APPENDIX. XXXV 



ney in each instance, to be held on Piittah, and at the ordinary rate of 

 land assessment, such rate being subject to alteration hereafter, on a 

 general revision of the assessment of lands on the Neilgherries. The 

 necessary stipulations respecting the maintenance of boundaries, right 

 of way, appropriation of water, &c., will be inserted in the Puttah. If in 

 any other instances of a similar kind, it may seem desirable to give 

 land on Puttah, rather than on Lease, or Grant, the Collector sliall 

 communicate with the Board upon the subject, and act according to 

 tlieir orders. With such exceptions as the foregoing, all appHcations 

 for lands upon the Neilgherries shall be disposed of in the manner spe- 

 cified in the following Rules. 



VI. On appHcation being made for land upon the Neilgherries, 

 whether for building or for agricultural purposes, it will first be neces- 

 sary to ascertain, whether it be advisable to grant the land on lease at 

 all ; or whether, from its proximity to the Munds of the Todas, or 

 other spots appropriated by them to religious rites ; from its contain- 

 ing forest land, or valuable timber ; or from other causes, its occu- 

 pation by private individuals be open to objection. The attention of 

 the Revenue Authorities of Coimbatore is here particularly drawn to 

 para. II of the Honorable Court's Despatch of 21st June, 1843, which it 

 will be remarked not only guards from all interference the Munds, sites 

 of villages, and spots held in peculiar veneration by the Todas, but in- 

 terdicts the grant of lands in the vicinity of their places of residence, 

 in the hope that these may hereafter be cultivated by the Todas them- 

 selves, when they shall be induced to engage in agricultural pursuits. 

 It will also be necessary carefully to bear in mind the observations of 



Government in para. 11, Extract Mi- 



InconmhAv^.lS^S^Hev. ^^^^^ Consultation, 13th May, 1848, 



Dep^. iVo. 506. '. •^' ' 



respecting the necessity of providing for 



the preservation of the woods on the Hills, not only on account of the 

 timber, but for the maintenance of the streams and springs which are 

 supplied or protected by them. 



VII. If, on careful inquiry being made upon the above points, the 

 result should be satisfactory, a full report is to be made to the Board of 

 Revenue upon tlie subject, embracing all particulars, and accompanied 

 by an extract from the Survey of the Neilgherries, so as to exhibit the 

 extent and situation of the land applied for, and of that in its immedi- 

 ate vicinity. On their approval being signified, the Collector will, after 

 due notice, proceed to put up the land to public auction, at an upset 

 price, in the manner which may appear to him most convenient, and 



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