Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s18.3

c18.s18.3

When Bahiro Ram was put in charge of the Mamla Revdanda in 1747, he was instructed among other things to take steps to plant cocoanut trees at the rate of five trees per year, for every hundred trees then existing.⁴ Among the instructions issued to Naro Trimbak of Prant Rajpuri (1748-49) occurs the following significant sentence—"bullocks and buffaloes purchased for agricultural purposes by the rayats should be exempted from octroi for five years."⁵ In 1760-61 Lakshman Bhikaji Mamlatdar of Wan and Dindori was told that the villages should be surveyed. The lands should be classed as superior ordinary and inferior and also as *jirayat* and *bagayat* as well as *patsthal* and *motsthal* (watered by canals and watered by Mot) and should be measured. The result should be reported to the Amin, who would fix the rate to be charged. The land should be assessed accordingly.⁶ That waste lands in these two Parganas should be brought under cultivation within two or three years. In case of failure in this respect, the Kamavisdar would not be continued in his office. That in case of failure of crops or disturbance in the country, remission would be granted according to the usual practice.