He has, however, a deputy in Kidder Nath, a relative, who has all the ability, vigour, and energy required, if well supported and encouraged by the Oude Durbar.

He was deputy under Dilla Ram for many years, and the same under Hoseyn Allee last year.

He is a man of great intelligence and experience; and one of the best officers of the Oude Government that I have yet seen.
There are two kinds of recognised perquisites which landholders enjoy in Oude and in most other parts of India--the _nankar_ and the _seer_ land.

The _nankar_ is a portion of the recognised rent-roll acknowledged by the ruler to be due to the landholder for the risk, cost, and trouble of management, and for his perquisite as hereditary proprietor of the soil when the management is confided to another.

It may be ten, twenty, or one hundred percent upon the rent-roll of the estate, which is recognised in the public accounts, as the holder happens to be an object of fear or of favour, or otherwise; and the real rent-roll may be more or less than that which is recognised in the public accounts.