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 E. 'F. $UNDARAM REDDI t In a book Milran Press Rul in India the aulhor of which was publioisl who had devoled considerable published in 1908 by [he Swadsss on Som Economic Apvts of British an eminent attention the study o! economic problems, the subject o! ps holdings in India was discussed at considerable length. The remarks of ho made on his question ou of. landed propery year 1875, and later of the Mads Times of IrSi, the seriousness of were quoted the situsgion Board of he continued into minut shares approval of Revenue, Madras, with caused by parcelling about ho and the and tinnons sub-division of land was recognized. measures were also suggested. the eon- Bernedial In the year 1898 Dewan Bahsdur S. Srinivsssrsghsvs Iyengsr in his Memorandum submied Government On t pogress of t Mras Pr dring t last forty years of t Bh A dmi irarich, referred  the fact tha a large proion o he cuivars ried too small to by him tnure was suppor a the to two million family. I was poinbed out number of eatabes on tis eigh hundred and fifty share- Each thousand and the number of owners including holders was four million six hundred thousand. acre under his enure paid Es. 2 including he cess, and the toLl number o! ryos as land tax was 65.6 per cent paying below Be. 10 to he total number. Thus it will be found at the ime when this memo- randum was submied there were a liffie more than wo-hirds of. he ryobs owning on he average less five seres of agricultural land. According to his esti- mate, at leas, eight acres of. such land was necessary for a family o provide for iself. he cost of subsistnee. The results of he investigation made by eminen persons clearly poin o he existence ot ho evil in