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177 the lands now held by your Ameram and Cuttabuddy peons. I have therefore resolved to fix the equivalent to be paid by you in money at the sum of star pagodas 98,327 exclusively of the established Peishcush; but it being my intention to reserve in the hands of the Company the administration of the revenues derived from sayer, salt and spirituous liquors, I have deducted from your commuted equivalent, the total amount of these branches of revenue, being according to the accounts furnished by you star pagodas 8,942 per annum, so that your payment will in future be fixed as follows:—

8. The above sum being the total amount of the public demand for your portion of the expenses of general protection, I transmit to