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The provisions of this part shall apply to the settlement of any local area or class of e state s not being t own lru:id, and in applying them, town l and shall be l Lft out of account. 8~ In the framing of general propo- sals of re - as so ssment for each assess- ment group, the Settl ement Officer shall have r E.gard t o the change s which have ofcurred in the locality since the fixing of the existing assessment, mor e particularly in re spect of - Bar t o appli- cation of provisions of Part II to town land. General pro- posals of rE. - assessment. .. ...., . ...__ , ... (i) -7- the economic condition of those who live mainly by agriculture, (ii) t he value of agricultural pro- duce , Ciii) the cost of production, and (iv) th~ letting and selling value cf l anJo 9~ (1) S~bject to t he provisions of section 25, in the determination of the amotn1t of the assessment proper for each estate the villages and the fields shall be c~assified and a fair rate per bigha shall be fixed for each class of land in each class of village : Provided that land settled or used for special cultivation may be assessed at a fair all-round rate per bigha. (2) In classifying the villages within each assessment group for the purpose of determining how the revised assessment of the group should be dist- ributed amongst them, the Settlement Officer shall have regard to their exi- sting assessment and to their relative advantages and disadvantages more par- ticularly in respect of - (i) the fertility of the soil, (ii) the economic condition of those who live mainly by agriculture , Detailed assessme - nt of estates. ... (iii) facilities of communication, acce ssi'bll:t ty to markets, and liability to damage by natural causes or frcrn wild animals . (3) In classifying the fields the Settlement Officer shall have regard to -8- the ca:nparative value of the land for the purposes of agr iculture . 100 The land r evenue of an estate shall not be liabl e to enhancement on the ground of drainage works, irrigatie on works, :r .::;::...1.ilat' improvements eff- ect ed since i;be la3t settlement at the expensesJunder ~im or of any agency other than Governmemt or a local Auth- ority, except Village Authoritjes und- er tbe Assam Rural Self-Government Act . 11 . (1) The total r evenue assess- ed on an assessment group shall not exceed 1 O per cent of the gross pro- duce of the group as determi ned by the Settlement Officer . (2) The incidence of the revenue , that is to say, the total r evenue assessed divided by the total settled area on which it is assessed, shall not e xceed the incidence of t he revenue immediately before the se t t - lement by more than * 30 per cent in the case of the enire area or class of es' ate s notified for settlement or by more than *50 per cent in the case of any village , which was an established village at t he last settlement. Bar to enh- ancement on account of improve men ts . Limitation of demand . Limitat:i. of enhanc.. ment . *Provided that for the purpose of applying this sub- section, any land which, - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - *Vide Assam A~ t XIV of 19)7. # of the Settlement-bolder or of any person holding "'I-- 0 - 9- in t he opinion of the State Government had, i mmediately before the settlement been held on· concessional t Erms or settled or used for special cultivation or any villages which were immature at the time 0~ :~e last se ttlement, shall be left o..it of account , and the limi- tations ment1o:ied in sub-section (2) shall not apply to such lands .