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according to the difficulty or case of raising the grain; and seldom 

 exceeded one third. 



The landed property in Guzerat was certainly as generally 

 considered to belong to the respective governments of the pro- 

 vince, whether English, Mogul, or Mahratta. My instructions, 

 on beinc- appointed collector of Dhuboy and the adjoining pur- 

 ounnas, clearly authorised me so to consider them. Before I he 

 expiration of the first year after those districts had been inlrusled 

 to my management, the governor and council of Bombay thus 

 addressed the Board of Revenue at Baroche : 



" We direct that you give us your opinion, fully and explicitly, 

 whether letting out the lands to farm in a public manner, for a 

 certain term, or continuing the present method by jummabundy, 

 may be the most eligible method of collecting the revenues, espe- 

 cially in times of tranquillity." 



To this the majority of the Board at Baroche sent the follow- 

 ing answer. 



" Minute of Messrs. Callander, Brome, Forbes, and Dalton, the majo- 

 rity of the Board of Baroche, in answer to the Governor and 

 Council's commands, respecting farming the Purgunnas of Baroche 

 and its dependencies. 



" That having maturely weighed and reflected upon this very 

 important subject, with its various connections, they highly and 

 decidedly disapprove of the proposed mode of fanning; as con- 

 trary to all the Company's real interest in this country, and in no 

 wise necessary, either from the extent or situation of their posses- 



