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2 64. Articles imported from the Company's Territories and consum-
3 ed in this Division are charged 4 per cent. ad-valorem ; also articles
4 exported to the Company’s Territories from the Division.
5 65. An ad-valorem duty of 2 per cent. only is leviable on articles
6 exported to, or imported from, the other Divisions of Mysore.
7 66." On certain articles produced and consumed in this Division, an
8 ad-valorem duty of 2 per cent. is leviable at the place of production, and
9 the same at the place of consumption. 7
10 67. The duty on raw silk, tobacco, and betel-leaf is the same as
11 stated above in paragraph 61 of this Memo.
12 68. All sugar and saccharine produce i is exported free of duty; -
13 but sugar, &c, consumed in this Division pays duty the same as other
14 articles,
15 - 69. The following are the reductions made in the Sayer revenue,
16 since the assumption of the country, in this Division. ‘In the year
17 1833-84, just prior to the establishment:of the Superintendent’s Cut-
18 cherry, the duty on grain, comprising 18 different kinds, was abolish-
19 ed, and since the establishment of the Division Cutcherry, from the
20 year Doormookhee 1836-37, up to. this time, the duty on 312 articles
21 has been taken off. '
22 70. The total remission of duties on 312 articles, including grain,
23 made in this Division, since the assumption of the country up to
24 this time, is. Rupees 2,79,879-9-0, and the number of articles upon some’
25 of whick Excise and upon others Town duties are now levied is 58.
26 71. In Chittledroog, there was, as in the other’ Divisions, no regular
27 system or fixed principle of taxation under the late
28 administration ; but the practice was to tax every
29 article, whether of home or foreign produce; the
30 amount of each tax was undefined and arbitrary.
31 72, The tables of rates which were in the Sayer Cuttahs were never
32 acted on, either before or subsequent to the assumption of the country.
33 In practice, ev ery village and every custom-house had its own rate, and
34 these varied so much, that the classification of them was impracticable.
35 73. All disputes relative to these taxes were decided by Mamool
36 or local usage, The Sayer duties were divided into Bharamarg and
37 Chillermarg (transit on high and cross roads); Stull Bhurty (duties
38 on exports or productions) ; and Kurg Pudy (Town duties), with other
39 local taxes included under the head of Sayer. While taxation was thus-
40 _Chittledroog Divi-
41 sion,