NÔTÏI.
I both in this and: future settlements,- will be àble' to be proceeded VitK ofrthè justest
and best principles. Enhancement, orl rémissions will» be equitably regulated by it ;
and, in short, by keeping the actual produce always'in view, the-shares of-the government
and o f the cultivator must always preserve their due relation towards each jîther*
88. P a r i or rice, however, are the only two articles,to. be' received.' ■ Maize is considered,
in estimating the produce o f the tegal lands, to produce;the justest assessr
ment; but this must b e invariably commuted for a’.money rent on lair principles.- To
saWah landholders only will the option, o f pari o r'rice deliveries be given. As cultivators,
in most cases, ! hold.,some o f each description o f land, this distinction will
not h e felt as a hardship. '
.89. T o guard against any failure in '.the estimated revenues, the value of, the pro,*
duce will be calculated at the sum which it commonly.sells-for in the. villagm itsplf,
immediately after the gathering, in ,o f the, harvest; and th,e. mcgse^oonmutation will
proceed on this principle., - The; rdtfters, therefore, will obvidnsly.-bc encouraged to
pay money preferable to kind; but should they nevertheless give* in the. Tatter* Ihe
head of. the village must', i f he can,, turn i f into specie,-so that the estimated vblu'e^be
obtained. -Should,- in spite ‘ o f these precautions', any quantity o f ,pan or rice : arrivé
at the head station, the collector will deposit it in the store-houses; -rand report 1 n■ wha t
manlier h c jis o f opinion it can be most advantageously disposed;of. GeneraByjspeakftio;'
government wish, to derive,no!extra profit from this branch o f their 1 revenues,- and will
approve of- immediate sale, in every instance where the assessed price ckn ,b'e obtaiired: '
. -90.. As arrears are to b e as much guarded against as possible’,1 Rémissions jfo’f,-rent
must sometimes be made. ■ The mode o f regulating these will be ‘as "follows* ’ WhçjR
such calamity o f season or other cause, occurs, aS may be supposedjofentilletln: cultivator
>to indulgent consideration in some deduction ;of rent, a report mpst.be ‘made
by the bead o f the village before gathering the harvest, and-the collector V ill then order
the officer ofdivision, or send some trusty servant from his own office,'tounfvey th e crop,
and inquire into the causes o f its falling short o f the estimate.. iSucifiorders will after-
wards be issued, whether remitting any part .or the whole o f. the dries o f government, or
enforcing their strict collection,, as may be deemed necessary. - ^Whenever a*real, una-
voidable suffering has -been sustained, a remission o f rent must bégranted,''sfoV§tfn-
ment .deeming i t far preferable to conciliate their subjects by every reasonable favour"
and even to submit^ to a slight loss, than, to disaffçet them by the continual harMsiang'
which the strict exaction of heavy arrears must occasion. N o r will; indeed,’ any real
gain accrue from being thus, always unrelenting ; 'for, in prôst cases,-the liquidation
o f the debts, they may .have incurred will only be effected by, the sale o f buffaloes ■
horses, and other property, on. the possession o f which must entirely depend'the good
performance o f their future engagements ; so that, in fine, by resorting to this measure,
the debt may be discharged, but very frequently the cultivator will be lost! /
p 91.- ..As.the hirst settlement, ^according to this amended system,' cannot be expected -
t© ^ttain.as accurate an assessment as is desirable,, it is not deemed advisable that the
leases to be granted should exceed the, .period o f one year.
92. From
92rT From the n a t i^ jb ^ th e foregoingyin^pctipns,,,‘tjb.?>-cpllectors cannot fell to appendix
- observe the importance and extgnt: p£ tke^ibljgptiqhfr im.pos.eA on them by the office L -
intrusted to-their charge. feMjis npf enough^tSatothje. government,'lay down,the prin- - -----
benevolent . systeiii^timded to, |n t e q . cW ^ ^ a c t { c a l freedom which has
been-bestowed on. all the nations 'subjfcf to ^K M,nqurable Company’s domin ion^ i t i s
with them that the .applicators'of theseqirinciples isr entrusted,, and to their temper
dSsiauity,,:judgmen t,. andiihtqgrity^thatjhepeople haye;to look for the enjoyment o f
the blessings .which it^s^ntendedi.to bestow, uppp th em .^T h ey have, in short, the
national character, as -well'-as^their own personarreputatfof^to support; and while
the Lieutenant-^ovemor in^ duncil feels’ If unnecessary to rouge that spirit o f public
virtue in-which it is the pride o f a Briton tcmexc e l: or to advert to the shame that
must follow'a 'neglect of these iiqportant d-utips,-h? deems.it .proper to remark, that
his most, vigilant attention will bet)given to the progress of-the great work which has
been commenced, and that it will'always afford, h im th e highest gratification to bring
to pubhe. notice, and reward the examples o f industry, honour, and integrity, which
he confidently expects to meet with.
, (Signed),
B u i t e n z o r g , F e b ! I I, :18l4.
T. S. BAFFLES.