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... LAND TAX OF INDIA , According to the Moohummudan Law . By NEIL B. E. BAILLIE , Esq . , Author of the " Moohum- mudan Law of Sale , " & c . 8vo . Price . Rs . 3-12 . " Mr. Baillie may be said to exhaust the subject of which he affords a ...
... LAND TAX OF INDIA , According to the Moohummudan Law . By NEIL B. E. BAILLIE , Esq . , Author of the " Moohum- mudan Law of Sale , " & c . 8vo . Price . Rs . 3-12 . " Mr. Baillie may be said to exhaust the subject of which he affords a ...
Pagina 2
... land . The papers he had with him were taken especial care of by gentlemen who accompanied him on his homeward voyage , and were delivered , we presume , to those whose Commissioner he was . We do not learn either from the Editor of the ...
... land . The papers he had with him were taken especial care of by gentlemen who accompanied him on his homeward voyage , and were delivered , we presume , to those whose Commissioner he was . We do not learn either from the Editor of the ...
Pagina 4
... land in Western India is that of " a tenant at will , " and that an interest in the land , so insecure , obviously offers no inducement to the occupant to improve the soil , but , on the con- trary , is , of itself , a complete bar to ...
... land in Western India is that of " a tenant at will , " and that an interest in the land , so insecure , obviously offers no inducement to the occupant to improve the soil , but , on the con- trary , is , of itself , a complete bar to ...
Pagina 12
... land cannot , we believe , be subjected to any efficient system of inspection . We are also disposed to think that it would be desirable to render all contracts for the purchase of unpicked crops illegal . In England it is contrary to ...
... land cannot , we believe , be subjected to any efficient system of inspection . We are also disposed to think that it would be desirable to render all contracts for the purchase of unpicked crops illegal . In England it is contrary to ...
Pagina 13
... land tenures in the Province , which Mr. Mackay has accordingly done . As the dis- tinctions , however , have been given in a manner somewhat confused , and not in all cases correct , we will take the liberty of describing them in a ...
... land tenures in the Province , which Mr. Mackay has accordingly done . As the dis- tinctions , however , have been given in a manner somewhat confused , and not in all cases correct , we will take the liberty of describing them in a ...
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