reference to Her Majesty's Government as to whether it should be charged to the Ordnance in preference to the Civil Department. As one of the Petitioners is an inhabitant of the village of Tytam, His Excellency would likewise with the Statement specify the distance at which the Paddy fields are from the Cantonments. Should Major Aldrich require such assistance one of the Assistant Magistrates in the "Chinese Department" or an Interpreter will be directed to accompany him on the occasion of his making the above inquiries.
(Signed) Richard Homam.
Contents of a Petition. Chunyangsin, of Tytam Village near Incid in letter No:156 742 be -ear Chettichu, begs that some remuneration may be given to him, so that he may be enabled to obtain a livelihood. I have been living at Tytam for a length of time, and my family which consists of several persons are exceedingly poor, depending solely upon the cultivation of a piece of ground of five mow for livelihood. Unexpectedly however the great English Officers last month issued orders, forbidding and totally putting a stop to the cultivation of Paddy. I cannot suppose that the great benevolent English could ever take the bread out of people's mouths, and as we have no other means of living and if we receive no remuneration we shall for certainty be pressed with hunger and hardly keep up our existence. I therefore come to lay my complaint before Your Excellency.