplus funds in deposit in the Madura treasury up to the 31st March, to amount of Rs. 9,6C4. 13. 10, showing also the further amount received up to this date, viz., Rs. 3,239. 0. 2. in favour of religious institutions in five zemindaries* of tlie late Maroongapoory talook, accu- • Maroongapoorv mulated from receipts of their endowments from 122.5 to 1255, whilst under the Comaravady, Vee- nianagement of Government, after defraying all usual charges. hem- %'hoKjIUfa- 2. These endowments have ever been under the sole charge and control of the lay. respective zemindars, and were sequestrated, with the rest of their estates, for arrears of peshcush. As the Maroonga])oory zemindary has been recently restored to the proprietor, with the devastanuni endowments connected with it, I now beg permission to restore the surplus funds; viz. Rs. 7,379. 11. 5. f to him, as I do not think they can by any means be considered as property of Government, or ought to form jjart of the amount entering into the resolution of Government of the 14th July last. 3. As Coniara\Tidy and Veeramalay, two of the other four zemindaries, are still under Government management, I beg to suggest the surplus funds of the devas- tanums, viz. Rs. 4,042. 11. 4., be allowed to remain in deposit to meet any emergencies of the respective institutions, till the estates themselves are finally disposed of, as it niay be hereafter equally necessary to abandon their surplus to the respective zemindars, and to consider if the Collector's statement of 28th No- vember 1816, apparently silently acquiesced in, and the Government orders of 25th August 1845, are sufficiently final to warrant execution of their present orders as respects Ramgherry and Thomaloy. I have, &c. (signedj J. Blackburne, Madura, 31 August 184G. Principal Collector. MEMORANDUM, exhibiting tlie Surplus Funds of Devastanums in different Zemindaries of the latfl Marooxgapoouy Talook, included in tlio Deposits of 80,105 Rupees, up to 31st March 1840, as per Statement forwarded to the Atcountant-general on the 25th April, and of Surplus subse- quently accumulated from Ist April to '29th August. Fudly on Mhich the Estate tvas assuiueil. Names of Polliunis. Restored to the Zemindars : 1220 Maroongapoory -| Under Attachment : 122/5 - - Comaravady Names of Devastanuma. Maroongapoory Caroomalay Maniencoorchee Valanad- Pooroovay Oonegoor Pitthooconel - Covelputty Coiiiaruvady Covilmaidoo Manmoondy Amount. Rs. a. 401 14 5 468 14 10 1,892 13 11 280 13 11 667 14 3 1,208 8 9 26 12 3 83 11 6 60 9 8 124 1 - 307 2 11 TOTAL. Rs. 5,091 7 10 491 13 7 t Amount as per Statement sent to the Accountant-general on the 26th April - Amount since accrued ---......._ (continued) Rs. 6,091 2,2t!8 7 10 3 7 Rs. 7,379 11 6 021. 394 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Surplus Funds of Devastanums in different Zemindaries, &c. — conthitied. Fusly on which the Estate was assumed. Names of PoUiums. Under Attachment : 1226 - 1225 1228 - Veeramalay Ramagherry Thogamalay Names of Devastanums. Veerapoor Sevayam Maulacovil Ramagherry Thuudonkaul Thogamalay Amount. Rs. a. p. 2,221 8 11 1,070 5 - 258 15 10 51 - 11 345 12 10 Total Add Surplus from 1st April to August 1846 From the restored estate From other estates . . . Rs. 2,288 3 7 950 12 7 TOTAL. (E. E.) Rs. a. p. 3,550 13 9 396 13 9 133 12 11 4,573 6 1 9,664 13 10 3,239 12,903 14 - Madura, 31 August 1846. (signed) J. Blackburne, Principal Collector. (No. 248.) From Mr. J. Blackburne, Principal Collector of Madura, to T. Pycroft, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George ; dated Madura, 17 November 1846. Sir, In reply to the Board's proceedings of the 22d, received on the 28th ultimo, calling for further information on the subject of the surplus funds in deposit in favour of the native religious and charitable institutions in Shevagunga, and five polliums in the talook of Ramagherry, lately Maroongapoory, I have the honour to submit, that the sums, the disbursement of which to them was recom- mended by me, do not form part of the Rs. 80,193. 6. 10. (not Rs. 82,536. 12. 10. as shown in j'our letter) in the statement sent to the Accountant-general on the 25th April, which point is clearly shown in my letters under reference. 2. The amount of Rs. 1;33,77!). 15. 6. shown in my letter of the 15th February 1842 as surplus of the Shevagunga religious institutions, comprised the whole balance up to the 11th July preceding, including the deposits in the different institutions, the outstanding balance due from paddy contractors, value of grain that remained unsold, &c. The amount in deposit in my treasury was the accumulations from the surplus funds of the above institutions prior to relin- quishment of the devastanums and their endowments to the trustees. 3. It may not be out of place to mention here, that the sura of Rs. 80,195. 6. 10. includes a surplus of Rs. 5,216. 4. 3. from Peramanoor, &c. villages, endowments of the Meenatchee devastanums, &c., in the Shevagunga zemindary, as duly shown in a memorandum furnished to the Accountant-general on the 13th instant. I have, &c. (signed) J. Blachbunte, Madura, Principal Collector. 17 November 1846. (No. 19.) INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 513 (No. 19.) From Mr. J. Blackbiirne, Principal Collector of Madura, to T. Pycrqft, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Heveuue, Fort St. George; dated Madura, 22 January 1847. Sir, It was not till past dawk of the 20tli, that I had the honour to receive your letter of the 14th instant, requiring- comparison of statements, forwarded to the Board and to the Accountant-freneral, and detailed information respecting devastanum deposit:s in this collectorate, to be submitted by the day after that on which I should have received your communication, and trusting 1 should find no difficulty in so doing. 2. Mv shcrestadar died on the 20th instant ; my new sherestadar has proceeded to inspection of the salt-pans with my only assistant, who has never before been employed in such duty, and my head accountant is absent on a necessary leave for eight days, which circumstances will, I hope, explain any imperfections or deficiencies in the information recpiircd. 3. In specific answer to the queries contained in the 4th para, of your letter under reply, I beg'to inform you, — 1st. Rs. 5,216. 4. 3. in deposit on account of Paramanoor, Sec, villages, does not form part of the deposit in favour of the Shevagunga devastanums, to amount of Ks. 34,004. 5. 5. as shown in enclosure No. 1. of my letter of the 31st August 1846 to the Board. 2d. The above are accumulations from Fusly 1247 to 1231, both inclusive, from 44 A villages in the Shevagunga zemindary, made over for support of the Muiiatchy, &c. devastanums in Madura, sequestrated soon after, and re- stored with the rest of the estate, although the accumulations were still kept in deposit, and should be given up to the hereditary trustee of that institution. Before the sequestration of the villages, their proceeds were always supposed to have been made over to the pagoda by the Shevagunga zemindar, who administered the lands, like the rest of his estate, through his own servants. 3d. This same sum of Rs. 5,216. 4. 3, shown in the 3d para, of my letter to the Board of the 17th November, as accumulated surplus from the Parama- noor, &c. villages, is the same entered in the memorandum enclosed in my letter of 13th November to the Accountant-general, as Shevagunga zemindary devas- tanums, exclusive of " Pramalay, under management of the proprietor;" the difterence exists only in the inaljility of the Board to verify the item, under a somewhat diflferent denomination, and I am sorry I did not detect and correct the nonconformity. 4th. There are no other surplus funds of choultrums than the Rs. 149. 1.1. entered in the enclosure No. 1. of my letter of the 25th April to the Account- ant-general, and in the memorandum enclosed in mj^ letter of the 15th November to the same officer, and was so introduced because the chittrums of Samainelloor in Madacolum talook, and Calputty, in Cainaravady Pollium of Ramaghorry talook, wen; built and extended from the funds of the nominal chittrums of Valiaputty Polliums in Madacolum, and the chittrum funds of Comarvady Pollium, whilst the chittrum of Oomainputty, in Tlieroomungalum, is supported from the endowment of Thanapamoodeliar, to the Menatchee l^agoda of Madura Town. 5th. The administration of the devastanum lands of the polliums of Cama- ravady, Veramolay, Ramagherry and Thogamalay, is in the hands of the Collector, who pays over tiie net proceeds, according to a fixed rate of dis- bursements, to the respective poligars, who were constituted trustees in 1842, retaining any surplus for future repairs of the edifices, &.c. 4. Statement No. 1, herewith submitted, shows at one view the amount in depositin the Madura treasury, on the 31st March 1846, on account of devasta- nums in each zemindary, distinguishing the portionsincliuled in the Return of the 25th April to the Accountant-general, from that not included in it. I have, &c. (signed) J. Blackburne, Madura, 22 January 1847. 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Referring to the general question of the appropriation of the devas- tanum accumulations of the Madura district, wliich is adverted to in the first portion of the foregoing communication, tlie Most Noble the Governor in Council concurs with the Board of Revenue in the opinion expressed by them, that if any deviation is permitted in one district, the necessity for extending it to others will soon present itself, to the embarrassment of Government. On this subject, however, the orders of the Government of India are final, and cannot be set aside, and his Lordship in Council cannot discover that any sufficient reason has been adduced for re-opening the cpiestion. 2. In regard to the second question, relating to the surplus funds of the zemin- dary devastanums in the same district, his Lordship in Council entertains some doubts as to the right of Government to dispose of them to any purpose which is not sanctioned by the zemindars themselves. As at present informed, it would seem that the officers of Government held the zemindaries in trust for their respective proprietors, and were bound, therefore, to account for all monies received t'rom tliem, from whatever source derived ; and it does not appear, under this view, that the devastanum funds can form an exception. He requests, therefore, the Board of Revenue will reconsider tlie question in all its bearings, with reference to the foregoing observations, and submit the result of their further deliberations to Government at an early period. (A true extract.) (signed) H. C. Montgomery, Officiating Secretary to Government. (A true copy.) (signed) //. C. Montgomery, Secretary to Government. IJepirtinent. To the Most Noble the Marquis of Tweeddak, k.t. and c.b., Governor in Council, Fort St. George. The humble Petition of the undersigned Churchwardens of the Pagodas in the Zillah of Chingleput, Showeth, 1. That your Lordship's petitioners have learnt tiiat Government lately ordered the pagoda funds remaining in the Circar treasury up to the month of March last, to be laid out on certain )jubli<; works, and they have reason to believe that such an order was passed under an erronc.ous impression that those funds are tlie surplus revenues of the pagodas not required for their own purposes. 2. But your Lordship's petitioners beg leave to l»ring to tiie notice of Govern- ment, tjiai they are not actually suriilus fiimis, iiithoiigh they remained unex- pended in consequeuee of the churchwardens not being allowed to draw them without the permission of the Board of Revenue Since the pagodas were made over to your petitioners, they found that the buildings and velneles of the iusti- tutions in their respective charge are greatly in want of repair, and that other extraordinary charges also were necessary, whilst thev were only permitted to indent on the Collector for the amount of usual expen'diture. The cost oi' the repairs, &c. required for each pagoda would in many cases exceed the amount ^-•- 3T2 held 51 6 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF held in deposit on account of it, and if this is spent for other purposes, the churchwardens will have no other means left of preserving the pagodas from injury and dilapidation. 3. On hearing- the late orders, some of your petitioners applied to the Board of Revenue for permission to draw such portion of the funds as were required for the use of the pagodas, but their request was declined, without any inquiry as to the necessity of the j)nrposes mentioned by them. Your Lordship's petitioners, liowever, cannot persuade themselves that it can be the intention of Government to assign to other objects the funds that are urgently required for purposes immediately connected with the institution to which they belong, nor can they refrain from objecting to a measure so seriously affecting the interests of the pagodas entrusted to tlieir charge on account of the native community. 