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 required to refrain in all time to come, from the exercise of Criminal jurisdiction and to submit all cases which may hereafter occur involving life or limb to the exclusive cognizance of the said Collector of Peishcush.

And whereas the Right Honourable Edward Lord Clive, Governor-in-Council of Fort St. George aforesaid, has judged it expedient and proper to institute an enquiry into the internal government, history, produce and resources of the Zemindaris of Venkatagiri, Kalahasti and Bommarajupolliem. Be it further known to the Zemindars aforesaid that the said Collector of Peishcush has been instructed and ordered to enquire into and to take accurate accounts of the actual state of the Revenue in each taluk, purgannah and village, of the exact state of population, manufactures and trade, of the soil, climate, and natural products of each Zemindari, of the former and present modes of administering justice, police and law, as well as of the