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 HAR 47 Statistics of the police of the district of Hardni. Total CORT. No, nt European ana Eurasian officers.) Native oficers. No. of constablcs, Aggregate strength of all ranks. oportion of police per square mile of ares. Proportion of police Picbead of popula. 66.103 2 74 370 1 to 8:15 1 to 32.79 Regular police Village watch Municipal police ras PO 2,625 19 140 72,600 6,856 8 . 77 Total 1,46,469 2 87 9,072 3,156 . Revenue.-- The revenue of the district is exhibited in the following table. It will be observed that the imperial expenditure is only 12 per cent. of the income, even excluding from the latter the receipts from salt and opium which enter the imperial exchequer. The land revenue constitutes 90 per cent of the income; it has been increased 42 per cent. at the recent settlement. The assessment commenced in 1864 and terminated in 1868, The incidence of the Government demand is : . Per acre of cultivation ... Per arable acre Rs. ss. p. 111 t 1 3 1 The revenue derived from the income-tax is given in the table, but it is not now exacted. It will appear that the landowners contributed Rs. 6,804 out of Rs. 7,607, or 85 per cent of the whole; yet, undoubtedly, much of the wealth of the country is in the hands of the banking and trading classes. Revenue. 1871. 1672. Remarks Rs. Rs. 1,452,139 1,453,480 E. 1. Recent settlement revenue col- lections 2. Rents of Government villages and lands There was a balance of Rs. 64,000. 30,000 43 31,222 PUO 3, Income-tsx D. 18,991 32,007 31,188 .. 4, Tax on spirits 5. Tax on opium and drugs 10,369 12,900 . 62,262 66,199 6. Stamp duty 7. Law and jnstice 100 9,169 1,686,761 1,623,099