A History of Assam c21.6

c21.6

Its management was entrusted, in November 1823, to David Scott who had been appointed Agent to the Governor-General for the whole eastern frontier from Cachar and Sylhet in the south to the Sikkim country in the north.[*] He was at the same time Special Civil Commissioner of North-East Rangpur, *i.e.*, Goālpāra and the Gāro Hills, and Judge of Circuit and Appeal in the Zilla of Sylhet; but in spite of this multiplicity of appointments, he was left to perform his new duties with a wholly inadequate staff. In Upper Assam he was relieved of the direct control of affairs by the appointment of an assistant. This post was filled, first by Colonel Cooper and afterwards, in 1828, by Captain Neufville, who had distinguished himself as Intelligence Officer during the Burmese war. The headquarters of this officer were originally at Rangpur, near Sibsāgar, but were afterwards moved to Jorhat. For the conduct of the administration in Lower Assam, David Scott was left absolutely single-handed until, after urgent and repeated requests, Captain Adam White was deputed to help him.