Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s14.1

c18.s14.1

A comparison of the documents will show that all the Kamavisdars did not enjoy the same remuneration, their allowance varied with the importance of the districts under their charge. Thus Trimbak Hari was appointed Kamavisdar of Sarkar Hande in the year 1740-41 on a salary of Rs. 1,000 per annum⁹ while Ramchandra Ballal, Kamavisdar of Pargana Bhupal, enjoyed in the year 1743-44 a salary seven times as large.¹⁰ The general principle seems to have been to give the Kamavisdar 4 per cent. of the money advanced by him (thus in the case of the Kamavisdar of Pargana Bhupal—your salary is Rs. 7,000 at the rate of 4 per cent. on the revenue of one lac and seventy-five thousand).¹¹ But this rule does not appear to have been uniformly followed. In the case of the Kamavisdar of Kasba Puntamba ¹² quoted in the footnote it was clearly stipulated in his appointment letter that he should pay at least Rs. 20,000 in advance every year. His salary according to the former rule should have been Rs. 800 but as it was, the officer did not get more than Rs. 200 ("of the sum contracted Rs. 20,000 are to be paid in advance every year. Pay therefore Rs. 20,000 annually and get receipt." . . . . . "The salary of the Shibandi and the officers of the aforesaid Mahal as before—Rs. 200 Kamavisdar ").