The rent paid for an ordinary tank by the cultivator is about one hundred rupees a year.

I have known two hundred rupees to be paid for a very large one, and even three hundred, or thirty pounds a year.[11] But the mud increases so rapidly from this cultivation that it soon destroys all reservoirs in which it is permitted; and, where it is thought desirable to keep up the tank for the sake of the water, it should be carefully prohibited.

This is done by stipulating with the renter of the village, at the renewal of the lease, that no 'singhara' shall be planted in the tank; otherwise, he will never forgo the advantage to himself of the rent for the sake of the convenience, and that only prospective, of the village community in general.
Notes: 1.

Afterwards Captain H.A.Sleeman, He died in 1905.
2.

Of Garha, see _ante_, Chapter 9, prior to note 10.
3.