76 Mr. Hodgson's Description of the Village of Pudu-vdyal. 



Land capable of irrigation, called in revenue language • wet 



land' Gdnis 21lJg^ 



Land incapable of being irrigated, rendered productive by rain, 



called in revenue language ' dry grain land' l^y-^ 



Total arable land, wet and dry 368^ 



To this quantity must be added what has been diverted to other 

 purposes, or in revenue language called ' alienated land,' viz. 

 By custom Canis ^6^-^ 



By grant 11/^ 



Land entirely unproductive, as the bed of the tank, the burning 



37H 



405|| 



ground, the treading-floor, &c. &c., including the site of the> 142^^ 



_2 



village 



The total land in the village register is then, ..Canis 548 



The particulars of the land, and its revenue appropriated by custom, are 

 as follows : 



Pagoda or Church Lands. 



Canis. Cam's. 



For the benefit of the temple of Siva 1^^^ 



For the benefit of the temple of Vishnu 1 



2-9 



Village Corporation Lands. 

 For the benefit of the hereditary village occupants generally ... 1 



Village Corporation Office Lands. 



For the registrar of the revenue and statistical accounts of the 



village 11t% 



For the village watchman 9y^ 



For the village carpenter , 1 



For the village blacksmith 1 



Appropriated by custom Canis 26y^^ 



The particulars of the appropriations by grant are as follows : 