4. Your Lordshi])'s petitioners, therefore, most humbly and earnestly pray, that your Lordship in Council will cause inquiries to be made by the Collector of the district, as to whether the funds in de])osit are not required for the repair and other purposes of the pagodas (a detail of which will prolong this petition to an inconvenient length), and be pleased to order their due appropriation to such purposes as may be reported to be indispensably necessary. For which act of justice and benevolence your Lordship's petitioners shall ever pray. Durmakurtah of the Pagoda at Conjeeveram. Durmakurtah of the Pagoda at Tervulloor. Durmakurtah of Carnal Cheyumma Pagoda at Conjeveram. Durmakurtah of the Pagoda Teroomashee. Durmakurtahs of the Pagoda of Yacumbrasawmy at Conjeveram. Durmakurtahs of T. Yacumbarasawmy, in the Pagoda at Conjeveram. Durmakurtah of the Pagoda of Sungaparoomall Goody. Durmakurtah of the Pagoda of Vyavoor. Durmakurtah of the Pagoda of Madoorantakum. Durmakurtah of the Pagoda of Madoorantakum. Durmakurtah of the Pagoda of Terookutcheyoor, Durmakurtah of Terooporoor. Durmakurtah of Terooradundy. Durmakurtah of Streepermatoor. Durmakurtah of Culath Pettah. 31 August 184G. To the Most Noble the Marquis of Tweeddale, k. t. and c. b. &c. &c. &c.. Fort St. (ieorge. The humble Petition of the undersigned Durmakurtahs of the Pagoda of SreeDavoraja Swamy at Conjeveram, in the Zillah of Chingleput, Showeth, That your Lordship's petitioners were placed in charge of the said large pagoda about the close of the year 1842, when they were assured by the Col- lector that the revenues accruing from that period will be at the disposal of your petitioners, and that the funds remaining up to the end of Fusly 1251 will be held in deposit until further orders from Government. 2. Your petitioners accordingly limited the expenses of the pagoda to the amount of the ordinary incomes, and expected to receive such portion of the funds in deposit as may be required for the repair and other extraordinary pur- poses of the pagoda. They lately applied* to the Board of Revenue for an advance 18^''''"°'^*'' ^^^°^ *''''™ *^^"^^ hxn^h of 10,500 rupees, specifying the works for which it is required ; but the Board declined complying with their request, as will be seen by their endorsement herewith submitted. 3. Your petitioners are at a loss to know why the Board are unable to complj' with their prayer, whilst there are funds available for the extraordinary expen- diture of the pagoda, nor is it without great disaj)pointment that they learn that the Acting Collector has lately ordered some part of the funds to be appropriated to purposes not connected with the pagoda. Your petitioners beg to observe, that no INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. .-517 no portion of the current revenues derived from the time of the pagoda being placed under thtir management, can properly be withheld from them, and that the old funds in deposit ought not to be diverted to other purposes, when required for the immediate wants of tlie institution to which they belong. 4. Your Lordship's petitioners therefore most humbly and earnestly pray, that your Lordship in Council will consider the urgency of their application, as well as the impropriety of refusing to give the pasioda funds for its essential purposes, and be pleased to send early orders to the Collector of Chingleput to pay your petitioners the said sum of 10,500 rupees out of the funds remaining in deposit up to the period of Circar management, and to abstain from api)lying any portion of the revenues derived since the commencement of your petitioners' superintendence, to any purpose unconnected with the pagoda in question, as such a measure will be attended with great prejudice to its interests, and to the responsibility of your petitioners. For which act of justice your Lordship's petitioners shall ever pray. Madras, 22 August 1846. To the President and Members of the Board of Revenue. The humble Petition of Ragagooroo Coatusimne Caudanmam S'lodursana Fatachariar, Vencata Vieraragava Tatachariar and Gopullacharyar, Dhurniakurtahs of the pagoda of Sree Davaraja Swamy, at Conjeveram, in the Zillah of Chingleput, Showeth, That your petitioners are carrying on the ordinary ceremonies and festivals of the said pagoda, by receiving from the Collector the current revenues, but are unable to execute the necessary repairs, for want of which the pagoda build- ings are going to decay, and great inconvenience is felt by the want of two vehicles for the procession during the annual festival. The Collector would not pay any part of the sur])lus funds without your Board's orders. Your petitioners therefore respectfully solicit the favour of your Board autho- rising the Collector of Chingleput to pay them, out cf the funds in deposit in the Circar treasury on account of the said pagoda, up to Fusly 1252, the sum of 10,000 rupees, for the under-mentioned extraordinary works, which are very urgently required. For repairing the outer walls of the pagoda, parts of which are now in bad condition -- ._.--- For repairing the cooking and store-rooms, &c., llie posts and roofs of which are nearly falling down ------- For repairing the muntapiira at Big Conjeveram, where tlie Swamy halt during the annualfestival _..---- For repairing the radhum, and new ropes for it - For making plated vehicle of Sihma Vahanum and Valle Vahanum, at 2,000 rupees each --------- Total Ms. Rs. 1,500 2,000 500 1,500 5,000 10,500 For which act of favour and justice your petitioners shall ever pray. Conjeveram, 12 July 1846. 621. 3T3 (No. 1,344, 5i8 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF (No. 1,344, of 1846.) From Tej-agaroya Gooroodial and Teyagaroya Pillay, Durmakurtahs of Stree Maroondeaswarer Devastanum, in Teroocachoor, in Terooporoor Talook, in Chingleput, State, that the steeple and other structures of the above pagoda, as well as the car and other vahaniuns, are out of order, and require to be repaired ; pray that the surplus funds in deposit in the Circar be refunded them, so that the required repairs may be soon completed. (A true abstract.) 29 September 184e. (signed) S. Rangavaicooloo, Translator. To the Most Noble the Governor in Council of Fort St. George, &c. &c. &c. The humble Petition of Vandanta Charyer, Goomastah of the Durmacurtah of Stree VeraragavaSwamy Pagoda, at Teroovaloor, in the Zillah of Chingleput, Humbly showeth, No, 1235 of 1846. 1. That your Lordship's petitioner begs to submit herewith his application to the Board of Revenue for an advance of 6,800 rupees on account of the repairs of the said pagoda, together with their endorsement, stating that " under the recent orders of Government, petitioner's request cannot be complied with." 2. Your petitioner begs leave to observe, that it could not have been the in- tention of Government to appropriate the funds of the pagoda to any other purposes, to the prejudice of its own maintenance, and that such a measure would be a violation of the pledge made by the (collector when transferring the management to your petitioner's employer, that the funds of the institution will be paid to him without any reservation. Besides which, the fact of the build- ings and car of the pagoda being now in great want of repair, renders it incum- bent on the Government to provide for its execution, and thereby save the churchwarden from the blame of the Hindoo community, to whom it is a particular place of worship. Under tiiese circumstances your petitioner most humbly and earnestly prays, that your Lordship in Council will consider the urgency of his request, and the injustice of withholding the pagoda funds when required for its immediate wants, and be pleased to authorize the payment applied for by him. For which act of justice your Lordship's petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. Madras, 20 October 1846. (No. 1,415, of 1846 (l. s.), No. 2,276.) The petitioner is informed, that the surplus incomes collected after the restoration of the devastanum alluded to in this petition to the management of the durmakurtah, is of a trifling amount, and that the funds accrued anterior to that period cannot be disbursed without the sanction of the Board of Revenue. (signed) £. Malthy, Collector. Palicarny, 7 February 1846. (A true translation.) (singed) S. Rungavaicooloo, Translator. To INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAIIOMETANISM. 519 To the President and Members of the Board of Revenue. The humble Petition of Vadanta Chariar, Goomastah of the Dhurmacurtah of Stree Veera Baghava Swamy Pagoda, at Tervulloor, in the Zillah of Cliiugleput, Showeih, That your petitioner's master having heard that the funds remaining in the Collector's treasury on account of the different pagodas in the said district, were ordered to be spent on certain public works, he has directed your petitioner to represent to your Board, that tlie monej' remaining on account of the pagoda placed under his management is much required for its own use, and that no portion of it can be spared for any other works unconnected with it. 2. In proof of this fact, vour petitioner begs to submit for your Board's perusal, the aj)plication made by him to the Acting Collector in January last, and the endorsement passed by that officer, stating that the money in deposit cannot be paid without your Boards permission. 3. Your petitioner therefore respectfully solicits the favour of your Board, authorizing the Collector to pay him the sum of 6,800 rupees, out of the fund in question, for the under-mentioned purposes, which are indispensably necessary to keep the pagoda in good order. For repairing the gopooram or tower, and for replacing the calasums on its top ------------ For mending the engraved facing of the rungamuntapum or inner temple ------------ For repairing the vemaumin and pavement of the temple of the goddess --------- For repairing the small muntapum attached to the above - _ - For repairing the roof of the temples of Ramasawmy and Kistnaswamy, which is leaky ---------- For repairing the roof and pavement of the temple of Audall goddess - For mending and choonaming the north side of the outer walls of the pagoda ------------ For repairing the bathum or car of the pagoda - - - . - Total Rs. Rs. 2,400 450 540 460 750 400 1,000 800 C,800 For which act of justice your petitioner shall ever pray, Madras, 28 August 1846. Translation of a Tamil Urzy, addressed to E. Maltbj/, Esq., Acting Collector in the Zillah of Chingleput, &c. &c. &c. The hundjle Urzy of Teroopossoor of Soobaroy Chittyar, Shrotreaindar and Churchwarden of the Pagoda of Teeroovalmyore, in the Talook of Sydapett. I HUMBLY beg to represent to your honour, that a sum of about 3,500 rupees is required for daily padethanum, for purchasing certain utensils, for repairino- moolestanum and garbagruguni, &c., of Marooudasoovara Sawniyar, as well as the muntapum, walls and tank, &c., of Teagarajasawmyar, and for executing the repairs of Aslabandanut and the ceremonies of Kinbaleshakum. I therefore most humbly crave your honour's charitabh; moments will be pleased to pay the surplus amount, according to the revenue account, after deducting the t)2I. 3 T4 SUUH 520 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMEINT OF sums disbursed to the late shrotreamdar and church ivarden, named T. Moorooga- sawmy Chettyar, for the last annual festivals and puddethanums, &c., since the date of the above shortriam village was sequestered or brought under amany management, to enable me to perform the above repairs, &c. (signed) T. Soobaroy Cheltyar. Madras, 9 August 1845. To the Most Noble the Marquis of Tiveeddale, k. t. and c. b., Governor in Council, &c. &c. &c.. Fort St. George. The humble Petition of Teroopassore Soobooroy Chittyar, the Shodreamdar of Terovamboor, in the Talook of Sydapett, and Dhurmacurtha of the ancient Pagoda of that place, subject to Chingleput Zillah, Most respectfully showeth, That your Lordship's petitioner through an urzy, dated 6th August 1845, applied to the Acting Collector for the payment of the arrears in deposit due from the revenues of the said shodriam villages, merely towards the maintenance of the daily cuttahis, naivadearas, ointments, ofl'erings, &c. of the temple, and for the purchase of brass utensils, reparation of the great walls round the pagoda, together with its large tank, all of which being much impaired, and also for the securities of Astabundanam from its present state of utter defect, and perform- ance of Coombaheshagaum, as usual on such occasion ; but sorry is your Lord- ship's petitioner that his request was not complied wifh ; but an endorsement, dated 11th of that month, given by that officer, specif\ing that " as the surplus income, amounting to 600 and odd rupees, due up to Fusly 1251, on account of the devastauum alluded to in the urzy, was carried to deposit account under the orders of the Revenue Board, it will not be paid to the urzydar without the sanction of the Board." " A sum of 48 rupees is due to the late shodreamdar, from Fusly 1252 up to 1254, and besides this, a sum of 110 rupees, was not collected in the above village in the latter Fusly. If the urzydar applies for the payment of any sum not exceeding the above amount of 158 rupees due to him, order will be issued thereon." That your Lordship's petitioner was, in consequence, obliged to ajipeal to the Board of Revenue on the 13th August last, through his petition, giving cover to the above endorsement, praying that orders may be issued to the Acting Collector for the payment to which sum in question ; and they, in reply to this, furnished me with an endorsement, dated 28th of that month, 1846, stating., that " under the recent order of Government regarding the disposal of the surplus pagoda funds in Circar deposit, the Board of Revenue are unable to comply WMth the prayer of the j)etitioner." That your Lordship's petitioner, therefore, begs humbly to submit herewith enclosures No. 1 &. 