1 ( 101 )
2 These additional Territories are obviously of much importance.
3 Statistics of Political ' Their area will appear vast. But it is to be recol--
4 Dependensicn,” lected that a portion only, namely, the Cis-Sutlej
5 Principalities and one of the Trans-Sutlej Principalities is situate in the
6 Plains, Of the other States, one, namely, Bahawulpoor, is on the edge of
7 the great sandy desert, and is itself more than half sand; while the
8 remainder, i. ¢. Goolab Singh’s Territory, and the Trans-Sutlej Principa-
9 lities are connected with the region of the mighty Himalayan Ranges.
10 ‘The sum total of the British Possessions and the Political Dependencies
11 under the Punjab Administration will stand thus :—
12 Persons
13 Popula- {Revenue per an- :
14 Ponsap TERRITORIES, Area, Bay iui, Bs oe: to po ana
15 o 2
16 ns
17 British Possessions .. 81,625°24 12,717,821] Rs. 1,96,43,165 155°80
18 £ 1,964,316
19 Political Dependencies} 102,884:95 6,750,606} Rs. 1,40,56,534 65°71
20 £ 1,405,653
21 Grand Total..{ 184,510°19 | 19,468,427] Rs. 3,36,99,699 | 105-51
22 £ 3,369,969
23 187. It will have been seen that there are on the average 155 persons
24 to the square mile in the British portion of the Punjab Territories. This
25 ratio does not denote any great density of population ; it may thus be com-
26 pared with the averages of the other divisions of the Indian Empire :—
27 Bengal. nae: Madras. stg, | Punjab..
28 teens | eng | nine ctmenee | mensnmereeetecnieee | teiemtnrrmninee tegen
29 Average of move)
30 lation to Square
31 Mile. .. ..)
32 ‘The Punjab then, though less thickly peopled than Bengal and the.
33 Average density of North-Western Provinces, may fairly bear com-
34 population, parison with Madras or Bombay. In respect to
35 European countries, the Punjab is more’ sparsely peopled than the United
36 311:00 420°00 170:00 156°00 155'80
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