A great portion of the estate is held (1908) on permanent leases by European indigo-planters.
12.

For discussion of this system see post, Chapter 7.
13.

'Pucka' (_pakka_) here means 'masonry', as opposed to 'Kutcha' (_kachcha_), meaning 'earthen'.
14.

Native Christians, according to the census of 1872, number 1,214 persons, who are principally found in Bettia thana [police-circle].
There are two Missions, one at Bettia, and the other at the village of Chuhari, both supported by the Roman Catholic Church.

The former was founded in 1746 by a certain Father Joseph, from Garingano in Italy, who went to Bettia on the invitation of the Maharaja.