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 Chapter IV,

GWALIOR.

Ruling Chief — His Highness Mukhtar-ul-Mulk, Azim- ul-Iktidar Rafi-us-shan Wala Shikoh, Mohtashami-Dauran, Umdat-ul-Uruara, M ah a raj - Dhir aj, Alijah, Hissam-us- Sultanat, Maharaja Madho Rao Sindia, Bahadur, Srinath, Mausur-i-Zaman, Fidwi- i - Hasarat-i - Malika - i - Muazama, Rafi-ud-darja-i-Inglistan.

Head of the Post Office — Pandit Shiva Charan.

Area — 25,846 square miles.

Population— 3,513,703.

Average annual number of postage stamps of all KINDS ISSUED PER HEAD OF LITERATE population — As service articles have, up till quite recently, travelled free in G walior, it is useless to work out these figures.

Date of commencement of convention — 1st July 1885,

GWALIOR is the largest of the Central India Native States. It consists of two main portions, Gwalior proper and Malwa, but portions of State are scattered all about Central India. Gwalior is the fortunate possessor of an unusually efficient postal system with its head-quarters at the capital city of Lashkar, managed by Pundit Shiva Charan, Postmaster-General of the State, on the same prin- ciples as the Imperial British Indian Post Office.