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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 686 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COLLECTOR  , a

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term technically used for various officials, and particularly in
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India for the
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chief administrative
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official of a
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district . The word was in this
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case originally a
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translation of tahsildar, and indicates that the
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special
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duty of the
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office is the collection of
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revenue; but the collector has also magisterial
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powers and is a
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species of autocrat within the
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bounds of his district . The
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title is confined to the regulation provinces, especially
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Madras; in the non-regulation provinces the same duties are discharged by the
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deputy-
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commissioner (see COMMISSIONER) .

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