cijns / canon (English: “lease fee / ground rent”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Annual fee paid for a concession or erfpacht.
Translation
lease fee / ground rent
Description
Annual fee paid for a concession or erfpacht. Concession clause: half cijns after 7th year if operating at loss. Canon paid for erfpacht; failure to pay caused rights to lapse.
Significance
The term cijns / canon is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 196, 201, 206.