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affected by such grants ; and in- tbe enjoyment o f them, therefore, they most be duly
protected by the government. ; Such proprietors o f revenue,, as they may be termed,
sbalf in short be allowed “to 'act, with regard to the cultivators, only as government
themselves act toward theirs; that is, - receiving a fixed sha re' o f the produce : but
whilst that is duly delivered, neither exacting, more, nor removing any individual front
his land.
.72, On these subjects it will become the duty o f the collector to be particularly
careM arid circumspect; to hear allcla im s, but to admit none lightly, giving to each
the -fullest.investigation prior to acknowledging their validity.
73. When the collector shall have thoroughly acquainted himself with the actual
state and resources o f each village, he shall proceed, as quickly a§' he ego, to the assessment
o f toe land revenue, to be realized, not from tho-village generally, bat from each
iudividual cultivatorjinhabiting it.
74. The head o f the village shall be considered as the officer o f government, to be
employed in the collection o f the revenue; for which »..certain portion o f land shall
be allowed to him. In consideration o f this, and possessing, as he will', due powers
for its realization, he shall be considered as responsible for its whole amount. By
this means, every advantage o f the general village' settlement will be.obtained, without
any o f its evils. .,,
75. I t must be observed, that all allotments o f land, whether as pensions or-salaries^
are to be made only provisionally} and in such grants the government share "will be
all that is to be affected by them.
76 One lease shall be made for the whole village, according- to the form laid down
in the enclosure F.
■ -^**s give .to each individual a fo il knowledge o f his, rights, dndtofi what
are the only dues to be expected from him by government, extortion of, injustice
can "then exist, without being liable to instant detection and punishment.1 Uto
attain still farther this end, it is ordered, that a copy, o f this -lease be lodged With
the officer o f division, and another be kept for public inspection in the village
office.
f 8 . Th e head o f the village shall also give to each renter an extract account,- according
to the form in enclosure G.
79. By this the renter will know exactly the state o f his affairs, and the exami-
nation o f these lesser papers will at once discover any fraud on the part o f the village
officer ; -for h e must, on cad i receipt o f money or kind, mark it in their accounts.
80. Th e officer o f division-, w ill, in like manner, acknowledge on the back o f the
general lease the several sums received by him from the bead o f any villages Tbe
receipt o f kind collections will, in the same way, be acknowledged at the eolledtor’S
office, when they are delivered in.
■if, The manner o f assessing tbe government share wifi proceed, as far as practicable,
a* fo llow s:
82. As
82. As the inferior descriptions o f land require greater labour in their cultivation, appendix
m d . as-rthe-actual quantity! o £ produce le ft from each for the use .of the renter, is I*-
wished to bemearly-the same, -a different rate in assessing must be observed for each. MoTlT.
88. The following is considered as the -fairest-scale for fixing the government-share
from .each species Jof-land, and ought to be referred -to, <as much as possible, as the
general standard:
L a n d s .
1st sort, one-half o f -the estimated produce.
2&,' . . . , two-fifths -of ................ ditto
3d, . ," J i one-third o f . ditto.-
F o r L e g a l - L a n d s .
let sort, two-fifths o f th e estimated-producer
. ' € è , - . . .. cmé-third óf
. 3 d , ------óne-fourth:«#-~,................ ditto. *
84. I t must ibe expected, that-less than toisiwiH'ibe-Jevied'-in many places for some
tirjae to -comer '.Various reasons williinduce a< low-rental being established atnfifst1 as
the energies,, o f imany impoverished und long> oppressed districts.aife to be broitoht-forth
by every-iencauragement that governmentican-giVe'; ffbut -when .oulttoation has reached
what may be Considered a slits state lof-perfectign, and the- settlement is completely
matured, the'above must form the general rates o f assessment.
: «Sfiïl-Government thi nk i t necessary also explicitly-to declare,1 that fhey1 wi/ll-be -satis-
fied -when the land revenue shall be productive to-them in-these proportions,-'deteió-
mining,1 a t no-future-time,- to-raise that-scale; that the inhabitants, being1 thus exactly
acquainted with what will form the utmost demand -on them, and’resting in full- confii
dence that government w ill not exact any thing further," m a y ,.in ’tiiatosbcürity, ehjóy
their possessions in undisturbed happiness, and apply, thëir utmost industry -to the
improvement o f their lands, assured that, while they 'conduct themselves well, that
land will-'never be taken from them, aud that tbe more productive th ey may-be able
to:render-it, the more beneficial will it beto-themselvtes: '-i;‘
• .86.'}Thehead,of the>viikge will deliver "his money, collections'to the officer o f-d iv ision
,-Si such instances -Us -maybe direoted by the collector -'-but dil payments in'kind
must be made - actually into the collector’s office at the head station^ the expenses o f
bringing it fal'liug-entirely bn the renters. This is done chiefly with a view to discourage
such species Of payments, government wishing to receive, as1 far as practicable*
their revenues -in money aione. In ordering -this, regard' has also been had to former
custom, the contingent under th e Butch administration1 having always bèen thus delivered
in.
87. The option o f kind payment’ is still -left’to the renter on-many accounts; in con-
sideration, partly, o f-the present scarcity o f -specie throughout the country, partly as
being agreeable to their ancient- usages, which will always be paid tfie-greatest attention
to;, but chiefly, as by leaving this double mode o f payment open, the assessment*
both