ASSESSMENT OF CROPS. 37 



generally by cash j)ayinent at the following 

 rates : — 



Cotton at from 1 r. 8 aiis. to 2 r. 9 aus. per Beega. 

 Sugar Cane at do. 4 „ to G „ 9 „ „ „ 



Tobacco at do. 1 „ to 4 „ 4 „ „ „ 



The following are general rules in regard to 

 revenue forms of collection : — 



Indigo is never cash assessed, always But- 

 taied. 



Grain is never cash assessed. 



Sugar Cane is always a cash assessed rent 

 crop. 



Cotton is generally a cash paying crop ; it is 

 sometimes, but seldom, Buttaied. 



Vegetables, fruits, and herbs are generally 

 under cash assessment. 



There is also another form of collection called 

 ^'Kasgee," which is the fixing or determining, 

 from the appearance of the crop while standing, 

 what quantity of grain the cultivator will be 

 able to pay to Government on every beega of 

 cultivation. This duty is intrusted to men of 

 known and acknowledged respectability. Their 

 duties are onerous and responsible, and they are 

 generally well paid. '' Kasgee " on well lands 

 is levied from the cultivator by a fixed rate 



