'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [‎100v] (205/470)

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Division. The Karbala district is bounded on the North by Fallujah, on the East
by the Musaiyib and Hindiyah districts. It includes the Karbala-Najaf Road
to a point just North of Khan Musalla. It is bounded on the West by the desert and
by a line running due West and from a point North of Khan Musalla. (Brief
description of boundaries of Civil Districts in the Baghdad Wilayat, dated 20th
February 1918.)
2. Revenue : ( 1 ) Land Revenue. — It was hoped during 1918 to assess the
land revenue by actual measurement, but owing to lack of expert measurers this
idea fell through and watchmen and patrols were appointed to guard against theft
pending completion of harvesting operations (vide Fortnightly Report, Karbala
District, ending 13th May 1918.)
(2) With the exception of three large gardens at Mutlaq al Sharqi, Mutlaq a]
Gharbi, and Kurait, which are Sanniyah or private property of the late Sultan,
the whole landed property of this district is Tapu ‘Amiriyah. These gardens have
been efficiently administered during 1918 by a Government Mudir with gratifying
results. The tenants and the Government each take a half share of the produce.
From the 1 st January up to 10th December 1918 a sum of Rs. 17,130/9/- has been
paid into revenue in cash, and the following in kind has been placed in the
Go vernment anbars :—
Dates.—243 tons, and about 45 tons remain to be collected.
Wheat.—1,160 kilos.
Barley.—13,483 kilos.
In addition 629 date logs of an estimated value of Rs. 2,032/4/- have been
supplied to other Government Departments.
(3) The revenue arrangements have worked smoothly and no difficulty or
delay has been experienced in getting in the taxes. At the end of 1917 a certain
amount of Government grain remained to be collected; this, however, was all
brought in and this year collections in cash and in kind have gone without a hitch.
(4) The estimate for the land revenue of Karbala during the financial year
from 1st April 1918 to 31st March 1919 is Rs. 4,62,850/—. Below, sources of revenue
are shown, with details of the amounts actually collected between 1st January 1918
to 10th December 1918, which dates do not correspond with the financial year :—
(a) Vegetables and Fruit. —The former paid
last year one-fifth and the latter one-tenth on the
value of the crop. From 1st March 1918, how
ever, the vegetable tax was farmed for one year
for a sum of Rs. 65,995/-, which is being paid in
at the rate of Rs. 5,426/- per mensem. The
total amount from both sources to date is -
(b) Fish Tax.—We fish tax has been
farmed out since 1st April 1918 to a contractor
who pays in to Hillah treasury; previous to this
a share of one-fifth was paid to Government,
which collected between 1 st January 1918 and
10th December 1918 a sum of ...
(c) Tobacco. —One-fifth share, collected
between 1 st January 1918 and 10 th December
1918
(d) Crops watered by canal (one-fifth share),
crops watered by lift (one-tenth share), a very
small proportion of Karbala crops are watered
by lift. Total collected between 1 st January
1918 and 10 th December 1918 :
Government share in hind —
Wheat: 102,855/85 kilos.
Barley: 640,116/5 kilos.
Sale of Government grain up to 10th December
1918
On account of saifi crops - - - .
Rs.
51,322/13/6
4,359/2/-
35,767/14/-
102,567/2/6
4,144/2/3
Total Rs.
51,322/13/6
4,359/2/-
35,767/14/-
102,567/2/6
4,144/2/3
Carried forward -