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 will he turn upon his tenants to pay an amount of rent which omniscient authority has declared that the land can yield. The Thákur and the Brahman may escape, but the remaining classes the labourers of the soil, without traditional privi- leges, without resources, and without ambition, who cling to the soil as affording them the only visible means of support- are not spared. It is these classes that largely make up the population, and it depends upon the forbearance of the land- lord whether their life is to be one of comfort or one of want and poverty. 5. With these preliminary remarks, I shall proceed at once to relate all the settlement opera- tions that have taken place, and to exhibit the district, so far as I can, in its revenue aspect. The account will necessarily comprehend, in addition to the survey and assessment, a description of the district, its population and agricultural produce, and, not least in importance, its landed tenures which determine how that produce is to be divided. Summary of settlement operations. 6. The report has been accordingly divided into the following parts- Part I.-Showing survey and assessment. Part II.-Giving description and statistics of the District. Part III.-Giving an account of soils, agriculture, culti- vators, landlords and tenures. Part IV.-Accounts of the parganahs composing the District. Part V.-Shewing judicial work, and number of cases decided. Part VI.-The Settlement records, and cost of Settle- ment. Appendix I.-A report on the recent survey of the city, with a short history. Appendix II.-A history of the principal families in the district. Appendix III-List of Statements submitted with Report.