368 MANUAL OF THE nIlAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. XIV. be given except under the operation of tlie final rule of the Waste 

 Revenue Land Rules. This remark, however, only applies to the plateau 

 Administra- and slopes, the system prevailing in the Musnagudi tract north of 

 __^ the Nilagiris being similar to that prevailing in North Coimba- 

 tore. Lands in this tract are still granted on darkhast, and the 

 ryots' privileges and duties in regard to their holdings are those 

 ordinarily prevailing, and need not here be detailed. 

 Method of The lyen land -revenue is collected throughout the district in 



Und-?e?fnue ^^^ ^^^^^ °i' instalments as follows :— 

 in the 



plateau, in •^°" 



Musnagndi November ... ... ... ... 2 



December ... ... ... ... 2 



and in South 

 East Wainid 



January ... ... ... ... 4 



February .. ... ... ... 4 



March ... ... ... ... ... 2 



April 2 



Total ... 16 



It is collected through the medium of the Head and Sub- 

 Maniyagar. A register of plantation lands and houses and lands 

 paying quit-rent is maintained at the Commissioner's Office. 



South-East It does not fall within the scope of this manual to discuss the 



revenue system })revailing in South-East Wainad, which generally 

 corresponds with that of the Malayalam Districts. 



Local FuudB. The management of the funds raised under Act IV of 1871 

 devolves upon a Board, of which the Commissioner is ex-oficio 

 President constituted under that Act. The Assistant Commis- 

 sioner acts as Honorary Secretary to the Board, a non-official being 

 ordinarily Vice-President. All public communications, bungalows, 

 and chattrams are vested in the Board. Its income is derived 

 from land cess, levied at the rate of one anna in the rupee, tolls, 

 and other petty soui'ces. The house-tax is not levied. The roads 

 are tolled at maximum rates, and there is at least one toll-bar on 

 each of the important lines. Owing to the limited income of the 

 Board, as shown elsewhere, its sphere of action is confined almost 

 exclusively to supervision of the communications of the district, 

 of vaccination, and of the bungalows and chattrams. It has as 

 yet done little for the education of the people or for the sanitation 

 of their villages, or for the health administration generally. The 

 income of the Board is hardly sufficient for maintaining existing 

 lines of communication in ordinary repair, and consequently it has 

 to depend upon Government for grants-in-aid from Provincial 

 Funds for all new works or exceptional repairs. The Board, 

 however, performs a useful function in bringing the leading 



