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paddy fields, usual that every ga<strong>the</strong>ring <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> crop should be made in <strong>the</strong> presence<strong>of</strong> all <strong>the</strong> sharers, and <strong>the</strong> produce <strong>the</strong>n and <strong>the</strong>re divided according to <strong>the</strong> shares.H In such cases verrichten all <strong>the</strong> sharers toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> necessary work incidentalto <strong>the</strong> cultivation or <strong>the</strong> keeping up <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plantation and constitute in fact acooperative society. Eine andre Praxis ist dass d. sharers let out <strong>the</strong> land orplantation in Ande, entweder to an outsider, or to one or more <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>mselves. Dann alle sharers to be present at <strong>the</strong> division <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> produce,which is effected in 2 steps, first division into moieties und dann a division <strong>of</strong>one moiety among <strong>the</strong> sharers. (202, 203) Manchmal <strong>the</strong> enjoyment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>property by tatta maru succession; erst ge<strong>the</strong>ilt (ideell), u. every sharerobtaining his proper number <strong>of</strong> parts, dann takes <strong>the</strong> entirely for <strong>the</strong> samenumber <strong>of</strong> seasons as he is entitled to parts, giving it up at <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> suchperiod <strong>of</strong> time to <strong>the</strong> sharer who stands next in <strong>the</strong> rota etc. Z.B. A , B , Cjoindy entitled to a paddy field in undivided shares proportionate to 2, 3,and 4, i.e. to a 2/9, 1/3, 4/9 share <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> whole respectively, <strong>the</strong>n A wouldtake <strong>the</strong> whole field for 2 years, B for 3, u. schliesslich C for 4, u. <strong>the</strong>n<strong>the</strong> set <strong>of</strong> turns repeated in <strong>the</strong> same order, for successive periods <strong>of</strong> 9 years,until some sharer (should) insist upon having an actual partition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>field. (203, 204)Aehnliche Sorte <strong>of</strong> Reihenfolge adoptirt in einigen villages an d. Küste zum151 enjoyment by <strong>the</strong> villagers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> j fishing grounds belonging to <strong>the</strong> village;diese are divided into localities; u. d. recognised boats <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> village fish <strong>the</strong>selocalities by turns which are settled by gansabawa arrangement. Jedesdieser boats mit its nets is a valuable property, belonging to many co-sharersjoindy, who are commonly members <strong>of</strong> one family, and have becomeentided to <strong>the</strong>ir shares by inheritance__ On a day's fishing <strong>the</strong> produceis drawn ashore, divided in a sufficient number <strong>of</strong> lots, each estimated to beworth <strong>the</strong> same assigned value, u. diese lots <strong>the</strong>n so distributed, dass:1/60 to <strong>the</strong> owner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> land on which <strong>the</strong> fish are brought ashore; x/4 tothose engaged in <strong>the</strong> labour; x/5 for <strong>the</strong> assistance <strong>of</strong> extra nets etc, rendered bythird parties in <strong>the</strong> process <strong>of</strong> landing and securing <strong>the</strong> fish, whichtoge<strong>the</strong>r = 2 + 25 + 2 0 = 47 ;die remaining 53 go to <strong>the</strong> owners <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>100 100; 100boat and net according to <strong>the</strong>ir share <strong>the</strong>rein. (204, 205)Panguwa = share <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> village paddy field, das dem Singhalese nilacarayazukommt. (206)The cultivation in ande bei d. Singhalese ist precise counterpart der bataicultivation der Bengalese. The deputing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> right to cultivate <strong>the</strong> soil, asdistinguished from <strong>the</strong> letting out land as a commodity in beiden agriculturalsystems. The usufructuary mortgage, flowing from this conception, is <strong>the</strong>prevailing form <strong>of</strong> dealing mit <strong>the</strong> panguwa u. <strong>the</strong> jot respectively as commodities.(207, 208)In Ceylon wie in Bengal double set <strong>of</strong> village <strong>of</strong>ficers, one ernöthigt dchrelation der members der little village republic to each o<strong>the</strong>r, andre dch278

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