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for public purposes; (9) Lands annexed by conquest; (10) 

 Occupancy holding; (n) Non-occupancy Khudkasta and 

 Paikasta holdings. A revenue officer describing a piece of land 

 has thus several principles of classification to bear in mind. 

 They all have some relation to the intrinsic value of the 

 soil; and the farmer also must look into all these principles 

 before deciding the value of a property he wishes to buy for 

 agricultural purposes. The fixity of tenure and of lent is 

 of the utmost value to the tenant in encouraging him to go 

 in for agricultural improvements. 



51. The following considerations also affect the value of 

 land ; 



(1) Climate, healthy or unhealthy. 



(2) Whether local labour is abundant, industrious and 

 skilful. 



(3) Amount of rainfall. 



(4) Whether the tract has been subject to famine or local 

 failure of crops due to drought or inundations. 



(5) Whether the land is level and well exposed to sun- 

 shine, or whether it is steep ravine land. 



(6) Distance from the purchaser's residence. 



(7) Vicinity to good markets. 



(8) Means of communication with the markets. 



(9) Facilities for irrigation ; depth of water in wells. 



(10) Depredations by cattle, wild boars, rabbits, &c. 



(11) Local supply of manures. 



52. In the N.-W. P. the following classification of soils 

 is generally in vogue : 



ist. Gohani land or land near villages and towns. In 

 village gohani land the crops usually grown are, wheat, gur- 

 making sugarcane or ukh, vegetables, maize, radish, carrots 

 and chillies. In town gohani land market gardening is prac- 

 tised, i. e. the growing of potatoes, cabbages and cauliflower, 

 chewing canes or pound 'as and tobacco. 



2nd. Loam. Wheat, barley, gr&m^jowar, cotton, with 



