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(c) Statement showing the number of transfers of revenue 



estates in 1889-90 



(d) Statement showing the classification of incomes assessed 



under the Income-tax Act in the Madras Presidency 

 during 1890-91 



(e) Statement showing the amount of Government stock 



(public debt) held by Europeans and Natives in 1834, 

 1850 and 1888 throughout India ... 



(/) Statement showing the transactions of the Presidency, 

 District and Post Office Savings Banks in India 



(g) Statement showing tlie number and value of money orders 

 issued ... 



(/)) Comparative statement of the rates of value of labour in 

 the several districts of the Madras Presidency for certain 

 years compiled from schedules of rates in force in the 

 Public Works Department ... ... * ... 



(i) Statement showing the pressure of population on land in 

 the several districts of the Madras Presidency ... 



(J) Statement showing the total acreage, classification of areas, 

 irrigated crops, current fallows and the number of live- 

 stock, carts, ploughs and boats in the Madras Presi- 

 dency during the year 1889-90 



(k) Extracts from Dr. Macleane's Manual of Administration on 

 the economic condition of the labouring classes 



(l) Opinions of certain gentlemen on the present economic 

 condition of the people as compared with theii- past 

 condition 



(m) Tables showing the income, expenditm-e, scale of diet, &c., 

 in different countries 



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Section VI.— CERTAIN ALLEGED EVILS IN THE PRESENT 

 ECONOMIC POSITION AND REMEDIAL MEA- 

 SURES CONSIDERED .., ,,. ... ... ccxxxvii— cccxix 



A. — Land Settlements ... ... ... ... ... ccxxxvii-ccxiv 



(1) Remarks on the method adopted by the Settlement Depart- 



ment for calculating the outturn of lands and its money 

 value for fixing the Government assessment on the 

 lands ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ccxxxvii-ccxl 



(2) Statement showing the increase or decrease in the occupied 



area and in the assessment caused by the introduction • 



of the survey and settlement ... ... ... ... ccxil 



(3) Extract from Mr. Giffen's article on " Taxes on Land," 



printed in his Essays on Finance, 1st Series- ... ... ccxlii-ccxliv 



(4) Statistics showing the amount of taxes on land in various 



countries and its ratio to total agricultural production 



(extracted from Mulhall's Statistical Dictionary) ... ... ccxliv, ccxlv 



B. — Tenure of Ryots in Zemindaries ,,, ... ccxlv-cclxvi 



(1) Extracts from the remarks of the Madras Board of Revenue 



on the relative rights of Zemindars and tenants ... ccxlv, ccxlvi 



(2) Note on judicial decisions affecting rights of Zemindari 



ryots ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ccxlvi-ccxlviii 



(3) Extract from the report of Mr. Forbes on the condition of 



Zemindari ryots in the Ganjam district ...' ccxlviii, ccxlix 



(4) Extract from the report of Mr. Cotton, on the condition of 



the ryots in the Kalahasti Zemindari, in the North 

 Arcot District, quoted by Mr. W. Digby in his memoran- 

 dum on private relief in the Madras Famine, 1877, p. 129, 

 Appendix I, to the Report of the Famine, Commission ... ccxlix, eel 



(5) Exti-act -from the Administration Report of the Pudukota 



State for 1881-82, by the Dewan Regent Mr. A. Sashiah 

 Shastriar, C.S.I., describing the evils of the system of 

 collecting the Government assessment on land in kind 

 by a division of the crops raised ... ccl-cclii 



(6) Suggestions as to amendments to be made in the Law of 



^ landlord and tenant in the Madras Presidency cclii-eclv 



