Editorial note — Chapter V · A New and an Old Acquaintance.

The lands of the two first of these classes were divided into best, middling, and bad. The produce of a bígah of each sort was added together, and a third of that was considered to be the average produce. One third of this average was the share of the State, as settled by Akbar’s assessment. Remissions were made on the two last classes of land. The Government demand might be paid either in money or kind. The settlement was made for ten years.

In Akbar’s reign the land revenue yielded £16,582,440, and the revenue from all sources was £32,000,000. Akbar also remitted many vexatious imposts, including the poll tax on unbelievers, the tax on pilgrims, ferry dues, and taxes on cattle, trees, trade licenses, and market dues on many articles.