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2 necessary orders issued regarding them with-
3 out consulting the Maharaja, excepting in
4 cases of an important nature. The recruits
5 entertained are now also passed ‘by Raja Dhian
6 Singh, but the orders connected with the mover
7 ment and despatch of troops, and with regard
8 to their. pay, clothing, and promotion, originate
9 solely from his Highness himself.
10 ‘The Maharaja places great confidence in the
11 Raja’s good sense and fidelity, and considers
12 him one of his sincerest friends. He entrusts
13 him with the investigation and settlement of
14 affairs of importance both‘in the financial and
15 judicial departments of the state; and the
16 mildness and propriety of conduct with which
17 he transacts ‘his business is not among the least
18 of his good qualities and claims to approbation,
19 . Since he has held his present high office at the
20 court of Lahore. The power which the two
21 elder Jammoo Rajas have of late years been
22 acquiring is chiefly owing to the great in-
23 fluence .which the constant presence of Raja
24 Dhian Singh at court enables him to exercise
25 ‘ in the affairs of their family.
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