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On the Stafistt'cs of DitlJiun. 



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village^ in this part o( ilio colK'cMova(o avcrnge ji fiaf(ion tuoro th.m '22(^ 

 inlinlMtants,n the taxes, assessmotils, anil eiisti'ms,'' after (lodiu liug llie 

 sliare for Poena. 1'>1|2 11 rupees, fall u|)(>n (lip ]>eopIe witli the \»»u'x- 

 liinpled pressure of nearly 5* rupees ]^er hcavl,^" while llie people in the 

 city^l average only one rupee, 3 (jr. 41 reas per head, including a pro- 

 l ortionol slvnv of Hie customs, and the eily, Sahyer, and land-tax, ^vr. 



For the whole collev-torate of Poon.!, iiu huling the four lalo(dvS of 

 Sholapoor, by a j>rocoss previously ex)>lained, the assessments average 

 4 rupees, 1 qr. ;S reas per head, whieh closely approximates to that of 

 Khandesh. 



Poona has the greatest number of taxal)le persons^ after Dharwar in 

 (he Sahyer branch of tlie revenue, and ranks second in the total amount 

 of the sum raised, which falls witli a less pressure individually than in 

 Pharwar and Khamlesh, but greater than in Ahmednuggur. The ma- 

 tiufiicturer.s, as contributors to the Sahyer, are very limited in number. 



The pro[ii.rlion that the customs bear to the wliole revenue is a very 

 slriliing feature : they are derived principally from imports, a good part 

 of which passes on to the eastward: much is consumed in the city of 

 Poona, and the rest is dispersed iulo the districts. I have observed that 

 in)porl6 from tlie coast have gradually cheapened in their retail [nice 

 within the last three or four years, owing, no doubt, to the combined 

 causes of nicreased importaiiou and scarcity of money in Dukhun. 



The colleclorate of Dharwar, whether viewed with respect, to the 

 quantity of land under cultivation ; the size of i!s farms ;f the amounts 

 ©fits revenue; the lightness with which it falls upon the people, con- 

 sidered as a poll-tax ;g the magnitude of its Sahyer; the comparative 

 denseness of its population ; its numerous towns^^ and tolerably well- 

 peopled villages; the facility offered for instruction in the number of its 

 schools, and the manifestations of manufacturing industry in its nume- 

 rous weavers, i is unquestionably the finest British province in Dukhun. 



Dharwar Land Revenue. — The land revenue, in its i)roportion 

 to the whole revenue, stands third in the Dukhun collectorates, 

 being 60-336 per cent. ; but this apparently inferior station is to 

 be attributed, not to the diminished quantity of land under cultivati- 



a 894f villages with inhabitants, 202,252. b 1,110,470 rupees, 



c 5 rupees. 1 qr. 96 reas, 



d Inhabitants of Poona 81,315, Taxes and jn'oporti-jnatc share of customs &c. 101,241 

 upces. 



e 23,042. f 32-74 acres, or 43-65 beegahs. g 3 rupees, 1 qr. CO reas. 



h 119. i 13,345. 



