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REVENUE SYSTEM
the Zamindars were considered as having a right to their
respective estates, so long as they paid the public revenue.
They were at the same time responsible for any breach of
the peace committed within the limits of their estates. In
this manner many estates, some of which can yet be
referred to, such as Vishnupoor, Nuddea, &c, continued
in the same family for several centuries.
3. Q Do persons of all religious seels hold by the
same tenure ?
A. No religious or other distinctions were observed
under the former government in regard to the holding of
land ; at present, Europeans are interdicted by law from
becoming proprietors of land, except within the jurisdic-
tion of the British courts of law at the three presidencies,
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
4. Q. Are the estates most usually large or small ?
A. In the Bengal presidency the estates are many of
them considerable, and there are many others of various
smaller dimensions ; but in the Madras presidency, where
the revenue is collected directly from the cultivators, the
district is generally divided into small farms.
5. Q. Do the proprietors cultivate their own estates, or
Jet them to tenants ?
A. To the best of my knowledge, almost all the land
in the Bengal presidency is kjt out by the proprietors in
farms, on a larger or smaller scale.
6 Q. On what terms are the farms rented ?
A. The farms are frequently rented by the Zamindar
himself to cultivators, of en on lease, for payment of a
certain fixed rent, and frequently ihe Zamindar lets the
whole, or a great part of his Zamindary to respectable
individuals, who realize the rents from the cultivators
REVENUE SYSTEM
the Zamindars were considered as having a right to their
respective estates, so long as they paid the public revenue.
They were at the same time responsible for any breach of
the peace committed within the limits of their estates. In
this manner many estates, some of which can yet be
referred to, such as Vishnupoor, Nuddea, &c, continued
in the same family for several centuries.
3. Q Do persons of all religious seels hold by the
same tenure ?
A. No religious or other distinctions were observed
under the former government in regard to the holding of
land ; at present, Europeans are interdicted by law from
becoming proprietors of land, except within the jurisdic-
tion of the British courts of law at the three presidencies,
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
4. Q. Are the estates most usually large or small ?
A. In the Bengal presidency the estates are many of
them considerable, and there are many others of various
smaller dimensions ; but in the Madras presidency, where
the revenue is collected directly from the cultivators, the
district is generally divided into small farms.
5. Q. Do the proprietors cultivate their own estates, or
Jet them to tenants ?
A. To the best of my knowledge, almost all the land
in the Bengal presidency is kjt out by the proprietors in
farms, on a larger or smaller scale.
6 Q. On what terms are the farms rented ?
A. The farms are frequently rented by the Zamindar
himself to cultivators, of en on lease, for payment of a
certain fixed rent, and frequently ihe Zamindar lets the
whole, or a great part of his Zamindary to respectable
individuals, who realize the rents from the cultivators