2, granted by the Acting Collector and- Board of Revenue, as also No. 3 & 4, by Mr. Harwell, the former Collector, and Revenue Board, and also bv Government in the year 1794, which will exhibit to your Lordship in Council that the income of the village was appropriated for the above charitable institution. That your Lordship's petitioner, under the circumstance of the case, most earnestly entreats that your Lordship in Council will be pleased to take into your Lordship's mature consideration the points referred to, and direct the Board of Revenue to issue orders to the Acting Collector for the payment of the said sum of 600 and odd rupees, now in deposit, for the past Fusly, so that he may be enabled to maintain the aflairs of the pagoda uniuterruptedly, and to repair the buildings, which are in a dilapidated condition. That it is needless to your Lordship's petitioner to proceed further, as your Lordship in Council will be more fully convinced by the perusal of the enclosed documents, than your Lordship's petitioner can express, that the temple in question is at all times destitute of all means of support, save that of the only income INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANTSM. 521 incomo of the saiil shoilream, which M^a? originally allotted by GovL-ninient in 1794, for the important purposes of the saitl large and ancient pagoda, as appears bv the documents No. 3 & 4, herein submitted for the kind perusal and attention of your Lordship. Trusting, therefore, that his prayers may, at an earliest convenience, be granted, as your Lordship in Council may deem most expedient. For which act of justice, equity and charity, your Lordship's petitioner will ever pray. (signed) T. Sooboory Chitty. Madras, 14 November 1846. To the President and iNIembers of the Board of Revenue, kc. &c. &c., Madras. The humble Petition of Teroopassore Soobaroy Chittyar, the Shotreamdar of Teroovalmyore, in the Talook of Sydapett, and Churclnvarden of the ancient Pagoda of that Village, Most submissively showeth, That your petitioner most respectfully takes the liberty to bring the following observations to the consideration and attention of your Board, and trust the presumption at the same time to be pardoned. That on the ()th August 1845, your petitioner had presented an urzy to Mr. E. Maltby, Acting Collector in the zillah of Chingleput, requesting the payment of the arrears of sums due from the revenue of the above shotream village Tcroobalingore, merely for the support of the daily cuttaliero and naivathians, such as ointment and ofl'erings, &,c. and for the purchase of brass utensils, and reparation of the compound walls, &c. of the said temple and tank, &c. whicii, being much ruined and injured from its age, is also for strength .securing astabandanum from its present state of defect, and performing combag- heshagums usual on such occasions ; but, in reply thereto, the Acting Collector of the said zillah gave an endorsement on the back of the said urzy, stating that the sum of GOO rupees due to the said pagoda, was ordered by your Board to be deposited, and will not be paid to your petitioner unless by the sanction of your Board. On that account, and consequently, your petitioner humbly begs to submit herewith the original endorsement of the Collector, and a translation thereof, for your kind information and attention. That your petitioner, under the circumstance of the case, begs permission to solicit your Board will, in consideration of the points above referred to, which your petitioner doubts not hut your Board will feel indispensably necessary, be condescendingly pleased to issue an order to the acting zillah Collector of Chingleput, lor the payment of the remaining portion of the said sum of GOO rupees still standing due to the pagoda, to be made to your petitioner, .so as he may, at an earliest convenience, be able to have the said temph; and tank, Sec. Sec. repaired, as well as the daily ceremonies of the ointments and offerings, 8cc. conducted ; and as there was no proper or sufficient produce made in the village during tlic last Fusly 12;}."), the amount of 400 rupees paid by the Circar was scarcely sufficient even to provide for the only last annual grand feast of the pagoda alluded to, and by reason whereof your petitioner was then conq)elled to borrow and receive frcmi some of his friends or individuals, the sum of about ."JoO rupees, and defrayed the expenses requisite on such occasion, besides that of the daily and monthly ceremonies made from his own private purse from time to time, notwithstanding the sum of 140 rupees drawn from the Circar, as prescribed by the endorsement, out of the sum of I'lS rupees. For which act of equity and charity your hunii)le petitioner, as in dury bound, will ever pray. (signed) T. Soobooraij Chilli). -Madras, \'^ August 1«4G. 621. 3 U E.XTIi.VCT 522 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Extract of a Letter from the Board of Revenue, dated 26 November 1794. We also submit to your Lordship extract of a letter from the late Collector in the Northern Division of the jaghire, enclosing a petition received from Chinna Mootoo Chetty, who has applied for the village of Trevambore, in the Poonamallee purgunah, at a fixed rent, in order to support the religious ceremonies of a large and ancient pagoda, upon which it is represented his family have laid out considerable sums of money, and to which it was formerly given in shotriem. Having referred to the head cononger of the jaghire to state the period when it was thus granted, he has delivered in his certificate, by which it appears that this village was held as shotriem on account of the pagoda alluded to, and by the grandfather of the present applicant, until the year 1757 ; and as Government have always been desirous to support such charitable insti- tutions, we recommend that the village in question be granted to him at the fixed annual rent of GO star pagodas. (A true extract.) (signed) R. Clark. Extract of a Letter from Mr. Darmall, dated 10 November 1794. I TAKE this opportunity to hand to you copy of a petition received from Chinna Mootoo Clietty, applying for the village of Trevambore, in the Poona- mallee district, which he wishes to have at an annual rent of 40 pagodas, in order to perform the religious ceremonies of a large and ancient pagoda. I beg leave to inform you. that what he therein slates I understand to be true ; and the annual produce for the last 10 years has, on a medium, only been 58^ pagodas. I therefore beg leave to recommend his petition to your favourable consideration. (A true extract.) (signed) J. R. Lushington, Acting Deputy Secretary. Extract of a Letter to the Board of Revenue, dated 26 November 1794. Tn consideration of the great expense which the family of Chinna Mootoo Clietty are represented to have incurred on account of the ancient pagoda at Trevambore, in the pui-gunah, and as it appears that the grandfather of the petitioner held it as shotriem till the year 1757, we approve of its being granted to Chinna Mootoo Chetty at the fixed annual rent of 60 star pagodas. (True extract.) (signed) Robert Clark, Secretary. Pehwanah granted by the Right Honourable Lord Hobart, President, Governor, &c. in Council of Fort St. George. Bk it known to the present aumuldar and to all succeeding aumuldars of the purgunah of Poonamallee, in the Honourable Company's jaghire, that the village of Trevambore, in the abovesaid purgunah. granted in perpetuity to Trijiassoor Ciiinna Mootoo Clietty, and his heirs, as a shotriem, at the rate of 60 pagodas per annum, free from all charges, for the support of the charity of Marandeeson Pairoda, in the said village, the passooms and usual allowances to such as are entitled to them to be paid separately by iiim. The said Tripassoor Chinna Mootoo Chetty, binding himself to promote and to increase the cultivation of INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. .523 of the said village of Trevamboor, with the concurrence of the inhabitants thereof. The kistbundy of the above shotriem rent is as follows : First kist, due on the 1st day of October of every year - 20 - - Second ditto ditto - 1st day of January - ditto - 20 - - Third ditto ditto -- 1st day of April - - ditto- - 20 - - Pagodas 60 - - In witness whereof, we, the President and Council aforesaid, have set our hands, and caused the seal of the Honourable Company to be affixed, in Fort St. George, this .'jth day of December 1794. (signed) Hobarl. Saunders. E. H. Fallofield. Entered in the Secretary's Office, by the order of the Right honourable the President in Council. (signed) Robert Clark, Secretary. To the Right Honourable the Governor in Council, Fort St. George. The humble Petition, most respectfully addressed by the Hokdars of Tervo- mala, Naick and other Catlay Institutions in the Pagoda of Meenatchv Soonderaismeral, at Madura, Showeth, The late Carnatic rulers and other native gentlemen laid out considerabli' sums in erecting pagodas, made endowments for their maintenance, and conferred them in donation on the petitioners' ancestors, in view of their charitable insti- tutions being well managed and supported. Ever since, the petitioners" ancestors successively continued to conduct the Catlay institutions with every responsibility in their power, the fact of which would a])pear evident from a reference to the report submitted by Mr. Ilurdis to the Revenue Board in Fusly 1212, when that gentleman had investigated and ascertained the claims of the petitioners to the aforesaid institutions. From the said Fusly, the British Government took upon themselves the management of the villages attached to tlie said institutions, and continued, up to tlie Fusly 1227, to pay the petitioners, once in every year, the proceed? of the villages, after deducting therefrom the poroopoor assessment. In Fusly 1228, the Government determined a portion of tiie annual proceeds, at 10 per cent., to be saved in every year for niaramut, and for supplving in years in which there shall be no proceeds, and the remainder portion to be paid for conducting the said institutions, and it is accordingly going on from tlial Fusly. The petitioners a])plied to Messrs. Peter and Viveash, the late Collectors of this zillah, for surplus funds in amount which accumulated up to Fusly 12;}7, but no redress having been granted, they aj)pealed to the Revenue Board in jjctitiou No. 1,191, in which tiiey claimed for the recovery of the surplus funds, and the villages attaclied to the institutions, or that the wiiole of the annual proceeds of the villages should be pnid to them, after deducting tlierefrom tlie porooj)or assessment. In the endorsement furnislied by the Collector on tiie 20th .luly !«;?.">, with reference to the aforesaid petition, he has specified that the sur])lus funds in amount were not taken to tlie account of Government, and that the charilablc institutions shall be prospered now and then, as tiie proceeds of the villages rnav direct. This endorsement had been confirmed by the Revenue Board on the 21sr August of the said year. It was accordingly, on petitioners' applications, supplied for maramut and other additional charges of the institutions. On dispensation by the British 621. 