Find report of the third revised land revenue settlement of the Palampur, Kangra and Nurpur tahsils of the Kangra district, 1913-1919

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24. Forest records-of-rights for the jagir forests have been drawn

3up and conditions of management -as between Government and the Jagir-

4dars have been approved. For their work in connection with the settle-

5ment of these vexed questions Messrs, Mitchell, I.C.S., and Walters, I.F.S.,

6are entitled to the greatest credit.

75. ‘The new ‘assessment which has been announced and is formally

8confirmed by the Lientenant-Governor amounts to Rs. £,20,977. The en-

9hancement excluding the grazing tax, which is in fact land revenuesvarying

10from 9 percent. in Dera to 17 per cent. in Palampur and averaging 18 per.

11cent. for the district as a whole, ainounts toa quarter of a lakh over the an-

12ticipated figure. The cost of the settlement will be recovered in less than

1374 years so that the work which was considered justified by the import-

14ance of the other considerations involved will in fact be fally remunerative,

15‘The new demand cannot be considered anything but lenient» amounting to

16Re. 1-13-3 per cultivated acre, and ranging from Re. 1-0-6 the matured acre

17in Hamirpur, to Ks. 2-1-8 in the Kangra tahsil. The pressure of population

18is however severe and there has been little or no improvement in the

19general resources ‘and communications of the tract. The term of settlement

20has already been fixed at 30 years in Dera and Hamirpur and tho Lieutenant-

21Governor now fixes the same period for the remaining three tahsils.

226. Separate orders will issue regarding the completion of the Gazet~

23teer, Sir Edward Maclagan agrces with Mr. Fagan as to the inadvisability

24of a special enquiry into the status of occupancy tenants.

257. Messrs. Connolly and Boughey, who were both unfortunately

26compelled to resign their respective charges by ill-health, are to be congratu-

27Jated on the sound lines which they laid down. To their successors Messrs.

28Shuttleworth and Middleton the thanks of Government are due for the un-

29remitting industry, the patient attention to detail and the sympathetic

30attitude which they brought to their tasks. The settlements were arduous

31and exacted a high degree of physical exertion as well as unremitting app-

32lication.

33The services of Messrs. Mitchell and Walters have been acknowledged

34above, and the Lieutenant-Governor desires to add his acknowledgments of

35the excellent work performed by Malik Zaman Mehdi Khan and Lala Arjan

36Das, the Extra Assistant Settlement Officers, and of the Tahsildars and

37subordinate officials whose names have been brought to notice.

38Thave &c,,

39E. JOSEPH,

40Revenue Secretary to Government, Pumiab,

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