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About the Book:-This book is an extract from a larger work called ‘The Madura Country: A Manual, in 5 parts. This work is, as the title suggests, an historical account of the Madura, ancient and modern. The author reveals that he has failed altogether to discover sudden augmentations of the total area under cultivation obviously caused by the promulgation of new rules and regulations by the Board; or signs of periodicity in droughts and famines; or periods of depression or the reverse of trade and manufactures. All that he has learnt with any certainty is that since the assumption of the Madura District of the British a very marvelous change for the better has taken place in its condition. A wretchedly poor and debased population has become orderly, industrious, and on the whole, prosperous. Where there were no means of intercommunication, fairly good roads and bridges have sprung up in every direction. With the expression of a hope that the Board will excuse his omission to manipulate statistics, and be content to know that the state of the District is manifestly improving day by day; that a light assessment and steadily increasing prices of agricultural produce are bringing about a healthy increase of cultivation ; that the extra sources of revenue such as salt and stamps, exhibit an elasticity of promise for the future, and that considering the natural disadvantages under which Madura labors, its condition and prospects are all that could reasonably be expected. This book is a reprint of the 1866 edition. About the Author :-James Henry Nelson is the author books such as Indian Usage and Judge-Made Law in Madras; A Prospectus of the Scientific Study of the Hindu Law; Commentaries on the Code of Civil Procedure (ACT No. X of 1877); and The Madura Country – A Manual –Vols-V -- The Political History of the Madura Country Ancient and Modern. The Title 'The Madura Country A Manual (Part-1) written/authored/edited by J. H. Nelson', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121226141 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 110 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:- Part -1. PODA