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NET REVENUE. +---------------+------------------+------------------+-----
-------------+ | | Net Revenue | Net Revenue | Increase of | | | by the Nabob’s | by the | Net Revenue. | | | Accounts. | present Leases. | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+-----
-------------+ | | Star Pagodas. | Star Pagodas. | Star Pagodas. | | Nellore and | | | | | Sarapilly | 1,24,036 | 3,28,900 | 2,04,864 | | Ongole | 22,713 | 55,000 | 32,287 | | Palnaud | 25,634 | 47,802 | 22,168 | | Trichinopoly | 7,845 | 2,54,071 | 2,46,226 | | Madura | 39,046 | 48,253 | 9,207 | | Tinnevelly | 4,01,439 | 5,09,345 | 1,07,906 | +---------------+------------------+------------------+-----
-------------+ | Total | 6,20,713 | 12,43,371 | 6,22,658 | +---------------+------------------+------------------+-----
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N.B. In this statement, Madras Pagodas are calculated at 10 per cent Batta; Chuckrums at two thirds of a Porto Novo Pagoda, which are reckoned at 115 per 100 Star Pagodas; and Rupees at 350 per 100 Star Pagodas. To avoid fractions, the nearest integral numbers have been taken.
Signed,
CHARLES OAKLEY,
EYLES IRWIN,
HALL PLUMER,
DAVID HALIBURTON,
GEORGE MOUBRAY.
FORT ST. GEORGE, 27th May, 1782.
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No. 5.
Referred to from p. 73.
Case of certain Persons renting the Assigned Lands wider the Authority of the East India Company.
Extract of a Letter from the President and Council of Fort St. George, 25th May, 1783.
One of them [the renters], Ram Chunder Raus, was, indeed, one of those unfortunate rajahs whose country, by being near to the territories of the Nabob, forfeited its title to independence, and became the prey of ambition and cupidity. This man, though not able to resist the Company’s arms, employed in such a deed at the Nabob’s instigation, had industry and ability. He acquired, by a series of services, even the confidence of the Nabob, who suffered him to rent apart of the country of which he had deprived him of the property. This man had afforded no motive for his rejection by the Nabob, but that of being ready to engage with the Company: a motive most powerful, indeed, but not to be avowed.