MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT, 371 



The principal items under Miscellaneous are proceeds of waste CHAP. XV. 

 land sales, Rupees 3,500, and quit-rent on house property, headTof 

 Rupees 5,061. Excluding this item the average ordinary land Revenue and 

 revenue for the ten faslis ending 1284 was Rupees 26,755 ; that of Expenditure. 

 Fasli 1285 was Rupees 37,934. The increase is due to lands sold, 

 and lands in excess of register areas discovered by the Revenue 

 Survey. The figure Rupees 37,934 is made up as follows : — 



RS. 



Lands held by hill-people ... ... ... 20,561 



Lands held for plantations, &c. ... ... 17,373 



The small revenue derived from plantations is due to the fact 

 that a considerable extent of the land sold under the Waste Land 

 Rules had not as yet passed out of the initial period of free 

 tenure ; the drawback on this account in this fasli was Rupees 

 8,014. 



The system of abkari in force in the district is the excise, Excise on 

 superseding that of sale by auction under which the monopoly ^F"*^ ^^^ 

 was worked until June 1875. In Fasli 1285,32,000 Imperial'"'"' ''^''°"' 

 gallons of spirits of various strengths were excised, yielding a 

 revenue of 87,000 rupees. An excise ^ of 4 annas per Imperial 

 gallon is levied on beer, yielding a revenue in Fasli 1285 of 

 18,994 rupees on 79,880 gallons excised. Licenses of the sale of 

 liquor yielded 990 rupees. 



The revenue derived from the sale of stamps was — Stamps. 



ES. 



Non-judicial stamps ... ... ... 7,696 



Court fees ... ... ... ... ... 14,525 



Particulars of receipts under Forests will be found in Chapter Forests. 

 XXVI. 



The most important items under Miscellaneous are the receipts Misceilane- 

 from the Chiuchona plantations and from the Government gardens. '^^^^ 



Roughly the total revenue and charges of the Nilagiris proper Total revenue 

 debitable to Imperial, excluding chinchona, may be set at Rupees ^^^ charges. 

 1,60,000 and 2,00,000 respectively, viz. :— 



RS. 



Land Revenue 30,000 



Forests ... 46,000 



Minor Departments ... ... ... 16,000 



Law and Justice ... ... ... 42,500 



Ecclesiastical 31, .500 



Medical 33,000 



Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 1,000 



2,00,000 



' The excise has since this been reduced to 1 anna per gallon for beiow 6 per 

 cent, alcoholic strength. 



