Administrative System of the Marathas c21.s3.23

c21.s3.23

As in the days of Shivaji no officer enjoyed undivided supreme authority in the fort. Surety was, as before, taken at the time of enlisting the garrison as well as the officers. The salary of the Karkhannis was so low that we learn from a letter of Balaji Baji Rao's time that in 1750-51 the Karkhannis of fort Trigodi found it impossible to serve on the old pay and he was replaced by a new man on a higher salary, *vis.*, Rs. 100 a year.²⁴