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1887-88.] RELATIONS WITH TRIBUTARY STATES AND FRONTIER AFFAIRS. 47
was Rs. 70,299 against Rs. 67,347 in. 1886-87. The gross expenditure amounted to
Rs. 63,126 against Rs. 63,865 in the preceding year. The expenditure on public works
amounted to Rs. 3,768 against Rs. 5,521 in 1886-87.
The public health was good and there was no epidemic during the year. The number
of births was 648 against 580 in 1886-87 and of deaths 328 against 377. There was no dis
pensary in the State, and the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. proposed to supply the want in the course of 1888-89.
551 primary and 13 re-vaccinations were performed during the year against 664 and 3
respectively in the previous year.
The attendance in the 5 schools (one for girls) in the State showed a slight improve
ment on the previous year, the average being 230 scholars against 215. The expenditure
On education daring the year was Rs. 2,161 against Rs. 1,989 in the year previous. Besides
the State schools there were 5 indigenous schools with 85 pupils against 7 in the preceding
year with 104 pupils.
BIND.
KHAIRPUR STATE.
Area, 6,109 square miles ; Population (1881), 129,153; Gross Revenue, Rs. 6,94,168.
This Mahomedan State is situated in Sind on the left bank of the Indus. The greater
portion of it is a sandy desert. Much of the culturable land is covered with forest and used
as a game preserve for His Highness the Mir Ali Muradkhan Talpur, who is very fond of
sport. The Government is of a patriarchal nature. The Mir and his son, Faiz Mahomed
Khan, administer justice, all appeals lying to the Mir himself. The year was marked by
the death of Mir Khan Mahomed, third and favourite son of the aged Mir, who felt the loss
greatly. He was greatly respected by all and much trusted by His Highness in all matters.
Another event of the year was an exchange of visits between His Highness the Mir and
His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India on the 19th November 1887
at Kohri.
The area under rabi was greater than that under kharif crops. The out-turn of both
was good, but the kharif crop was inferior owing to a late and short inundation of the
Indus, while the rabi crop was excellent owing to timely and well-diffused rain. The chief
crops grown in the State are cotton, indigo, oil-seeds, rice, wheat, sugar-cane, millets, vege
tables, bhang, poppy, and tobacco. The area cultivated during the year under report is said
to have been 2/3,222 acres against 139,544 in the previous year. The increase was due
to a portion of the forest lands having been brought under cultivation during the year
under report. The area of culturable waste land is estimated by His Highness at 781,952
acres. The land has not been surveyed and settled.
The only quarry in the Khairpur State is that of u Met ” or Fuller’s earth. Large
quantities of sulphate of soda are collected from the salt lakes and hollows along the Eastern
Nara. The receipts from Fuller s earth amounted to Rs. those from sulphate of soda
to Rs. 34,194, the total amount being Rs. 34,263 against Rs. 40,425 in the previous year. The
principal descriptions of manufacture are ivory work, sword cuitery, metal work, cotton,
silk and woollen fabrics, and lacquered wood work. The total value of the articles manu
factured was Rs. 1,37,771 against Rs. 1,42,774 in the previous year. The exports (cotton
and woollen cloth, grain, seeds, ghi, pulse, tobacco, indigo, &c.,) were valued at Rs. 8,59,420
against Rs. 8,98,702, and the imports (European cloth, silk and woollen fabrics, grain, oil,
sugar, gold, silver, ivory, &c.,) at Rs. 5,85,219 against Rs. 5,96,285 in the previous year.
The police force was maintained during the year at its usual strength, viz. 115 mounted
and 191 foot police. The men were well mounted, but had no uniform. The force is suffi
cient for the fetate, but supervision and discipline are slack. The number of offences reported
to the police during the year was 860 against 680, the number of persons arrested was 890
against 699, the number of persons sent for trial was 850 against 670, and the number of per
sons convicted was 760 against 600, the number of persons discharged or acquitted was 90
against 70, and the percentage of convictions to arrests was 85*39 against 85*83 in the pre-
vious year. Iheie was a marked increase in the number of offences under theft,the most
prevalent form of the crime being cattle-lifting. The value of property stolen was Rs. 11,286
against Rs. 9,984, of which property of the value of Rs. 8,860 was recovered against Rs. 8,780
in the previous year. The percentage of recoveries to stolen property fell from 88 to 78,'but
still it was good.
Justice in the Khairpur Courts was summary, cheap, and swift. 860 offences were
reported against 680 in 1886-87, and the number of persons dealt with was 890 ao-ainst 699.
760 persons were convicted, 90 acquitted, 30 discharged and 10 died, escaped, or were
transferred. No case remained undisposed of at the close of the year. 10 persons appealed *
ip the case of 6 the decisions were confirmed, in 2 modified and in 2 reversed.
. ’ v T er f 1 2 P riso . ns 111 tlie State, in which 884 persons Were confined during the year
against 723 in the previous year. The daily average of prisoners was 140 against 124 in
the previous year. Ihe cost of maintenance was Rs. 7,949, including the cost of the estab
Most of the civil work was disposed of by Panchayats and arbitration. There was no
marked improvement m the service of summonses. 35 original suits were filed during the
Chap. I.
POLITICAL.
Tributary States*
Savanur and
Khairpur.
Vital Statistics and
Medical Relief.
Education.
General.
Season and Crops.
*
Trade and Manufac
tures.
Police.
Criminal Justice.
Prisons.
Civil Justice.