History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c44.111

v2.c44.111

So even in the case of Patna, the poorest of the Sambalpur Garhjat States, the revenue was raised from Rs. 562-8-0 settled in 1827¹ to Rs. 600 in 1867. The tributes paid by Sonpur and Kalahandi are not known and therefore the amount of increase forty years later cannot be determined. Another new condition imposed by this Sanad was the introduction of Ābkārī Regulations. These five chiefs were ordered to manage their Ābkārī Revenue in such a manner "as not to interfere with the revenue of adjacent British territory." Further, they were threatened with a further increase of their tribute if Ābkārī Revenue declined in British territory on account of increase in their Ābkārī revenue according to the following rates :