Final Report on the First Regular Settlement of the Simla District in the Punjab, 1881-83

· 1884 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

1CONTENTS.

2BBBLIMIN^BFTi

31^ Sabmits Final Report on the Simla GTettlementi Appendices and

4Village Statements ••« ••• ••* \

52. Organisation of the Settlement ... ••• ••• ii*

6B, Area settled ... . .,. .... •«• 8

74. Manner in which the Simla district came into our handft tt* A^

8EhABADI.1 Aim KALkA.

96. Physical geography and past history. •«• ... ••• 4

106. Mr. Edwards' account of the tract ••• ••• ••« 5t

117. Fiscal history. Previous Settlements ••• ••.• ^

125, Village tenures ... ••• ••• ••• ti*.

139. Number of circuits or Bhojs a«Kl<^teB of the agriculturists ... 7

1410'. Size of holdings ••• „• «•• ••• S

1511. Past assessments ... ... ••• ^ ••• 9[

1612. Value of land as evidenced by sales, mortgages, and prices paid

17for land acquired by the State ... ••• •«• A*.

1813. Comparison of statistics at time of last Settlement and now ..» Id

1914* Prices and the general circumstances of the agriculturists ia.

20relation to prices ••• .,. ••^ ••• ti^

2115. Communications, markets, increase of population, — 11^

221$. Tenants' rents... ••• •••, .... ••• ib^

2317. Tbe produce of the tract ... ••• •«• ^.^ IB

2418. Produce, experiments and average yield ••• ••• 14

2519. Bevenue rates proposed ••• ... ••• ••• 1^

2620. Local land measure ••• ••• m* «» ih.

272t. Kates, BharauH il4qa, per bi|^a .... •«• .•« 16|

2822. Kalka rates per bigha ••• .«• ••• ••• 17

2923. Old and new rates per acre compared "^ •«• l^,

3024i. Result jama with cesses •.. .i^. •<• m ibu,

3125. Average incidence of new assesameut^.. ••« >*• 1^:

3226. Cesses, former and proposed ... ... ••• ihi

3327. Patw4ri arrangements ••« .^., ••• ••• •&•

3428. Term of new Settlement ••• ••• ... ••• 20

3529. History of Simhi il&qa up to 16S0 ... 'i* -. ^

3630. Assessment of Simla villages ••• ••• ••• ^1

37EOTKHAI iLAi^r

38di. Description of the Kotkhai il&qa ... ... ... 22

3982=. Mr. Edwards'- account of the tract in* 1850 ..« ... ib

40d9. Its- annexation and revenue assessmeiit up to 18S0 ••• 26

4134f. Introduction of joint responsibiKtiesfbivthe revenue in 1852;.. ib;