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above laws and regulations for the protection of the poor
peasantry are properly carried into effect. 6th, and lastly,
The collector should be required to prepare a general
register of all the cultivators, containing their names,
their respective portions of land, and respective rents
as permanently fixed according to the system proposed.
35. Q. Is the condition of the cultivators improved
tvithifi your recollection of the country ?
A. According to the best of my recollection and
belief, their condition has not been improving in any
degree.
36. Q. Has the condition of the proprietors of land
improved under the present system of assessment ?
Undoubtedly : their condition has been much improved ;
because, being secured by the permanent settlement
against further demands of revenue, in proportion to the
improvement of their estates, they have in consequence
brought the waste lands into cultivation, and raised the
rents of their tenantry, and thus increased their own
incomes, as well as the resources of the country.
37. Q. Has the government sustained any loss by con-
cluding the permanent settlement of in Bengal,
Behar, and part of Orissa without taking more time to
ascertain the net produce of the land, or waiting for
further increase of revenue ?
A. The amount of assessment fixed on the lands of
these provinces at the time of the permanent settlement
(1793), was as high as had ever been assessed, and in
many instances higher than had ever before been realized
by the exertions of any government, Mohammedan or
British. Therefore the government sacrificed nothing in
concluding that settlement. If it had not been formed,
peasantry are properly carried into effect. 6th, and lastly,
The collector should be required to prepare a general
register of all the cultivators, containing their names,
their respective portions of land, and respective rents
as permanently fixed according to the system proposed.
35. Q. Is the condition of the cultivators improved
tvithifi your recollection of the country ?
A. According to the best of my recollection and
belief, their condition has not been improving in any
degree.
36. Q. Has the condition of the proprietors of land
improved under the present system of assessment ?
Undoubtedly : their condition has been much improved ;
because, being secured by the permanent settlement
against further demands of revenue, in proportion to the
improvement of their estates, they have in consequence
brought the waste lands into cultivation, and raised the
rents of their tenantry, and thus increased their own
incomes, as well as the resources of the country.
37. Q. Has the government sustained any loss by con-
cluding the permanent settlement of in Bengal,
Behar, and part of Orissa without taking more time to
ascertain the net produce of the land, or waiting for
further increase of revenue ?
A. The amount of assessment fixed on the lands of
these provinces at the time of the permanent settlement
(1793), was as high as had ever been assessed, and in
many instances higher than had ever before been realized
by the exertions of any government, Mohammedan or
British. Therefore the government sacrificed nothing in
concluding that settlement. If it had not been formed,