1849.] 



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from double the quantity of seed, is esteemed a fair return. In the 

 ruhhee the seed is sown more thickly and toor usually is grown 

 with it. 



Expenses of the Tdbee Rice Crop and its return to'Jthe Coonhee. 

 Seed one Maund. Produce one Kundee. 



Price of seed, Es. 2 0 0 To the Balowbek, 6 Consoos. 



Women's labour, 0 14 0 „ Government, 9M. 1 „ 



For watering, 0 8 0 „ Putwarrees, 2 „ 



Price of laboiir ploughing, hired „ Dorwa, Havildar, Pa- 

 labour, 2 8 0 teU, &c 1 



Other expenses, poojas, &c.,.......0 2 0 8^ Maunds remain to the 



Eyot, at rupee 1 a Maund, Es. 8 8 0 



Eupees...6 0 0 Deduct Es. 6 0 0 



Eemainder Es. 2 8 0 



It will be observed that he has to pay double the price for his seed 

 that he gets for his produce, but this is owing to the care neces- 

 sary to be taken of seed corn, which is always presumed to be of 

 the best quality : besides, the Coonbee is usually in debt to the 

 Bunnyah, who affords him the seed. 



The first and most common tenure is the 

 huttaee or adhenath, where the government and 

 cultivator divide the produce equally after the deduction of six 

 consoos on the kundy (7| per cent.) for the Balowbek, vrith the 

 exception of the Putwarree who receives two consoos from the 

 ryot's share, and the zemindar, havildar, dorwa or patell one 

 consoo; when the land is manured and irrigated from a well, the 

 government demand is one-third, two-thirds going to the ryot 

 with the usual deductions. In the poonas when lands are tiUed 

 under this tenure eleven parts go to the ryot and nine to govern- 

 ment ; and in the ruhhee eight parts to the ryot and twelve to 

 government with deductions as before. In sowing grain if the 

 seed is advanced by the Bunnyah the produce is divided into three 

 parts— one for the ryot, one for the Bunnyah, and one for go- 

 vernment. 



2d MucTita cowl. — This is simply paying an annual quit rent for 

 an allotment of land to be held for a certain period, seldom under 

 ten years. It is on this tenure that garden lands are cultivated, 

 the rent of which per beegah varies from four to seventeen rupees ; 

 but the common rent for red soil is rupees 2 a beegah, and for 

 the black rupees 2| to rupees 3 and 4; all depending on the quality 

 of the soil. 



