1 ( Ub)
2 partly Civil and partly Military, consist of two Corps of Irregular Infan-
3 try, seven Battalions of Foot, one Regiment Punjab Cavalry, and twenty-
4 seven Troops of Horse. Their aggregate strength stands at 12,853 men,
5 Relative strength to and their annual cost amounts to Rupees 18,61,572
6 area and population, or £186,157, on a, population of twelve and
7 three quarter millions, There is one such Military Policeman to 989
8 people. It should be stated, however, that of this Police Force a
9 portion is stationed on the Frontier, in support of the purely Military
10 Force. The Civil Police number 9,123 men, and cost Rupees 8,73,300
11 or £87,330 per annum. To a population as above given, and to a
12 Territory of 81,625 square miles, there is one such Policeman to 1,895
13 inhabitants and to 9 square miles. The Civil Police is distributed
14 over 281 Thannahs or subordinate jurisdictions, These jurisdictions
15 contain: on an ‘average 102 villages, 290 square miles, and 45,279
16 persons, The average strength of Civil Police to each jurisdiction will
17 be one head Police Officer and 32 Policemen. In the larger Towns
18 there is one Watchman to about 520 citizens—these, it will be remember-
19 ed, are paid by the towns people. As regards the rural Constabulary paid
20 by the villagers, there are 28,879 villages in these Territories, to
21 each there is at least one Constable, so that their strength is not. less
22 than 30,000. The agricultural population numbers seven millions of
23 souls, so there is one Constable to every 242 of agriculturists, and. to
24 every 2°32 square miles. If the total of Police of all kinds to area and
25 population be taken, the comparison will stand thus :—
26 Proportion
27 ie . {of Total Po-
28 POLICE. Area, | Population. }jicetosquare
29 Miles.
30 Square Miles.
31 Civil .. 9,123
32 17,821 | 1 to 153 | 1 to 2°32
33 City ...... 1,250 [ 81,625 : 12,7
34 The strength of the Police is sufficient as respects population, It may.
35 appear small as regards area ; but a large part of that area is made up