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Madras District Gazetteers Salem

1918

Reference has also been made to the Imperial Gazetteer of India the Census Reports of Madras and Mysore the Annual Progress Reports of the Archaeologcal Survey of Madras and Coorg the Annual Reports of the Government Epigraphist. [...] For the regular collection of the revenue the Tahsildars were personally responsible and each Tahsildar had to execute an agreement binding himself to remit to head-quarters the full amount of each instalment within seven days of the date on which the instalment might fall due.3 On any deficit iu his remittance after the expiry of the seven days of grace the Tahsildar had to pay to Government in [...] Method of The means employed by Read for discovering the value of the Assessment.* districts were to ascertain (1) the gross revenue as settled by Tipu three years before Kilaka 1788 the year in which the highest revenue was realised under his government ; (2) his colletions in the last year ; (3) the ryot's estimates of the produce on the ground checked by the estimates of his own people ; [...] The attention of the surveyor it is gravely stated was also given to the personal health and strength of the ryot the quantity of his farming stock and what small capital he might by his neighbours be thought possessed of ; and finally the result thus obtained and corrected was eompared with the assessment paid on the field for the past and what was offered for the current year. [...] Permanent The first step was to parcel out the southern portion of the settlement District (exclusive of the hills) into 129 estates the next step was of the Talghit.
government politics public policy
Pages
361
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xi F.J. Richards view
Chapter XI. Land Revenue
1-71 F.J. Richards view
Chapter XII. Abkari and Miscellaneous Revenue
72-80 F.J. Richards view
Chapter XIII. Judicial Administration
81-100 F.J. Richards view
Chapter XIV. Local Government
101-105 F.J. Richards view
Chapter XV. Gazetteer
106-306 F.J. Richards view
Index
307-348 F.J. Richards view