§ 15. Sir G. SCOTT ROBERTSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will state, in connection with the increasing profits anticipated in the Punjab from the sale of waste lands in the new irrigation colonies, on what terms as to the payment of land revenue, etc., these lands are being offered or are to be offered for sale?
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSLands in the new colonies are subject to the payment of canal water rate, land revenue and cesses as in other parts of the Punjab, but it is usual to fix the land revenue assessment at a specially favourable rate for the first few years from the commencement of colonisation.