under the European government, hut an experience of three years fully
demonstrated the âfdvântàges".restating from it- to thé pühîiè reVén'öèi G,It
would have been attended wltted great: immediate ló^s, without ahÿ cbrres-
ponding future gainj to- havé" abolished at- oüce àÜ- thë' föMfièrlêttréeS of
revenue ; but the thorough' change of 'System; was declared, and ffrh'jjrin-
ciples of i t were acted uptm,-ae:ihr; as ;Waëiöbisitent^#lth thé^lëëùfitl^ of
phbfe tranquility' aadlhe realization of fbé «Uÿrëôt ïësoöréëé óf the ;
and.-the' .resultsof these arrangements, as ' far * as - thëjr 'Went, proved that
a landsrrent) might, even with the existing ^taxes' in ' th e 'càpitafei :&cL'' ' be
realized;'^ thé»rate' of atdeast sixPrûpeèS 'aanuàlly from:eâch cultivator, or
after the abolition óf the taxes bearing oh"âg¥ifcüItürê,; • at the average fate of
four, -SpkmsK dôMàrstfrom 'Êâeh' cultivator; -'-giving fhr‘thé*’ Hid Base # Lf®ftaI
for the'iVdiolö islapdiofisiteut hÉblMööé1 ^andfdh’Üfé' other of
four millions‘>of Spanish dollars, or1 at five shiffihgs’ the dollar, a Mfffloh
sterling. 'Of this oh®*feuath-would;aGöffle tó 'iihe iiafSfe arid the
remainder • to the European' government. I The- pafti'eiilli§v0f the’.’Mhd
revenue .settlement effected in'eaóhidistrict;- and the dètàiTétf* ïèsdurCes' of
the different parts* of the island, be-pârtreularl-y'h'èteéëdi0"fhe sMïttidâl
accounts . which will appear in a "subsequent part-Sf-1 this; ' Vdftöië,; 'hvhterf^the
subject of revenue Will be .again adverted^ to ; and, ilPfbg-',thehn 'ft
may be sufficient, for th'e purpose óf shewing the' ‘general ' resources^''to
refer to -the- annexed table, exhibiting^ thè^revehüés' and<-é^pèôâesbf&he
Jayânf'gôvërnmeMufoÉf ai pétsod’-of-thrée*faVohrablë'fèaëtè' 'Und10P?théi4ild
Dutdh> Company, ! fon three 'years • uhdéï ! thé ‘aimSÉlSferêtóoi# 'óf -Marshal
Daehdels, when its real'iresbUhces ‘itéré ■first called forth and the'revenue
was Mghti-tharf before known, - and fdf-fhe/first' ffifé’efiyëâW%hdet;-the
British -government, ö f'WMeltr'alone; kdé8uh!#Kété ÿéf mdiédC ^^Çhe
dèpendënçies lhdtïd«b in this fable 'ddmot iridudè'1 the Mol®c^hs*î®d^ice
Islands, ithe administration ó f which under fthferMtSh |#^à&l^inï^wàs‘h%t’
distinct from that of Java.
By this statement it will appear5hth&f/ the revenues hctnàlly ïèalizèd in
oyh/ionndav», in thè yteaô“ilM'4-M,i'aâdiDeiârë thé llhcffèVéSue àrfébgé*
ments had become fully effectual, - amounted- tó upwards óf six millions. and
a half • of rupees : - to this 'may b e added one-thud* more for the revëhue. of
the native provinces, ^making' a total- revenue o f thé island exceeding eight
millions and a'half of rupees, -or above a million! sterling. - ’
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