3 u 2 authorities 524 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF authorities with the general superintendence of the devastanums, Sec., in Fusly 1252, the petitioners, who .ire proprietors of the Catlay institutions, of which they are hukdars, presented a petition to the Principal Collector on the 20th July 1842, requesting that they must be paid direct from the Circar, and the Collector, in his endorsement on that petition, stated that tlie surplus funds in amount shall be paid for maramut, and other necessary charges of the Catlay institutions. The petitioners were given to understand, that in an order issued to the manager by the Principal Collector, on the 12th July 1842, with reference to your Lordship's sanction, dated the 17th June 1842, the Collector has mentioned that surplus funds shall be paid for the purposes above alluded to, and money was accordingly supplied, and repairs have been made. The surplus funds which accumulated from Fusly 1228 to 1237 had been embezzled by the late cash-keeper. Tlie piititioners were, however, in firm hopes that the Government will pay for the same, and also give up the surplus funds which accumulated from Fusly 1238. The petitioners since came to understand that an order has been received from higher autliorities, to make over the villages attached to the Catlay institutions to the proprietors or hukdars thereof, and that a subsequent order has been received, directing to remit to Madras the surplus funds in amount for tlie charity school there. On the 24th August 1842, the petitioners moved the Principal Collector on the subject, and he furnished them witli an endorsement, stating that he has been directed by higher authorities to remit to Madras a sum of 80,000 rupees from the surplus funds of the devastanums, and directing the petitioners to have recourse to them. The petitioners have not omitted to bring this to the notice of the Revenue Board ; but thinking that it would cause a great delay in submitting this petition to your Highness upon their endorsement, the petitioners have dare ventured to trouble your Lordship with this address previously, in ardent hopes of obtaining redress. The petitioners therefore most earnestly entreat your Lordship will be graciously pleased to order the surplus fiiuds of the devastanum to be put in their possession, without being appropriated for the use of the schools, and to make over to them the village attached to the Catlay institutions, after receiving the poroopoo assessment thereof annually as usual. This act of boon will be meritorious in the sia'ht of Almightv, and even bind your Lordship's petitioners ever to pray for your long life and prosperity. Madras, 23 September 1846. To the Right Honourable the Governor in Council, Fort St. George. The humble Representation of Sawmynada Butter and others, and Shenmoyac Soondra Buttra and otiiers, the Stanecals or Proprietors of Menatchy Soon- deraisworals Pagoda at Madura, Most respectfully showeth, 1. The advantages of the native pagodas in India are well known to the British autliorities. 2. Tlie late rulers had the pagodas under their management, and supported them, and accordingly the British Government had general superintendence of the pagodas, and continued supporting the same up to Fusly 1251. But from Fusly 1252, the British authorities have dispensed with the management, and vested the same in the proprietors of the pagodas ; but, however, they hold management of the villages attached to the devastanum, and pay the amount of tusdeeks to the trustees of the pagodas through the manager, from the proceeds of tlie villages. 3. The Principal Collector, in his orders issued to the manager under date the 12th July 1842, with reference to your Lordship's sanctio)i, dated the 17th June 1842, has expressed that the surplus funds of tlie pagoda institutions in amount shall be paid for the use of the institutions. 4. The INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. f^iS 4. The Principal Collector has likewise expressed the same in liis endorsc- Tnents of the iotli July 18:55 and i21st July 1842, on the two difll-rent petitions, viz. one presented to him, and tlie other addressed to tlie Hoard of Revenue by tlie hukdars of Teroomala Naiks, and other Catlay institutions attaclied to this devastanuni. 5. The endorsement of the Principal Collector bearing- tiie antecedent date, viz. 20th July 1835, has been duly approved of b}' the Board of Revenue on the 21st August 1835 ; and, as jn'ovided in Regulation VH. of 1817, the British Government continued doing justice by causing the cliaritable endowments to be paid for the purposes for which they were destined. 6. The petitioners are given to understand, that in the treaty existino- between the Nabob and the British Government, tlie latter have agreed to support the charitable institutions according to mauinool. 7. It has hitherto been customary to supply, from the surplus funds of endowments in amount, for any beneficial and important purposes, such as jade- bundanum and astabundanum, as well as for maramut, and for anv additional charges in the ])agoda. Tlie surplus funds have in consequence been saved in amount for the purj)oses of the description above referred to. 8. The petitioners are now given to understand, that the surplus funds in amount are about to be sent to Madras for the use of the charity schools there. The petitioners presented a petition to the Principal Collector on the 24th August 1846 on the subject, and the Collector furnished them with an endorseujent, stating that he has been directed by higher authority to send 80,000 rupees from the said fund for the use of charity schools, and advising the petitioners to make their address to the Board of Revenue. 9. The petitioners have not omitted to bring this to the notice of the Revenue Board ; but thinking that it would cause a delay to submit this petition to your Lordship upon their endorsement, the petitioners have presumed to make their humble address previously to your Lordslvip, in hopes of obtaining redress. 10. It is now required 40,000 rupees for jadebundanum and astabundanum, to be celebrated for Munatchy, and Soonderaiswera Swamees, and considerable sums for other special purposes. The petitioners then^fore most submissively request your Lordship will be graciously pleased to order the surj)lus funds to be paid for the said purposes, without being appropriated for the use of the schools. This act of boou will be meritorious in the sight of Almight}', and even bind your humble petitioners ever to pray for your Lordship's long- life and prosperity. Madras, 23 September 184G. To R. G. Clarke, Esq., Deputy Secretary to Government, Sec. &c. &c., Fort St. George. The humble Petition of \'oloyoodah Pillay, of Poorian, of Tranquebau District, Attorney of Raniapillay of Fandanalloor, Churchwarden of a Paroomaul Pagoda in the district of Cottahlum, under the Collector of Tanjore, Humbly showeth, Ramapillav, from tlie time of his ancestors, was churchwarden of tiie said Anthecasava Paroomaul Pagoda, proctured chariot, and silver gold things, as well as useful things, for ujjwards of 4()() rupees, and conducted the charity for many years ; and in Fusly 1221, when the Government took charge of all the church business, Ramajjillay delivered all the accounts, jewels, &c., belouijing to tiie churches to tiie then Collector; and in l-'usly 1252, when the Government ordered to deliver the church, and other business attached to it, to the respective churchwardens, this order came to the Collector, who delivered the cluireh business to Ramapillay. But the taiisildar of Cootahlum, named .Soobliairyer, upon receiving bribe, appointed three arbitrators in one and the same caste, con- trary to the regulation, viz. ('liiMluubarapillav, his cousins, Cliiinaj)asoorpathe- apillay antl Cliokabiuguuqiilla}', and whose conduct was not proj)er, and stole gold and silver things amounting to 80 rupees, which was brought to investiga- 621. 3^3 tion 526 PAPERS ON CONNEXIOiV OF THE GOVERNMENT OF tion and proved, and after they gave a mooclilikali to refund the money (80 ru- pees) in 15 days, which was not performed. Besides, one Chedumbrapillay committed a robbery, which was proved, and 18 rupees fine was imposed upon him by the Sub-collector of Tanjore, Mr. Cotton. Ramapillay considered the conduct of the said three arbitrators, and thought it proper to discharge them. I therefore beg to observe, that on the 14th ultimo I presented a petition by tappal to the Go\ernor in Council; and as no order was given, I humbly request vour honour will be pleased to pass an order on the subject. We applied to the Board of Revenue on the occasion on the 8th May last, and they made an endorsement, stating that they cannot interfere in the matter until the receipt of further instructions from Government, and which is herewith enclosed. 1 request your honour to write to the Collector of Tanjore, to examine all the accounts and documents delivered by Ramapillay to the Collector in Fusly 1221, and to deliver the pagoda over to me, removing the said arbitrators. Your petitioner's ancestors having established the charit}^ for a long time, he requests your honour will be pleased to order the Collector of Tanjore to deliver over to rne the churchwardenship of the said pagoda. (signed) Valaijooapillay, 2 October 1846. Attorney for Ramipillay. To the Most Noble George Marquis Tweeddak, g.c.h.. Governor in Council, Fort St. George, &c. &c. &c. The humble Petition of Valayethen Pillay, of Pooriar, of Tranquebar District, Attorney of Rama Pillay, of Pandanallour, Churchwarden of a Permal Pagoda in the District of Coottalum, under the Collector of Tanjore, Most humbly showeth, That Rama Pillay, from the time of his ancestors, was churchwarden of the Permal Pagoda Antheacasaven, and procured chariot, and silver gold things, as well as the usuable things, upwards of 400 rupees, and condeded the charity for many years; and in 1821 Fusly, when the Government took charge, all the church business, Ramah Pilla)^ was delivered all the accounts, jewels, &c. &e. belonging to the church to the then Collector of Tanjore; and 1852 Fusly, when the Government ordered to deliver the churches and other business attached to it to the respective churchwarden, came to Collector, and who delivered church business to Ramah Pillah ; but the tahsildar of Cothalum, named Soobaroyer, upon receiving some bribe, appointed three arbitrators in own caste or relation, in contrary to the regulation appointed, namely, Chettenbara Pillay, Sinnay Pasaputhea Pillay, and Chocolingurn Pillay, and whose conduct was not proper, and stolen gold and silver things amounting to 80 rupees, which was brought into investigation, proved, and after they gave an agreement to refund to the 80 rupees in .")0 days, wliich was not performed, and also one Cheitembra Pillah, one of the arbitrators, made some robbery, which was proved, and 18 rupees fine was but by the Collector of Tanjore, John Cotton, Esq. Ramah Pillay, in consequence to not like the conduct of the above three arbi- trators, and thanked proper to discharge them. I will therefore request your Lordship to write to the Collector of Tanjore, to examine all the account and documents delivered by Rama Pillah to the Collector in 1821 Fusly, and direct him to appoint me only churchwarden. Your Lordship, in doing this charity, and ordering to examine all the accounts that was delivered by Rama Pillah, 1821 Fusly. Your petitioners' ance=tors done these business longer. We hav'e applied to the Board of Revenue on the occasion on the 8th May 1846 ; their answer is as follows : " The Board of Revenue cannot interfere in this matter until the receipt of further instructions from Government.'" Your Lordship, in doing this charity, shall be so great favour done to the family, shall ever pray. Madras, 15 September 1846. To INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. ,527 To Sir //. C. Mo)2trjoiiicry, Bart., Officiating Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, &c. &c. &c. The humble Petition of Valaytha Pillay, ol' Pooner, of Tranquebar District, Attorney of Rama Pillay, of Piindanullore, C^liurchwarden of a Peroomal Pagoda in the District of Coottaluni, under the Collector of Tanjore. Most humbly showeth. That Rama Pillay, from the time of his ancestors, was a churchwarden of the Peroomul Pagoda Anthecasavasawmy, procured chariot, and silver gold things, as Avell as the usuable, upwards of 400 rupees, and conducted the charity for many years; and in 21 Fusly, when the Government took charge all the church business, Rama Pillay was delivered, all the accounts, and jewels, &c. belonging to the church, then Collector; and in 52 Fusly, when the Government ordered to deliver the churches and other business attached to it to the respective church- wardens, came to Collector, and who delivered church business to Rama Pillay; but the tasildar of Coottalum, named Soobrayer, upon receiving bribes, appointed three arbitrators, named Chetluimbara Pillay, and his cousin Chinapasoopathea Pillay, and Chocalinga Pillay, in contrary to the regulation in the said church, whose conduct were improper, and were stolen gold and silver things amounting to 80 rupees, which brought into investigation and jjroved, and after, they gave an agreement to refund the said 80 rupees in 15 days; and also one Chittumbra Pillay was stolen the wood tliat was belonging to the said church, which was proved, and 18 rupees fine was nominated by Sub-collector of Tanjore, John Cotton, Esq. Rip to this time. 3. ^^'hen the said davastanums, in Fusly 1252, were placed under our manage- ment, the Circar ordered us to take money from them for poojahs, and ofl'eriugs for jiagodas, according to the average money of 10 years, and that extraordinary expenditure Avould be authorized on the ])roilucti()n of estimates of expenses of cooinbabeshagum, &c. for pagodas. But the excessive expenses attendant on coond)abeshagums, Sec. not being included in the accounts of 10 years average money now preijarcil bv the Circar, petitioner iuis submitted a regular account tor a triHiug account regarding the necessary repair of the pagodas, fcc. in certain davjtstanums. According to the general order, the tahsildar examined the account, and forwarded it to the Collector, that money should be paid to us. On this sul»ject we presented five or six petitions to the Collector, but that gentleman informed us that the matter had been communicated to the Board of 021. jX Revenue, 530 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Revcnun, and on tlie receipt of their orders, jiayment shall ])C made to ns. To this eft'ect petitioner submitted another ))etition to the Collector, in November last, but an order was given that it should be communicated to the Board. 