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 462 State's demand should be raised or lowered, to what extent double ownership of land should be subjected by statutory definition, all such questions had to be in- vestigated and decided upon considerations of equity DETAIL FROM THE HALL OF A HUNDRED COLUMNS AT CONJEVARAM. and expediency. It was necessary to mediate between the two interests of ownership and occupancy in agri- culture, interests which are so sensitive to economical changes, that the most skilful attempts to distribute them formally, and to provide by legislation, however