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that the legal protection of the cultivators is not at all
such as could be desired.
34. Q. Can you suggest any change in the revenue or
Judicial system which might secure justice and protectio?i
to the cultivators against the oppression of the Zamindars,
middlemen, or officers of government P
A. I have already suggested (see Q. 31.) that no
further measurement or increase of rent on any pretence
whatever should be allowed ; 2ndly, Public notices in the
current languages of the people, stating these two points,
should be stuck up in every village, and the police officers
should be required to take care that these notices remain
fixed up at least twelve months-, and to prevent any infringe-
ment thereof, on receiving information of any attempt at
remeasurement on the part of any landholder (Zamindar),
&c. 3rdly, Any native judicial commissioner for small
debts (Munstf) who is authorized to sell distrained
property for the recovery of rent, should be required not
to proceed to sale unless fully satisfied that the demand
of the Zamindar had not exceeded the rate paid in the
preceding year ; and if not satisfied of this, he should
immediately release the property by application to the
police. 4thly, That the judge or magistrate be required
to hold a court one day in the week for cases of this kind,
and, on finding any Zamindar guilty of demanding more
than the rent of the preceding years, should subject such
offender to a severe fine ; and on discovering any police
officer or native commissioner guilty of connivance or
neglect, he should subject them to fine and dismissal
from the service. 5thly, The judge or magistrate in each
district should be directed to make a tour of the district
once a year, in the cold season in order to see that the
such as could be desired.
34. Q. Can you suggest any change in the revenue or
Judicial system which might secure justice and protectio?i
to the cultivators against the oppression of the Zamindars,
middlemen, or officers of government P
A. I have already suggested (see Q. 31.) that no
further measurement or increase of rent on any pretence
whatever should be allowed ; 2ndly, Public notices in the
current languages of the people, stating these two points,
should be stuck up in every village, and the police officers
should be required to take care that these notices remain
fixed up at least twelve months-, and to prevent any infringe-
ment thereof, on receiving information of any attempt at
remeasurement on the part of any landholder (Zamindar),
&c. 3rdly, Any native judicial commissioner for small
debts (Munstf) who is authorized to sell distrained
property for the recovery of rent, should be required not
to proceed to sale unless fully satisfied that the demand
of the Zamindar had not exceeded the rate paid in the
preceding year ; and if not satisfied of this, he should
immediately release the property by application to the
police. 4thly, That the judge or magistrate be required
to hold a court one day in the week for cases of this kind,
and, on finding any Zamindar guilty of demanding more
than the rent of the preceding years, should subject such
offender to a severe fine ; and on discovering any police
officer or native commissioner guilty of connivance or
neglect, he should subject them to fine and dismissal
from the service. 5thly, The judge or magistrate in each
district should be directed to make a tour of the district
once a year, in the cold season in order to see that the