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 BIJNAUR.

434 into the District from are Brahmanical

Rohtak and Delhi.

The

chief manufactures

threads {janeo) at Bijnaur;

papier-mache at Mandawar ; metal- work, blankets, cotton, and shoes at Najibabad ; and carved ebony, glassware, ropes, and firearms at Nagi'na. Bijnaur has only

1

5

miles of metalled road, as no stone suitable for the purpose

and even must be brought from Muzaffarnagar. exists within the District,

for this short distance the metal

There are altogether 615 miles in a bad state, and no really Traffic meets with a serious impediment on its way to the markets of the Doab, from the interposition of the Ganges, with its heavy sand, and almost impassable alluvial fringe. The timber trade from the Bhabar forests to the Districts beyond the river proceeds by two principal routes over the Jalalpur and Raoli ghdis. The Ganges is practicable for country boats as far as Nagal, 20 miles south of Hardwar, but none of the other rivers admit of navigation.

made roads but many of these are good means of communication exist. of



Administration Magistrate,

.

—The and

Joint

I

District staff ordinarily comprises a Collectori

Assistant Magistrate, and

Deputy Magistrate, besides the usual officers.

The

criminal jurisdiction

of Bijnaur and Budaun, and the

Moradabad, and Budaun

to

whom

is

an

‘

fiscal, is

civil

vested

in

’

judges, are stationed at Bijnaur

judge.

uncovenanted

the session

jurisdiction in

in this capacity the sessions

additional

i

constabulary, and medical

judge

the judge of

judge of Bijnaur

Alunsifs, or subordinate civil

and Nagfna.

The

total

amount of

1880 was ^138,714, of which ^122,843 In 1881-82, the total imperial, municipal, and derived from the land. In 1880-81, the regular District local revenue amounted to ;;£^i56,5oo. police (including municipal and town police) consisted of 65 7 officers and men, maintained at a total cost of ;^73iS, of which ^'5825 was The charged to provincial revenues and ^^1490 to local funds. District jail contained in 1880 a daily average of 219 prisoners, comEducation was carried on in 1880 prising 214 males and 5 females. by 128 schools under Government inspection and receiving State This is exclusive of unaided and aid, with a joint roll of 3991 pupils. The American Methodist Episcopalian Mission uninspected schools. The District contains 14 imperial and maintains some aided schools. 8 local post-offices ; no telegraph or railway yet exists, but a line now (1883) in course of construction from Moradabad to Sahdranpur will Eor fiscal and administrative purcut through the heart of Bijnaur. pargands, containing a jjoses Bijnaur is divided into 5 tahsils zocidi 19s. total of 3140 estates ; average land revenue from each estate, District

rod.

revenue in

Municipalities

their joint to

^4100.

have been established at the

five

towns of

In 1880-81, Dhampur, Nagina, and Najibabad. income amounted to ;^5i73, and their joint expenditure

Bijnaur, Chandpur,