The land revenue of Bombay Volume Ñ. 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: ...was the most favourably situated both for climate and markets. The second, with a maximum of 10a., was in the centre; and the third, with a maximum of 8a., was in the east and north. On the lands along the Don the dry-crop rates were raised from 6p. to 3a., according to quality and distance from the river. Of irrigated lands under wells there were 958 acres, which yielded vegetables and a little sugar-cane, and on these an average of E. 1 15a. lip. was proposed. There was rice land of an area of 512 acres under two reservoirs at the village of Mamdapur, and on these a maximum rate of Es. 6 gave an average of Es. 3 10a. 3p. in place of old rates which varied from Es. 2 to Es. 20. The general result of the introduction of these rates was to lower the assessment 27 per cent., from Es. 87,538 to Es. 63,764, as shown in the following statement:--About two-thirds of the arable area was thus under cultivation, but in the ten years ending in 1865-66 this had risen to 237,243 acres, and the collections from Es. 66,270 to Es. 88,080, the only remissions granted having been Es. 7,764 in the year of settlement. In 1859-60 the first revision was completed by the settlement of fourteen villages in the Chimalgi petty division of Bagevadi. They had formed part of the Kagvad estate, which lapsed in 1857. They were at the time in a very depressed condition, and the communications of the tract with any but the small local markets of Chimalgi and Nirgundi were inferior. It had a small non-agricultural population. Statistics of revenue management were only available at the time of settlement for two years. The villages were arranged in two groups or five and nine villages, the former in the north and the latter in the south, with maximum rates respectively of 10a. and 12a. Abou...