Substance of a minute recorded by the Honourable Thomas Stamford Raffles on the 11th February 1814; on the introduction of an imprived system of ... island of Java: to which are added several
Автор:Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 76 ISBN: 1130231038 This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 Excerpt: ... Resident to proceed immediately to these measures, "reporting the same to Government. "To afford the means of ascertaining the actual produce of vil"lages thus let, it will be necessary to appoint an Accountant to "each, on the part of Government, who will not only take an account "of the payments, but of the gross produce and expences of manage"ment. Such documents will materially assist future settlements, if "correctly made. It is however doubtful, how far they can be relied "on, where the villages are farmed out, the interest of the former "being in concealment, and his presence being always at hand to "enforce it. "But the great object of relief to the people, and of procuring "to Government the greatest proportion of their payments, can be "only realized with effect, by...
