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(3) the genealogical table;
(4) the index of owners;
(5) the index of fields;
(6) the record of rights itself, including all mutations decided up to the time
of attestation by the Naib Tehsildar;
(7) the mutations decided after the preparation of the last Jamabandi;
(8) the statement of revenue assignment;
(9) the statement of rights in wells;
(10) the order of the Settlement Officer determining the assessment; and
(11) the Settlement Officer's order of the distribution of the assessment.
In addition, a separate record of rights was prepared for date palms. The
enumeration of the trees curtailed much time trouble; and, where the palms
grew thickly in large groups, the count probably was not accurate. In a
number of estates, the trees were counted three times or more, and the
difference each time was considerable. As a result of these mistakes, the
assessment actually imposed did not agree with the proposals submitted by
the Settlement Officer, nor with the orders passed by the Government. It was
necessary not only to count the trees, but also to grade them into different
classes, each tree paying a different assessment according to the class in
which it was graded. Many mistakes in this classification, made either with
intention or by accident, were detected, but many more must have passed
unnoticed since supervision of the patwaris was very difficult. The number
of palm trees in the record of rights, together with a comparison of the
numbers of trees at last Settlement, is given in the statement below:

nd
rd
Name of No. of No. of old palms at 2 3 settlement
Tehsil villages settlement
Females Others Females Others
Muzaffargarh 332 469395 2096729 602372 135923
Alipur 167 173116 563686 281095 127763
Kot Addu 147 188345 827040 339513 424580
Layyah 115 65932 9875 80517 12590

Total 761 896789 3407330 1303497 700856

At last settlement a separate jamabandi of mango trees was also prepared,
but with some misgivings the Settlement Officer had recommended that it
should be abolished and the details incorporated in the ordinary record of
rights. Both the jamabandi of mangoes as well as of the palms had never

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