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 KHE 231 The land revenue assessed at annexation was Rs. 49,000. When recently revised and fixed for thirty years, it was raised to Rs. 1,131,000 ;* but of this sum about Rs. 250,000 will not be demanded for periods of from five to fifteen years in order to allow time for the acciimulation of capital, and the spread of cultivation. The administration is conducted by a deputy commissioner, with one or more assistant commissioners, and the usual staff. The cost in 1871 was Rs. 175,914 ; but that included the expenses of the settlement depart- ment, whose operations are drawing to a conclusion, Cost of administration. In 1875, the annual expense of administra- tion was about Rs. 1,20,000, and perhaps, 3,000 square miles of country, with a population of three quarters of a million, on the border of a foreign state, were never governed so cheaply before. In order, however, to make the comparison a strictly fair one, Rs. 40,000, the estimated payments to the village policemen, should be added. The expenditure for 1870 was as follows:- 397 64. pot 4. .. Land revenue Excise Stamps Law and justice Medical Police Ra. 38,891 2,160 1,554 27,616 3,747 46,061 eve HIP . . Tatal 1,20,029 Revenues. --The revenues received by Government from the district were in 1871 Rs. Land Revevue 6,24,714 Excise 53,212 A 9aegsed Taxes 11,978 Stamps 39,816 Law and Juetice 11,608 FP Total PI 7,41,328 It appears, then, that the land tax forms six-sevenths of the total State income (this tax is treble what it was in the time of the Emperor Akbar); further, that Kheri, as tested by the proceeds of the income tax and the sale of stamps, is the poorest district in Oudh. The land tax is rising every year. Statement showing the area, the revenue demand, dc., of parganas in Kheri district, according to " Aín-i-Akbari. Pargadas. Area in bigba.. Revende de- Rate per bígba. RE MARKS. mand, Rs. 8. P 4 Khairigarh Kheri Bharwars Garh Qila Nawa Dhaurahra Barwar Big. Bis. 48,050 7 260,168 0 21,7400 15,811 16 135,319 0 Rs. 45,283 81,504 6,152 12,246 88,634 1 + 9 5 0 4 6 0125 0 10 6 d. . Total 76,089 8 238,769 09 1015
 * Alterations have since been inade in these proposals involving a decrease of 16 per cent.