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Letter from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to His Lordship Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India [8r] (5/14)
The record is made up of 7 folios. It was created in 28 Dec 1874. 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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( 5 )
among the cultivating classes want of reliance on the promises of the
^Guicowar's Government; and, in my opinion, nothing less than a reduced as
sessment combined with a persistent adherence to justice and moderation in
the collection of revenue will avail to restore the confidence of the agri
cultural classes.
FINANCE.
My time is being largely occupied with the details of this very important
subject. I have now before me some of the financial statements deposited,
rather than arranged, in the records of this Office during the period when the
finances of the Baroda State were subject to the inspection of the British
Bepresentative. I have also before me the general financial and the detailed
analytical statements of the income and outlay of the last revenue year. I
enclose, for your Lordship's information, an abstract of last year's income
and expenditure. It is, I believe, moderately correct; but perhaps the income
may be somewhat over-stated, although Dadabhai assures me it is quite correct.
The subjoined few remarks may perhaps assist your Lordship to a
thorough understanding of the abstract.
liou mil observe that the column of estimated revenue as^resrates
o o o
1,02,65,200. Column 4 shows the revenue expenses in the districts, and includes
also the loss to the State incidental to alienations. The column 4 totals
20,07,400. Column 5 shows the net revenue actually received in the treasury
on account of land and sayer revenue in the districts, after deducting loss
by alienations and cost of district revenue management. This column totals
70,02,980, or say roundly 70
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
in
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
But this total of net revenue does not include the following items :—
1st. —No. 14, being opium assessments in the Weesnuggur Mahal, which
total 2,87,455.
^Indly. —The ijara of opium in Baroda itself, totalling in round numbers
2,25,000.
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Letter regarding the confession of the Jemadar to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre and enclosing a résumé (ff 9v-12) of the corroborative evidence that has come to light following the confession, as well as reporting that the Commissioner of Police (Frank Henry Souter) is proceeding to Bombay with the evidence to seek the opinion of Andrew Scoble, Advocate-General on whether the evidence could be the result of a conspiracy.
The letter goes on to provide a further summary of the general state of affairs in Baroda under the headings Change of Ministry; The Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. ; the Question of Alienation; Revenue; and Finance, and to conclude that the financial situation is now manageable and that all outstanding questions can be resolved with good administration.
The résumé on the evidence of the attempted poisoning was written by James Bellett Richey, Assistant Resident, and also dated 28 December 1874. The résumé describes the police enquiry into the attempted poisoning, the evidence acquired from witnesses and interviews with those alleged to be involved in conspiracies, and the discovery of the packet containing the poison in a belt belonging to the servant who had placed the poison in Colonel Phayre's glass.
The verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of the letter contains a 'statement of arrears of the revenue of all the Mahals from Kartik Sudh 1st Sumvut 1930 to Asso Vud 30th Sumvut 1930' ( c .1873-4) .
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