Administrative System of the Marathas c27.s3.9

c27.s3.9

*Fourteenth.—Concerning lands under fixed revenue:* If a man builds a house on his land he should pay rent as fixed before; and the same thing if he plants on the land trees without fruits. If he turns an arable land, on which revenue was assessed, for cultivation into a garden, and plants fruit trees on the whole tract without leaving any open spaces [fit for cultivation], take Rs. 2 3/8, which is the highest revenue for gardens, although the trees are not yet bearing fruit. But in the case of grape and almond trees, while they do not bear fruit take the customary revenue only, and after they have begun to bear fruit, take Rs. 2 1/4, provided that the produce of one canonical *bigha*, which means 45 x 45 ShahJahani yards, or 60 x 60 canonical yards, amounts to Rs. 5 1/2 or more.