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IOR/H/381

Record Id:: 040-000004436
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-000004036
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x0000ae
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/H/381
Title:: Revenue papers, mainly concerning Bengal.
Scope & Content:: (1) pp. 1-14, Hastings to Bengal Board of Revenue 20th Dec. 1782 with Minute from John Shore on the Comparative State of the Revenue in Bengal 1780/1 and 1781/2. (2) pp. 15-25, Henry Vansittart to Hastings and Council 3rd Dec. 1782 with Comparative Statement of Produce of the Salt during the first two years of Government manufacture 1780/1 and 1781/2. (3) pp. 27-31, Revenue Statements 1776-83. (4) pp. 33-8, Remarks on the Revenue by John Annis (Auditor of Indian Accounts) January 1785. (5) pp. 41-7, "Rights of Zamindars or Hereditary Landholders and of the Ryot or Cultivator of the Soil, also Tenure of Land defined, By a private [unknown] hand." (6) pp. 49-249, Bengal Settlement for 1784/5, Extracts of Directors' Letters to Bengal and Bengal Revenue Consultations. (7) p. 251, J. Shore to Mr. Rouse 26th March 1786 (Original), with, pp. 255-67, Remarks on the corrected Draft of a Letter to Bengal concerning the Revenue System of Bengal. (8) pp. 269-75, Notes concerning Cantoo Baboo, Zamindar of Baharband. (9) pp. 277-91, Examination into the effects produced in the Revenue of Bengal by the abolition of the Provincial Councils and the Institution of the Permanent Plan of 1781, by F. Russell. (10) pp. 293-5, Distribution of Land and its Produce in a certain village in the Company's Jaghire. (11) pp. 297-9, Memorandum on the Revenues, by Mr. [? George] Anderson. (12) p. 301, Gross Collections in the District of Masulipatam from its cession in 1766 to the Company up to 30th April 1787. (13) pp. 303-39, Memorandum on the Rights of Zamindars, Talukdars, and Jagirdars, by John Shore (subsequent to 1788), with, pp. 341-588, Appendix, including, pp. 401-9, Extracts of a Narrative of the Transactions in Bengall during the Subahdarries of Azeem us Shan, &c., translated by Francis Gladwin and published in Calcutta in 1788 and, pp. 491-557, Replies by "Gholaum Hussein Khan, son of Fakruddoulah, formerly Nazim of Beyhar," on the Rights and Privileges of Landholders. (14) pp. 589-609, "On the Rights and Privileges of Jagheerdars," by J. Shore, with, pp. 611-721, Appendix, including, p. 679, a Table showing Personal Allowances to Mansabdars (see also pp. 615, 687-94). See H/328 (3) and H/442 (1). (15) pp. 723-61, Proceedings, &c., 23rd Sept. 1788 to 31st May 1790 relative to a Petition from the Zamindars of Midnapur. (16) pp. 765-808, Memoranda relative to Bazi Zamin (Lands free from Assessment), by F. Law and others; pp. 809-11, "Regulations respecting La-kheraj Lands or Lands paying no Revenue to Government" (Printed at Calcutta 1791); pp. 855-63, Memoranda from the Papers relative to Bazi Zamin 20th Aug. 1788 to 31st Jan. 1791. (17) pp. 819-53, Memoranda taken from the Papers on the Ten Years' Settlement of the Land Revenues of Bengal, &c. 12th April 1786 to 13th Oct. 1790. (18) pp. 865-8, Memoranda from the Papers relative to Sayer (i.e. Sair or all sources of Government Revenue exclusive of land-tax) 16th April 1790 to 14th Jan. 1791. (19) pp. 871-934, Notes relative to the Land Revenue (? 1792).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000004036
040-000004436
Is part of:: IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous

IOR/H/381 : Revenue papers, mainly concerning Bengal.
Hierarchy:: 032-000004036[0184]/040-000004436
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Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 1 volume
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1766
End Date:: 1792
Date Range:: 1766-1792
Era:: CE
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