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and the other to the south, and the place is surrounded by gardens. The 



name of the other division or suburb is Kot-i- Sahib 

 Kot-i-Sahib Khan. . 



Khan, under a man ot that name. It contains six 



hundred houses, and a bazar of forty shops, but no gates, and there are 



thoroughfares on all sides. There are fifty wells for cultivation, 



twenty of which alone are in repair. The price of grain, &c. I found 



as follows : wheat six seers the rupee, ghee two and a half seers, oil 



eight seers, rice sixteen seers, mash one maund, cotton four and a half 



seers, barley twenty seers. All the timber brought down by the river 



in the flood, is considered government property. The chiefs are Rajah 



Zabardast Khan, Sahib Khan and Disher Khan, by tribe Gogids. The 



place is bounded on the north by the salt range, on the south by the 



river Jelum. The revenue, besides the six, tappas, amounts to 35,000 



rupees. The six Tappas are as follow : — 



1st. Tappa-i-Pind Dadan Khan, generally known as Tappa-i-Jalab, 

 Six Tappas. under Ahmed Khan. Revenue 20,000 rupees. 



2nd. Tappa Ahmadabad, under Zulfkar Khan. Revenue 60,000 

 rupees. 



3rd. Tappa Myanee, under Mahammad Khan, by tribe a Jat. Re- 

 venue 25,000 rupees. 



4th. Tappa Pahra, under Noor Khan Moghul now in exile. Revenue 

 80,000 rupees. 



5th. Tappa Barah, under Rahmat Khan. Revenue 16,000 rupees. 



6th. Tappa Dannee, under Mahomraed Khan, by tribe a Babad. 

 Revenue 100,000 rupees. 



There are in all eight salt mines ; four only are worked : the names 



of those that are shut are as follow: Sardee, Neelawan, 

 Salt Mines. _ , ^ m . , . 



Durnala, Chotana. The latter is said to contain veins 



of copper and lead. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood subsist by 

 cultivation. The reason of the closing of the four mines is on account 

 of there not being a sufficient demand for the produce. The rate 

 at the four mines that are at work is the same. Sepoys of Rajah 

 Gulab Singh are stationed over the mines, to prevent the smuggling 

 of salt, which, to any extent is punished by confisca- 

 tion of property. In consequence of the heavy fines, 

 the miners themselves live on bread without salt. The government 

 employ fakeers as spies, to try by begging, to discover the miners, 



