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Zamindari as this, which extends over an area of more than three thousand square miles.
Page 358, June 29th 1901
A.G. of the 29th June, (received 30th August), writes:- It is desirable that the Government should require each ryot to furnish statement of the extent of land that he cultivates under several heads during a fasli. The ryot must be held responsible for the accuracy of the statement and must be prosecuted for any false entries made therein. The government now holds the karanam only as answerable. This is not right. The ryot first must submit the statements. The karanam, revenue inspector, tahasildar etc., must next inspect and settle them.
Page 359
A correspondent of A.G. of the 29th June complains that post cards, covers and stamps are not readily obtainable at the post office of Venkatagiri. The post master says that he gets a supply of post cards, etc., only once a week from the head post office and that he is therefore unable to supply the public when the stock is exhausted and before a fresh supply received. The correspondent questions why he should not get larger supply than what is required and keep it in stock, it may be available always for the public.
Page 381, July 13th 1901
The A.G. of the 13th July, (received 14th September), complains that the Madras Government has not constructed good roads in villages though it has been regularly collecting road cess from every ryot. Although there are 1, 149 miles of road in the Nellore district there are on the whole only 57 miles of village road. What happiness can the ryots hope to enjoy, the paper asks, if there are no good roads in the villages they inhabit. It requests the authorities concerned to construct all the necessary village roads in course of time.
Page 382
The A.G. of the 13th July, complains that the poor villagers can never hope to be happy unless the government undertakes to establish village courts one for every large village or every group of two or three small
