The Book of Akbar 70.7

70.7

old rupees of the Akbar-sháhí coinage which might not be deficient more than from three birinj to one surkh; were to be received at the treasury. Those of greater deficiency were to be tested separately by the cashier, the particulars of them were to be entered by the accountants in their day-books, and accounts of them were to be sent every day to the Government record office. The jágírdárs, treasurers, and sarráfs (money-changers) were to act upon the above-mentioned rules. The officers of the khálisa and the jágírdárs were to make proper reports about the well-conducted and the ill-conducted, the obedient and the refractory people in their jurisdictions, so that they might get their deserts, and that the tranquillity of the country might be secured. Instead of the former expenses (kharch), the amount having been settled at one dám for each bígha of cultivated land, it was hoped that, upon this principle, 24 dáms might be the estimated sum to be allowed for each cultivator.