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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR, 191
Major Monro sent to apprehend him. His family are now quiet CHAPTER
cultivators, and ever since his death safety and tranquillity have i^ll,
been established in the country. March 7.
The people here say, that their Surd lands produce from 12 to 20 Produce of
, , . , . iii ,i i • c< 7/ rice-ground.
seeds, which is a more probable account than that given at oecla-
siva-ghur, unless the seed there be sown as thick as in Malabar.
As I am now about to enter Karnata Dfoam, where a new face of Mr. Read's
things will present itself, I shall here conclude the chapter, by ex- the°district»
tracting from Mr. Read's answers to my queries such as relate to below the
that part of his district which is situated below the Ghats, and
which comprehends the districts (Talucs) of Kunda-pura and Hona-
wera in Haiga, and that of Ancola in Kankana.
In these districts the proportion of land capable of being cul- Soil.
tivated with the plough, or of being converted into gardens, Mr.
Read estimates as follows :
Now cultivated. Capable of being so. Sterile.
Kunda-pura - 0,32 - 0,08 - 0,60
Honawera - 0,26 - 0,12 - 0,62
Ancola - - 0,21 - 0,20 - 0,59
The revenue, notwithstanding so much waste land, is said to have Revenue.
been greater during the first year of Major Monro's management,
than it was ever before known to have been. Mr. Read attributes
this to an increase of rent on the lands actually in cultivation; but
of this I have much doubt. In general, the natives acknowledged
a remission, which naturally they would not have done had their
taxes been increased ; and it must be remembered, that Tippoo had
resumed all the charity lands (Enams), which during the former
governments probably amounted to more than what is now waste,
while the collections remitted to the treasury, and consequently
brought to accompt, during the Sultan's government, are no rule
by which an estimate can be formed of the taxes; the whole reve-
nue department under him having been subject to the most gross
peculation.
Major Monro sent to apprehend him. His family are now quiet CHAPTER
cultivators, and ever since his death safety and tranquillity have i^ll,
been established in the country. March 7.
The people here say, that their Surd lands produce from 12 to 20 Produce of
, , . , . iii ,i i • c< 7/ rice-ground.
seeds, which is a more probable account than that given at oecla-
siva-ghur, unless the seed there be sown as thick as in Malabar.
As I am now about to enter Karnata Dfoam, where a new face of Mr. Read's
things will present itself, I shall here conclude the chapter, by ex- the°district»
tracting from Mr. Read's answers to my queries such as relate to below the
that part of his district which is situated below the Ghats, and
which comprehends the districts (Talucs) of Kunda-pura and Hona-
wera in Haiga, and that of Ancola in Kankana.
In these districts the proportion of land capable of being cul- Soil.
tivated with the plough, or of being converted into gardens, Mr.
Read estimates as follows :
Now cultivated. Capable of being so. Sterile.
Kunda-pura - 0,32 - 0,08 - 0,60
Honawera - 0,26 - 0,12 - 0,62
Ancola - - 0,21 - 0,20 - 0,59
The revenue, notwithstanding so much waste land, is said to have Revenue.
been greater during the first year of Major Monro's management,
than it was ever before known to have been. Mr. Read attributes
this to an increase of rent on the lands actually in cultivation; but
of this I have much doubt. In general, the natives acknowledged
a remission, which naturally they would not have done had their
taxes been increased ; and it must be remembered, that Tippoo had
resumed all the charity lands (Enams), which during the former
governments probably amounted to more than what is now waste,
while the collections remitted to the treasury, and consequently
brought to accompt, during the Sultan's government, are no rule
by which an estimate can be formed of the taxes; the whole reve-
nue department under him having been subject to the most gross
peculation.