{Mistake in page order. Goes to 124, and then back later to 90}
5/12 {from book 4 p.102} { Should not have been inserted here by typist, but useful}
Taxes. Ahmet Effendi, collector of road tax. Paid by all males 18 to 60; exemptions: all with 5 living children or more, all "mutils {war wounded}" ; 12TL
p.a., no longer alternative to give labour. Will stay a day or two. Collects from wives if husband away working. Man is Kayserili. Relationship with villagers
seems perfectly good, chatting away. "Hrmet" {respect} - cushions etc.
6/12 Discussion with Ahmet - frank and friendly - Tendency for Ahmet to give advice, which the villagers rejected.
{book 1, p.124} Ahmet , collecting road tax, 14TL per head owing to alteration in date of collection. He said there was 800 (790)TL not paid, for which he was
compelled to take "hacz"
{confiscation of goods} - about 70TL had been collected. He said that few pay much tax - 5 or 6 TL arazisi {land tax}, - i(0244 Emin Talasl) objected, saying
up to 100TL a year, - very rare imi.
Rate for beasts p.a. L.k.
At, Manda 1.50
Koyun .60
kz, Inek .45
Kei .40
Rate for lands p.a. per dnm
1st class.........40k
2nd class........20k
3rd class..........4k
zm {grape}, fruit trees etc. - none
House tax if house with separate entrance
Muhtar's oda e.g. - 1.60TL p.a.
11 people in village pay ev vergisi {house tax}, i(0157 Zbeyr) among them.
Ahmet went into i(0263 Srreya)'s house and took ibrik {kettle}, and was seen carrying other things. He says he writes these down, and they are recoverable on
payment.
Ahmet - not organised by nahiyes {regions}, he has 25 villages - 20 days a month on the road, no transport.
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