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At t. \ I. - It ;s well known to the zamind:u ~ . independent Jusel5ment 1n I k·l d h 1 · f 1 · 11 former times ta u uars an ot cr actua propn ctot s o .lnl1 , • s we ::>s to liable to the inhabllants of Bengal, Bihar and Ori~sa, in fSCiw:·a], that from v.ariat~on at the earliest umcs until the present period th~'> publ:c assessment dCJscrcuon of upon the lar.d has never !J:-en fixed, hut that, according to esta- ovcrnmcnt. bl' h d d 1 1 I' 1 · 1 fi 1s c usage an custom, t 1e ru ers o t tcsc provmccs tave rom time to time demanded an mereas:-: of assessment frcm the pro- prietors olland ; and that, for the purpose of obtaining this in- crease, not only frequent investigations have been made to ascer- tain the actual produce or the r estates, but t.Jat it has been the pract1cc to deprive them of the management oft tcir lands, and eithc::r to let them in farm , or to appoinl officers on the part or Covernment to collect the :mcssment immediately from the raiyat~ . \ \ 1793: Ben. Reg. l.j 5 The Hononraule Court of DirectOr>, consitiering these usages ;\lotives ?f and measures tv be detrimental to the prosperity of the country, Court of 1; t• I . I h f d h . r· h rc::tors .or 1ave, Wit 1 a vtcw to promote t ~ utur..: case an appmc;s o t c abl•lishing pcopk, autl10ri/.ed 1l1G foregoing declarations ; and the za:ni n· us:lgc and dars, independent talukdars and other actual proprietors of land, fixing with or ou behalf of whom <1 settlement has uecn or may be assetsrnent. concluded, are to consider these orders fixing the amount of the assessment as irrcvocaule, and not liable to alteration uy any persons whom the c.)lJI to!" Di r~ctor~ may hercalier appoint to the administi·;uion or their ;,frairs in this country. The Govc1nor-Gcncral in Council tru.>ts that the proprietors Proprietors of land, semible or the benefits confencJ upon them by the public ~xpeeted to assessment being fixed forever, will el\Crt thcru~elvcs in the culti· Improve .