Further the whole of the income—the correctness of the percentage calculated is not admitted—does not go to the coffers of the zamindars. [...] The middle classes are like the pillars of the State and if they are pulled down great will be the fall of the superstructure for they will be communists and will desire the downfall of the Government. [...] It should vary according to the money value of the produce and the needs of the State from time to time and the period of revision should be 30 years. [...] Density of population reclamation of almost the whole of the waste lands the smallness of holdings the primitive mode of cultivation laws of inheritance and lack of a spirit of co-operation home-sickness laziness and prejudice of the cultivators high rate of interest and lack of facility in obtaining credit on easy terms extrvagance lack of marketing facilities ignorance and illiterac [...] This unsatisfactory result seems to be due partly to the ignorance and illiteracy of agriculturists and partly to the formalities of the law great publicity unlimited liability and forcible measures for the realisation of the debt.
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- 549
- Published in
- India
- SARF Document ID
- sarf.100001
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Frontmatter
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i-iii | unknown | view |
Reply by the Bakarganj Landholders’ Association
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1-29 | unknown | view |
Reply by the Bankura Landholders’ Association
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30-36 | unknown | view |
Reply by the Bengal Landholders’ Association
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37-108 | unknown | view |
Reply by the British Indian Association
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109-357 | unknown | view |
Oral evidence of the British Indian Association 13th and 14th March 1939
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358-378 | unknown | view |
Reply by the Burdwan Landholders’ Association
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379-426 | unknown | view |
Reply by the Chittagong Landholders’ Association
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427-432 | unknown | view |
Reply by the Dinajpur Landholders’ Association
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433-443 | unknown | view |
Reply by the East Bengal Landholders’ Association Dacca
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444-458 | unknown | view |
Reply by the Faridpur Landholders’ Association
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459-476 | unknown | view |
Reply by the Hooghly Landholders’ Association
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477-519 | unknown | view |
Reply by the Howrah Landholders’ Association
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520-544 | unknown | view |
Appendix “A”
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545-546 | unknown | view |