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2 diminished even the more common crimes; has secured vigour and promp-
3 titude in the despatch of cases.
4 3rd. That the Police, Military, Civil, Municipal, QRural, have been
5 organized in effective strength, without any inordinate expense; that the
6 special Police measures against particular crimes have proved successful ;
7 that the general disarming of the people is complete, and that a part of
8 the measure has been extended to the Frontier.
9 4th. That the Jails, as regards economy, salubrity and discipline,
10 have been brought to a par with the best of those in the older provinces,
11 5th. That the Land Tax has b&@n lightly and considerately assessed ;
12 that large reductions and remissions have been granted to the people;
13 that elaborate settlements of the Revenue have been made for fixed
14 terms; and that the general Revenues are steady and buoyant.
15 6th. That the Excise on Salt, Opium, Drugs and Spirits, andthe Stamp
16 duties have, solely from increased ¢onsumption, become, under British
17 Rule, double what they were at any preceding period.
18 7th. That all the old Customs and Transit duties have been abolished
19 to the great benefit of commerce.
20 8th, That an extensive Educational Department has been set on foot,
21 and that the establishment of numerous Schools in town and country
22 has been commenced. .
23 _ 9th, That the Grand Trunk lines of road, despite serious engineer-
24 ing difficulties, have been well advanced towards completion, and -
25 numerous branch roads opened out in every part of these Territories.
26 10th. That a scheme has been formed for a Railway, calculated to
27 develope the great productive resources of the Punjab, and to connect
28 it with the seaboard of Sindh.
29 llth. That one first-class Canal has been two-thirds finished, and
30 that many minor Canals have been enlarged, improved, and regulated.
31 12th. That Cantonments and Military works for a large portion of’
32 the Regular Army have progressed rapidly, and that all Civil and
33 such like public buildings are nearly complete.
34 13th. That rural posts, for the conveyance of private letters, have
35 been established, through the Agency of Magistrates, in the interior of '
36 every district, to act in concert with the Post Office Department.
37 14th. That the construction of the supports for the Electric Tele-
38 graph wire throughout these Territories was promptly effected.