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"A3 to the redemption of the Land Revenue 3 ' 

 said his Lordship, " great caution is necessary in 

 dealing with what has always formed so large a 

 part of the revenues of the Government of India. 

 The Governor General in Council proposes, there- 

 fore, in the first instance, to limit the permission 

 of redemption in any one district to such a number 

 of estates as shall, in their aggregate assessment, 

 not exceed 10 per cent, of the total land tax of 

 the collectorate, or corresponding fiscal division of 

 the country." 



This restriction will enahle Government to ascer- 

 tain in each province, without undue risk to its 

 permanent fiscal resources, the practical effect of 

 permitting the redemption, both in completely 

 populated and well cultivated districts, and in those 

 whera there is much uncultivated land and a thin 

 population. It will afford an opportunity of here- 

 after reconsidering the effects of the measure with 

 the light of ample experience, while the limit which 

 it prescribes is large enough to allow of a consider* 

 able number of those who may be able and desirous 

 of redeeming the Land Revenue of their estates, 

 to do so partially or wholly/' 



But Her Majesty's Ministers again over-ruled 

 the Viceroy's orders, limiting the power to redeem 

 the land revenue to lands required for dwelling 

 houses, factories, gardens, plantations, &c., and sub- 

 stituting for the tentative and experimental mea- 



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