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A Short Account of the Land Revenue and its Administration in British India; with A Sketch of the Land Tenures

1907

Thus in the domain of law the Land Revenue and the Tenancy Acts of the United Provinces have been recast ; the CeRtral Provinces have received a new TenencsiAct ; in Bengal the Tenancy Act has been extensively modified as regards the Sektlement procedure ; and in Uppe? [...] Variety of districts as to climate and staple produce.— The districts oi India represent in the aggregate almost every conceivable variety of climate Front the Alpine districts of the North Panjab and the North-West Provinces to the nearly tropical districts of Southern Madras and the West Coast. [...] In Bombay and Madras Ngvhere what is called the Riziyatwóri system prevails the boundaries of fields or holdings are invftr!tble 2. Each field is therefore elaborately demarcaLeU by a system of corner stones or earthen banks ;teach of the stones enclosing the angle is set so as to point in the direction Of the boundary line and strips of land between the marks are left unploughed and soon [...] In England the Secretary of State for India assisted by a Council of ten members exercises a general control and supervision on behalf (If the Crown '. `Prqiidencies.'—Three of th ProvincesAtBengal Ifombay and Madras—have the designation of ' Presidency.' This is owing to the fact that in the early days of the tradingCharte4 the PaCtories 2; winch formed the centres of establishment were ' [...] The essentill object aimed atby the correct keeping of village maps records and returns is not only the facility of collection (of the Land Ov'onue) and the security of all classes of rights and interests in the land but also tie more perfect knowledge of the agricultural condition and prospects of the estates so that on the first warnings of famine.
agriculture environment
Pages
288
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142239
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-viii B.H. Baden-Powell view
Part I. General Conception of the Land Revenue
1-61 unknown view
Part II. The Land Tenures and the Land Revenue Systems
62-256 unknown view
General Index
257-262 unknown view
Backmatter
i-16 unknown view

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