Letter from Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter, In charge, Agent Governor General's Office, Rajputana [Rājasthān], Abu to Lieutenant-Colonel Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy [‎23r] (5/8)

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9. The grants of personal concessions
and acts of grace, most acceptable to the
Chiefs of Hajputana, would undoubtedly
be—an increase to the number of
guns allowed them in salute; Ind, the
bestowal of the Most Exalted Order of
the Star of India; and Src/, a diminu
tion in the amount of tribute paid to the
Government.
10. The remark that nothing
touches the heart of a Chief so nearly
as guns," is undeniably true ; and I am
perfectly convinced that, on the present
auspicious occasion, this mode of grant
ing concessions is the very best that can
be adopted.
11. I observe that His Excellency the
Viceroy, in his Memorandum, paragraph
22, proposes bestowing a salute of 21
guns on Cashmere, Sindia, and Ilolkar;
and I would respectfully suggest that a
similar compliment be paid to the Maha-
rana of TJdipur, as he is undoubtedly en
titled to the highest place amongst all
Rajput Chiefs, and is held, on account
of his ancient lineage, in the greatest
esteem by all Hindus.
12. Orders have latelvbeen received
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from the Foreign Office to invest His
Highness with full powers in the ma
nagement of his State. He has not yet
been installed : perhaps advantage might
be taken of the Imperial Assemblage
for the performance of this ceremony.
13. Jeypur and Jodhpur come next
in Rajputana, and are of equal rank. The
salute of the former was . raised from
17 to 19 guns in March 1869: the in
crease is, however, only for the present
Maharaja's life. His Highness is already
a Grand Cross of the Star of India, so that
it is difficult to suggest any concession
for him, particularly as the amount of
his tribute was, in 1871, reduced from
Rs. 800,000 to Rs. 400,000; but I think