1 ( 18 )
2 elevated and covered with brush-wood ; the margin near the rivers only
3 being fringed with cultivation. The waste has however once been occupied
4 at some former era, and may now be reclaimed by canal irrigation. The
5 fourth and last Doab, the Sindh Sagur, is divided in two, by the Salt
6 Range ; that portion above the Range is generally rugged ; that below is
7 generally sandy. It will be found on examination of the returns, that the
8 Census averages correspond entirely with the known condition, wealth
9 and peculiarities of the various Divisions. As this point is of consequence
10 for the credit of the Census, it were well to illustrate it by a brief refer-
11 ence to the several Divisions,
12 18. In the Cis-Sutlej States the average of the Umballa District,
13 426°83’persons per square mile, is high. But the District is rich, is in the
14 midst of cultivation, alarge part of the area is shown to be under cul-
15 tivation, The rate of land revenue assessment on the cultivated acre
16 (Rupees 1-2-4) is good. In Loodianah the average is also high, viz.,
17 385-29 persons per square mile, and accordingly the rate of assessment is
18 about the same (viz. Rupees 1-6-2) per acre. In Ferozepoor again, the
19 average is much lower, viz., 186 persons per square mile, but the Dis-
20 trict is known to have large sandy tracts, and is much poorer, as is seen
21 from the rate of assessment, viz., 10 annas per acre. Passing to the
22 Trans-Sutlej States, we find the Jullunder average the highest in the
23 Punjab, viz., 513 persons per square mile; but nearly all the area is
24 shown to be under cultivation, and the District must be the richest in the
25 Punjab, as it pays Rupees 2 per cultivated acre. In then eighbouring
26 District of Hooshyarpoor, the average is much lower, viz., 383, but half
27 the District is hilly. The average is lower still in the Kangra District,
28 but that District is alpine. In the Lahore Division again, the average of
29 the Lahore District is comparatively low, being only 210 persons to a
30 square mile, although it contains the capital city. But though the
31 environs of Lahore are of course rich, yet the central waste is near a thand,
32 and a large portion is half desert. The general rate of assessment, viz.,
33 12 annas per acre, is accordingly low. The three Districts of Umritsur,
34 Goordaspoor and Sealkote, are known to be similarly circumstanced;
35 their Census averages are uniformly high, viz., 436, 470, and 475 persons
36 per square mile respectively. There is a similar correspondence in their
37 rates of assessment, viz., Rupees 1-11-0, Rupees 1-12-0 and Rupees 1-10-0,
38 per cultivated acre respectively. In the Jhelum Division, the Goojerat
39 District shows a fair average, viz., 270 persons per square mile, In the