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THE REPLY.
"To
- Meharban Dostan John Smith, Esq.,
Collector,
Vizagapatam District.
"Sir,
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"From the abstract of the Regulations you have sent us with your letter dated the 15th December 1821, we have made out that, provided we relinquish the rights which we have in virtue of the para. 7 of the Permanent Cowle, the Government intend to make our Samasthanam for ever inalienable from our family.
"Though, by agreeing to the proposal, we should make ourselves subject to such inconveniences as the disability to procure debts when necessary, we who are inclined to think that the Zemindars, loyally acting up to the wishes of the Government, are sure of being helped by God, fully desire to be placed in
