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REGULATION II.
[A.D. 1795.
Rule prohibiting the
re-admission of dispos-
Reasons for conclud-
ing a permanent settle-
ment.
Plan for forming the
quartennial and decen-
nial mofussil assess-
ment.
the revenue assets in each person's share in the lands let on a hve years'
lease, for the remaining four years thereof; but that, where the hereditary
zemindars refused to engage and give security for the payment of the
amount of the canongoe's doul, their lands should he rented for the same
term to farmers, and that the pottahs to be given according to the pre-
scribed form should contain the full amount to be paid on all accounts to
the aumils, without any reservation of a separate nuzeranah, or other
demand.
During the administration of the Nawaub Vizier, a sequestration
was made of sundry ayma villages, several of the proprietors of which had
obtained money assignments, and pensions in lieu thereof, one of which
pensions also was afterwards resumed during his excellency's government.
In consideration of the long period which had elapsed since the dispos-
session of these aymadars, it was declared that if any of them should
prefer claims to be restored to tbe lands which they before occupied,
under their former grants, such claims would not be attended to or
admitted.
X. The settlement, as made in 1196, for the periods of one year and (1788-9.)
for five years, was approved of by the Governor-General in Council, on
the 17th of June, 1789. The resident was, at the same time, directed to
endeavour to introduce into Benares the system proposed for the perma-
nent settlement of the province of Behar, having for its object the ascer-
taining and limiting the demand of Government, and securing to its
subjects, in perpetuity, the quiet enjoyment of the fruits of their industry.
The arrangements which had been adopted in Benares were obviously
inadequate for that purpose. The amount of the revenue realizable by
the aumils from the ryots and under-farmers varied agreeably to the
extent of the actual cultivation, and accordingly, the produce of the lands
not being ascertainable until the rebby or second crop had ripened, the
aumils collected in the mean time from their under-renters (whether
village zemindars or farmers) on account, until the arrival of the season for
forming an estimate of the produce of the whole year, when the zemindars
or farmers entered into cabooleats for the year. This mode of collection
was productive of many disputes. When it appeared to the aumil that his
under-farmers w^ere unwilling to pay to him an adequate consideration for
their farms, he of course became desirous of dispossessing them, and of
either letting the farms to others, or of collecting the rents himself imme-
diately from the ryots. This system tended to discourage agriculture, at
the same time that it operated as a source of constant altercation between
the aumils and the various competitors for village tenures, and conse-
quently rendered it desirable to conclude separate mofussil settlements,
formed under the sanction of Government, for each talooka and mozah, or
village, throughout the country, paying revenue to Government.
XI. On the receipt of the orders of the Governor-General in Council of
the 17th of June, 1789, the resident issued instructions to the aumils and
canongoes to proceed in the mofussil settlement; declaring it, however,
subject to his revision and confirmation, as he had determined when the
rebby, or second crop, should have been sown, to form an estimate of the
revenue funds in each village, payable by the zemindars and farmers
REGULATION II.
[A.D. 1795.
Rule prohibiting the
re-admission of dispos-
Reasons for conclud-
ing a permanent settle-
ment.
Plan for forming the
quartennial and decen-
nial mofussil assess-
ment.
the revenue assets in each person's share in the lands let on a hve years'
lease, for the remaining four years thereof; but that, where the hereditary
zemindars refused to engage and give security for the payment of the
amount of the canongoe's doul, their lands should he rented for the same
term to farmers, and that the pottahs to be given according to the pre-
scribed form should contain the full amount to be paid on all accounts to
the aumils, without any reservation of a separate nuzeranah, or other
demand.
During the administration of the Nawaub Vizier, a sequestration
was made of sundry ayma villages, several of the proprietors of which had
obtained money assignments, and pensions in lieu thereof, one of which
pensions also was afterwards resumed during his excellency's government.
In consideration of the long period which had elapsed since the dispos-
session of these aymadars, it was declared that if any of them should
prefer claims to be restored to tbe lands which they before occupied,
under their former grants, such claims would not be attended to or
admitted.
X. The settlement, as made in 1196, for the periods of one year and (1788-9.)
for five years, was approved of by the Governor-General in Council, on
the 17th of June, 1789. The resident was, at the same time, directed to
endeavour to introduce into Benares the system proposed for the perma-
nent settlement of the province of Behar, having for its object the ascer-
taining and limiting the demand of Government, and securing to its
subjects, in perpetuity, the quiet enjoyment of the fruits of their industry.
The arrangements which had been adopted in Benares were obviously
inadequate for that purpose. The amount of the revenue realizable by
the aumils from the ryots and under-farmers varied agreeably to the
extent of the actual cultivation, and accordingly, the produce of the lands
not being ascertainable until the rebby or second crop had ripened, the
aumils collected in the mean time from their under-renters (whether
village zemindars or farmers) on account, until the arrival of the season for
forming an estimate of the produce of the whole year, when the zemindars
or farmers entered into cabooleats for the year. This mode of collection
was productive of many disputes. When it appeared to the aumil that his
under-farmers w^ere unwilling to pay to him an adequate consideration for
their farms, he of course became desirous of dispossessing them, and of
either letting the farms to others, or of collecting the rents himself imme-
diately from the ryots. This system tended to discourage agriculture, at
the same time that it operated as a source of constant altercation between
the aumils and the various competitors for village tenures, and conse-
quently rendered it desirable to conclude separate mofussil settlements,
formed under the sanction of Government, for each talooka and mozah, or
village, throughout the country, paying revenue to Government.
XI. On the receipt of the orders of the Governor-General in Council of
the 17th of June, 1789, the resident issued instructions to the aumils and
canongoes to proceed in the mofussil settlement; declaring it, however,
subject to his revision and confirmation, as he had determined when the
rebby, or second crop, should have been sown, to form an estimate of the
revenue funds in each village, payable by the zemindars and farmers