4. As the said Guanasundiundapundara Sunnadee continues to perform the charitable afl'airs in several couutries, leading- a life of recluse, he himself appoints abbots to the said i;? davastanums for the management of their affairs. ]t is now three years since I had jjroduced regular accounts for the necessary raaramut, works, S:c. of the j)ag-odas in davastanums, such as ^^aloor Sreanlee, Torvopoovanuni, &c., but no order was issued for the payment of money. As there had been rain for two or three years, the said [)agodas were much ruined, and increased the aforesaid i-egular account to greater e.\tent. Petitioner begs also to represent to your Board, that the said davastanums to which austapen- danumand coombabeshagon ceremonies had long before been performed, require the same ceremonies to be executed again. If an early order be not passed, very dangerous consequences would ensue to the above-mentioned davastanums. Every llindco will speak of the neglect of the churchwarden leading a religious life, and not of that of the Circar's payment of money as soon as a regular account was produced. 5. As petitioner had, after deducting the expenses incurred from the incomes of the respective pagodas, laid out occasionally the remainder for the excessive charges of teroopoovanum, coombabeshagum, &c. attendant of pagodas, and the incomes now in charge of the Circar not being paid, the tower and muntapum formerly erected at the expense of a considerable money, have been ruined, but it is likely that dangerous events would happen in consequence of obstacles being thrown to coombabeshagum ceremony of the pagodas. It is therefore just that (iovernment should, according to the principles of just and equitable rules, restore to the respective pagodas their property in every davastanum, but shall also authorize payment of the money in deposit until Fusly 1251. G. Petitioner, in consequence, humbly prays your Lordship in Council will be graciously pleased to issue immediate instructions to the Board of Revenue to pay us the monev due from Fusly 125 2, when the davastanums were made over, to the present Fusly, in order that we may perform coombabeshagum, &c. for the pagodas, which ought to be done necessarily. On this subject manager of the mut or religious house is attending the Board, on presentation of a petition. In doing this act of justice and indulgence, your petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. January 1847. (No. 140, of 1847.) From Vydeleno-um, of Valoor, Sumga Pillay, &c. Merassidars and Merchants^ of the Zillah of Tanjore, Represent, that they were given to understand that the surplus funds of the davastanum revenue are ordered to be appropriated for other purposes. State that they are dissatisfied with this order. Pray that the funds thus accumulated may be ordered to be paid to the institution to which they belong. 26 January 1847. (A true abstract.) (signed) -S'. Ruvganaicooloo, Translator. To Lieut.-General the Most Noble George Marquis of Twceddale, k. t. and g.c. h.,_ Governor in Council, Fort St. George. The humble Memorial of Ganasumbunda Tundara Sunnedy, Churchwarden, &c. of Pa"-odas, and resident of Daramapoorum, subject to the Province of Tanjore, by Vakeel Soobramoma Jyen, Most respectfully showeth, 1. That, in consequence of the serious injury and damages occasioned to the above pagodas, goopoorums, of towers and other buildings thereof, your Lord- ship's petitioner made his repeated applications to the Collector, soliciting him. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANIS^r. 531 to order the payment of a sum for the main purpose of repairing the said davastanums, which had accumulated between Fuslies 12.")2 iind 12.jG, subse- quent to the delivery of the management of the davastanniii to voiir Lordship's petitioner; but as he lias been unablcd to any redress, tlian a verbal answt-r that lie has made a communication to the Board of Revenue on the subject of your Lordship's petitioner's case; but the buildings of the davastanums redueino- are to a more miserable state of repair, your Lordsliip's petitioner was forced to make a petition to the Board of Revenue, requesting to allow him the surplus of the davastanum fund, amounting to Rs. (!."), f);]f). li., which amount had been accumuhited between Fuslies 12.")2 and l-2:>tj, subsequent to the delivery of the management of the davastanums for your Lordship's petitioner, and at present held it in deposit of the Collector's treasury of Tanjor(\ to be devoted to the benefit of the churches; but to your Lordsliip's jietitioner's sorrow it was returncil with an endorsement,* luider date the 13tli January 1847, " that it is i Enclosed herein, not in the power of the Board to authorize the disbursement of the surplus davas- tanum fund now in deposit ;'' therefore your Lordship's petitioner craves leave to state that the sum of ().'i,!»39 rupees, and annas 6, as being an accumulation subse- quent to the delivery of tlie management of the davastanums to your Lordship's petitioner in Fusly 1252, from tlu! ])roduce of the lands and topes, kc, save an exception of the turoovas or tax thereon assessed, which sum has been regularly collected and carried to the credit of the Covernment. 2. It is also necessary for your Lordship's petitioner to bring to your Lord- ship's notice that there is a further sum of 1,77,130 rupees, and annas 2, in the deposit, which luul been accumulated I'rom Fuslv 1221 to Fusly 1251 , or previously to the delivering charge of the management of davastanums for vour Lordship's petitioner, and he has now only claimed tlie former sum of G5,!)3i) rupees, and annas (J, for commencing the ri'pairs of the churches; and if his claim will appear for your Lordship in Council to be just and rtasonal)le, your Lordship's petitioner considers that there can be no wrong in ordering the payment to him for (commencing the necessary I'cpairs, nor will it \)yovc any injury on the jiarf. of the Circar, not at all. 3. It is further necessary to state, that these davastanums and towers, liaving binlt by the ancient ruling powers at a very large and inestimable expenses, i( the proposed repairs are not forthwith commenced, there will occasion an irre- parable loss and ruin for the davastanums, &e. 4. Now suppose the Covcrnment has no inclination for building new churches, nor for extending the old churches, your Lordship's petitioners consider it their duty to keep tlie old churches in good and pcjrfect order, and oreserve the charity ; it will seem lawful for your Lordship in Council to order the ])aymcnt of Rs. 05,fi3!>. 6 annas, claimed by your Lordshijj's petitioner, for the ])iirpose of repairing the davastanums, &c., from their surplus funds. o. As the sum now claime^'^^> Esq., Under-Secretary to the Government of India, in the Home Department, to H. M. Elliot, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India with tlie Governor-General; dated 22 Mav 1847. Sir, I AM directed to transmit, for tlie information of the Right Honourable the Governor-general, the accompanying copy of a despatch from the Government of Fort George, dated the 29tli ultimo, together with a copy of my reply of this date, wherein the President in Council has deemed it his duty to express his dissent from tlie proceedings of the Madras Government, sanctioning tlie appro- priation of nearly four-fifths of the surplus pagoda funds in deposit in the public treasuries under that Presidency, to purposes of general provincial education, and to request that the orders on this subject of the Most Noble the Governor in Council be re-considered. I have, &c. Fort William, 22 May 1847. (signed) P. Melvill, Under-Secretary to the Gov^ of India. (No. 4C1.) IIoiiii- Dcpnitmenf. From P. JMclriU, Esq., Under-Secretary to the Government of India, to Sir l-fgislatiTc. yy^ Q ]\Iontgomery, Bart., Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George; dated 22 May 1847. Sir, I AM directed by the President in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. No. 533, dated the 29th ultimo, and its several enclosures, reporting the proceedings of the Government of Fort St. George, respecting the discontinuance of all interference on the part of public officers with native; religious institutions, the transfer to managers of the lands belonging to them, and ihe disposal of the surplus funds in dei)osit in the Government treasuries to the credit of those establishments. 2. AA'ith reference to those parts of the correspondence in which it is stated that the pro])ose(l appropriation of the surplus funds is in conformit}' with the directions of the Supreme Government, the President in Council remarks, that the instructions conveyed in para. 29 of my letter of the 20th of September 1845, founded on ])aras. 47 and 48 of the despatch from the Honourable the Court of Directors to the Government of Fort St. George, dated the 9th May 1838, con- templated the application of the surplus, after providing for ceremonies and repairs, and all olijccts required by the terms of the original endowment, to pur- poses INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, Ol{ WITH xMAIIOMETANISM. r^. poses of gencr.il utility, preference being given to the neiglibourliood of the locality from whicli the fund was derived ; and the education of tlie people was described as the most legitimate object to which the deposit should be devoted • but, by the resolution of the Madras Government, dated 14th July 1846, the large sum of eight lacs, out of 10 lacs and 80,000 rupees, has been ordered to be transferred by the Aeeountant-general to the general education fund of the Presidency, for the purjjoses of education in the j)rovinees, without any specific reference to the five districts, from the temple endowments of which the sum has been collected. 3. In Tanjcre the surplus funds anu)unt to 4,85,f;.")G, and only 80,000 rupees has been directed to be appropriated under the orders of the Board of Public Works to jiublic works in that district, with regard to which the Collector, iu his report dated the :]d Septeudier last, states as follows : — •' Out of the entire sum whicii it is stated is in deposit on account of the pagodas, in the five districts where these institutions are most exiensivi- (4.8."),0."»r) rupees), nearly one-half is the jiroperty of Tanjore, to which the people of Tanjore alone have just right. To ap])roi)riate any portion of this sum to purposes, however excellent in themselves, beyond the province, for the exclu- sive benefit of other communities, is to deprive this jiroviiicf of its property. To tlie approi>riation of a jxntion of these funds to educational purposes, I do not mean to object : biit I contend that a great dissatisfaction will ensue, and with reason, if the condition with which that apjirojiriation is suggested," viz. that " preference be given as to the locality where the surplus is to be expended to the neighbourhood from which it is derived," be departed from, and I'anjore made mainly to contribute to the general education fund of the Madras Presidency, and to provide from its richness for the wants of other countries. " The appropriation of any portion of these funds to education, even within this district, will by many be disapproved of. but still the benefit of the province will be fully recognized, and many will perceive the advantages, 'i o transfer their property to a general fund will he repugnant to all the inhabitants, and create in the minds of all a suspicion and distrust of the intentions of Govern- ment, w Inch no future act will efi'ace. How much soever may be done towards education, there will remain the impression that their due share has been cur- tailed, and that others are reaping benefit at their expenst-. " That nuich has already been done towards the improvement of Tanjore, in comparison with other countries of the Madras Presidency, is not to be denied ; but that it has contributed, in more than equivalent proportions, to the nuiin- tenance of Government, must be admitted, and its peculiar features and circum- stances require more artificial improvements than do other countries. " The ver}- facts that more has been done, and that a large pro])ortion of th(< benefits has been conferred by local fnnds, have made the community regard these funds as peculiarly their own, as inalienable for purposes beyond tlieir attainment, annt. 15 July 1847. Sir, Para. 1. I am directed to acknowledge your letter of the 22d May, received l.)th June, and to state, tliat the Most Noble the Governor in Council has again had under his consideration the orders of the Governor-general in Council of the 2()th September 184.5, para. 10, for the disposal of the surplus pagoda funds at this Presidency. 