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"The proposed Poorhouse and Orphanage for the City,"
is a pathetic appeal made to His Highness the Nizam's Govern-
ment in behalf of the poor and orphan part of the population
of the land. The Rajah Murli Manohur begins by pointing out
what constitutes good government-how much the strength of
a Government is dependent on the peace and prosperity of the
governed—and how the low no less than the high classes of
the people serve to give it a lasting character. Then dwelling
upon the miseries of the poor, the beggars, and the orphans, he
suggests the establishment of a Poorhouse and Orphanage" in
the city. The cost of constructing a building to house 500 people
he lays at the modest sum of Rs. 15,000; and thinks that the
monthly expenses due to giving food &c., will not exceed
Rs. 3,000. He appeals to the Government to undertake to meet
but a portion of the expenses to be incurred, and submits
the following proposals for raising the rest of the sum necessary
for the purpose :-
(1) The Government should be pleased to pay half the cost of the
construction of the building from the Public Treasury, and to accord
its sanction to the holding of a lottery for raising the other half.
(2) To meet current expenses, a small income-tax should be levied
as follows: a tax of half a pie per Rupee on those whose income is
Rs. 40 or upwards; and of 3 pies per Rupee on Mansabdars, who practi
cally get paid for doing no work.
(3) Out of the amount alloted to Urus ceremonies (offerings to
saints), in which a lot of unnecessary expenditure is incurred, five per
cent should be paid towards this beneficient purpose. It is certain that
the souls of the holy dead will all the more feel pleased and satisfied
at this diversion of a portion of the funds set apart for their own propi-
tiation, to the beneficient purpose of protecting helpless orphans.
(4) A sum of Rs. 300 per mensem should be paid from the Govern-
ment Treasury, 150 for the Orphanage and 150 for the Poorhouse. It
is hoped, that by this means, the funds of the institution will always be
in a prosperons condition.
(5) A box should be kept in every Urus Juthra in the name of the Orphan and Poor Fund and one dub each from persons attending such3
