1 LABOURERS. Ml
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3 is. A^^wnnirtaun, tDd tlw kDd thus nMatAf. beeoiiiei4li«ipiWit»
4 ^paapttty of the adveotorM- -FmaU^i aome lunr^ ftwcifmi ipcMfc.
5 l^tB ifiNictly from the crown.
6 Uw.inte of ]tfi4 in Caubul it tlited.bj Mr. Bbnthej to.bd Aav
7 nine to twelve yon. purchase.
8 Hie.miinber of tenanta, in the common acceptadon^of the word**..
9 is:iiot great in this country ; and of those who do not rest bnd, a
10 gpeal portion jne middlemen, who let it . out i^pin to Bnzgurs. The.
11 commonest term fbr a lease, is one or two jean $ thelongest period is-
12 five. The rent varies greatly ; in the bairen oonntry of the Stooree-
13 aunees, it is only on^-tentkof the produce; while in the plain of
14 Bajour, it is said to be from oBfrthifd to one-half ;. and in the ooon^
15 try round Caubul two-thirds.
16 All the tenants above mentioned, pnv a rent for the use of the
17 land, and are of no charge to the landlord ; l)ut where the land is
18 cultivated by Buyrgnrs, the landlord gcnorally provides the whole o(
19 the seed, cattle, and implements of husbandry, the Bu2gur supplying
20 nothing but the labour. In some cases, however, the Bnzgnr has a
21 share m the exj)enfie I lirive mentioned, nnd in others, supytlies ever}'
22 thing but the seed. The share of the Biizgur is not hxed ; I have
23 heard oi cases where he received no more than one-tenth, and of.
24 others \sherc he was entitled to one-balf,
25 L.ibourers in luisli;aidrv are principal) v employed and paid by the
26 Buzgurs : they are paid by the season, which lasts for nine months,
27 beginning from the vernal equinox. Tliey are fed, and in many
28 places clothed during all this period by their enipioyers, and they
29 receive besides a quantity of grain, and a sum of money which varies
30 from two and a half* Maunds Khaunee and one rupee to ten
31 Maiinds and two rupees ; when paid in money, the <xnnmoneil nte
32 ieema fe be tfauCy rupees, besideo food ad dotliing. In towna, the
33 • TIm MM JOnaatt iisteqt 4^ psaodk
34 t About two ahiUiqgi and Sonefw,
35 4 4S
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