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substantial proof of the liberality of Government, there would be little cause to regret the action of our courts in any but a very few cases.
The revenue The realisable
which' is actually realisable under the revised assessment
revised
is
aS folloWS
demand. Estates assessed at the ordinary rate of assessment Estates paying a q^uit-rent only
Es. As. P. 9,56,065 14 1
...
5&,2-i2
10,15,307
14
1
This gives an increase of 798 per cent, on the summary demand. The ubove, however, does not include the jama which has been assessed on revenue-free areas resumable after the first or second life.
The
incidence of the revised assessment for the' whole district (understanding by that term in the revenue-free and quitrerent estates the assessment as calculated for the purposes of estimating cesses) falls with an incidence
Incideuce of the vised demand,
On On
cultivation assessed area
@ ...
...
...
Ontotalarea
._•
,
...
6 14
7 percent.
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12
3
1
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on cultivation from Rs. 1-11-10 per acre in His^mpur to Es. 1-1-2 per acre in Dharmanpur, while on total area it varies from Rs. 14-8 per acre in Hisampur to Rs. 5-11 per acre in Dharmdnpur.
and
it
The
varies
total area (equivalent to
Area under perpetual assessment.
ed)
23 percent, of the whole
now held under
follows
district as assess-
assessment
perpetual
is
as
Area ia
acres.
Hevenue,
Incidence per acre total area.
Es. A. P.
Eaja-e-Eajgan of Kaptirthata
...
Maharaja of Balrampur
...
Total
247,122 117,889
1,24,305
365,011
1,83,547
59,242 1
3 10 lOJ 11 10
been mentioned, in historical sketch, that out of 3,682 villages and hamlets held by the taluqdars in the year prior to annexation, no less than 1,858, or morp than half, were confiscated for complicity in the rebellion of 1857 A. D. Of these, 313 were comprised in the Tulsipur estate which has been made over to the Naipal Government, It has already
Confiscations and loyal grants.
In 1869 A.
D., therefore, the
Government found
itself
with 1,545
villag-
es at its disposal, having an aggregate area of 657,153 acres or 1,027 square miles, being as near as possible ^V of the district as now assessed. The estimated rental of these lands at the present time is Rs. 10,54,005-2-8.
This large and valuable area has been distributed partly in revenue-fi-ee tenure, partly in perpetual settlement, and partly at the ordinary rate and term of assessment, among the parties whose names appear in the statement appended. All those grantees, with the exception of those marked*, obtained these assignments for loyal service rendered to the Government either during the troubles of 1857 or on some previous occasion.
