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On th.' Statiat'ics of Duhhiin. 



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villages in various parts of the De.sli in tins coUoctorate, I wonld refer it 

 to the increased size of the f irms rather than to eulumeed assessments. 



In a tabh\ which will be met with in treating of the condition of the 

 people, farms are made to average abont 45 beegahs each ; and the as- 

 sessments, including extras, do not amount to a rupee per beogah.a In 

 the hilly tracts the farms are necessarily much reduced in size, and an 

 average for the whole collectorate would bring ihcm down prob-ibly to 

 35 beegahs each ; 4I,94S cultivators therefore would occupy I,46S,180 

 beegalis of land, which, divided into the land revenue, (i,8l5,81}7 ru- 

 pees, give 1 rupee, 95 reas per beegah. I am rather disposed to rely 

 upon the general average, than upon the average struck from the exami- 

 nation of the papers of a few towns in the most favourable parts of the 

 country. 



The very low amount of the Sahyer, which is only '2'90 per cent, of 

 the whole revenue, has been already adverted to. The taxable persons,^ 

 nevertheless, under this head, exceed those of Khandesh. 



The customs bear a fair ))roportion to the whole revenue. 



The average revenue^ per village may be subject to a slight modifica- 

 tion, as in the number of British villages, amounting to 187(S^, furnished 

 to me by the acting collector, which paid revenue last year, deserted 

 villages are not distinguished, part of whose lands are under cultiva- 

 tion ; and the want of population returns disables me from ascertaining 

 them. 



The revenue, viewed as a poll tax,e bears easier than in any other 

 collectorate, excepting Dharwar. The means to insure an approximate 

 accuracy in this calculation have been already explained. 



Poona has the smallest land revenue, and the smallest superficial 

 extent, f Previously to the ad lition of the four Talooks of Sholapoor, 

 Mohol, Moodeebeehall, and [ndee, agreeably to information furnished 

 by the Survey Department, it comprised an area of 4990 square miles 

 only. Neither the extent nor population of these Talooks being known, 

 it was necessary to estimate them ; the process was conducted by 

 analogy, which has been explained elsewhere ; 2888 square miles 

 resulted from the calculations, giving the Poona collectorate an area of 



a 2s, M. per acre. 



b Rupees 1,815,837 rp. 

 Beegahs 1,468,180"" 

 c 14,267. d 1082 rupees, 2 qr. S 



e Revenue as a poll tax, 3 rupees, 3 qr. 77 reas, 

 f Area 7878 square miles. 



}r. rs. 

 95 per beegah. 



