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APPENDICES. 



MISCELLANEOUS AND GARDEN PLANTS (continued). 



VERNACULAR. ENGLISH. BOTANICAL. 



22. Kukree Cucumis utilissimus 



23. Baingoon Solanum melongena 



24. Aloo Potatoe ... Solanum tuberosum 



25. Moolee Randish ... Raphanus sativus 



26. Peeaz Onion Allium cepa 



27. Chan Tea Thea viridis 



REMARKS. 

 ( Cucurbitaceous 

 ( plant. 



APPENDIX D. 



(No. 2109 A. of 1855.) 



Revenue Department, North-Western Provinces, Head- 

 quarters, September 26, 1855. 



NOTIFICATION. 



1. GRANTS of land for tea cultivation in the Kumaon and 

 Gurhwal districts of the Kumaon Province will be made on the 

 following conditions, on application to the senior assistant com- 

 missioner of the district : 



2. Each grant will be of not less than 200, or more than 

 2,000 acres. More than one grant may be taken by one person 

 or company, on the applicant satisfying the local authorities 

 acting under the usual control in the revenue department, of 

 their possessing sufficient means and capital to undertake an 

 extended cultivation and manufacture of tea. 



3. One-fourth of the land will be free from assessment in 

 the grant, in perpetuity, on fulfilment of the conditions below 

 stated. 



4. The term of first lease will be for twenty years. For the 

 first four years the grant will be rent free : in the fifth year, 

 one anna per acre will be charged on three-fourths, or the 

 assessable portion of the grant ; two annas per acre in the sixth 

 year ; three annas per acre in the seventh year, and so on one 

 more anna per acre being added in each, till, in the last year, 

 the maximum rate is reached of one rupee per acre. The full 

 assessment on a grant of 2,000 acres will thus not exceed 1,500 

 rupees per annum. 



