84 REGULATION VIII. [AD. 1793.
Rupees 50,546, which is three per cent, upon the gross jumma of
16,84,868. 5. 1, after deducting from it the article of batta.

Allowance for reii- XCIV. The allowance for religious expenditures being enormous, shall
b^reduced^and^mies also be reduced. The Governor-General in Council does not mean to
for this reduction. prescribe the exact amount of the reduction, but conceives that the sum
now allowed will admit of a diminution of at least 35,000 rupees. The
collector, in fixing the assessment, is to regulate the estimate of the
amount of it by this consideration. These charges being highest in the
pergunnahs of Cossejurah, Shahpore, Midnapore, and Mynachoura, the
reduction ought to be greatest in them.
Charges for pur- XCV. The charges of purchasing provisions for the battalion when in
fMth^baS^ftcfbe th.e town of Midnapore, and of firewood and grass when travelling, if
discontinued. such have been actually incurred by the proprietors of land, are to be
discontinued, and no such charge shall be incurred by them in future.

XCVI. The settlement is to be made, as far as possible, in one neat
sum, free from any charges of moshaira, zemindarry amlah, poolbundy,
cutcherry, or other charges of a similar nature ; it being intended that all
charges incidental to the receipt of the rents of the lands, independent of
the allowances of the officers of Government and expenses attending the
collection of the public revenue, shall be defrayed by the proprietors from
the produce of their lands.
Established zemin- XCVII. With respect to any of the existing established zemindarry
}-ai?by^SkctJrs!°ex! charges, such as pensions, charitable allowances, or others, which it may be
cept in certain cases, thought proper to continue, they are to be paid by the collectors, and the
proprietors are to have no concern in them ; unless, for special reasons of
convenience, it should be deemed more expedient, in any instance, to
intrust the landholders with the disbursement of them.

Settlement to be
made, as far as possi-
ble, in one neat sum,
free of all charges of
the nature herein spe-
cified.


XCVIII. Any occasional diminution of the jumma, which it may be
necessary to allow on account of casualties of season, is to be restored by
a russud or progressive increase; but no russud shall be established to
extend beyond the third year of the settlement, except in the separated
talooks and other petty mehals, in which the Board of Revenue may
allow a further extension of the russud, if it shall appear to them expe-
dient.

Every chyumstance XCIX. Every circumstance influencing the regulation of the jumma
mmiencmg the regula- f i
tion of the jumma to be must be minutely recorded, to prevent any claims hereafter, on the part
recorded. of the proprietors, for lowering the amount of it.

SALT DISTRICTS SPECIAL ORDERS
in what respects the C. The rules contained in the preceding sections of this Regulation, as
^oTto 'be^con^ide^d Ln' as they relate to the term of the settlement and the formation of it
applicable to such of with the actual proprietors of land, are not to be considered as applicable
been held kh? ^'^ tosuchof the salt districts as have been held khas in the past years,