The General Register
Chapter Thirty-Six
Syllabus topic 5, "Types of Farm Records- Specimen. (Muster roll, Overseer’s diary, Cultivation register, Cashbook, Stock book, Issue register, Receipt register, Labour requisition book, Attendance register, Deadstock, Ration book, Peon book, General register)."
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The general register is the standing record of the farm itself: its survey numbers, its area, its tenure, its boundaries, its fields, its wells and its permanent features, together with the entries no other register has a place for.
Why it is last on MU's list and first in practice
Every other record is about a transaction. This one is about the farm.
The muster roll changes weekly. The cashbook changes daily. The general register may not change for years, and then a single entry in it changes every cost the farm computes, because a cost per hectare is only as good as the area it is divided by.
What it contains
1. Identification of the land. Survey numbers and sub-division numbers, village, taluka and district, matching the record of rights.
2. Area. Total area, and the area of each field, in hectares and in the local unit. This is the figure the cultivation register divides by.
3. Tenure. Owned, leased, share-cropped or taken on a crop-share arrangement, with the term and the rent of any lease.
4. Boundaries. North, south, east and west, with the adjoining survey numbers.
5. Classification of the land. Irrigated and unirrigated, and the soil class, because the land revenue is assessed on it.
6. Land revenue and cesses, with the assessment and the dates on which they fall due.
7. Encumbrances. Mortgages, charges, and loans secured on the land.
8. Permanent features. Wells, bore wells, pipelines, farm roads, fencing, buildings and their year of construction.
9. Standing crops. What is sown on each field at any date, and the area under each.
10. Standing orders. Instructions of the proprietor that hold until changed.
The specimen
Shivneri Farm, Baramati. General register. Part A: the land.
| Field | Survey no. | Area ha | Tenure | Class | Irrigation source | Present crop | Sown on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 214/2 | 4.00 | Owned | Irrigated | Well 1 | Sugarcane | 18-01-2026 |
| 2 | 214/3 | 3.60 | Owned | Irrigated | Well 1 | Sugarcane | 22-01-2026 |
| 3 | 215/1 | 3.50 | Owned | Irrigated | Well 2 | Cotton | 28-06-2026 |
| 4 | 215/2 | 3.20 | Owned | Irrigated | Well 2 | Cotton | 30-06-2026 |
| 5 | 215/3 | 3.10 | Owned | Irrigated | Well 2 | Cotton | 02-07-2026 |
| 6 | 218/1 | 4.20 | Leased, 5 yr from 01-04-2024 | Unirrigated | Rain fed | Jowar | 05-07-2026 |
| 7 | 218/2 | 2.40 | Leased, 5 yr from 01-04-2024 | Irrigated | Well 3 | Vegetables | Various |
| Total | 24.00 |
Owned 17.40 ha, leased 6.60 ha. Lease rent Rs. 42,000 a year, payable half yearly. Land revenue and cess Rs. 6,840 a year on the owned area. Well 1 constructed 2019, well 2 in 2021, bore well 3 in 2024. Mortgage in favour of Baramati Cooperative Bank on survey 215/1, 215/2 and 215/3 for the term loan sanctioned on 08-05-2024.
How it is maintained
Written once and amended rarely, each amendment dated and initialled by the proprietor, with the old entry struck through and left legible. Nothing in this register is erased, because the history is part of what it proves.
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