ABSTRACT
The year 1821 was spent in preparations, which were much impeded by the resistance of the collectors of 24-Parganas and Nadiya to the reduction of their jurisdiction, but the operations were steadily, prosecuted during 1822 and 1823 by Messrs. The forest lands in 24-Parganas were resumed without much difficulty—about 3,76,500 bighas by the end of 1824, and the whole before 1828, for applications for them were readily entertained, and, as soon as the rules of 1829 were promulgated, grants were freely bestowed. In carrying that out, two descriptions of land were expected to demand attention—lands, the property of the State and unreclaimed; and lands claimed by individuals, but believed to be the property of the State. The claims besides often conflicted, and the parties evinced no inclination to state specifically or point out locally the extent of the lands claimed by them.
