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at 4 annas per acre; and 23 acres of cultivation, taken up for gardens
and houses, I have charged at the rates that would have been payable
bad the ordinary cultivation been continued. In nine cases, in which the
Kaintee maafidars had sold their land to outsiders, I have re-imposed
the Government assessment; as the remission before granted was
clearly personal, intended to benefit those whose land Government had
taken. The new assessment is Rs. 488, or Rs. 17 more than the
old, viz. -
Es.
On cultivation ... ... 401
On grass-fields ... ... 87
The rate per acre on cultivation is Rs. 2-10-0.
The patwaii arrangements have been already stated above in
paragraph 27. As regards other cases, see paragraph 64 below.
Kotkhai.
31. The eastern boundary of the Kotkhai ilaqa lies 20 miles due
Description of the iliqa. f8.1 of j5i“la : the distance l>y road is over 30.
It is entirely surrounded by native Hill States,
and is cut off from the sister tract of Kotguru by ten miles (as the crow
flies) of mountain country. Kotkhai itself is purely mountain country,
and contains the source of the Giri. The bed of that river as it leaves
the tract is said to be about 5,000 feet above sea level, and the
mountains rise about 3,000 feet higher, but I have no exact information
on these points ; nor is there any survey map on a larger scale than
four miles to the inch.
32. 1 give below, without any correction,
e tractinYssoaCC0UQt °f ^ie account °f the tract submitted by Mr.
Edwards in 1850
84. It is bounded entirely by independent States : on the north by Bussahir,
onthescuthby Keonthal, on the west by Keonthal, Koomkarsein, and Bulsun,
and on the east by Doorkoti and Jubul. It forms one of the Althara Thakooraees,
and was formerly subject successively to Keonthal and Bussabir.
85. It was occupied by the Hipalese, who received from it a tribute annually
„ _ , . „ , of * Rs. 6.600, but it was considered capable of
toP-Sw!0inage 18 r yielding Ks. 9,000.
86. Upon tlie accession of the British power, Eana Ranjeet Singh was found
in possession of the country, and as his rights appeared perfectly valid, iiis original
possession, with the exception of Kotgark, were made over to him.
87. The Rana was a cruel, weak, and unprincipled man, and early manifest-
ed a contumacious and rebellious spirit, and evaded compliance with the terms of
his sunnud, which, among other stipulations, required that he should have in
constant attendance 40 begars for the service of the Government.
88. So contumacious was his conduct that in the year 1816 the then Super-
intendent of the Protected Hills, Captain Ross, recommended that his sunnud
should be cancelled, and that, as the views of the Government were so repugnant
to extension of territory in these hills, the district of Kotkhaee should be annexed
to Bussabir, to which it was originally subject, the latter paying an equivalent
nazzeranah and providing a pension for the ex-Rana.
89. This proposal was overruled by the Government, and a fine only was
imposed on the Rana for his contumacious conduct.
at 4 annas per acre; and 23 acres of cultivation, taken up for gardens
and houses, I have charged at the rates that would have been payable
bad the ordinary cultivation been continued. In nine cases, in which the
Kaintee maafidars had sold their land to outsiders, I have re-imposed
the Government assessment; as the remission before granted was
clearly personal, intended to benefit those whose land Government had
taken. The new assessment is Rs. 488, or Rs. 17 more than the
old, viz. -
Es.
On cultivation ... ... 401
On grass-fields ... ... 87
The rate per acre on cultivation is Rs. 2-10-0.
The patwaii arrangements have been already stated above in
paragraph 27. As regards other cases, see paragraph 64 below.
Kotkhai.
31. The eastern boundary of the Kotkhai ilaqa lies 20 miles due
Description of the iliqa. f8.1 of j5i“la : the distance l>y road is over 30.
It is entirely surrounded by native Hill States,
and is cut off from the sister tract of Kotguru by ten miles (as the crow
flies) of mountain country. Kotkhai itself is purely mountain country,
and contains the source of the Giri. The bed of that river as it leaves
the tract is said to be about 5,000 feet above sea level, and the
mountains rise about 3,000 feet higher, but I have no exact information
on these points ; nor is there any survey map on a larger scale than
four miles to the inch.
32. 1 give below, without any correction,
e tractinYssoaCC0UQt °f ^ie account °f the tract submitted by Mr.
Edwards in 1850
84. It is bounded entirely by independent States : on the north by Bussahir,
onthescuthby Keonthal, on the west by Keonthal, Koomkarsein, and Bulsun,
and on the east by Doorkoti and Jubul. It forms one of the Althara Thakooraees,
and was formerly subject successively to Keonthal and Bussabir.
85. It was occupied by the Hipalese, who received from it a tribute annually
„ _ , . „ , of * Rs. 6.600, but it was considered capable of
toP-Sw!0inage 18 r yielding Ks. 9,000.
86. Upon tlie accession of the British power, Eana Ranjeet Singh was found
in possession of the country, and as his rights appeared perfectly valid, iiis original
possession, with the exception of Kotgark, were made over to him.
87. The Rana was a cruel, weak, and unprincipled man, and early manifest-
ed a contumacious and rebellious spirit, and evaded compliance with the terms of
his sunnud, which, among other stipulations, required that he should have in
constant attendance 40 begars for the service of the Government.
88. So contumacious was his conduct that in the year 1816 the then Super-
intendent of the Protected Hills, Captain Ross, recommended that his sunnud
should be cancelled, and that, as the views of the Government were so repugnant
to extension of territory in these hills, the district of Kotkhaee should be annexed
to Bussabir, to which it was originally subject, the latter paying an equivalent
nazzeranah and providing a pension for the ex-Rana.
89. This proposal was overruled by the Government, and a fine only was
imposed on the Rana for his contumacious conduct.