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Circular N. 4291 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎35v] (16/24)

The record is made up of 12 folios. It was created in 15 Sep 1854. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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necessary for the offices of Mamlutdar, Mahalkurry, See., but thinks that these can only he
ascertained hij trial. Now it appears to me, that with a very moderate degree of
insight into character, the Collector ought, after a short acquaintance, to be able to
form a tolerably correct judgment of the fitness for promotion of the higher class of
Native servants, and in the case of Mahalkurries and Head Karkoons especially, he must,
in the ordinary course of business, have frequent opportunities of ascertaining, from the
manner in which they perform their duties, which are the most worthy to be entrusted
with more extended powers.
9. I would further submit that the proposed system must tend to diminish the influence
of the Collector, which, as truly observed in the Government letter to your predecessor,
dated 28th February 1849, No. 1487, " is too low already. In the words ot the same
letter—" We must be careful not to reduce everything to a mere matter of routine, which
no one will have heart to carry out."
10. Another objection to these Rules would be that they would prevent the Collector
from filling up vacancies occasionally from other establishments, which has, I believe,
always been considered a desirable practice, especially in the higher grades ol the Service.
11. What must now be considered the Standing Rules on this subject will be found in
the letter from the sole Revenue Commissioner, Mr. Williamson, to Government, dated
15th October 1836, No. 2216. Supposing it is considered necessary to do anything
further in the matter, I would submit that it should be on the principles of those Rules.
12. In this Collectorate, the examination of candidates for employment is held before
the Officers of the Revenue Survey, assisted by the Collector's Dufturdar, and a Moonsiff,
or other high Officer of the Court; those whose qualifications are rated at 12 annas and
upwards being considered eligible for employment under the Collector, and the rest,
provided they reach 8 annas, for employment on the Revenue Survey. The examination
is, however, confined to reading and writing in Mahratta and Canarese, and arithmetic up
to decimals. In other Collectorates, candidates are further examined in book-keeping,
the Regulations, and the mode of conducting public business. A rudimentary knowledge
of the first of these points might fairly be required before admittance to the Service, but
perhaps it is not necessary to insist on the two latter, although all should, I think, have
the option of being examined in them.
13. I find, that in consequence of this difference of system the attainments of those
who have passed the examination here are rated at Belgaum at only half the amount, viz.
6 annas, and before they can be employed in that Collectorate they are required to pass
a further examination in the above three points. Perhaps in some other Collectorates
the test may vary more or less, and it would be well, I submit, to take measures for
securing as much uniformity as possible in this respect.
14. Formerly, it was usual in the Belgaum Collectorate to invite those already in the
Service to attend the annual examinations, the prospect of speedy promotion being held
out to those who might distinguish themselves. This practice had an excellent effect,
as will be seen from the annexed extract of a letter from Mr. Townsend, when Acting
Collector of Belgaum, to Government, dated 10th December 1839, of which there is a
copy on my records. If such a system were generally introduced, the examinations
being open to all who might choose to attend below the rank of Mahalkurry and Head
Karkoon of a Talooka, it would, I think, be attended with advantage. It would be
necessary, however, that the test should vary in difficulty according to the rank of the
candidate in the service. ^
15. At the same time, it must be allowed that the best kind of test for those in the

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Circular N. 4291 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , forwarding letters, memoranda and reports on employment and promotions of native servants.

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Circular N. 4291 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎35v] (16/24), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/146, ff 28-39, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023277562.0x000049> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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