“ share of'sensiffifity.jthan c.ould'from .reasoning be expected,,tot result .from
a the. apparep^ly’oyerwhelming. cansps which' contributed- to,.degrade their
“ faculties and, blunt their energies and exertions:.: _
.« Itjis.anJnstruetiye, fret, highly, worthy of remark, that the sq^Sessive
“ commotions and ..insurrections- which have for many years disturbed the
“ peace of Cheribon, have uniformly had their origid in the-Javan-districts,
“ where the rights, of;, private property -imthq,soil were almost eptkely p-ybr-
“ looked, that they have only occasionally extended from the Java'n to »the
“ ■ Sunda districts,-and. have never reached the P.riaflg’eiii landsy, -where
“ property in the soil is fully acknowledged and respected.- '
V The. taxes which fell upon agriculture were so various,. and,.at the same
“ time assumed such a variety of shapes, that it, is impractioable to. state in
“ a word the actual portion which, by law o^custom, fell to-itfi'd share
“ of the sovereign.
.... “ The .most material, however, are confjprehended in tbe.fqllowing- effia-
# logue, to which are added others falling equally.upon agriculturahindus.try,'
¥ though not constituting a direct source of revenue.fojgoyerhprept. f
. “ 1. The-contingent, called in ^ the language of. the. qount-ry, gdntang.
“ This is usually estimated1 at fifteen parts in one bundted^of the.rice. c|gp.;
jl but it was, in truth, arbitrarily assessed, .according to a-roughwaonjecture
“ of. the capability of the country.. In such of.the,Priartg'en lands,as
Continued to be- directly administered “by their , own .native chiefs, the
“ amount paid to the-latter was determined with. some. acc'utfacy-da be. one-
“ tenth of the gross produce, embracing, asin.the first casei^theivfleeycyog
¥ only.
f.‘. p, A poll tax, or rather a tax on.families, called by,the natives*of -this
“ part of the country pagalantang. Part was levied on account 6f govern-
“ ment, and part on account of .the chiefs.
“ ,3i Market, duties , or tolls., These were literally levied op every article
“ vended in the markets, embracing as well the whole, produce of, their
“ agriculture, as that of their petty arts and manufactures.
. “ 4. A tax on the slaughter of buffaloes, necessarily , affecting the price
“ of food, and discouraging thej-rearing of an animal indispensible to a
H successful prosecution of. the labours of agriculture.
5.-The charge of lodging and feeding travellers, and transporting
“ troops, baggage, and stores of all descriptions. This is termed in the
“ native language s&guh, or the rites of hospitality.
6. The
« 6, The obligation g , tehnstmGt?j| and repair bridges, roads, and public
¥' builclings, throughout'thb edunery.
obhgffiohno'cultivate "and deliver,at inadequate!1 rates» certain
«, foreign,|iQ|uCtions, -whie^ihe actual conditmjn fe . the country, the habits
'■ feefelie^eople,' an d .s tiili^tfi^: interests, could,1 peter have prompted
«-them. fr> undertake, if permitted freely to pursufe | theU own interest.
“-Coffee-was EK-chipf off theSe'pf od&cfs. '
speaking of'tbej-. Wxes-whichs®^opon. the husbandman and the
-*• Jand, the zaJcat mufStt no|-,be[fprgotten. .. This is nominally ;a tithe, .or
fctiSr - 'Tp-*payirihnt jis* i^dfe'ifoptional,11 bnt.' from''ifeligidus''motives?
; seldom^withheld. f Lvery.tenth sheaf iff'-kfe.J^e^erop is.allotted;to reH-
giou^purposesi .b'uti.evety.-.man measures its size according .to --hi§-J own
‘fLlpiety. JLts amount was-^frfou^ejvery* variahl|B>r but almost always jqate-
“ rially ’' sffialler'^ anfr UgerfeBnly indeed'not half the size; o f‘the' ordinary
sh?da|i?^ This -practice gives rise;,to a'.welhkpown distinction between the
** hTmmSry sheaf arijl that.: allottpdL*l^ ^ rq_gl?rgJ wh.en.the grain is,brought
jj^ to market.”
BfCC^&'frible anneajjfep was^framed on thd“mtihdiictidh - of the detailed
Sys tem;but it;, not being’-practicable, op, account of the; extent'1 of-the
^ .province^1 fo^ -the European -officer to visit. eVery part - of ^ths,' district,-
many of the particulars are stated upon estimate $ particularly the quantity
/n f cultivated land and amount of produce,- which, -it *is* to he,'apprehended,
.^are rather oven-rated. The return, however, .of the population may be
considered-more accurate.
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