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2 28. In 1837-38 all internal duties were taken off iron, steel and
3 ‘cattle; and nine other items, oppressive, but of little value, were like-
4 wise struck off.
5 29. In 1842-43 all Transit Duties were taken off sooparee, pepper
6 and cardamoms; and in 1843-44 the duty was taken off sheep’s wool
7 and coffee in transit.
8 30. In 1844-45 vexatious duties were taken off tobacco and the
9 contract abolished. At the same time all unequal privileges as to rates
10 of payment were- done away. with, and a uniform standard having been
11 fixed instead of the former interminable variations, the trade in soopa-
12 ree, pepper and cardamoms began to take its own natural course
13 throughout the country.
14 31. As a substitute for the abolished tobacco contract, a Halut of
15 one Rupee per maund was fixed on all produced in Nuggur, and an im-
16 - port duty of 14 on tobacco imported for consumption. A full drawback,
17 was given for all imported tobacco on re-exportation.
18 32. The above changes were followed in 1847-48 by the final aboli-
19 tion of all remaining Transit duties, so that nothing now remains of the
20 original system excepting some small dues ona few minor articles which
21 will be removed at the first convenient opportunity.
22 33. To make up for the considerable loss of revenue sustained by
23 these reductions, an additional Halut was put upon cardamoms, and on
24 the first sort. of sooparee, while a reduction was made on the second and
25 ‘third sorts of that article, end on pepper. This step was not taken
26 without consultation with the merchants concerned in the trade, and
27 with their full consent. These merchants expressed themselves fully
28 sensible of the weight of exaction and loss by detention from which they
29 had been relieved.
30 34. The number of articles upon which duties have been remitted
31 in the Nuggur Diyision is two hundred and forty-eight, and the total
32 annual value of remissions made since the assumption of the country is
33 Rupees 1,67,172-12-11. Tabular statements of the revenue in each
34 year from sooparee, coffee and tobacco will be found in the Appendix to
35 the General Memorandum on. Mysore.
36 35. Were it not for fear of swelling this Memorandum to too great
37 a.length, more light might have been thrown on the Sayer system for
38 merly obtaining in Nuggur, by the insertion of a long and admirable letter
39 from the Honorable H. B, Devereux, of the Bengal Civil Service, who