heavy burden of 10 per cent, in the case of estates not per- 

 manently settled, and thus the burden is unequal without any 

 adequate reason as regards prosperity or otherwise of the 

 cultivator. 



1.445. The actual incidence of land-revenue per acre of 

 cultivated net cropped area in the different Provinces of 

 British India and Native States may be judged from the fol- 

 lowing figures compiled from the Agricultural Statistics for 

 1898-99: 



Rs. As. P. 

 Bengal ... ... ... ... 0127 



Assam ... ... ... 134 



N.-VV. Provinces ... ... ... 202 



Oudh ... ... ... ... i 15 i 



Punjab ... ... ... ... i 2 10 



Sind ... ... ... ... 2 6 o 



Bombay ... ... . ... ... i 6 o 



Madras ... ... ... ... 2411 



Berar ... ... ... ... i 2 10 



Central Provinces ... ... ... 094 



Ajmir-Marwar ... ... ... i 3 n 



Upper Burmah ... ... ... 221 



Lower Burmah ... ... ... 1154 



Coorg ... ... ... i 4 ii 



Mysore ... ... ... ... i 8 6 



Bikanir ... ... ... ... 7 7 



Jaipur ... 4.311 



Gwalior ... ... ... ... 259 



Marwar ... ... ... ... o 15 10 



Tonk ... ... . ... ... 296 



1.446. The above figures show that the Government 

 demand in the shape of land revenue is very light, and it is 

 not any more in British India than in most Native States. 

 Though a Rupee was far more valuable in olden days than now, 

 the land revenue in the days of the Moghul Emperors was 

 about the same as now. In 1664 the land-revenue of India 



