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As in Kotkbai the value of cattle, sheep, and gin has doubled.
Grain on a moderate estimate has risen in value at the lowest 25
per cent.
60. If I could say that I believed entirely the description of the
condition of the tract in 1858, as given by the
tractnera^ con(iltlori of tbe Deputy Commissioner when he reduced the re-
venue, I should say that there had been an
enormous improvement in its condition during the past twenty-five years.
But I prefer to say that the tract is on the whole distinctly prosperous.
Cultivation has extended ; prices have improved. Grain is easily sold
into Simla; and much is earned there in wages. In short, the people
have little difficulty in finding the cash required to pay the revenue.
But they cannot be called an industrious people, and even those who are
comparatively well off present a slovenly exterior.
61. The method of assessment and classification of soils is the
same as iu Kotkbai, except that the irrigated
Soils and produce and ]ancj j rated in two classes. It will be conve-
revenue rates. _ , , ,, „ . .
nient it 1 state at once the lormer and proposed
rates, explaining them by remarks on each soil.
Settlement oe 1869 (6f
BIGHAS -
ACBB.)
Settlement oe 1882 (6| bighas = 1 aceb.)
Soil.
Area in acres.
Eate per acre.
Eate per bigha
of 711 square
yards.
6oil,
Area in acres.
Eate per acre
Eate per bigha
of 900 square
yards,
Eyar 1st
95
Es. A. P.
6 14 0
Annas.
14
Kyar 1st
205
Es. A. P.
6 10
Annas.
18
,, 2nd ...
109
5 10
12
,, 2nd
29
4 11 0
14
Bakhil 1st
1.051
14 0
3
Bakhil
921
16 0
4
„ 2nd
726
0 12 0
lii
Karali 1st
922
0 13| o
2!
Baugar ...
310
0 3|0
1
2
„ 2nd
352
0 6! 0
1
Average of whole assess-
ment on total cultivation
0 15 0
2 25
Average of whole assess-
ment on total cultivation
15 0
3-86
[ I should mention that there was a third class of Kyar at the previous Settlement, area
32 acres, rated two annas below the 2nd class. In the nbove statement this area is included
in the 2nd class ]
The rates of 1848 were the same as those of 1859, plus 2 annas on
every class of Kyar.
The reduction of assessment of 1859 was effected partly by reduc-
ing the Kyar rates to this extent, and partly by giving lump reduction
on the unirrigated holdings, as each case seemed to require.
Kyar.—The irrigated lands are situated with few exceptions just
above the Sutlej river in the Kepu and Bhutti Jcothis. The irrigation is
from tributaries of the Sutlej with a few exceptions rated as 2nd class.
These Kyar lauds are excellent. They yield invariably a good crop of
As in Kotkbai the value of cattle, sheep, and gin has doubled.
Grain on a moderate estimate has risen in value at the lowest 25
per cent.
60. If I could say that I believed entirely the description of the
condition of the tract in 1858, as given by the
tractnera^ con(iltlori of tbe Deputy Commissioner when he reduced the re-
venue, I should say that there had been an
enormous improvement in its condition during the past twenty-five years.
But I prefer to say that the tract is on the whole distinctly prosperous.
Cultivation has extended ; prices have improved. Grain is easily sold
into Simla; and much is earned there in wages. In short, the people
have little difficulty in finding the cash required to pay the revenue.
But they cannot be called an industrious people, and even those who are
comparatively well off present a slovenly exterior.
61. The method of assessment and classification of soils is the
same as iu Kotkbai, except that the irrigated
Soils and produce and ]ancj j rated in two classes. It will be conve-
revenue rates. _ , , ,, „ . .
nient it 1 state at once the lormer and proposed
rates, explaining them by remarks on each soil.
Settlement oe 1869 (6f
BIGHAS -
ACBB.)
Settlement oe 1882 (6| bighas = 1 aceb.)
Soil.
Area in acres.
Eate per acre.
Eate per bigha
of 711 square
yards.
6oil,
Area in acres.
Eate per acre
Eate per bigha
of 900 square
yards,
Eyar 1st
95
Es. A. P.
6 14 0
Annas.
14
Kyar 1st
205
Es. A. P.
6 10
Annas.
18
,, 2nd ...
109
5 10
12
,, 2nd
29
4 11 0
14
Bakhil 1st
1.051
14 0
3
Bakhil
921
16 0
4
„ 2nd
726
0 12 0
lii
Karali 1st
922
0 13| o
2!
Baugar ...
310
0 3|0
1
2
„ 2nd
352
0 6! 0
1
Average of whole assess-
ment on total cultivation
0 15 0
2 25
Average of whole assess-
ment on total cultivation
15 0
3-86
[ I should mention that there was a third class of Kyar at the previous Settlement, area
32 acres, rated two annas below the 2nd class. In the nbove statement this area is included
in the 2nd class ]
The rates of 1848 were the same as those of 1859, plus 2 annas on
every class of Kyar.
The reduction of assessment of 1859 was effected partly by reduc-
ing the Kyar rates to this extent, and partly by giving lump reduction
on the unirrigated holdings, as each case seemed to require.
Kyar.—The irrigated lands are situated with few exceptions just
above the Sutlej river in the Kepu and Bhutti Jcothis. The irrigation is
from tributaries of the Sutlej with a few exceptions rated as 2nd class.
These Kyar lauds are excellent. They yield invariably a good crop of