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This settlement was, however, not a pure gift because it was partly in lieu of the amount due to the plff. under a will of Her Highness, the Maharani of Rewa. However that may be the deed was intended to be an additional provision to make up the deficiency in the maintenance amount which was payable under the deed of 1912.

62. In the deed of 1928, there is nothing to show that it was made because the settlor thought that the amount of Rs. 5,000 which was already payable to the plff. was still inadequate even after the settlement of the Banaras Estate in his favour. The deed simply states, "Whereas the settlor is the elder brother of the beneficiary & out of natural love & affection which the settlor bears to the beneficiary, the settlor is pleased to settle for the life of the beneficiary an allowance of Rs. 5,000 p. m. besides the allowance payable to the beneficiary, under the termsof the regd. trust deed dated 28-10-1912, executed by the father of both the parties to this documents this deed of settlement witnesseth that the settlor, the Raja of Vizianagram above referred to, has in consideration of natural love & affection which he bears to the beneficiary, hereby settles upon him a monthly allowance of Rs. 5,000 which shall from this date be payable to him on the first of every month during the life time only of the said beneficiary the said Maharaja Vijiyanand Gajpatiraj."