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REGULATION XXII.
[A.D. 1795.
porting them for sale, as slaves, to different parts of India, or elsewhere,
and declaring that all persons who should in future be concerned, directly
or indirectly, in this inhuman and detestable trafhc, should be prosecuted
with the utmost rigour in the Supreme Court at the expense of the
Company; and if British-horn subjects, that they should be forthwith sent
to Europe ; or if such person or persons should not be subject to the
jurisdiction of that court, he or they, upon information being given to the
local magistrate, should be apprehended and kept in confinement, to be
dealt with according to the laws of the country.
Aboiitionofthechu- LXXV. On the 10th November, 1789, the exclusive privilege of pro-
^opoiies. ^ ^ aiding chunam and hre-wood for the use and consumption of the city of
Benares, which had been before let in farm, was abolished, and the trathc
in these articles was rendered free.
the same ryots culti-
vating on either side of
the borders.
LXXVI. In consequence of the inconvenience and disputes which
resulted from the same ryots cultivating lands on both sides of the line of
frontier between the district of Benares and the dominions of the Nawaub
Visier, this practice was prohibited on the 14th December, 1790, and the
aumils under both jurisdictions were apprized accordingly.
Highways to be kept LXXVII. On the same date, a circular order was addressed to the
d'L-fand tarmtrs^ with! aumils throughout thezemindarry, to cause the roads and highways to be
in and throughout their kept in a due state of repair, by the zemindars and renters of each talooka
ro.pectne lmnts. or village, as far assucliroads and highways should extend through their
respective limits.
Prohibition against LXXVIII. Onthe23rdDecember, 1789, an engagement was entered
Sddhken! iuto by the tribe of Raujekoomars, to renounce the practice which
had long obtained among them, of suffering their female infants to perish
under the circumstances specified in Section XIII. Regulation XXI.
1795.
Prohibition against LXXIX. On the 2nd of January, 1790, a circular letter was written
^hurries^'or^Jairi^ to the aumils requiring them to be attentive to prevent any zemindar or
those that are still farmer within their limits from constructing any new gliurry or fort,
standing; or any of tPg existing forts, it being desirable that the latter
and jungles to be cut might gradually become unserviceable as strongholds. The aumils were
at the same time instructed to endeavour to clear their several districts
of the jungles- and thickets, which had been in many instances pur-
posely allowed to grow by the landholders, as places in which they
might take refuge against the regular operations of the authority of
Government. The clearing of these places was further necessary, as they
afforded shelter to robbers and other ill-disposed persons.
Establishment of LXXX. On the 12th March, 1788, an establishment was formed for
tecttJn^o^tiie Deccmi the protection of the inland trade carried on by the Deccan road to Mir-
trade. zapoor. The persons appointed for that purpose have rendered themselves
responsible for all robberies committed within their respective limits ;
and on the 13th March, 1790, the number of guards on their establish-
REGULATION XXII.
[A.D. 1795.
porting them for sale, as slaves, to different parts of India, or elsewhere,
and declaring that all persons who should in future be concerned, directly
or indirectly, in this inhuman and detestable trafhc, should be prosecuted
with the utmost rigour in the Supreme Court at the expense of the
Company; and if British-horn subjects, that they should be forthwith sent
to Europe ; or if such person or persons should not be subject to the
jurisdiction of that court, he or they, upon information being given to the
local magistrate, should be apprehended and kept in confinement, to be
dealt with according to the laws of the country.
Aboiitionofthechu- LXXV. On the 10th November, 1789, the exclusive privilege of pro-
^opoiies. ^ ^ aiding chunam and hre-wood for the use and consumption of the city of
Benares, which had been before let in farm, was abolished, and the trathc
in these articles was rendered free.
the same ryots culti-
vating on either side of
the borders.
LXXVI. In consequence of the inconvenience and disputes which
resulted from the same ryots cultivating lands on both sides of the line of
frontier between the district of Benares and the dominions of the Nawaub
Visier, this practice was prohibited on the 14th December, 1790, and the
aumils under both jurisdictions were apprized accordingly.
Highways to be kept LXXVII. On the same date, a circular order was addressed to the
d'L-fand tarmtrs^ with! aumils throughout thezemindarry, to cause the roads and highways to be
in and throughout their kept in a due state of repair, by the zemindars and renters of each talooka
ro.pectne lmnts. or village, as far assucliroads and highways should extend through their
respective limits.
Prohibition against LXXVIII. Onthe23rdDecember, 1789, an engagement was entered
Sddhken! iuto by the tribe of Raujekoomars, to renounce the practice which
had long obtained among them, of suffering their female infants to perish
under the circumstances specified in Section XIII. Regulation XXI.
1795.
Prohibition against LXXIX. On the 2nd of January, 1790, a circular letter was written
^hurries^'or^Jairi^ to the aumils requiring them to be attentive to prevent any zemindar or
those that are still farmer within their limits from constructing any new gliurry or fort,
standing; or any of tPg existing forts, it being desirable that the latter
and jungles to be cut might gradually become unserviceable as strongholds. The aumils were
at the same time instructed to endeavour to clear their several districts
of the jungles- and thickets, which had been in many instances pur-
posely allowed to grow by the landholders, as places in which they
might take refuge against the regular operations of the authority of
Government. The clearing of these places was further necessary, as they
afforded shelter to robbers and other ill-disposed persons.
Establishment of LXXX. On the 12th March, 1788, an establishment was formed for
tecttJn^o^tiie Deccmi the protection of the inland trade carried on by the Deccan road to Mir-
trade. zapoor. The persons appointed for that purpose have rendered themselves
responsible for all robberies committed within their respective limits ;
and on the 13th March, 1790, the number of guards on their establish-