2. I am instructed to observe, in tlie first place, that, should the Government of India, on further consideration, deem any alterations advisable in the existing arrangements, as directed in the proceedings of tliis Government, there can be no difficulty in carrying them out, as all that has yet been done is a transfer of sums from the devastaiuun accounts to the h;>ad of general education, and a retransfer can be made at any moment. 3 In reconsidering this question, the Government of Fort St. George have carefully reviewed the orders of the Supreme Government; and his Lordsln'p in ('ouncil is not aware that the spirit, or even the letter, of those orders has been departed from. It was there expressly laid down, as this Government under- stood, that the surj)lus pagoda funds were not to he applied to the purposes of the s, beyond what is to be found in tlie proceedings of the Board of Revenue, and in the view taken of the orders of the Government of India by this Ciovernnient, as explained in the present communication. 14. It had been ruled in those orders, in o])position to different opinions which had been entertained and advanced at this Presidenc}', that the surplus pagoda funds were at the absolute disposal of the State ; it appeared evident, therefore, to iiis Lordsliip in Council, tliat the claim put forth by Mr. Blackburae for the institutions of Madura, coidd not be recognized under the orders of the Supreme Government. The Board of Revenue had also laid before the Government their opinion, as follows: — " The observations of Mr. Blackburne must, it is to be presumed, be intended to apply to the pagodas and native religious institutions in his district only. On this, the Board would remark, that they find, from their records, that, for many years past, estimates have been sent in to them every quarter for the repair of the pagodas of the Madura district, and that consider- ,„, ,. , f ,, able sums, as shown in the maroin, have been annually sanc- Aotc. — 1 he sums saiutioiicd for tlie . , ,. , ip i tic . •„ . inpaira of the l)uildiiij!s, instruments, tioued for that purpose. If tlie suuis a])plied for were insufncient, &c., belongiuR to the iMn.iura Pagodas j-|^e Board are not aware why larger estimates were not submitted. troin l838,(ithasnot aiipeiiredneccssary » . ,, , c ^i -n • ■ i /-^ n ^ • • ^• til recur to a more distant iH-riod) are— Again, tlie teuor of tlic rnucipal Collectors communications, at the time when the transfer of the religious institutions of his district to native trustees was under discussion, was not such as to induce the supposition that the repairs of the pagodas had been neglected under Circar management. It Avill be for the considera- tion of Government whether, as regards the province of Madura, any deviation should be permitted from the course prescribed in those orders, and whether the large sums in deposit in that dis- trict shotdd be made over to the several trustees, with intent to their being applied to the objects referred to by Mr. Blackburne, but without any power on the part of the ofiicers of Government to ensure their being so appropriated, or whether they should be devoted to the purposes con- templated hy the Supreme Government, purposes of general utility and advan- tage, and in which the whole community are interested. It should further be observed, that if any departure from the orders of the Government of India be allowed in the case of tin? Madura davastanum funds, applications of a similar nature may be expected from other districts, the whole question of the disposal of the surplus davastanum funds will be re-opened." 15. His Lordsliip in Council, whilst coueurring in these views, was, more- over, fully aware that, independently of the surplus set apart by Government, there was, at the date of their orders, 'a further surplus accruing every mouth to the credit of the institution available for any purpose, and to which those orders • A statciiient of the did not ajijily,* and which could therefore be appropriated either for the use imriic^n (ja\l!Tior "* *'^^ institutions, or for local objects. His Lordship in Council saw therefore and will be for- ' iio necessity for dissenting from the views ol the Board of Revenue, nor for any warded us soon as inodification of the orders issued by the Government to which INlr. Blackburne objected. 1(5. The petitions addressed to Government on the subject did not seem to call for special notice ; of these petitions, 11 in number, five were from the dis- trict of Chingleput, adjoining the Presidency, and but two from Madura ; and, as remarked in the memorandum of the Alost Noble the President, of 18th January last, there was ground to believe that petitions of this character were prepared Us. a. P- isas 2,fi-)G 8 1830 16,62:i 2 1840 2,807 _ 1841 15,707 4 8 1842 8,711 _ 4 1843 (■.,.'527 15 2 1844 0,0.1.5 1 10 184r, 4.01 1 11 11 Total - 64,460 2 3 INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 545 prepared at Madras, and had little connexion vitli the people of the district. If their Avishes arc consulted, the Government believe that they will generally desire to see the surplus funds retained by the Government, rather than handed over to the priests, or other agents, for the alleged purposes of the temples, to be expended at their will for repairs or additional ceremonies, and his Lordship in Council could not also recommend this course, in the case of the Madura district, unless the same course is pursued in all other districts, as there is no ground for supposing that such an appropriation is more called for in Madura than else- where. 17. I am directed, iu further explanation of the views of Government, in its orders of the 14th July 1846, to request attention to the minute of the President of the 5th instant, of which a copy accompanies this communication, with copies also of minutes recorded by the Honourable ]Mr. Chamier and the Honourable Mr. Dickinson. I have, &c. (signed) J. F. Tlwmas, Fort St. George, 15 .July 1847. Chief Secretary. Minute by the Most Noble the President. I DEEM it right to put on record the views I entertain on this suliject, which No. 2e. led me to propose the orders of Government of the 14th July 1846, and 18th Kndosuic. March 1847. I had always considered the pagoda funds as the property of the institutions, and had it been discretional with this Government, I should have been prepared to agree to the issue of orders, that the surplus funds should be given over to the trustees for the purposes of the in stitutions, either by the purchase of land, or in money, as I consider this the co urse should be pursued with property held in trust. But as the Government of India and the Honourable Court had resolved that these surplus pagoda funds should not be so dealt with, but should be at the disposal of the State, it was not in my province to express an opinion, but to follow out what I considered to be the instructions and views of the Supreme Government ; and I understood from their orders, that these funds were public funds, applicable to public purposes of general utilitj', and that the great object this Government had to consider, was the mode in which they might be made to produce the largest amount of public benefit to the native community, and further, that being State property, their entire local appropriation was not indis- pensable nor absolutely required by the orders of the Government of India. It is plain to me also, that the views taken by the Collectors of Tanjore and Madura differ entirely in principle, the one maintaining theright of the trustees nf the institution to the jiropcrty for religious uses ; the other repudiating this right, and setting up the claim of the people of the district to the funds for local public purposes, and disallowing their application to religious objects. I also clearly understand, after all that has passed in this Government, that when declared to be " the al)solute property of the State," they coidd be applied to general education or similar objects, but that they could not as such, under any circumstances, be applied by the Government to the repairs of the temples or on ceremonies, as would seem to be implied by the orders now before the Government from the Government of India of the 22d May last, referring to Mr. Blacklturue's views, as they were the accumulation of funds after these objects had all been adequately provided for. This was the view I took of the order of the Governor-general in Council of the -ioth Septuniber 1845, and which induced me to issue the orders founded upon them, uu which the Government of India have now remarked. Guindy, 5 July 1847. (signed) Twceddale. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. <>2i, 3 Z Minute No. 27. Enclosure. 546 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Minute bv the Honourable Mr. //. Chamier. 1. Whatever objects of public utility, whether local or general, may eventually be selected for the employment of the surplus revenues of the pagodas, from the management of which the Government has disconnected itself, there can be no doubt that in common justice, and in accordance with the manifest intentions of the Honourable Court and Government of India, a sufficient allotment should in the first instance be made for the repair of the pagodas, giving the preference to those which have surplus funds of their own, and then providing for the repair of other pagodas, endowed by the state, whose funds may be inadequate to the necessary work of renovation. 2. After this allotment, and such provision for ceremonies, &c. Sec. as may fully meet all objects of the original endowments, in the same order of preference as with regard to repairs, it may be proper to determine upon what works of local or general utility, most acceptable to the native community, the residue or fairly available surplus may be expended. Guindy, 8 July 1847. (signed) H. Chamier. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. No. 28. Enclosure. Minute by the Honourable Mr. H. Dickinso??. As I believe it to have been the custom in every district under the Govern- ment for the Collector to cause all necessary repairs to be made to the pagodas under his superintendence (my own experience, as a Collector, being that the Brahmins connected with such institutions were at all times clamorous that no requisite repair should be neglected), it is to be presumed that at the time of the Government withdrawing itself from all connexion with the religious institutions of the country, the pagodas were in a perfectly good condition. Tlie revenues at present attached to the pagodas are abundant for all calls made upon them, whether for the payment of the servants attached to the insti- tutions, or for the maintenance of the buildings in a fit state of repair. Such being the case, I do not think that any part of the surplus funds of the pagodas should now be paid over to the parties by whom tlie pagodas are super- intended, for their repair. 9 July 1847. (signed) H. Dickinson. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. Legislative. — No. 163." No. 29. (No. 736.) Home Department, From G. A. £«6/iZ>v, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, Home Depart- r.n„:.i.,i... ^^^^^^ ^^ J J. f,^^„i^^^ Y.5CI., Chief Secretary to the Government uf Fort St. George, daced 21 August 1847. I AM directed by the President in Council, to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 809, dated the 15th ultimo, on the subject of the disposal of the surplus pagoda funds at the Madras Presidency, and to explain, for the infor- mation of the Most Noble the Governor in Council, that the Government of India did not contemplate the application of any portion of the accumulated surplus to repair of the temples. This it was understood liad been already provided 2. The INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH ^lAHOlNIETANISM. .547 2. The policy prescribed in my letter of the 2nth of September 1845, was in strict conformity with the views of the Honourable Court, as noted beloM',* and the home authorities have entirely approved of these proceedings. 