The privileges to the natives confirmed by Akber-The cuftom of Bengal and Bahar The French appear to have taken the lead in a judicious foundation of a fyftem in India CHAP. II. Firft Period of the Dewannee. Mahomed Reza Khan's administration Page 331 333 CHAP. III. Second Period of the Dewannee. Provincial administration, 1771 338 Failure of the fettlement of the Committee of Circuit 339 CHAP. IV. Second Period corrected by Act of Parliament. Difference of opinion in 1776 as to a plan to avoid the Supreme Court of Judicature inapplicable to British 342 346 fubfidiary principle fubftituted to the farming fyftem, but without accurate data CHAP. V. Speculative experiments proposed in 1772 superfeded by the controverfies of this period. Sir James Steuart's opinions as to the means of improving and augmenting the riches and circulation of 349 350 Bengal 35 Contraft of the Naib Soubab's answer The fame questions proposed to independent characters - Answer of Meer Abul Coffim, Ambaffador from the 398 400 402 and Sir Robert Chambers 405 Answers of Mahomed Abdul Speckoor Khan, Governor of Allahabad 407 CHAP. VIII. Lord Cornwallis's Adminiftration. Inftruction to decide the question of property between the Sovereign and Zemindar 411 Determination published in the order of the 20th of May, 1789 The immediate confequence arifing from the order of a ten-years fettlement in Bahar, and the new definition of perfons Sir John Shore admits its defects and his error Mr. Rouse maintained the errors in England after they Page 414 421 422 423 424 425 430 431 Having changed the principle of the fettlement of 1789, it became neceffary to fuit the regulations of 1787 to the reformed fyftem of 1791 CHAP. IX. Progrefs of Courts of Judicature in British India. Original charter of Judicature-Mayor's Court in 1757-The privileges of the Company extended to plunder and booty Caufes of univerfal relaxation of fyftem The Company stand forth Dewans and appeals to Par liament Confequences of introducing British judicature 438 439 The Supreme Government successfully checks the progrefs of the Supreme Court 440 And Parliament, in 1781, defines its powers 441 Difficulty of defining the extent of the Dewannee 442 Oppreffion from concurrent jurifdictions In 1787 concurrence effectually corrected by vesting the collections and the civil and criminal judicature in the Collectors. The collifion of thefe duties with native jurifdictions Page 443 444 445 447 448 450 the Parliamentary Reports, 1772 453 Abuse both of Mahomedan and British Courts to be avoided 454 CHAP. X. Alienations of Revenue connected with political Error. The expediency of native forms in the Mofuffil Zemindary, or ordinary establishment of internal government of the provinces, having been illustrated in the first part, this fubject is pursued in the Sudder, or extraordinary civil and military establishment incident to British government-Caufes of its intricacy 456 The means by which it may be examined 457 The corn rent, or a divifion of crops, now fubject to no uniform rule 463 Alienations could not have arifen if the Canongoe office had been maintained 463 The difference of the Mocurrery plan and the old na tive system 467 The fituation of the Reyut or tenantry under the re venue system of Sir John Shore 468 Charges of the new fyftem 472 Mr. Law's apology for not following Mr. Francis's plan of fettlement in every refpect 474 A great prevalence of opinion in favour of Sir John ibid. And of a fubfidiary instead of a farming system of the poft, Sair, fince the acceffion to the Dewannee 480 as to customs confidered 481 484 486 488 492 The statement of Mr. Dundas and Mr. Ruffell in 1793 The right of the public proved to be abforbed by the 495 496 |