edi a p p e n d i x ;
* * * * * * M , m m M t o a « * » * * * s M i t t | H " t 08;
' L. desirable that there should-be one uniform standard for. the ^hole island, tow h io h JK every Otter measurement, weight, or currency may H B g S I been^written, dated 11th February .1814, brrtfae-subject o f currenby, weights, a n d »
^ r e s , and the collectors w ill be infuture strictly guided by that, keepmg therr a c c o s t s
Only in the terms therein auftoorized. ’ E . ..
'4 5 l a estimating the produce,-ibe average of several former years-wdl
.A;a^ahlands;mlltei^aSitoed^l%»s to what
• tbey foight » o d a w .
^ e s t i ^ o a l y with reference to ^ s ta n d a rd , or what unght-have-beentim
the ofop 'h ad th e land been sown with rice. ■ ,
-alllaaid ssoiot subjec't’sto irrigation, shall be estimated, in their produce, at what would
.be theauanticy of maize from them were that the solecrdp. ... - '
4? ^ S w o kinds o f euftivatLon are-the fo o st^ su a lttrou gh ou t th e island * r
-these descriptions o f la n d , and it will be easy to form amasseSsment wfae^ 8^
are only ‘considered, The profit or loss, in substituting,other- urops,- must be the-sole
rrrnrem o f the individual cultivators. M r * ' ' .11'' .
-48 In the value of the produce, the prices for both the paddy end th em e .th u s t
betaken as‘they-exist io the cheapest season of the year, and actually- procurable on
^ A ^ ^ a s aM f o a g® t t a r * a t e s t h a n these, as for instance, t th e ^ fc e s * e ^ r t ic le s !m a y
bear in periods of the y e a r -whenm g r e a te r scarcity p r e v a ik / o r .a t jy h a t- th e y M j | |
w e re t h l y disposed Of in la r g e tm v f ls , M S S e s tim a te -w illb e tok en ; nmd’ depending
« , »m i, .contingencies, a feitabe » ' th e realization- o f dm: might
frequento@fcciir. ' ' , . . .«
• 50. In the remarks Hat may be made opposite to each cultivator, • if necessary,
any circumstance ..mirr-boeHtered that may be deemed by dbe redteter deserving'of
mention ;-ifeut principally will fell under this column tbe -statement of .such reasons as
entitle'the individual' to &■ remission ©f rent, such to the-being« officer of government,
a p ^ s id n « ,^ ' The general account A. wiU throw inter one'yrnwite^hoteresomrees
and actual state of the village. ' . . . _ .««_ - - J
H P -Back of ihese villages must have a number given -to lt'by the officer ot
M dm ; I ' - r- ° : ' . - ill m tiTill BUB On the principles of complete survey, eve® the smallest quantity of land most
be a c c o u n t e d fo r ; and the general division mtouuch as are or-ure^ot in W e , j P g j g g
suggests itself. I These are again subdivided into other classes. T h e “ cultivated land '
w d l be formed by hringingtogether tb© tbtalaof the paper B . ; ^ifrefe land ? ’ will include
generally allsuch as are at present enjoyed by the village inhabitant, free o f assessment,
as-the area o f ihev iU a g e iteelfi toith its gardens, commons, &c. T h e coftee
« grounds»» still remawring in *th© possession o f goVurnMemt wili hd nW d flter ed ; «but*
cell
it will be the duty of the c©llectoïs ta;fetftbesè put,wherfe-they cam like other lands, to
toe converted to whatever purpose tbe'tenants-msy pleasç.
.53. The-extent of the “ teak forests” must likewise be giyefl ; and to this wil'Dr
follow what are.terrpedi“ tgovernment-landsj” tlrafcis, generally, whatever1 is held by.
them for their own ox the. public benefit, exclusive o f the1 two foregoin«1 classes. - In
the “ general' remarks” it Wjl] b e 'necessary- to advert- todhe particular natilre o f this
entry, specifyipg^what lands have formed iJijMj
@4. O f ,‘5.lands not in usé,” the most important'-part is that'which specifies what
are eapableof being cultivated.- The several quuKtfo's,-ofi theste cannof iis" eVé ïÿ instance
be quite correctly defined but as far-as practicable-; it fe; ’desirous' fp' arrange them id
the manner pointed obtp- that is, - into the fwb* g enera l descriptions o f S a & a k and
T r ëg id i N e x t will-follow lands' decidedly * linfit1-;”'— and finally, what are termed
V-jungle fends these âre-süeh as do not pfodiice teak.-1- In th eji i general remarks,”
it w ill be necessary to take notice of1 this fiattertclass, specifying, as fera s possible, to
what kind o f land’ th’ey belong,.'whether by dlèaÿi^g^mey might be"susceptible o f cult!
vatton, or ax® naturally unfit for1 it.’ The remaining heads in the paper need no
observation ! they explain themselves, and'will-be at once filled up fróm-tlie account
B. and :■
-fish 1 Bach officer_o'f division shall, ‘from these village apCounfyfl-ame one general
one o f the district under his authority. The form is shewn in the paper D. The
only additional information to be’furnished-by him in ify’-ie the quantify o f fe n d s lying
waste and uninhabited, which havé’h ó f .been1 portioned out into villages ; an*d in th
*4 general remarks” subjoined, it wiU- be-neeessary -to advert to these, pointing out
their nature, and the reasons for their being in such desert state:
■ Bach division shall'be regularly numbered.
57. The apoount marked E. is irttfendéd tó give-fo’ govéf ntnèbt on e g en e fa l view o f
the whole collectorship ; at once shewing into how many diyisiôns it’ ‘ is portioned out',
and in each of those how many villages there are, the general' p’op'ùlatibn' under its
several descriptions, ^he total anjoun'tpf land, what quantity o f it ’ië cultivated, how
much'is capable o f being so, the estimated value ó f thé1 entire prodQce, thè riches o f
Its inhabitants, which are éiflèfiy comprised in the nùmbér o f b'uffidoes and horses
possessed by them, &c. &c. And attached tó these àîiy sifoh obscrràtioîis foay be made
as may suggest themsélves to thé collectors.
, 5 8 . Thé collection o f papers thus framed, will, i t is deemed, put government folly
in possession o f all thé information they require. 1
89. On the first attempt by ïhé ;Brjtish power to introduce an amended system o f
land revenue through this isladd, from our paucity o f information on'the subject^ and
thç extreme caution with which it was necessary to proceed, i t was thought requisite
to have recourse to an mtertnediate class o f persons between th© actual sovereign'
and the cnltivator o f thé Soil, or to let out the whole lands o f each village to its
principal inhabitant.
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