The Nazim of Sultanpoor has authority to entertain such Tehseeldars and Jumogdars as he may require, for the collection of the revenue.  Of these he has, generally, from fifty to sixty employed, on salaries varying from fifteen to thirty rupees a-month each.  The Tehseeldar is employed here, as elsewhere, in the collection of the land revenue, in the usual way; but the Jumogdar is an officer unknown in our territories.  Some are appointed direct from Court, and some by the Nazims and Amils of districts.  When a landholder has to pay his revenue direct to Government (as all do, who are included in what is called the Hozoor Tehseel), and he neglects to do so punctually, a Jumogdar is appointed.  The landholder assembles his tenants, and they enter into pledges to pay direct to the Jumogdar the rents due by them to the landholder, under existing engagements, up to a certain time.  This may be the whole, or less than the whole, amount due to Government by the landholder.  If any of them fail to pay what they promise to the Jumogdar, the landholder is bound to make good the deficiency at the end of the year.  He also binds himself to pay to Government whatever may be due over and above what the tenants pledge themselves to pay to the Jumogdar.  This transfer of responsibility, from the landholder to his tenants, is called “Jumog Lagana,” or transfer of the jumma.  The assembly of the tenants, for the purpose of such-adjustment, is called zunjeer bundee, or linking together.  The adjustment thus made is called the bilabundee.  The salary of the Jumogdar is paid by the landholder, who distributes the burthen of the payment upon his tenants, at a per centage rate.  The Jumogdar takes written engagements from the tenants; and they are bound not to pay anything to the landholder till they have paid him (the Jumogdar) all that they are, by these engagements, bound to pay him.  He does all he can to make them pay punctually; but he is not, properly, held responsible for any defalcation.  Such responsibility rests with the landlords.  Where much difficulty is expected from the refractory character of the landholder, the officer commanding the whole, or some part of the troops in the district, is often appointed the Jumogdar; and the amount which the tenants pledge themselves to pay to him is debited to him, in the pay of the troops, under his command.

The Jumogdars, who are appointed by the Nazims and Amils, act in the same manner with regard to the landlords and tenants, to whom they are accredited, and are paid in the same manner.  There may be one, or there may be one hundred, Jumogdars in a district, according to the necessity for their employment, in the collection of the revenue.  They are generally men of character, influence, and resolution; and often useful to both, or all three parties; but when they are officers commanding troops, they are often very burthensome to landlords and tenants.  The Jumogdar has only to receive the sums due, according to existing engagements between the parties, and to see that no portion of them is paid to any other person.  He has nothing to do with apportioning the demand, or making the engagements between tenants and landlords, or landlords and Government officers.