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These rates are somewhat lower than prevail /for carts at least) :
parts of the city as admitted by chaudhris, but they are rates -which if applied as
an average can cause no hardship. The books on which I was compelled to
proceed were those of 1878 as I commenced work in January 1879, and henee I
applied the average price of grain for that year. That was Es. 2-14 per maund.
The following is a sample of a ganj assessed on these principles :__.
NAZIRGANJ.
Broker's name.
Jul
o .
O CO
"3 C3
o
-2-^
r—* 7-t
3 oi
O
D2
o
o
T3
CO
p
-4-3
03
m
03
2"
Total
eightmds.
r—*
03
.03
o
ig ■%,
J1 3 '-
O m J4
Tax.
4<
<M
ffl
n
H
pq
&
EH
pq£.2
Ram Dass, ......
25
258
5236
4762
21957
63122
1972
20
liaghobar, .....
"-9
43
29
1581727
2366
7540
216n8
677
10
Nanku...... „.
925
626
1
. • •
242
27
48611
139767
4367
75
Raghu Mai, ......
46
97
.*.
.*•
••«
3802
10931
342
5
Narain,
24
63
. ..
.. •
...
■ •*
2294
, 6596
206
2
Manik, .........
765
458
• ••
i
i
• •*
38458
111567
3486
75
Chandi..........
310
241
• ••
•••
• • •
> ■ •
16805
48315
1509
25
Kalka..........
22
23
. . t
• ••
. . .
1310
3767
117
. .a
JolaMal..........
331
340
• •■
»••
t,
18731
53852
1683
25
Baldeo, .........
73
111
. ..
24
18
5253
15103
472
10
j3rikisb.il,.........
14
18
• ■•
...
...
916
2634
82
' . ■•
Badlu, .........
25
33
• • •
•■•
...
...
1650
4744
148
Dasi,............
• • ■
10
. . .
•••
. *•
225
637
19
Durga..........
1
7
...
194
558
17
...
Anant Ram & Skabrati
44
25
...
...
••
2169
6236
195
2
The foregoing will show that grain-brokers may have profits which far eqxceed
Kb. 3,750 per annum, and yet the Act as it stands by the schedule annexed does
not admit of a grain-broker going higher than class II grade I. There are many
brokers in Lucknow, who should go into the first class, but the Schedule forbids
it. This is an error which should be corrected by amendment of the Schedule,
It causes loss to Government and the class benefitting is that which above all
others derives a benefit by the high prices consequent on the dearths, scarcity,
and famine, for the meeting of which the License Tax Act provides a fund.
It must not be supposed that this ' taka rupiya' commission is the broker's
sole source of income. The arhatiya is a money-lender lending either his own or
borrowed money to beoparis to enable them to buy up grain. On those advan-
ces the arhatiya receives interest not less than one paisa the rupee per mensem
and in busy seasons the interest will be as high as an anna the rupee. These
are prevailing rates, but there is no absolute rule. The beoparis come by bor-
These rates are somewhat lower than prevail /for carts at least) :
parts of the city as admitted by chaudhris, but they are rates -which if applied as
an average can cause no hardship. The books on which I was compelled to
proceed were those of 1878 as I commenced work in January 1879, and henee I
applied the average price of grain for that year. That was Es. 2-14 per maund.
The following is a sample of a ganj assessed on these principles :__.
NAZIRGANJ.
Broker's name.
Jul
o .
O CO
"3 C3
o
-2-^
r—* 7-t
3 oi
O
D2
o
o
T3
CO
p
-4-3
03
m
03
2"
Total
eightmds.
r—*
03
.03
o
ig ■%,
J1 3 '-
O m J4
Tax.
4<
<M
ffl
n
H
pq
&
EH
pq£.2
Ram Dass, ......
25
258
5236
4762
21957
63122
1972
20
liaghobar, .....
"-9
43
29
1581727
2366
7540
216n8
677
10
Nanku...... „.
925
626
1
. • •
242
27
48611
139767
4367
75
Raghu Mai, ......
46
97
.*.
.*•
••«
3802
10931
342
5
Narain,
24
63
. ..
.. •
...
■ •*
2294
, 6596
206
2
Manik, .........
765
458
• ••
i
i
• •*
38458
111567
3486
75
Chandi..........
310
241
• ••
•••
• • •
> ■ •
16805
48315
1509
25
Kalka..........
22
23
. . t
• ••
. . .
1310
3767
117
. .a
JolaMal..........
331
340
• •■
»••
t,
18731
53852
1683
25
Baldeo, .........
73
111
. ..
24
18
5253
15103
472
10
j3rikisb.il,.........
14
18
• ■•
...
...
916
2634
82
' . ■•
Badlu, .........
25
33
• • •
•■•
...
...
1650
4744
148
Dasi,............
• • ■
10
. . .
•••
. *•
225
637
19
Durga..........
1
7
...
194
558
17
...
Anant Ram & Skabrati
44
25
...
...
••
2169
6236
195
2
The foregoing will show that grain-brokers may have profits which far eqxceed
Kb. 3,750 per annum, and yet the Act as it stands by the schedule annexed does
not admit of a grain-broker going higher than class II grade I. There are many
brokers in Lucknow, who should go into the first class, but the Schedule forbids
it. This is an error which should be corrected by amendment of the Schedule,
It causes loss to Government and the class benefitting is that which above all
others derives a benefit by the high prices consequent on the dearths, scarcity,
and famine, for the meeting of which the License Tax Act provides a fund.
It must not be supposed that this ' taka rupiya' commission is the broker's
sole source of income. The arhatiya is a money-lender lending either his own or
borrowed money to beoparis to enable them to buy up grain. On those advan-
ces the arhatiya receives interest not less than one paisa the rupee per mensem
and in busy seasons the interest will be as high as an anna the rupee. These
are prevailing rates, but there is no absolute rule. The beoparis come by bor-