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2 averages of the surrounding hills. of the Kangra Dictrict, axid’ the re-
3 venues are well known to the local British Officers, and are to be found
4 in the records. The Native States, then of the Trans-Sutlej Division
5 contain an area of 5,316 square miles, a population of 498,163, or half a
6 million of souls, and yield a revenue of Rupees 8,18,284 per annum, ‘or
7 upwards of eight lakhs, or £8,000 sterling. Fourthly, the Bhawul-
8 poor State isa long strip of country lying along the left bank of the
9 Sutlej and the Indus, its length is correctly stated by the British. Agent
10 at the Nawab’s Court to be 815 miles and its breadth from 40 to 120
11 miles. The area, having been tested by means of the last-edited Punjab
12 Map, may be set down at'25,200 square miles; the population, as ascer-
13 tained through the British Agent and the Nawab, is estimated at 925,000
14 souls, or nearly a million: this cannot, however, be considered as more
15 than an approximation. The average of persons per square mile would
16 only be 37. This number may appear small, but it is to be re-
17 membered that the Territory adjoins the Great Desert towards the
18 South, and itself contains in its interitr a wide expanse of sandy —
19 waste, the exterior border situatéd on the river bank being alone
20 cultivated and inhabited. . The revenues which formerly stood at
21 fifteen lakhs of Rupees per annum have. of late years fallen to
22 twelve lakhs—this latter figure may be taken as correct. But with the
23 exception of the Revenue Returns, the statistics of this State cannot be
24 considered as more than proximate. and estimated. Fijthly, and lastly,
25 the geographical area of the Maharajah Goolab Singh’s Dominion appears
26 from the last-edited Punjab Map to amount to 60,000 square miles.
27 It is difficult to know any thing approaching to the exact amount of the .
28 population. There are but two well-inhabited and tolerably level loca-
29 lities in these dominions, namely, the plains round Jummoo, sub-jacent
30 to the lower ranges of Hills, and the Cashmere Valley. There are no
31 submontane plains. The greater portion of the Territory is very hilly,
32 and the Northern section is one of the most mountainous regions in the
33 world, being distinguished by some of the loftiest Himalayan peaks.
34 The total population is conjectured to be at least three millions of souls.
35 Of these the valley of Cashmere is said to contain nearly two millions of
36 persons, with an area of about 3,000 square miles, thereby showing
37 great density of population. The capital of the valley, the city of
38 Sereenuggur, is believed to have between 300,000 and 400,000 inhabi-
39 tants; the extent of the city is spacious and the dwelling-houses are