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APPENDIX. 105
ably situated as is generally supposed; a fact clearly
proved by the estates which come into the immediate
management of Government in the Court of Wards, and
which may be easily inferred from the frequent sales of
estates for arrears of revenue.
Supposing these landholders of Bengal to stand in the
place of the farmers in England, who are considered to
pay about one-third of the produce of their farms as
rent; is there anything so unreasonable, if the Zamindars
receive 15 or 20 per cent.; a very few 30 per cent, of the
produce of their estates ? If the persons above alluded
to, who suppose the Zamindars too well off, will only
wait a little, as the law of primogeniture is not established
or observed, the effect of hereditary succession will soon
so subdivide the estates, and reduce the incomes of the
landholders, that very few, if any, rich Zamindars can
be found in the country.
No. V.
In illustration of the statement made in my reply to
Query 52, on the Revenue System, that as a sum of
money is diawn from India by Europeans retiring from
it with fortunes realized there, a different system, cal-
culated to encourage Europeans of capital to become
permanent settlers with their families, would necessarily
greatly improve the resources of the country; I here
subjoin some tables showing the amount paid to the
principal European Civil Officers of the Government in
the General, Judicial and Revenue Departments in India
in 1826-7. The Military Establishment, of course, is not
included. Besides, such Europeans as are barristers,
solicitors, and law officers paid by fees, merchants,
agents, and planters also, not being permitted to settle in
ably situated as is generally supposed; a fact clearly
proved by the estates which come into the immediate
management of Government in the Court of Wards, and
which may be easily inferred from the frequent sales of
estates for arrears of revenue.
Supposing these landholders of Bengal to stand in the
place of the farmers in England, who are considered to
pay about one-third of the produce of their farms as
rent; is there anything so unreasonable, if the Zamindars
receive 15 or 20 per cent.; a very few 30 per cent, of the
produce of their estates ? If the persons above alluded
to, who suppose the Zamindars too well off, will only
wait a little, as the law of primogeniture is not established
or observed, the effect of hereditary succession will soon
so subdivide the estates, and reduce the incomes of the
landholders, that very few, if any, rich Zamindars can
be found in the country.
No. V.
In illustration of the statement made in my reply to
Query 52, on the Revenue System, that as a sum of
money is diawn from India by Europeans retiring from
it with fortunes realized there, a different system, cal-
culated to encourage Europeans of capital to become
permanent settlers with their families, would necessarily
greatly improve the resources of the country; I here
subjoin some tables showing the amount paid to the
principal European Civil Officers of the Government in
the General, Judicial and Revenue Departments in India
in 1826-7. The Military Establishment, of course, is not
included. Besides, such Europeans as are barristers,
solicitors, and law officers paid by fees, merchants,
agents, and planters also, not being permitted to settle in