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On the Statistics of DuhhuH. 



[A in 11. 



deduction from tlic rovrnuo \v;is 63- Hi \v>r ciMif. In KhtunloKh, without 

 any remissions, tho cliari;cs wore nearly six tonths of tlie whole rovenue. 

 In Pooua I have only vshown tho clmri^es wl\ii h are strictly ami ptMni.-i- 

 nently tixed upon the laud in nil the eollectorates, whii ii are not mutahh*, 

 ami th'Melore scarcely snsceptihle in jiisiico of modification ; these 

 amount to I 1-46 per cent. : they i-oniprisc vlll.ii^c expenses, mililia, Mo- 

 kassa, and Hukdirs. In Dharwar, the collector's establishment has 

 been ailded to tlie above, and it hrintrs ilie chaiges strictly bearin<r on 

 the land to *24'I2 per l ent. on the revenue. 



A review of the above tables and abstrai ts suggesls the fidlowinp; ob- 

 servations. The collei torate of Dharwar, haviu£; th^^ smalh^st areai^ (with 

 the exception of Po<'na) of the t oUectorates of Dukhun, lias the greatest 

 population, and produces llio p;reate8t revenue, w liich hears lightest by 

 averi^e upon the inhabiunls individ ially.'» Jud^'iuj; from the lowness 

 of the enstoms, it has the weakest indi -ations of commercial industry ; 

 nevenhele-s, the manufacturers, pariicul.ol v the weavers, exeeed those 

 of the other col'.ectorates in the ratio of 100 to 11, or 8') per cent. The 

 shopkeepers and trades people iire very numerous, and their individual 

 taxes*-' riNe to the average of those of Pouna and Khmdesh. Finally, 

 the means of th'» people (remissions not being called for) must be more 

 effic ient than in the other coUectorates, and a j)roportiunal ratio of im- 

 ports and exports miglit have been looked for. 



Khaudesh has the largest superficial extent, •! a population'" 2J3 per 

 cent, less than that ofPoona, or granting; an increase to its population 

 15-;^2 per cent, loss, with a reventie nevertheless equal to that of Poona, 

 be^iring in consequence with unusual pressure upon the people, 

 its average being b rupees, I qr. 10 reas to each soul ; involving 

 the fact thit the assessm*»nts in this coUectorate are greater than 

 in any of the others. Admitting, however, the estimated increase 

 to the popuLition previon^^ly noticed, (which certainly exceeds 

 the truth.) the average^ inlividual payment will still exceed that in 

 the other col lectorates. It is possible this apparent pressure may be 

 referred to th** extent of its garden cultivation, whi ;h is much greater 

 than that of Dh.irwar, and, as far as I can judge from observation, that 



a 91 square miles, including the cultivated area of the Talooks Chpekoree and 

 Manowlee. 



b 83-,7.}7, includins the estimated population of the Talooks of Cheekoree and Manow - 

 lee, 3 rupees, 1 qr. 6 reas per head, 

 c 10 rup-'es, 2 qr. 2 reas. d 12, -527 square miles, 



e 371,404, but supposed this year to be 443,.j48 in government villaj^es, 

 f 4 rupees, 1 qr., 92 reas. 



