=Revenues.=—It is always a task of difficulty to obtain any correct account of the revenues of these States, which are ever fluctuating. We have now before us several schedules, both of past and present reigns, all said to be copied from the archives, in which the name of every district, together with its rent, town and transit duties, and other sources of income, are stated; but the details would afford little satisfaction, and doubtless the resident authorities have access to the fountain-head. The revenues of Dhundhar, of every description, fiscal, feudal, and tributary, or impost, are stated, in round numbers, at one crore of rupees, or about a million of pounds sterling, which, estimating the difference of the price of labour, may be deemed equivalent to four times that sum in England.[9.8.9] Since this estimate was made, there have been great alienations of territory, and no less than sixteen rich districts have been wrested from Amber by the Mahrattas, or her own rebel son, the Naruka chief of Macheri. The following is the schedule of alienations:— 1. Kama[9.8.10] ┐ Taken by General Perron, for his master Sindhia; 2. Khori │ since rented to the Jats, and retained by them. 3. Pahari ┘ 4. Kanti ┐ 5. Ukrod │ 6. Pandapan │ 7. Ghazi-ka-thana │ Seized by the Macheri Rao 8. Rampara (karda) ├ [now in Alwar State] 9. Ganwnri │ 10. Reni │ 11. Parbeni │ 12. Mozpur Harsana ┘ 13. Kanod or Kanaund[9.8.11] ┌ Taken by De Boigne and given to 14. Narnol │ Murtaza Khan, Baraich, confirmed └ in them by Lord Lake. ┌ Taken in the war of 1803-4, from the Mahrattas, 15. Kotputli │ and given by Lord Lake to Abhai Singh of └ Khetri. 16. Tonk ┌ Granted to Holkar by Raja Madho Singh; confirmed 17. Rampura │ in sovereignty to Amir Khan by Lord └ Hastings. It must, however, be borne in mind, that almost all these alienated districts had but for a comparatively short period formed an integral portion of Dhundhar; and that the major part were portions of the imperial domains, held in _jaedad_, or ‘assignment,’ by the princes of this country, in their capacity of lieutenants of the emperor. In Raja Prithi Singh’s reign, about half a century ago, the rent-roll of Amber and her tributaries was [434] seventy-seven lakhs: and in a very minute schedule formed in S. 1858 (A.D. 1802), the last year of the reign of Raja Partap Singh, they were estimated at seventy-nine lakhs: an ample revenue, if well administered, for every object. We shall present the chief items which form the budget of ways and means of Amber.