Gazetteer Of The Shahpur District 1883-84

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1Shahpur District.)

2CHAP, Ill.—THE PEOPLE. 43

3af this part, are doubtless sufficient of themselves to explain this, as, in the’ Chapter III, B.

4Salt Range, owing to the almost absolute freedom from crime of thé people

5and their strong religious instincts, the opposite effect is seen. The charac-

6ter of indigenous education in the district is almost entirely religious ;

7wherever there is a masjid or dharmsdla, there is to be found a school

8for teaching ; in the former the Kordnand other works relating to religion,

9and in the latter Japji, a portion of the Granth, and certnin works on

10science and morals. The mulla attached to the masjid, and the bhai of

11the dharmsdla are paid chiefly in presentsand fees; for instance, when a

12boy or girl has finished the reading of the Kordn the father gives the teacher

13a present, varying from five to thirty rupees, and a smaller sum on the

14,completion of other less important works. In addition to these precarious

15offerings, the mullas receive their wazifa or daily bread, from all who can

16afford it, in the shape of small thick cakes, called gogi. These men also

17officiate at births, marriages, and deaths, taking their fees according to the

18customof the place. The same system, mutatis mutandis, is followed in

19the remuneration of the dharmsdélids. In none of these indigenous schools

20does the teacher receive a fixed salary, or regular fees from the parents of

21the pupils. Land is set apart as endowments for the support of the masjids,

22and the proceeds are appropriated by the imdm, as the resident mulla

23is called.”

24Tables Nos. XL, XLI, and XLII, give statistics of crime;

25while Table No. XXXV_ shows the consumption of liquors and

26narcotic stimulants. The character and disposition of each tribe

27will be found described in the following section under the tribal

28‘ headings,

29Social and

30Religious Life.

31Education.

32Character of the

33people,

34It is impossible to form any satisfactory estimate of the wealth of Poverty or wealth

35the commercial and in-

36RERPSECLEDE 1969-70 | 1870-71 | 1871-73) Gustrial classes The

37a... 6a ~)6§ Number taxed... 335 570 . °

38Cle I. { Amount oftux ...{ 8,741 | 11116 figures in the mar-

39Number taxed .,,. 67 a2

40Class I. § Atroctoftex | 3,417] 6,077 gin show the working

41of the income tax for the

42Clase III { Namber taxed ,., 91 70

43only three years for which

44Amount of tar ...

45Class IV. Number taxed ..

46Amount of tax ,.. 577 1,620 ; - :

47ee f Humber tard =| er details are available ; and

48as6 - Amount of tax ... ing 5,361 Table No. XXXIV plves

49cunt Nomber taxed .. 461 statistics for the license

50one ss Amount oftex * 8,223

51tax for each year since

52its imposition. The distribution of licenses granted and fees collect-

53ed in 1880-81 and 1881-82 between towns of over and villages of

54under 5,000 souls, is

551880-81, 1881-82, shown in the margin.

56But the numbers affected

57Towns,| Villeges, | Towns, | Villages,| by these taxes are small.

58It may be said generally

59Number of licenses 190 $34 | 196 sag that avery large propor-

60Amount of fees ...{| 2,545 4,526 | 2,675 4,440

61tion of the artisans in the

62. t6wns are extremely poor,

63while their fellows in the villages are scarcely less dependent upon the

64nature of the harvest than are the agriculturists themselves, their

65fees often taking the form of a fixed share of the produce ; while even

66where this is not the case the demand for their products necossarily

67* This includes Government servants,

68of the people,