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Instalments of revenue— 69. The instalments on which the revenue is
■whole district. paid are as follows :—
Harvest.
Date on which
instalment is due.
Shore of annual
revenue.
Kharif
1st December
i
1st February
i
Rabi
15th June
i
15th July
i
I have not recommended any alteration in these instalments. They
suit the circumstances of the district very well. The kharif instal-
ments are perhaps a little late for the whole district; and arguing
a priori, it might be said that the rabi instalments are a little too soon—
at least for Kotkhai and Kotguru. But the chief merit of the present
instalments is, that they divide the year into nearly equal parts—an adjust-
ment more convenient on the whole to agriculturists who pay their
revenue by a variety of shifts than any other arrangement that could
be made. Any change that tended to shorten the term which at
present exists between the last rabi instalment and the first kharif
instalment, would certainly be unfavourable to the convenience of the
agriculturists.
The Forests of the District.
70. In the Bharauli ilaqa, the only Government Forest Land is
Forest questions on ilaka Rakh Kothi, 214 acres. I have not made any
Bharauli. settlement of this rakh under the Forest Act.
All the rest of the waste belongs to the zamiudars, and there are no
restrictions on their management of it. This state of affairs probably
dates from about the year 1856, when the system of joint village res-
ponsibility was introduced. No harm has resulted from the absence of
control over the waste. There is sufficient wood for the agriculturists,
aud the hillsides are well covered by grass.
71. In the ilaqa of Kotkhai and Kotguru forest matters needed
Forest questions in Kotkhai more attention, Ihe subject falls chiefly under
and Kotguru, the following heads :—
(i) Village waste.
(ii) Future extensions of cultivation therein.
(iii) Reserved forest and rights maintained therein.
(ix) Rights expropounded.
(v) Future management.
72. I have explained in paragraph 67 above that the zaminddrs
do not own the waste lands in these hill tracts,
Village waste not settled though they have rights of user in so much
iaandT' Appendices 1V as is included in their villages. Lists of
the waste area thus included in the bounds of
Instalments of revenue— 69. The instalments on which the revenue is
■whole district. paid are as follows :—
Harvest.
Date on which
instalment is due.
Shore of annual
revenue.
Kharif
1st December
i
1st February
i
Rabi
15th June
i
15th July
i
I have not recommended any alteration in these instalments. They
suit the circumstances of the district very well. The kharif instal-
ments are perhaps a little late for the whole district; and arguing
a priori, it might be said that the rabi instalments are a little too soon—
at least for Kotkhai and Kotguru. But the chief merit of the present
instalments is, that they divide the year into nearly equal parts—an adjust-
ment more convenient on the whole to agriculturists who pay their
revenue by a variety of shifts than any other arrangement that could
be made. Any change that tended to shorten the term which at
present exists between the last rabi instalment and the first kharif
instalment, would certainly be unfavourable to the convenience of the
agriculturists.
The Forests of the District.
70. In the Bharauli ilaqa, the only Government Forest Land is
Forest questions on ilaka Rakh Kothi, 214 acres. I have not made any
Bharauli. settlement of this rakh under the Forest Act.
All the rest of the waste belongs to the zamiudars, and there are no
restrictions on their management of it. This state of affairs probably
dates from about the year 1856, when the system of joint village res-
ponsibility was introduced. No harm has resulted from the absence of
control over the waste. There is sufficient wood for the agriculturists,
aud the hillsides are well covered by grass.
71. In the ilaqa of Kotkhai and Kotguru forest matters needed
Forest questions in Kotkhai more attention, Ihe subject falls chiefly under
and Kotguru, the following heads :—
(i) Village waste.
(ii) Future extensions of cultivation therein.
(iii) Reserved forest and rights maintained therein.
(ix) Rights expropounded.
(v) Future management.
72. I have explained in paragraph 67 above that the zaminddrs
do not own the waste lands in these hill tracts,
Village waste not settled though they have rights of user in so much
iaandT' Appendices 1V as is included in their villages. Lists of
the waste area thus included in the bounds of