His son and successor, Amjud Allee Shah, died on the 13th of February, 1847, leaving in the reserved treasury ninety-two lacs of rupees, one hundred and twenty- four thousand gold-mohurs, and twenty-four lacs in our Government securities--total, one crore and thirty-six lacs.

His son and successor, his present Majesty, Wajid Allee Shah, is spending out of this reserved treasury, over and above the whole income of the country, above twenty lacs of rupees a-year; and the treasury must soon become exhausted.

His public establishments, and the stipendiary members of the royal family, are, at the same time, kept greatly in arrears.* [* _November_ 30, 1851 .-- The gold-mohurs have been all melted down, and the promissory notes of our Government all, save four lacs, given away; and of the rupees, I believe, only three lacs remain; so that the reserved treasury must be entirely exhausted before the end of 1851; while the establishments and stipendiary members of the royal family are in arrears for from one to three years.

Fifty lacs of rupees would hardly suffice to pay off these arrears.

The troops on detached duty, in the provinces with local officers, are not so much in arrears as those in and about the capital.