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2 CHAP. IV.
3 TBI UVENVS*
4 THE whole revenue of the Caubul government, in settled times,
5 may be redoned at aomething near diiee cracei * of rupees j
6 tmt <kf this upwards oi a crofe is remilted to dHfoent hslPanbdMed
7 princes, who are ooiiteiit to hold their leveinie as a grant of the
8 King's, but who never would hare oonsented to give it up to him.
9 This description of revenue cannot be considered among the King of
10 GHibul*s resources.
11 The real revenue fiills a good deal within two cnnes.
12 Of this a great part (about half) is aseagped in Teoool (Jegeer)^
13 most of it was granted on condition of miUtaiy service^ and the bene-
14 fit whidi the King derives from it will appear in the account of his !
15 army; the rest is allotted to maintain the MoolUdu or rdigknis |
16 officers, or given in charity to derviaes and Syuds. j
17 The remaining snm was received by the King till the breaking oat
18 of the present troubles. By the best accounts, it amounted to upwards
19 of nine million of rupees.
20 Tlie principal source of the King's income is the land revenue,
21 whicli is assessed on the profluce according to tixed proportions,
22 which vary with the imUirc ol tlie kind, and are different in different
23 provinces. Some ol the A<<^hauu nilie?, and of the remoter provinces,
24 are not subject to this mode c>i assessment, but pay a fixed sum annu-
25 ally. The other sources ol the revenue are the town duties and
26 A crare of w dnvt a BuUiiNi of pomMb ^ling.
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