ABSTRACT
Two measures of revenue policy were brought forward by Government about the year 1858—first, the sale of waste lands in perpetuity, discharged from all prospective demand on account of land revenue; and, secondly, permission to redeem the existing land revenue by the immediate payment of one sum equal in value to the revenue redeemed. The Government of Bengal then drew up a set of rules on 30th August 1862 for the sale of waste lands and the redemption of revenue and communicated them to the Board in its no. 377T of that date. The rules of 30th August 1862 rescinded all previous rules, but they were not at once appreciated. Nothing positive, however, was done since the Board in April 1862 prohibited sales without their previous sanction,9 and in June 1862 the making of grants was stopped till the promulgation of the new rules.
