The land revenue of Bombay Volume 2; a history of its administration, rise, and progress

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...1882-83, and 1883-84, there had been notices issued respectively for the sale of occupancy rights in 420, 225, and 451 cases, but in these sales had actually taken place in the first year in only thirty-three cases, in the second in four, and in the third in three; showing that the revenue was collected with ease. Taking the whole of the previous settlements together, they had resulted in an increase of cultivation and collections by 85,336 acres, and Es. 20,823; waste land having diminished by 82,940 acres, and remissions by Es. 10,515. The actuals of 1883-84, compared with the years preceding the settlement, show increases of 92,683 acres and Es. 24,187 in area of cultivation and collections, while waste had fallen 118,245 to 26,493 acres, remissions had disappeared, and only Es. 11 were left outstanding. The principles on which the new grouping for maximum rates of dry-crop assessment was arranged were on the same lines as those adopted at the first settlement, somewhat modified by improved communications rendering markets more accessible. The groups were as follows:--First class, maximum E. 1 6a. Forty-two villages in the southwest of the subdivision, within easy reach of Ahmadnagar and the railway by either of the two made roads, one of which passed through the centre of the group. They had a good rainfall, and included the principal market town, Tisgaon, and had also the advantages of easy access to other bazaars. Second class, maximum E. 1 4a. This group comprised sixtyeight villages, including the three most southern hilly ones, and the head-quarters town of Shivgaon. These lay principally to the east of the first group, and had not the same advantages of rainfall and road communication. Third class, maximum E. 1 2a. The fifty villages of this group...