416 



Oh the S to f is tics of Dnlhun. 



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revenue from 225 villages, namely, 11)7. 400 rupees, o qv. 29 reas, is 

 tlieiefore dethicted from the total revenue of the eollectorate, leaving 

 2.221,109 rupees, 2 qr. lOrcas, and 2054 villaf^es. From the latter are 

 to he deducted 175 depopulated villaoes. hut haviup: a sinall part of liuMr 

 land cultivated hy neii;hhouring villagers, leaving IH/l)* British villages, 

 with a popiUation, agree:4hly to the census, of G5;',8*I2 souls, giving 3 

 rupees, 1 qr. 60 reas per head. 



There is some difliculty in ascertaining how tlie revenue of Khandesh 

 would fall as a capitation tax, in conscque»iee of the im-reased number 

 of villages (33o*) rendered productive since 1825-26, (the date of the 

 population returns,) their poi>ulation not being known. In 1825-26 

 the inhabited villages amounted to 2032, aiul 330 were Pyrgnsta, i. e. 

 deserted, but having part of their land cultivated by neighbouring vil- 

 lagers. Supposing the new villages to be peopled in the same ratio as 

 the old ones, the number of inhabitants m the government villages in 

 1827-28 would have been 443,5 18, wliich is 21,031 souls more than I 

 have put into the population returns : and as the revenue was 1,987,733 

 rupees, the people averaged an individual payment of 4 rupees, I qr. 

 92 reas : nevertheless, I have reason to duuht the actual increase in 

 population to the extent I have given Khandesh credit for ; and should 

 it have remained stationary, the revenue as a poll-tax would amount to 

 5 rupees, 1 qr. 40 reas per head. 



With respect to the branch of revenue called Sahyer, it will be seen 

 that the different collectorates raise it in very unequal proportions. The 

 unusual lowness of it in the Ahmednuggur collectorate is of difficult 

 explanation. The following table shows the number of persons of each 

 class paying this tax, the amount paid, and the average per head. 



Collectorates. 



Number of taxable 

 persons. 



Amount of 

 taxes. 



Average per 

 head. 





.Sahyer. 



Bullooteh. 





14.551 



8481 



rup. gr. rs. 

 23l,2fJ2l 00 



rup. er. rs. 

 10 ., 16 



Ahmednup-gnr. 



9.287 



4980 



"59^)07 3 78 



4 ..54 





29.016 



2^11 



.334,G68 . . 45 



10 2 02 



Khandesh .... 



9, '47 



234>i 



131,711 .. 



11 ! 83 



It is consequently found, that Ahmednuggur, with a greater nura- 

 * Subsequently increased to 1899, with a population of 660,853. 



