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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XIY^ 



The following is a list of the villages registered under 

 the Service Tenures Commission, as subject to services to 

 the Ridi Vihare, and gives an idea of the temple endow- 

 ments : — 



Village. 



B * c3 



Fields.* 



Extent of 

 Gardens.* 



Hen.' 





Amount 

 for which 

 Service 

 may be 

 Commuted. 







A. 



P. 



K. 



A. 



P. 



K. 



A. 



P. 



K. 





Ambagoda 



1 



5 











1 







2 



2 









Qi OK 



Eganvela 



1 







6 













3 







6 



41 50 



Hirikete 



13 



13 



1 



6 



6 











15 



2 



7 



96 90 



Illuppelessa 



9 



12 







7 



4 



3 



8 



15 



1 



5 



81 30 



Karawmada 



2 



5 



2 







2 











1 











54 75 



Kumburumulla 



2 



11 



2 















2 



4 



3 







83 80 



Manditiyawa 



9 



10 











2 



2 



5 



13 



3 



4 



74 60 



Maratiha 



36 



81 



2 



9 



26 



1 



51 



°2 



62 







5| 



576 85 



Nabiritta 



7 



10 



2 



6* 



3 







7 



14 







1 



177 15 



Nilantattuwa 



2 



17 











2 



1 







31 



1 



7 



117 70 



Rambukkandanaf ... 



10 



20 







1 



13 



1 



1 



34 



1 



5 



142 85 



RidigamaJ 



37 



50 



3 



2 



13 







3* 



65 



3 



1 



376 55 



Urulipotta 



2 



7 



1 



5 







1 



5 



6 



1 







56 45 



Waraka-vehera 



3 



14 



3 



2 



4 



3 



6 



34 



2 



5 



106 85 



Wewagedara 



1 



4 



2 



1 







3 



8 



5 







1 



34 85 



Total ... 



135 



265 



3 



9i 



81 







2| 



299 



2 



H 



1,956 95 



* The acreage is given in amunams, p£las, and kurunies. Ten kurunies 

 make 1 p<§la, and 4 pelas 1 amunam. In English measurement an 

 amunam of paddy land = 2 acres, of high land = 40 acres. 



f The case of the tenants of this village is cited by the Commissioner as 

 a remarkable case of religious toleration which has become known in the 

 course of the Service Tenures inquiry. The tenants are all Mohammedans. 

 " The service which they render to that establishment (Ridi Vihare) is 

 confined to the payment of dues and the transport of produce, &c, and has 

 no connection with the services of the Buddhist vihare, and their own 

 lebbe or priest is supported by a farm set apart by the Buddhist landlords 

 for the purpose. There are thus Mohammedan tenants performing 

 without reluctance service to a Buddhist monastery freely supporting a 

 priest for its Mohammedan tenants." {Administration Reports, North- 

 Western Province, 1870, p. 285.) 



% A block 108 acres of planted land in this village belonging to the temple 

 was leased to the late Mr. R. J. Corbet for ninety-nine years, and a smaller 

 extent of chena land for planting to Mr. P. Braine. If the provisions of the 

 Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance were not allowed to be a dead letter, 

 as they unfortunately are in this district, they would doubtless operate as 

 an effectual bar to these questionable demises for indefinite periods by 

 unscrupulous incumbents, much to the prejudice of the temple revenues. 



3. The following Paper was next read : — 



