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referred to the extent of its garden cultivation, which is much 
greater than that of Dharwar, and, as far as I can judge from 
observation, that of Poona and Ahmednuggur also. In Khan- 
desh in 1826, there were 82,697 beegahs* of garden-land, 
being 9°36 per cent. of the whole cultivated land, the garden- 
land in Dharwar not amounting to one-half per cent. In the 
Nuggur and Poona collectorates, in the towns of Kurmalleh, 
Kurjut, Angur, and Rawgaon, the proportion of garden to 
field-land in cultivation was 545 per cent. only. But, under 
all circumstances, the villages of Khandesh average” the least 
revenue in Dukhun ;. it stands third in the number of its cul-: 
tivators,° but second in the amount of the rent of its farms.9 
The magnitude of this rent, it is inferred, originates in the 
comparative high rate of assessment per beegah, and not in the 
greater size of the farms. I have not the number of beegahs 
of land in cultivation in 1827-28 in Khandesh, but justify my 
inference from the following data :—In 1826 there were 37,311 
cultivators, and 883,548 beegahs under cultivation, averaging 
23°68 beegahs to each farm.® Last year, there were 44,608 
cultivators, and supposing them to hold individually the ave- 
rage number of beegahs of 1826, the result will be as 
cult.  beegahs. cult. beegahs. 
37,311 : 88,348 : : 44,608 : 1,056,345 ; 
and as the land revenue of 1827-28 was 1,664,904 rupees, 
the rate per beegah is therefore 1 rupee, 2 qr. 30 reas, which 
exceeds® that of the other collectorates from 50 to 100 per cent. 
__. Inthe Sahyer branch of revenue the increased pressure is still 
_ visible upon the people; it exceeds the mean pressure of Dhar- 
_ war and Poona 10°35 decl. per cent., and that of Ahmednuggur 
_ in the extraordinary ratio of 63°91 per cent. 
The customs’ per centage on the whole revenue is identical 
with that of Ahmednuggur, although, in the present state of 
Khandesh, it could not have been looked for. 
_ Ahmednuggur stands second in superficial extent.2 The 
_ land revenue is only inferior in amount to that of Dharwar, 
_ although it has the least number of cultivators: in all the col- 
_ lectorates. The average rent of farms therefore is the greatest ; 
b r 
bs 
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_*, 62,023 acres. b 839 rupees, 3 qr., 7 reas. c 44,608. 
4 37 rupees, 1 qr., 33 reas. 
_ © Beegahs 883,448, __ 23°68 f Rupees 1,664,904 mu. ar. rs. 
Cultivators 37,311. _ : Beegahs 1,056,345 1 2 30 per beegah, 
8 Poona and Nuggur 3 qr. 58 reas per beegah, including garden-land. The 
whole of Dharwar 2 qr. 94 reas per beegah, including garden-land. 
h 9910 square miles. i 41,948 cultivators, 
