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પાલીતાણા રાજ્ય સાથે થયેલા એપાના કરાર
14th. Bearing in mind, the peculiar relations of the parties concerned to one another and keeping in view the political status of the Chief of Palitana on the one hand and on the other the consideration due to the devout feelings of a large and influential sect, I make the following decision :
15th. The collection of the pilgrim tax is to continue with the Shrawak Community, but the amount payable to the Thakore Saheb of Palitana is to be subject to the revisal every ten years.
The year is to commence on the 1st of January.
16th. From the 1st of January 1864 the Shrawuck Community are to pay at the rate of ten thousand Rupees yearly ( 10,000) on account of “Kur” or Pilgrim tax, this sum to include every other minor tax such as Mulnoo, Nuzerana, and Wullawa. I have settled this sum after mature consideration, under a full impression that the state of the Shrawuck treasury, and the number of Pilgrims visiting the shrines quite warrant such an increase in the yearly payment.
17th. This order as regards the amount of payment to be considered binding and unalterable for the period of two years viz: to the 31st December 1865.
18th. At any time after that date either party are to be at liberty to call for a revisal of amount payable for the redemption of the tax; a scrutiny is then to be made under the rules provided below, and the result arrived at is to continue in force for ten years— or as much longer as the parties concerned may wish.
19th. Neither party are to be entitled to call for a revisal of rate until it has been in force for ten years, and no revisal is to be made unless formally demanded by the repressentatives of the Shrawuck Community or by the Chief of Palitana.
20th. One rate having by mutual consent continued in force for any period in excess of ten years will not be considered to bar any future revisal when called for according to the terms of the decision.
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