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488 only the hill tracts. Disturbances have been comparatively rare since these changes were effected. From 1845 to 1848, the ll chiefs in Golconda gave a good deal of trouble to the troops. The estate had been attached owing the murder of the Rání, who had been placed in authority by Government. In 1857-58 there was another disturbance in Golconda, which was speedily put down. In 1849-30, and again in 1855-56, disturbances broke out in Jaipur. There had been frequent disputes between the Rájá and his son, which required the interference of the Gorernor's Agent; and he considered it advisable to take under his charge the four tiluks belonging to Jaipur on the eastern side of the Gháts, in order to save the zamindárí from falling into utter ruin. These táluks were restored to the present Rájá's control, on his succeeding to the estate on his father's death in 1860. It was then determined to station an Assistant at Jaipur, together with an Assistant Superintendent of Police; and to bring the whole territory under the magisterial and judicial authority of the Agent, and under the regular administration of the police. This change has been effected quietly, and with no greater degree of passive resistance than could reasonably have been expected. In 1879-80, the rebellion which had broken out in the RAMPA country, in Godávari District, spread into the Gudem hill tracts, and thence into Jaipur. It was inally suppressed towards the close of 1880.

Recent History of the Vizianagram Estate.-As the history of the District was for the greater part of a century co-extensive with that of the zamindárí of Vizianagram, it is advisable to mention here the later fortunes of that estate, though since the complete establishment of the authority of the English Government it has not exercised the influence over the whole District that it formerly did. The estate was placed in charge of the English authorities in 1817, a very heavy debt having been incurred in unliquidated balances; but it was restored to the Rájá at the end of five years clear of all incumbrances. In 1827, the Rájá proceeded to Benares, leaving his estate again under charge of the Government; and during the minority of his son, and for a few years after he had come of age (from 1848 to 1852), it was under the care of Mr. Crozier, who managed its affairs so successfully that he restored it to the Rájá, on his coming of age, with a surplus. The late zamindár, though frequently an absentee landlord, administered the estate with kindness towards his tenants, and with profit to himself. He also took a prominent part in public affairs, and was rewarded with the star of a K.C.S.I., the title of Mahárájá, the prefix of His Highness, and a salute of 13 guns. The present Mahárájá, Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Ráz, succeeded to the estate in 1879 on the death of his father, and bids fair to prove himself a worthy son. In 1881, the personal titte of Mahárájá was conferred upon him, and his claim