3. Tlie President in Council feels constrained to adhere to the views already expressed on this subject, that is, he continues of opinion that the surplus funds should be held available for the public benefit in works of general utility, prefer- ence being given to the neighbourhood of the locality from which the funds are derived, and that the education of the people sliould be regarded as one of the most legitimate objects to which they may be applied. Fort William, 21 August 1847. I have, &c. (signed) G. A. Bushby, Secretary to the Government of India. — No. 164.— Extract from the Proceedings of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, in the Home Department (Legislative), imder date 16 October 1847. (No. 1,045.) From J. F. Thomas, Esq., Chief Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George, to G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India ; dated 21 Sep- tember 1847. Sir, Para. 1. I am directed by the Most Noble the Governor in Council to acknow- ledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st ultimo. 2. Referring to para. 6 of your letter of the 22d May last, and to the views expressed in paras 2 and 3 of tlic letter from tliis office under date the 15th July last, I am instructed to request that the Government of Fort St. George may be favoured with the further orders of the Government of India, Dointing: out the specific modifications called for in the orders of this Government of the 14th .July 184ti, if sucli be still deemed necessary, as his Lordship in Council considers it advisable that this question should be early and definitely set at rest. Fort St. George, 21 September 1847. I have, &c. (signed) J. F. Thoynas, Chief Secretarv. No. 8. Revenue Department. — No. 165.— (No. 978.) From Sir H. C. JMontgomery, Bart., Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George, to G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India ; dated 22 September 1847. Sir, With reference to the letter in this department to the address of Mr. Under- Secretary Melville of the 15th July last. No. 80!), I am directed l)y the Most Noble the Governor in Council to transmit, for the information of the Govern- ment No. 9. Revenue Department. • E.xtnict from para. 4U of Letter from tiie Honourable the Court of Directoi-s to tlic Government of Kort St. Gcor>,'e, in the llevonue l)e|>,irtnicnt, No. .'".. of 18,')R, dated May : " \Vv uro of opinion, tliat all grants anil endowments should he in lluhrst instanee appropriated, if pns-sihle, to their oriirinal purposes. 'When the fu.idsare more than adeiiuate to tliat end, instead of allowini; them toaeeumulale without limit, tliey should ho applied t.i Trnqjoses of general utility, taking cave that tlie partieular dislriet in wiiieh the endowments are situated siiould derive lull henclit from the now appropriation of the surphis. ' 62 1. 3 Z 2 .548 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ment of India, copy of a despatch from this Government to the Honourable the Coiirtof Directors of this day's date, together with a copy of the memorial to which it gave cover, from the durraakurtahs of the pagodas in Chingleput, on the sub- ject of the order of the 14th July 1846, directing the appropriation of the surplus funds of those institutions, in common with others, to educational purposes, and to purposes of public utility. I have, &c. Fort St. George, (signed) //. C. Montgomeiy, 22 September 1847. Secretary to Government. No. 10. (No. 48, of 1847.) To the Honourable the Court of Directors of tlie East India Company. ftevenue Pepartmcnt. ,y 1 i o* ^ Honourable Sirs, Dated 28 September Para. 1. We have the honour to transmit a memorial to the address of your 1847, Nos. 1 to4. Honourable Court, from the dhurmakurtahs of the pagodas in the district of Chingleput, on the subject of our order of the 14th July 1846, directing the appropriation of the surplus funds of those institutions, in common with othei-s, to educational purposes and to purposes of public utility. 2. Our last letter, dated 29th April, No. 24, of 1847, will have informed your Honourable Court of the measures taken by us under the orders of the Supreme Government, for the severance of Government from all connexion with the religious institutions of the natives; we now transmit, in continuation, the further I)ated^4 May 1847, correspondence noted in the margin, having reference to the appropriation of ^'°- ^^'^\ _ the surplus funds of the pagodas. The subject, it will be seen, is still under dis- Xo.^i to%'^^''^^^^'' cussion with the|Government of India; and, when finally disposed of under their Dated 20 July 1847, instructions, will be duly repoited to your Honourable Court. P.°ied2i'scpt.i847. We have, &c. Fort St. George, (signed) Ticeeddale. 22 September 1847. Hy. Cliamier. H. Dickinson. (A true copy.) (signed) H. C. Montgomery , Secretary to Government. To the Honourable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. 1 0. 11. rpjj^ humble Memorial of the undersigned Churchwardens of the Hindoo Pagodas ^ ^^^'^' in the District of Chingleput, under the Presidency of Madras, Showeth, 1. That your memorialists having heard that the surplus funds of the pagodas placed under their respective management, have recently been ordered by the Government to be appropriated partly to native education and partly to works of public utility in the province ; and believing that such an order must have been given under an erroneous impression that those funds are not required for j)urposes connected with the institutions to which they belong, they petitioned the Board of Revenue and Government, stating that such was not the case; that the surplus funds are actuall}' required for repairing the great and old buildings of tlie pagodas, and for furnishing them with materials wliich are much wanting, and that the funds remained undrawn in the Circar treasury., because your memorialists were not allowed to draw them, and therefore praying that tliey may be made over to your memorialists, to be applied to the rei)air and other purposes immediately connected with the well-being of the institutions to which they appertain ; but the Government were not pleased to listen to tlieir earnest prayers, as may be surmised from the endorsements received by your memorial- ists, and which are herewith submitted for your Honourable Court's perusal. 2. Your INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHO.AIETAMSM. 549 2. Your memorialists are obligfj to say, that tlio rejection of their prayer may be surmised from the endorsement in question, because it is so indefinitely worded, and no distinct intimation lias been given to them of the determination of Government, or of the grounds of that determination. Your memorialists would here beg leave to call the attention of your Honourable Court to the indit^'orcnt manner in which petitions of your native subjects are thus treated by the local authorities. 3. Your memorialists further beg to represent, that when they undertook the management of the pagodas from tlie Collector of the district in 1842, it was assured by him that your Honourable Court expressly ordered it to be intimated to them, that in giving up the management of tlie institutions, it was not vour intention to withhold any portion of their revenues and incomes, and that accord- ingly the funds of the pagodas will be held at the disposal of your memorialists, from Fusly 12.j2, keeping those which remained up to tlie close of the precedino- year in deposit, pending a reference to your Honourable Court regarding their appropriation; but your memorialists were afterwards surprised to learn that tlie Government ordered the sums remaining in the Circar treasury up to March 184G to the extent of 08,000 rupees, to be set aside for certain public works and native education ; and this was done without asking any of your memorialists whether what were termed the surplus funds are required for tlie use of the pagodas or not. 4. Your memorialists beg respectfully to observe, tliat although tlie objects to which the funds in question are ordered to be ajiplied are of public importance, yet they are foreign to the institutions of which they are the legitimate property, and for the want of Avhich they are more particularly required, as can be proved by your memorialists. They cannot, therefore, but look upon their being devoted to other purposes as a misappropriation ; and as they are responsible to the native community in general for the protection of the interests of the institutions entrusted to their charge, your memorialists are under the unavoidable necessity of appealing to your Honourable Court, protesting against the appropriation of the pagoda funds to any works unconnected with the'insti- tutions, and more particularly remarking on the injustice of so appropriatino-, without their consent, the funds which have accumulated since the pagodas were placed under the management of your memorialists. 5. Your memorialists, therefore, most humbly but earnestly pray, that your Honourable Court will consider the violation of the pledge made to" them under your instructions likely to be committed by reserving for any other purposes a portion of the; funds placed at the disposal of your memorialists, as well as the injury thereby caused to the religious institutions of this country, and be graciously pleased to send out early orders to the local Government to make over the whole of the remaining funds of the pagodas to the charge of their respective churchwardens, and to continue to be so in future without any reserve or impediment. For which act of justice your memorialists shall ever pray, Dlmrmakurtah of the Pagoda of Sree Davarajaswamj' at Canjeveram. Dliurinakurtah of the Pagoda of \'(!era Raghavaswamy at Tervulloor. Dhurmakurtah of the Pagoda of Culleyana Vurda Rajaswamy at Cal- lattcpcttah. Dhurmakurtah of the Pagoda of Codundaramaswamy at Maduran- takun. Dhurmakurtah of the Pagoda of Narrasimaswamy at Singapermall. Diiuniiakurtah of the Pagoda of Basheacar at Streepermatoor. Dhurmakurtah of the Pagoda of Vadapooreeswaraswamy at Tero- vercand. Dhurmakurtah of the Pagoda of Cundaswamy at Terooporoor. Dhurmakurtah of the Pagoda of Vadaglierreswaraswaniy at Terookut- checoonum. Madras, 6 August 1847. (A true copy.) (signed) //. C Moutgomery, Secretary to Government. 621. 323 Order 550 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Order of Goveranient ou the Petition from Soodursana Tatalicharyar.Vadantah Charyar, &c., Churchwardens of the Pagoda in the Zillah of Chingleput, No. 1,273, of 1846 ; dated 31 August 184(). Petitioners are referred to the Acting Collector of Chingleput, to whom the final orders of Government regarding the appropriation of the pagoda funds have been communicated, through the Board of Revenue. By Order, Fort St. George, (signed) R. G. Clarke, 20 April 1847. Deputy Secretary to Government. No. 12. — No. 166. (No, 073.) Home Department, From G. A. Bushby, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, Home Legislative. Department, to J. F. Thomas, Esq., Chief Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George; dated 16 October 1847. Sir, I AM directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. No, 1,045, dated the 21st ultimo, and of Secretary Sir Henry Montgomery's letter, dated the 22d idem, respecting the appropriation of the surplus pagoda funds. 2. The President in Council can only repeat the former intimation of what the Government of India understood to be the wishes of the Honourable the Court of Directors in this matter, and what was the intention of the Government of India in the general principle laid down in my letter dated the 20th Sep- tember 1845. 3. With reference to the communication made at the end of the 1st para, of my letter, dated the 21st August last, and to the remarks in the letter from the Government of Fort St. George to the Court of Directors, No. 48, of 1847, dated the 22d ultimo, I am directed to observe, that the final instructions of the Supreme Government on the subject have already been issued. The surplus funds of the pagodas were understood to have accrued entirely from an excess in the endowments above what is needed for keeping the temples, &c. in repair, and for the due performance of the services and duties intended by the founder; these accumulations were accordingly held to be at the absolute disposal of the State, and to be available for the public benefit in works of general utility, pre- ference being given to the neighbourhood of the locality from which tlic funds arc derived, and the education of the people was regarded as one of the most legitimate objects to which they may be applied. 