'The views and opinions of Brigadier General John Jacob, CB. Aide-decamp to the Queen; Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India, &c. &c. &c.; late commanding in chief the British forces in Persia; at present commanding the Sind Irregular Horse, and Political Superintendent of the North-West frontier of Sind.' [‎70] (101/481)

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labour of the cultivation would be indirectly forced to the
amount of the tax. If, on the contrary, Government should
pay the putwaree, the revenue demand upon the cultivator
would be proportionately increased. In other words, the
interest of Government and the cultivator being identical,
and there being a given amount of wealth to be partitioned
in equitable and recognised proportions between these two
parties, it is evidently indifferent whether these portions be
allotted under the name of revenue, or pay to putwarees.
The question of who should be the direct remunerator of
the putwaree must, then, depend upon considerations other
than those of finance. And it appears to me, that, when
introducing a settlement whose chief intent and use is to
define, register, and secure the rights and obligations of
both Government and cultivator in their relations to the
soil, it would be heither consistent nor wise to leave the
wages of the connecting link—the putwaree—between the
two parties unfixed, undefined, and liable to the caprice
and convenience of the less wealthy and less intelligent
party. For these, and other reasons, I beg you will act
upon the principle that all putwarees are to be paid in cash,
by Government. The exact amount of remuneration in
every individual case, being dependent upon the yield and
difficulties of the particular charge, may be left to the
discretion of the settling officer.— {April, 1856.)
PROTECTION OF BUNDS BY CONTRACTS.
I am of opinion that these disbursements are the most
unsatisfactory that are made. They are wholly unchecked*
and are made at a season when frauds can be, and doubt
less are, frequently committed.
It becomes necessary, therefore, to remedy the present
unsatisfactory state of this public expenditure, and to