12. The local agents will also report to the ²[Deputy Commissioner] all vacancies and casualties which may occur, with full information of all circumstances, to enable the ³[Deputy Commissioner] to judge the pretensions of the person or persons claiming the trust; particularly whether the succession have been heretofore by inheritance in the line of descent, or whether the successor have been in former instances elected, and by whom, or whether he has been nominated by the founder or his heir or representative, or by any other individual patron of the foundation, or by any officer or representative of the Government, or directly by the Government itself.