4. It was left to the Government of Fort St. George to give effect to the above views ; and the President in Council desires to leave to the Most Noble the Governor in Council the re-consideration of the orders issued by the Madras Government on the subject. I have, &c. Fort William, (signed) G. A. Bushby, 16 October 1847. Secretary to Government of India. •—No. 1G7. INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 5.51 — No. 167. — Extract from the Proccediugs of the Right Honourable the Governov-Ceneral of India in Council, in the Home Department (Legislative), under date 18 De- cember 1847. (No. 1,305.) From J. F. Thoims, Esq., Chief Secretary to Government of Fort St. George, to G. A. Biishby, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India; dated 1 December 1847. No. 0. Revenue Department. Sir, Adverting to para. 15. of my letter to Mr. MelviRs address, dated the 15th July last. No. 809, 1 am directed by the Most Noble the Governor in Council to forward the statements therein referred to, with an extract from the Minutes of Consultation of this day's date, and copies of the minutes of the members of Government there recorded. Fort St. George, 1 December 1847. I have, &c. (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. STATEMENT, showing the Surplus Devastanum Funds which have accumulated subsequent to the Transfer authorized by Government, under date 14 July 1846. Collections from April 1846 to June 1847. Disbursement from April 1846 to June 1847, including probable Payment. Surplus remaining available on the 30th June 1847. Guntoor - . - - - 2,057 8 4 1,52G 13 6 530 10 10 Nellore 2,022 14 5 1,707 1 6 315 12 11 Chinglepnt . - - . South Arcot - - - - Bellary 19,224 13 7,340 G 80 5 6 8 C 18,899 3 9 287 1 11 325 9 9 7,053 4 9 80 5 Cuddapah - - . . 314 12 7 298 4 10 8 1 Salem ----- Coimbatore - _ - - 1,239 10 30,397 9 5 1 1,185 4 - 5,249 4 1 54 5 25,148 5 - Tanjore - - - - - .5,19,819 7 •2 4,21,681 3 3 98,138 3 11 Madura - . - - - Tinnevelly - . . . Malabar- . . - . Canara - - . - - 43,708 14 04,328 7 3,579 - ;il4 11 9 10 38,179 2 1 34,373 1 5 228 2 1 5,589 12 8 29,955 5 3,579 - - 80 8 11 Total - - - Co.'s Rs. 0,94,488 9 3 5,23,014 10 1 1,70,873 l."> 2 Fort St. George, Accountant-general's Office, 10 November 1847. (signed) T. V. Stonhouse, Accountant-treneral. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. Enclosure. 621. 24 STATEMENT, 55': PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF No. 7. Enclosure. STATEMENT, showini: the Bai..\nce remaining in Deposit out of the Surplus Devas- TANUM Funds autiiorized by Government to be appropriated to Pubhc Works, under date 14 July 1846, but not yet appropriated. Balance remaining in Deposit on the 30th June 1847. Remaiks of the Collectors. Guntoor ----- Nellore ----- Chingleput - - - - Madras - - - - - South Arcot - - - - Bellary ----- Cuddapah - - . - Salem - - - - - Coinibatore - - - - Tanjore - - - - - Trichinopoly - - - - Madura Tinnevelly - - - - Canar-a - - - - - 7,000 - - 4,310 1 9 40,234 13 5 3,420 8 - 26,687 3 11 9,622 7 2 3,919 3 10 109 3 7 38,835 6 7 80,000 - - 40,2.34 - - 20,000 6 10 1,00,000 7 8 6,961 2 5 Instructions were sent by the Board of Revenue to invest the net surplus in the new loan for the endowment of a school. 10,200 rupees were sanctioned by Government for the construction of a bridge, out of which 5,000 rupees have been advanced. Total - - - Co.'s Bs. 3,81,335 1 2 Fort St. George, Accountant-general's Office, 10 November 1847. (signed) T. V. Stonhouse, Accountant-general. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretarj-. No. 8. Enclosure. Revenue Department. (No. 1,304.) Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, under date 1 December 1847. Read the following papers : From the Secretary to the Government of India. (Here enter 16 October 1847, No. 973.) Minute by the Most Noble the President. (Here enter 9 November 1847, No. 1,415.) Minute by the Honourable Mr. Chamier. (Here enter 11 November 1847, No. 1,416.) IMinute by the Honourable Mr. Dickinson. (Here enter 17 November 1847, No. 1,417.) Minute by the Most Noble the President. (Here enter 22 November 1847, No. 1,418.) Resolved, That tlu; minutes recorded above, together with the letter from the Government of India on the subject of the appropriation of the surphis pagoda funds, be submitted for the final orders of the Honourable the Court of Directors. (A true extract.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. Minute INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAliOMETi^NISM. 553 MiN UTE by the IMost Noble the President. E^cL^ In my minute of the 5th July 1847 I have stated my own views, and. having Letter from the again given the subject the fullest re-consideration, I .see nothing in the orders 2^n.riToct!'i847,"' of this Government of the 14th July 184(i which call for alteration. NvWs'. These orders appear to me to be in strict accordance with the instructions of the Government of India of the 20th September 1845, and to be the best appro- priation that could be made of the surplus pagoda funds under the orders given to this Government. (signed) Tweeddale. Government House, 9 November 1847, (A true copy.) (signed) /. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. Minute by the Honourable H. Chamier. No. lo. Enclosure. 1. If the pagodas from the management of which the Government has with- drawn had been given up in a proper state of repair, as seems to be supposed by the Government of India,* it would not be necessary now to allot any portion of the accumulated surplus revenues for the purpose of placing them in a sound condition ; but this is not the case, as will be seen from the report of the Principal Collector of Madura, referred to in para. 5 of the letter from the Government of India, dated 22d May 1847 in which he says — "In the 19th para of their letter of the 20th September 1845, from Fort William to Fort St. George, the Supreme Government show their belief that the deposit of 80,195 rupees in question, had accrued from an excess in the endowments above what was needed for keeping the temples, &c. in repair, and for the due performance of the services or duties intended by the founder. Now such opinion is directly contrary to fact ; a much larger sum than that in deposit being requisite to restore to their pristine state, or to preserve from rapid decay, the buildings in existence, and I am of opinion the sums were accumulated for that express purpose, and for celebration, when in sufficiency, of the more expensive ceremonies of ashta bundanum, jadee bundanum, &c., and I am fearful that if this objection be not carefully considered, the Government will be exposed to numerous petitions, as soon as your instructions shall have been given eflect to, and they arc watched with much uneasiness and jealousy by the people and those connected with the endowments." 2. Doubtless in other districts also it will be found that the pagodas were largely in need of repairs, which were not provided for when they were given up to the native community, and it appears to me to be absolutely necessary, as an act of simple justice, to allot funds for the fulfilment of this primary object of the endowments, before the surplus is appropriated to other purposes ; if this is not done, it may be thought that the repairs were latterly purposely neglected by tlie revenue officers, in order to increase the surplus about to be apjnoj)riatcd by the Government, The temples being once repaired, it will be for those who are entrusted with the care of them so to manage their resources as to provide for future repairs, and all other objects of the endowments, without furtlier aid from the Government. 3. It is manifest that the instructions for the appropriation of the surplus revenues issued under date the 14th July 184(), nuist be revised, to meet the explicit and repeated orders of tlie Government of India, with which they are not at • "The Government of India did not contemplate the nppllontion of any portion of tl>c aicunnilalcd sur- plus to rcj)air of the temples. This, it was umicrslooJ, hud been alrciidy provided for."— Letter, dated 21 August 1M7. 021. 4 A 554 PAPERS ON CONNEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Guindy, n November 1847. (signed) H. Chamier. (A true copy.) (signed) /. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. No. n. Enclosure. Minute by the Honourable H. Dickinson. I CONCUR in the above minute. Addyar, 17 Noven^ber 1847. ^'^^°'^^ ^' ^'^<^^i"^on. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. Encw. Minute by the Most Noble the President. The observations of the Revenue Board in Mr. Blackburne's statement anrJ views whicn were duly submitted to the Government of India, fndt^rorder^ of that Government of the 21st August last, "that the Government of India dS relir ofTb^ ? ^'f '-''P^"'*"" "'" ^"^ P"'^^«° '^ '^'' accumulated surplus to repaii of the temples, appear to me to have disposed of the question ao-ain raisea by the Honourable Mr. Chamier. The Board's remarks wallow an^fv f,^!r '°1 '^ ^l- ^^^^'^burne must, it is to be presumed, be intended to th^Sl,l R Pfg°^lf,^°d native religious institutions in his district only. On this tJie Board would remark, that they find from their records that for manv years pas estimates have been sent in to them every quarter for the reoaTr o^f the pagodas of the Madura district ; and that considiE " ms, as sho'wn in ^^^s-^Xt:. Z ^"ppKd ^wri^suS^T' B ^ T p'^^p"^- ^' belonging to the Ma.Uira Pagodas from „u i '^l-'P^i^^ *or were insutticient, the Board are not aware 1838 (it ha-s not appeared neeessary to ^^ '^''B'^^ estimates Were uot Submitted. Ao-ain the tenor of the recur to a more distant period) are- Principal Collector's communication at the time when the transfer 3838 . 2^6 % 8 f f'^'^'''^' institutions of this district to native trustees was i83<) . l(^fin 9 2 ""^^'' discussion, was not such as to induce the supposition that m? " i-''n7^ : t '■''P^''' °^ l^^ pagodas had been neglected under Circar m2 : '•i;n[ - 4 management. It will be for the consideration of Government 1843 - 6,527 15 2 Whether, as regards the province of Madura, any deviation should 18^^ : 4'Gn n n \ Pf™itted from the course prescribed in those orders, and — whether the large sums in deposit in that district should be made Total - 64,4C9 2 3 over to the Several trustees, with intent to tlieir bein- applied to 'Z7\ . f tf A^""^' 'f^'""'* *^ ^^' ^^'- Blackburne, but without any power on the part of the officers of Government to ensure of their being so appropriated- or whether they should be devoted to the purposes contemplated by the Supreme Government, purposes of general utility and advantage, and in which the whole community are interested. It should further be observed, that if any departure h-om the orders of the Government of India be allowed in the case of the Madura devastanum funds, applications of a similar nature may be expected from other be reo ene^"' ' '^''''*'°'' ""^ *^^ '^''P'''^^ ""^ ^"^^ '"'P^""' devastanum funds will If it is, however, still considered right to reopen the question, I can see no difficulty in reapportioning the surplus fonds, or in handing them, or any part of INDIA WITH IDOLATRY, OR WITH MAHOMETANISM. 555 of them, over to the trustees for the purposes of the institutions. But I consider this course at variance with the instructions furnished to tliis Government, and I am of opinion, that no step should be taken except under express orders from the Supreme Government, which, as tliey have not given, I see nothing more to be done, but to let the papers go home in due course to the Honourable Court, who can issue further instructions if they think fit. (signed) Tweeddale. Guindy, 22 November 1847. (A true copy.) (signed) J. F. Thomas, Chief Secretary. — No. 168. — (No. 1,145-) From G. A. Bushhy, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, to No. 13. J. F. Thomas, Esq., Chief Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George ; dated 18 December 1847, Sir, I AM directed by the Right Honourable the Governor-general in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. No- 1,.305, dated the 1st instant, with enclosures, reporting that the papers on the subject of the appropriation of the surplus pagoda funds have been submitted by the Government of Madras for the final orders of the Honourable the Court of Directors. I have, &c. (signed) G. A. Bushby, Fort William, Secretary to Government of India. 18 December 1847. (True copies.) (signed) T. L. Peacock, East India House, Examiner of India Correspondence. 20 July 1849. 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