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APPENDIX
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APPENDIX L. No. II.
REVENUE IN ST R U C T IO N ^ '
The Honourable the LieuteijaDt: Goyerfipr. in* ©ountil having taken into mature
consideration th e sta te o f the Land'Revenue o f this Island, and being. impressed -with
ihe-necessity o f establishing one uniform, equitable, anfl adfetjuate systemfar its assessment
and realization, has been pleased to 'direct that the following iilstPuctiOns be
sent to the Residents, “Gblfectors, and »other-officers,’ to whom are,icdfisigned the charge
o f the several provinces under his authority.
I-.yTt is the object o f government to separate, in a great measure,' thq'ireVejfie
from the judicial branches o f the internal administration, it being deemed that aiaor4
lucid and simple arrangement o f the public business_will be formed thereby
the relieving the residents from a part o f their at present too extensiveJand pomplicated
duties, w ill ensure so much easier and better ex ecu tion'o f the remainder, as^fully^'lo
counterbalance any additional expense that may_be incurred by "the^a|dprfian^of^Be
measure. ■
2. For this purpose it has been-resolved, that collectors shall be appointed' injfeerr
diately to the various districts, whose office shall consist in the sole and entire superintendance
o fthe land revenue, and to whom therefore shall be made over b y therejnaeKfg
the complete charge o f that department, with a ll such pap^rlf,rdo*®ffieSt% ’Me
in any way connected with i t . ’’
1 r- 3. In some instances, however,' from strong local, political, or otXer flasons ^ i s '
considered advisable, that several branches o f the public duty remairfstill veste'd;fa)r
a time in the resident alone. As this necessity shall cease, care will |fe:takeii; M w .m e '
introduction o f separate collectors, to attain uniformity. But, in the mean time
particularly .'enjoined to such residents as are continued 'in this dbuMe,capacity o f
revenue and ju d ica l superintendants, to take due care that these several branches,!^
not blended in the execution, but that each part o f their duty be discharged according
to the department to which it belongs, and that their several proceedings berecordedin
their proper departments only1, distinct from all others.
4 . A similar line o f conduct will be observed in the maintenance o f the establish«
ments necessary for carrying on the business of"these several departments ; these
establishments being kept as-much apart, and as much confined to their distinct
details', When the 'duties ' o f 1 collector and judge and magistrate are exercised by
the same person, as when there are different officers appointed for the superintendance *
o f each. *
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, . H H H h s a w m i tne collection, o f ithc
land-revênugjT tvall* consumer rthe following' instructions, ■ ■ ■ | as addressed to
themselves in that capacity, • Each collectomsliall. forward, to government a list o f such
'establishment (with the? salaries to eachsindividual: that ho would recommend), as he
deems adequa^to^carryingi.onAhe business, in his head’ office, where the general
papers, accoimtsy'&c., t o il be: prepared, andWhich. will., be.-conducfedi under his own
immediate î&spebtïom/J <t> h v l h j z ih t f,- * v b 'wtoo -* -i ^ ... r - Y ^ ^ ° yw« MMi oî
writers-/(Javans- and-English) ’opasses,.,a nd other servants; .a s.m ’a y ib c necessary
This nativerass,stunt ought-tube a man o f ran R e sp e c ta b ility , and information, thTt
he maj*. be at on ce com petent, .’by bisk n owléd g e .o f .thé manners, ’ characters, and habits
o f Aet-nativei inhabitants,, to; assist, th e ,c o lle c t^ in a d v isifig^ a su r e s, b est, suited, to
eachoccasioD^ and b y .the. estimation in which he is held by the people, to- len d -a
-considerâblemd in carrying, those m e a sû r e srd u lj^ t^ e cu .ü o n ,
\ !- ; HisJ ala^ ^ y ’ amount,to. from one t o / t ^ ^ l ^ u p e e s p'er month, or a
quan tity o f land eqtuaLto such sum may be allô wêdîhim.renti free; - - ,
may be a<3v^ b l e -f°^ empioy Ifor, this^itirittio^sdrn^of the Bopatis,. Patehs 0r
Tumunggun gs, who h a ve ,b e en ,.’bnt are not-now^^.tlfe.actual-seïx icelof.government..
M “ F “ sal W ^ .p é n s i o n s are, in many instances, already allowed manner n f
| B B B | mayiprove aiconsiderable savingrtojgpV^m’ent ;; and,Ia.t thersame time M e
which, w ill carry with it a considerable
S™! ï “ ty"ar C0^ ^ c^ ^ ay '^elmbre’pleasing to many, than M H i
for which they muskfoel that;iUcTW atpresen* making
■ Q K M 1 outer establishment^ those necessary for carrying-on thft details-in
eachvillhge'drMivisiorfy-it.isnot intended.' to create.any new officers; those-at present
en'teMiS é^m'd’Vh dbâ y e. 'as* yet': very. well executed thèrdouble’duties, o f,police and
the most competent and, bpst. fitted fofreontinuing to manage
tnê Business oP these séŸferal departments. : - 5
Which would arise^from; the-appointing a n ew
deschption o f revenue-officers, that isa ld n e considere’d;inhhis arrat.gem.eflt,, T h efo r -
matrdn o^a-dStfflct revenue-establishment throughout: thdiftterioS, < . 0n manyother
i ^ u n ^ deemedmn-jnnovation that vvojlld be attended with considerably trouble that
fàculd jar oVeAess phasing' to the inhabltanfethemselves, and that wquldmot ,b e nearly
S“ ,al e<1U! t6 to ’thS'idanagement o f the-collections, . as’.the' collectipn=’<5f the combined
establishment àt;fpr'esefl» l i s t in g . ■;
head-inhabitant, o f'a J a v ah . village has, from: immemorial .'usage, been-
considérai to have vested in him the generabsuperintendadcerof'itheiaffiiirs relating, to
that viUage, whether in attendhig.to- the police, settling the minor disputes, that occur
within- its limits1, or o f collecting, its Wénùes; o f mdreo bftem,its: sprvfcei For this.
purpose, his office has been elective, and the powers h e exercises .^Jtraste4 Jo. him-by
pis fe llow inhabitants. - ’ . - J
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