Clarke, Richard [Editor]: The regulations of the government of Fort William in Bengal in force at the end of 1853 - to which are added, the acts of the government of India in force in that presidency: with lists of titles and an index (2): Regulations from 1806 to 1834 (London, 1854)

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REGULATION XIII.

[A.D. 1818.

March, 1819.

same revenue as before,
if they do not make
such notification.

let to ; farm or held
khaus.

quish the management
of their estates, and in
cases where no pro-
prietors of lands may
be forthcoming.


At what rate the
malikana to be fixed.

All nankar allowance
enjoyed by a recusing
zemindar, to be de-

III. If any zemindars or other proprietors of estates within the said
district and pergunnah and its dependencies, who may have entered into
engagements for the payment of the public revenue during the existing
settlement, shall not be willing to continue those engagements to the expira-
tion of the year 1229, Umlee, they shall notify the same to the collector of
Cuttack, or to the collector of Hidgellee, according as the lands may be
subject to the authority of either of those officers, on or before the 1st
March, 1819; corresponding with the 19th Phagoon, 1225, Bengal era;
the 19tli Phagoon, 1226, Fussily; the 20th Phagoon, 1226, Willaitv;
the 5th Phagoon, 1875, Sumbut; and the 3rd Jumadi-ool-awal, 123-1,
Higeree.
IV. All zemindars who shall not make a notification to the effect, and
within the period above mentioned, shall be held, and are hereby declared
to be responsible for the payment of the same revenue, during the ensuing
three years, viz. until the expiration of the year 1229, Umlee, as may be
demandable from them on account of the present year, under the provi-
sions of Regulation VI. 1816, or under distinct engagements entered into
by such proprietors.
V. With respect to estates which are at present let to farm, and of
which the leases will expire with the present year, as well as estates
now held khaus, the settlement of all such lands shall be formed for
the ensuing three years with the zemindars, or other actual proprietors
of land, supposing such persons to be willing to engage for the payment
of the public revenue, on such terms as may appear reasonable, according
to the most accurate information obtainable regarding the produce of their
lands.
VI. In cases in which the zemindars or other proprietors may relin-
quish the management of their estates under the option given to them by
Section III. of this Regulation, or who may otherwise decline to engage
for the payment of the revenue demandable from their lands during the
ensuing three years, and in cases in wdhcli no acknowledged proprietors of
lands may be forthcoming, it will of course be the duty of the revenue
authorities to take timely measures for ascertaining the assets of the
estates, and it shall be competent in such cases to the said authorities to
let the lands in farm for such period, not exceeding ten years, as the
Governor-General in Council shall appoint, or to assume the direct
management of them. In all such cases the recusing zemindars shall be See Sec. v.
entitled, from and after the commencement of the ensuing Umlee year, to
receive an allowance as malikana, at such rate as the Board of Revenue,
the commissioner in Cuttack, or other officer exercising the powers of the
said Board, shall in each case determine ; anything in the existing Regu-
lations notwithstanding : Provided, however, that the said allowance shall
not in any case be less than five per cent, on the net amount realized by
Government from the lands, nor shall it exceed ten per cent, on that
amount, without the special sanction of the Governor-General in Council:
Provided further, that if the said recusing zemindars, or other proprietors,
shall in any case be in the receipt of any allowance in lieu of the nankar,