Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s18.22

c18.s18.22

"The officer of Prant Kalyan Bhiwandi represented that the *jamabandi* of the province could not be fixed without inspection of the lands and asked sanction to the expenditure of Rs. 700 or 800 on account of diet-money to officers making the inspection. He was ordered to make the inspection, if it was calculated to raise the revenue, and to take care that the inspection was honestly made, and that no oppression was caused to the rayats. Rs. 400 to 500 were sanctioned for expenditure as diet money" (summary by K. B. Marathe).¹⁰