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E. 'F. $UNDARAM REDDI t In a book Milran Press Rul? in India the aulhor of which was publioisl who had devoled considerable published in 1908 by [he Swadsss on Som? Economic A?p?vts of British an eminent attention the study o! economic problems, the subject o! ps? holdings in India was discussed at considerable length. The remarks of ?ho made on ?his question ou? of. landed proper?y year 1875, and later of the Mad?s Times of IrSi?, the seriousness of were quoted the situsgion Board of ?he continued into minut? shares approval of Revenue, Madras, with caused by parcelling about ?ho and the and tinnons sub-division of land was recognized. measures were also suggested. the eon- Bernedial In the year 1898 Dewan Bahsdur S. Srinivsssrsghsvs Iyengsr in his Memorandum submi?ed Government On t? p?ogress of t? M?ras Pr?? d?ring t? last forty years of t? B??h A dmi? irarich, referred ? the fact tha? a large pro?ion o? ?he cu?iva?rs ?ried too small to by him t?nure was suppor? a the to two million family. I? was poinbed out number of eatabes on t?is eigh? hundred and fifty share- Each thousand and the number of owners including holders was four million six hundred thousand. acre under ?his ?enure paid Es. 2 including ?he cess, and the to?Ll number o! ryo?s as land tax was 65.6 per cent paying below Be. 10 to ?he total number. Thus it will be found at the ?ime when this memo- randum was submi?ed there were a liffie more than ?wo-?hirds of. ?he ryobs owning on ?he average less five seres of agricultural land. According to his esti- mate, at leas?, eight acres of. such land was necessary for a family ?o provide for i?self. ?he cost of subsistnee. The results of ?he investigation made by eminen? persons clearly poin? ?o ?he existence ot ?ho evil in