The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 19
... lands , the proprietor would pay alike in all seasons . As a remedy for this , the method of ap- praisement was ... land to be assessed , after deduction of the number of bigahs estimated ( by the amín or appraiser ) to have failed ...
... lands , the proprietor would pay alike in all seasons . As a remedy for this , the method of ap- praisement was ... land to be assessed , after deduction of the number of bigahs estimated ( by the amín or appraiser ) to have failed ...
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hosts of minor instruments - the land measurers , the appraisers , the buttai - dars , " et hoc genus omne , " let loose like destructive locusts on the country ? Not one of the frauds practised by these myrmidons could have escaped ...
hosts of minor instruments - the land measurers , the appraisers , the buttai - dars , " et hoc genus omne , " let loose like destructive locusts on the country ? Not one of the frauds practised by these myrmidons could have escaped ...
Page 22
... land were very trifling , in comparison to those incurred in cultivating the higher land . It was a just argument on the part of the Upper Scinde Collector , that such lands could afford to pay at a higher rate than the lands not ...
... land were very trifling , in comparison to those incurred in cultivating the higher land . It was a just argument on the part of the Upper Scinde Collector , that such lands could afford to pay at a higher rate than the lands not ...
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... land in Scinde , for the most part the hereditary property of individuals : but it was not the latter circumstance merely , that served to keep those lands uncultivated : —it was the want of population . The uncultivated land might be ...
... land in Scinde , for the most part the hereditary property of individuals : but it was not the latter circumstance merely , that served to keep those lands uncultivated : —it was the want of population . The uncultivated land might be ...
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... land , on the usual terms of the village ; he would have received land more advantageously situated , besides saving himself much outlay . If it were neces- sary to extend the watercourse , the Zemindars would have an equal interest ...
... land , on the usual terms of the village ; he would have received land more advantageously situated , besides saving himself much outlay . If it were neces- sary to extend the watercourse , the Zemindars would have an equal interest ...
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