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 ILLAE EIO1VOMI$ 469 outlook and. to render it more suggestive from the point of view social reform. Land peobed to minute domestic life of villagers. revenue settlement go into the comprehensive of economic and and officers cannot be ex- concerns of the They have W cover exben- sire ground and look for certain decisive indications of progress and prosperity. The main object of their inquiries is to ascertain if a group stand au increased rate of revenue existing rates mus be reduced ou ration. They have before hem he dat on the current rates were based and also the of the economic and other developments have taken place during the interval. A of the two tells them if and what improvement has of villages may per acre or lhe accounl of delerio- which record which may comparison for the purpose and tested by personal observation, where neces. sary. Settlement officers have to make out a case for the propositions they lay down and also the proposals they put forward.. This requires a discussion of the economic condition of a group of villages, and hough it is inended to serve, a revenue purpose, important problems concerning the well-being not 'only of a taluka but of the whole presidency, are involved in it. Economi theories bearing upon e condition of the rural population are found freely discussed in the settfiement reports and interesting attemls are made to apply them to the inquiry in hand, Malthus and Adam Smith being quoted in favor of or against certain propositions. Every student of economics would feel interested in the presentation of facts and the formulation of conclusions seen in he sefiemen reports, especially because he fae of millions of cultivators and others is determined aken place, and their recommendations are founded upon a close study of the facts and figures compiled