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Collector
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a term technically used for various officials, and particularly in India for the chief administrative official of a district. The word was in this case originally a translation of tahsildar, and indicates that the special duty of the office is the collection of revenue; but the collector has also magisterial powers and is a species of autocrat within the bounds of his district. The title is confined to the regulation provinces, especially Madras; in the non-regulation provinces the same duties are discharged by the deputy-commissioner (see Commissioner).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Collector'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/collector.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Collector'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/collector.html. 1910.
