Imperial Gazetteer Of India Provencial Series Punjab Vol Ii 1908

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1RAWALPINDI DIVISION

2Local and

3miinicipal.

4Police and

5jails.

6Education.

7150

8the demand at 6| lakhs. The next settlement (1874-81)

9raised the revenue by 18 per cent. ; but this was easily paid,

10until a succession of bad harvests made large suspensions and

11some remissions necessary. In the present settlement (1895-

121901) a further increase of 26 per cent, has been taken, but

13it is recognized that frequent suspensions will be needed.

14The average assessment on ‘ dry ^ land is Rs. 1-3 (maximum,

15Rs, 2 ; minimum, 6 annas), and on ^ wet ^ land Rs. 3-2

16(maximum, Rs. 5 ; minimum, Rs. 1-4). The demand on

17account of land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 for the District

18as now constituted was 8*8 lakhs. The average size of a pro-

19prietary holding is 18 acres.

20The collections of land revenue alone and of total revenue

21are shown below, in thousands of rupees : —

221 880-1.

231890-1.

241900-1.

251903-4.

26Land revenue

277,88

286,50

294 >i 9

309,89

31Total revenue

329.70

338,50

347.47

3513,47

36Note.— These figures are for the District as constituted before the separation of the

37Talagang tahsU in 1904.

38The District contains two municipalities, Jhelum and Find

39Dadan Khan, and one ‘notified area,’ Chakwal. Outside

40these, local affairs are managed by the District board, the

41income of which is mainly derived from a local rate, and

42amounted in 1903-4 to Rs. 93,000. The expenditure was

43Rs. 88,000, the principal item being education.

44The regular police force consists of 450 of all ranks,

45including 8 cantonment and 81 municipal police, and the

46Superintendent usually has 4 inspectors under him. Village

47watchmen number 615. There are 14 police stations and

482 road-posts. The District jail at head-quarters has accom-

49modation for 295 prisoners.

50The District stands sixth among the twenty-eight Districts

51of the Province in respect of the literacy of its population.

52In 1901 the proportion of literate persons was 4*5 per cent.

53(8*5 males and 0*4 females). The number of pupils under

54instruction was 3,964 in 1880-1, 12,026 in 1890-1, 12,386

55in 1900-1, and 14,869 in 1903-4 h In 1904-5 the number

56of pupils in the District as now constituted was 12,144. In

57the same year the District contained 9 secondary and 95

58primary (public) schools, and 3 advanced and 212 elementary

59^ All these figures apply to the District as constituted before the separa-

60tion of the Talagang Yate/ in 1904.