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 enfranchised at a quit-rent equal to the full assessment minus the existing jodi.

The manner in which Golgonda, Pálkonda and Sarvasiddhi became Government taluks has already been referred to. In 1859, in spite of the Collector's protests, the first and last of these were ordered to be amalgamated and made into one taluk called Narasapatam, with head-quarters at that place. But the plan was a failure, and in 1863 the old arrangement was restored.

In the same year the Jeypore estate was brought for the first time, in the circumstances set out later (p. 269), under direct administration.

In 1875 the divisional charges were as under:—

In 1882, in accordance with recommendations made by Mr. Carmichael when Special Commissioner in connection with the Rampa rebellion, three new deputy tahsildars' divisions were ordered to be constituted with head-quarters at Pádéru, Pottangi and Bissamkatak. The two first of these came into being in 1883 and the last in 1884. Pádéru was placed under the Principal Assistant for some time, but in 1893 the Pádwa taluk was constituted in its place and given to the Special Assistant.

In 1883 a new Deputy Collector was sanctioned for the district and after some discussion he was put in charge of Bimlipatam and Chípurupalle from the Collector's division and Gajapatinagaram, Pálkonda and Vizianagram from the Senior Assistant's. Nine years later a Covenanted Civilian was placed over the division so formed.

In 1888 another Deputy Collector was appointed to relieve the Collector of the direct care of the two taluks, Srungavarapukóta and Vizagapatam, which remained under him, and the divisional charges thus constituted (which have already been set out on p. 2 above) still exist. The head-quarters division is the only one which is in charge of a Deputy Collector.