ABSTRACT
The Collector’s method of resumption appears to have been to depute amins to make inquiries and measurements and base his proceedings on their reports; but it was unsatisfactory and entailed much confusion. Mr. Dampier began his resumption proceedings at the extreme east in season 1830–1831 and worked westwards, and when the three Assistants were given him in the following season, he assigned Jessore to Mr. Donnelly, while his own immediate attention was devoted to Bakarganj. In Bakarganj all the resumption cases instituted were, with the exception of Kataliya and Pattamara, which the Collector decreed, practically carried through by Mr. Dampier. The particulars of the resumption proceedings are not forthcoming, but it would seem that in the forest lands in the district of Jessore there were either no suits or the suits were speedily disposed of, for grants were freely made there during 1830 and 1831.
