Madras District Gazetteers. Salem

M.) to the Bombay Gazetteer to Baramahal Records Sections I Management and III Inhabitants (published by the Madras Government 1907) to the Press List of Ancient Records in the Salem District 1906 to A Concise History of the Jagheers and Poliems in the District of North Arcot (North.Arcot Collectorate Press 1864-65) to the Madras Catholic Directory to the Indian Antiquary (Ind. [...] 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 in 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.4 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 ana 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. [...] The first step was to parcel out the southern portion of the District (exclusive of the hills) into 129 estates the next step was to determine the amount of peshkash (as the permanent assessment was called) payable in each estate.