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87 estates as inalienable as they were obtained by their forefathers either for meritorious services or by their prudent management as clearly stated in the first part of this lecture.

In bygone days our ancestors had a chance of showing their military genius to the then existing Governments and of obtaining a new estate or estates from Government as a reward for their military services. Now there is no such need for the Government to ask us to help it and therefore we have no chance of enlarging our Zamindaries in the above way. Now the only chance of enlarging our estates is that we should manage them prudently, save annually a' fair share of their income and spend it on improving the agricultural resources of our own estates or in buying new lands, villages and even estates.

I may here classify the holders of estates:—

I. Rajahs who have the hereditary