Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s18.17

c18.s18.17

It is noteworthy that the Punjab Government have also recently made attempts to stop the alienation of agricultural lands by the prohibition of sale and mortgage of such land by the poor peasant. The second item of the instructions enumerated in the last document also demands our notice, as it requires the Kamavisdar to compensate any loss that the government might incur from decrease in cultivation. Thus it was not merely the duty of these revenue officers to pay their best attention to the improvement of agriculture, but also their interest to do so, as the increase or decrease of cultivation in their districts affected their purse so much.