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MANUAL OF THE NILAQIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAPTER XV. 

 HEADS OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. 



(a) IMPERIAL.— (b) PROVINCIAL.— (c) LOCAL. 



(a) Imperial. 



Land Revenue. — Excise on Spirits and Malt Liquors. 

 Miscellaneous. 



-Stamps. — Forests.- 



CHAP. XV. 



Heads of 

 Revenue and 

 e.x.pendituke. 



Land 



Revenue. 



The area of the Nilagiris proper, and the extent of land, and 

 its distribution in each ndd, will be found in Chapter II. In 

 Fasli^ 1285 there were 4,108 puttas ; this would give the 

 average ryot's holding under ordinary tenure at about 14 acres. 



The following statement shows the extent and the land revenue 

 assessment in that fasli. It includes lands held under all 

 tenures : — 



Extent. 



Assessment. 



Dry 



Wet 2 

 Miscellaneous 



Total 



ACRES. 



79,902 



79,902 



46,020 



90 



9,267 



55,377 



' This fasli is taken, as in the subsequent fasli the accounts of South- 

 East Waindd are included. With South-East Waindd the number of puttas in Fasli 

 1287 was 5,350. The total holdings of the district as novs^ constituted amount to 

 93,496, assessed at 65,610 rupees. Of this figure 13,550 acres appertain to South- 

 East Waindd, assessed at 25,123 rupees. The area in South-East Waindd repre- 

 sents only that assessed and cultivated. The exact area of each holding is not 

 ascertainable under the revenue system in force in Malabar. The areas may be 

 classified as follows : — 



lyen 



( Nilagiris 



i South-East Waindd 



„, ^ . . ( Nilagiris 

 Plantation. ) f', „ 



South-East Waindd 



ACRES. 



60,033 

 4,428 



19,913 

 9,122 



* Thei-e are no irrigation tanks in the district ; the area entered as wet 

 is watered by jungle streams. There are 2,258 acres classified as wet in South- 

 Kast WainAd. 



