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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER is ill fact the cultivator's unalienably. If a cultivator get into debt,
XVIr- he must sell his garden to satisfy his creditors; but he may relin-
March 25. quish his rice-land for a time, and, whenever his creditors cease
from molesting him, he may again obtain possession. The mortgage
here is exactly similar to the wadset of Scotland ; the lender of the
money taking the use of the estate for the interest of his money.
The tax on plantations varies, according to the nature of the soil,
from 8 to 24 Canter"-Raya Pagodas for every thousand rateable
trees. This is from 2/. 9s. \\d. to 71. 9s. 9jd. for about I85; acres
planted; but conjoined with this is always much ground for the
house, tank, hills, &c. &c. According to the report of the culti-
vators, the produce, in a good soil, of 1000 rateable trees is worth
1.5/. 8*. lO^d.; so that the cultivator would at this rate pay about
one half of the produce. A garden usually mortgages for from two
to three times the amount of the tax, and sells out-right for twice
the amount of the mortgage. The cultivators probably detracted
as much from the real produce of the gardens, as they did from
that of the rice land.
Price of la- Mostof the cultivation is carried on by the families of the cul-
condition of ^'xy2i^ors '• there are very few hired servants; but a good many
slaves. slaves, by whom on the farms of the BraJmians all the ploughing
is performed. A slave gets annually \\ Rupee for a blanket; 3 Ru-
pees worth of cotton cloth ; ~ Rupee for a handkerchief; 6 Candacas
of rough rice, worth 4 Rupees, to procure salt, tamarinds, &c; and
daily 1-|- Colaga of rough rice, or annually 27i Candacas (or almost
4*9 bushels), worth 1 /. \6s. 1 If d.; add the annual allowances 17s. 7\d.
the total expense of maintaining a male slave one year is 2/. 14*. 7-$d.
A woman slave gets as follows: 365 Colagas of rough rice, one
daily, and 3 Candacas at harvest; in all, 2l£ Candacas, or 36^ bushels,
Avorth 14-j—- Rupees; 2 Rupees worth of cloth, and £ Rupee for a
jacket; in all, nearly l6£ Rupees, or 1/. 13*. 2d The marriage of
a slave costs 10 Pagodas, or about four guineas. The wife belongs
to the husband's master. A master cannot hinder his slave girl from
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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER is ill fact the cultivator's unalienably. If a cultivator get into debt,
XVIr- he must sell his garden to satisfy his creditors; but he may relin-
March 25. quish his rice-land for a time, and, whenever his creditors cease
from molesting him, he may again obtain possession. The mortgage
here is exactly similar to the wadset of Scotland ; the lender of the
money taking the use of the estate for the interest of his money.
The tax on plantations varies, according to the nature of the soil,
from 8 to 24 Canter"-Raya Pagodas for every thousand rateable
trees. This is from 2/. 9s. \\d. to 71. 9s. 9jd. for about I85; acres
planted; but conjoined with this is always much ground for the
house, tank, hills, &c. &c. According to the report of the culti-
vators, the produce, in a good soil, of 1000 rateable trees is worth
1.5/. 8*. lO^d.; so that the cultivator would at this rate pay about
one half of the produce. A garden usually mortgages for from two
to three times the amount of the tax, and sells out-right for twice
the amount of the mortgage. The cultivators probably detracted
as much from the real produce of the gardens, as they did from
that of the rice land.
Price of la- Mostof the cultivation is carried on by the families of the cul-
condition of ^'xy2i^ors '• there are very few hired servants; but a good many
slaves. slaves, by whom on the farms of the BraJmians all the ploughing
is performed. A slave gets annually \\ Rupee for a blanket; 3 Ru-
pees worth of cotton cloth ; ~ Rupee for a handkerchief; 6 Candacas
of rough rice, worth 4 Rupees, to procure salt, tamarinds, &c; and
daily 1-|- Colaga of rough rice, or annually 27i Candacas (or almost
4*9 bushels), worth 1 /. \6s. 1 If d.; add the annual allowances 17s. 7\d.
the total expense of maintaining a male slave one year is 2/. 14*. 7-$d.
A woman slave gets as follows: 365 Colagas of rough rice, one
daily, and 3 Candacas at harvest; in all, 2l£ Candacas, or 36^ bushels,
Avorth 14-j—- Rupees; 2 Rupees worth of cloth, and £ Rupee for a
jacket; in all, nearly l6£ Rupees, or 1/. 13*. 2d The marriage of
a slave costs 10 Pagodas, or about four guineas. The wife belongs
to the husband's master. A master cannot hinder his slave girl from
prthe p
Mtivatio
pcoast
: sta
Km