Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c6.s3.24

c6.s3.24

¹⁰¹ On the same date we took into consideration the expediency of abolishing the tax on houses established by Regulation XV, 1810, your Hon’ble Court was fully informed in our Despatch from the Revenue Department (Revenue Consultations 17th September 1811) of the 12th February last, of the disturbances which had occurred on account of the tax in the city of Benares. Since that period, the Board of Revenue had submitted a statement showing the amount of the assessment in those towns, where the assessment had been completed. From that statement it appeared quite clear, that the tax could not be an object to Government except at the city and the suburbs of Calcutta. Indeed the whole produce of the tax was only estimated at about