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2 2nd, The Buttayee lands are such wet and garden lands, ‘situated.
3 ‘tunder artificial reservoirs and canals, as are cultivated by the Ryots on
4 the condition of the produce-being equally ‘divided between them and
5 the Circar. Warum is another word for ‘this widely spread and not:
6 unpopular tenure. In some places there was formerly a contract by which
7 ‘the cultivators of land under tanks bound themselves to give a stipulated
8 quantity of grain to the Circar, but this has gradually ceased to exist.
9 . 8rd. The term Kayemgootah is applied to’ certain villages, which
10 having declined in their revenues, or become depopulated and waste,
11 -were given by the late Government.to applicants on a fixed money rent
12 for ever. The amount determined upon was generally the ancient
13 Beriz. Such of these as have fallen into the hands of i ampvit capital-
14 ists have become very valuable property.
15 4th. Jodee villages and lands are those which were granted by for-
16 mer Governments to Brahmans, Jungums, and other holy ‘persons and
17 establishments, upon a lighter assessment than ‘the Beriz or Jumma-
18 bundy amount. There can be no doubt that the rights of the Circar
19 have thus been sacrificed, to a very great extent, and in many instances
20 on the most worthless objects.
21 5th. The term Shrayem is applied to waste lands granted to indivi- -
22 duals undertaking to reclaim them from jungle, and bring them under.
23 permanent cultivation, tipon progressively increasing leases. The first
24 year is generally rent free, the second merely nominal ; and it is not till
25 a term varying from the third to the sixth year that the maximum of
26 rent is attained.
27 Besides these generally prevailing tenures, thers are others which may
28 be mentioned. In former times tanks were frequently constructed
29 by private individuals, to whom one-fourth in some places, and in
30 others one-fifth of the land under them was granted: rent-free, but with
31 the condition that they should keep the tanks in repair. These tanks
32 are called Kodighee Kerray, and the pérsons holding the land on this
33 tenure Kodighee Enamdars. There are also‘ many large tanks which
34 do not belong to any particular village, but which the Ryots of the
35 neighbouring | villages ag a body are under an hereditary obligation
36 to cultivate. ‘In return for this they regeive half of the grain produce
37 and the whole of the straw.
38 Candayem lands, whether wet or dry, are not saleable publicly,
39 but there are various ways and means by which the cultivators contrive
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