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Punjab.

Date:: 1908

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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Municipal. Public works. Army. Police and jails. Education. the suppression of smuggling. The opium is retailed to the contractors at the rates prevalent in the neighbouring British Districts. Licences for the sale of hemp drugs are auctioned. Charas is imported direct from the Punjab and bhang from the United Provinces. The profit on opium and drugs in 1903—4 amounted to Rs. 11,000. The towns of Kapurthala and Phagwara have been con- stituted municipalities. The nomination of the members requires the sanction of the Raja. The municipality of Kapur- thala was established in 1896 and that of Phagwara in 1904. There is a local rate committee for the State, which was established in 1901-2, and is presided over by the Mushir-i-Mdl. The income in 1903-4 was Rs. 15,000, derived mainly from a rate of Rs. 1-9 per cent, on the land revenue. The expen- diture is devoted to unmetalled roads and other works of utility for the villages. The Public Works department was first organized in i860, and is under the charge of the State Engineer. The principal public works are the State offices, infantry and cavalry barracks, the college, hospitals. Villa Buona Vista, the great temple, and the Victoria sarai. The State offices cost 4*9 lakhs. A new palace is under construction. The State maintains a battalion of Imperial Service Infantry at a cost of 1*2 lakhs; and the local troops consist of 66 cavalry, 248 infantry, 21 gunners with 8 serviceable guns, and a mounted body-guard of 20. The police force, which is under the control of the Inspec- tor-General, includes 3 inspectors, i court inspector, 5 deputy- inspectors, 15 sergeants, and 272 constables. The village chaukiddrs number 243. There are six police stations, one in charge of an inspector and five in charge of deputy-inspectors. Besides the police stations, there are fifteen outposts. The jail at Kapurthala has accommodation for 105 prisoners. Jail industries include carpet and dari making. Three per cent, of the population (5 males and 0*3 females) were returned as literate in 1901. The proportion is lower than in the adjoining British Districts and the States of Nabha and Faridkot, but higher than in Patiala and Jind. The number of pupils under instruction was 1,815 1880-1, 1,762 in 1890-1, 2,265 1900-1, and 2,547 in 1903-4. In the last year there were 27 primary and 5 secondary schools, and a college at Kapurthala. The number of girls in the schools was 205. All the primary and secondary schools, except those situated in the capital, are controlled by the director of public

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