The Nazim has with him this one Komukee, or auxiliary regiment, and half of three regiments of Nujeebs, amounting, according to the pay abstracts and muster-rolls, to fifteen hundred men.  He has one hundred cavalry and seven guns, of which one only is fit for use, and for that one he has neither stores nor ammunition.  He was obliged to purchase in the bazaar the powder and cloth required to make up the cartridges for a salute for the Resident.  Of the fifteen hundred Nujeebs not two-thirds are present, and of these hardly one-half are efficient:  they are paid, armed, clothed, and provided like the corps of Nujeebs placed under the other local officers.  The tallookdars of the districts have not as yet presented themselves to the Nazim, but they have sent their agents, and, with few exceptions, shown a disposition to pay their revenues.  The chief landholder in the district is Rambuksh, of Dondeea Kherah, a town, with a fort, on the bank of the river Ganges.  He holds five of the purgunnahs as hereditary possessions:—­1, Bhugwuntnuggur; 2, Dondeea Kherah; 3, Mugraen; 4, Punheen; 5, Ghutumpoor.  The present Nazim has put all five under the management of Government officers, as the only safe way to get the revenues, as Rambuksh is a bad paymaster.  Had he not been so, as well to his own retainer as to the King’s officers, the Nazim would not have been able to do this.  It is remarked as a singular fact among Rajpoot landholders that Rambuksh wants courage himself, and is too niggardly to induce others to fight for him with spirit.  The last Nazim, Hamid Allee, a weak and inexperienced man, dared not venture upon such a measure to enforce payment of balances.*

[* Rambuksh recovered the management of his estate, and had it transferred to the Hozoor Tehseel:  but he failed in the payment of the expected gratuities; and in April, 1851, he was attacked by a large force, and driven across the Ganges, into British territory.  He had gone off on the pretence of a visit to some shrine, and his followers would not fight.  The fort was destroyed, and estate confiscated.  He is still, January, 1851, negotiating for the purchase of both, and will succeed, as he has plenty of money at command.  The King’s troops employed committed all manner of atrocities upon the poor peasantry:  many men were murdered, many women threw themselves down in wells, after they had been dishonoured; and all were indiscriminately plundered.]

He married the daughter of Fuzl Allee, the prime minister for fifteen months, during which time he made a fortune of some thirty or thirty-five lacs of rupees, twelve of which Hamid Allee’s wife got.  He was persuaded by Gholam Allee, his deputy, and others, that he might aspire to be prime minister at Lucknow if he took a few districts in farm, to establish his character and influence.  In the farm of these districts he has sunk his own fortune and that of his wife, and is still held to be a defaulter to the amount