Life of Ahmad — Page 596
INCOME TAX CASE as 596 Shah D i n, Bar-at-Law later Mr. Justice Shah D i n) began to hear the case. He recorded the statement of Ahmad as on 15. 8. 1898 at Qadian, where he came on tour, and the evidence of 13 witnesses was also taken, out of whom seven were non-Ahmadis. In his statement Ahmad as made it clear that his private income was quite sufficient for his own expenses. He did not need anything else. He said, 'I possess Ta‘aluqd a r i rights over three villages—Nangal, Bhaini and Khara—yielding an annual income of about Rs. 82-10. The annual income from land amounts to about Rs. 300. I have also a bagh, the annual yield of which varies from Rs. 200 to Rs. 500 at the most. I have no other source of income… The income from my followers during the year assessed is about Rs. 5,200. The average annual income is about Rs. 4,000. I say this from memory. There is no written record. . . The income from my followers is spent under different heads. The chief of them is Langar Khana. The quantity of flour consumed in the Langar can be ascertained from the Sahukars (owners of ghrat) of Reeh, Parowal and Batala—Mehr Singh, Matab Singh and Tehl Singh etc. , of Reeh; Virbhan Banya son of Ganda Mal of Batala; I do not remember the name of the contractor of Parowal. During the year under discussion flour was supplied by