All assessable lands in Madras

All assessable lands not the property of [the Government] [within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Madras], of which the rate of assessment is not known, or which have not heretofore been assessed, shall be assessed at the rates customarily charged upon lands of a similar description in the neighbourhood according as they may be situated respectively within or without the [Presidency town of Madras].