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RELATIONS WITH TRIBUTARY STATES AND FRONTIER AFFAIRS.
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PHYSICAL
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3. There is no change in the strength of the police. In 4 cases reported to the police,
4 persons were arrested and convicted. All the stolen property, valued at Rs. 10, was Tributary States.
recovered. Surgana and
Jawhar.
4. Of the 80 persons brought to trial during the year, 16 were convicted and the cases
of 3 were pending at the close of the year. No appeals were filed.
Criminal justice.
5. Ten persons were admitted into the Surgana jail during the year while one was Prisons,
undergoing imprisonment at the beginning of the year. The expenditure was Rs. 88.
6. The Deshmukh in exercise of the powers of a civil court disposed of 28 cases as Civil justice,
against 22 in the previous year.
7. The gross revenue was Rs. 38,542 as against Rs. 37,825 in the preceding year and Revenue and finance,
the expenditure Rs. 32,706 as against Rs. 33,570.
8. The births and deaths registered during the year were 194 and 93 respectively as Vital statistics,
against 230 and 82 in the previous year.
9. There is one dispensary on which Rs. 764 were expended, The State employed Vaccination,
a vaccinator for 3 months. The total number of children vaccinated was 591 as against 571
in the preceding year.
10. There is only one primary school at Surgana. The attendance*rose from 36 to 39 Education,
and the cost from Rs. 248 to Rs. 392.
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2.—JAWH.VR.
Ruling Chief — Raja King Krishnashdh Patangshah ; Caste — Koii ; Age —36 years ; Has no male issue.
Area — 310 square miles ; Population (1911)—53,489; Gross revenue based on five years' average —
Rs. 2,20,417 ; Tribute to British Government— Nil ; Military force — Nil ; Principal articles of
production — Rice, n&gli and timber.
1. This State is administered under the supervision of the Collector of Thana by the General.
Raja King assisted by a Karbhari.
2. The monsoon set in at the usual time and in good time for sowing operations. It Season and crops,
was very heavy in the month of July but caused no damage, but in November it caused a
little damage to the stacks of grain, fodder and grass.
3. The total cost of the police force rose from Rs. 5,688 to Rs. 6,378. Thirty-one Police,
offences were taken cognizance of. Of the 34 persons sent for trial, 18 were convicted and
16 discharged. Out of 31 offences, 7 were struck off the register and 6 remained undetected.
The value of property stolen was Rs. 246, out of which property valued at Rs. 133 was
recovered.
4. Of the 234 offenders dealt with in 149 cases, 93 were convicted, 130 acquitted and Criminal justice.
11 remained under trial at the close of the year.
5. There were 65 admissions. The daily average was 10-46 and the total expenditure Jail.
Rs. 712.
6. Seventy-three out of 95 suits were decided. There were 8 appeals, of which 2 were Civil justice,
disposed of. Applications for the execution of civil court decrees numbered 56, of which 31
were disposed of during the year.
7. The documents presented for registration rose by 20 to 124. Two of them were Registration,
refused registration and one remained unregistered pending enquiry at the close of the year.
The fees realized amounted to Rs. 169, an increase of Rs. 28 over last years figure.
8. The forest revenue fell from Rs. 87,520 to Rs. 75,694. The total expenditure was Forests.
Rs. 4,792 as against Rs. 6,618 in the previous year. The area of forest destroyed by tire was
1,167 acres, the damage done amounting to Rs. 259.
9. Expenditure fell from Rs. 42,818 to Rs. 19,211. Rs. 15,531 were spent on the Public works,
construction of new buildings and repairs to the old ones and Rs. 1,094 on water supply. ie
expenditure had to be cut down owing to the marriage expenses of the Rajas on y aug er.
10. The gross revenue fell by Rs. 15,234 to Rs. 2,50,432, while the expenditure rose Revenue and finance,
from Rs. 2,62,196 to Rs. 2,70,594. The increase is chiefly due to the greater expenditure at
the marriage ceremony of the daughter of the Raja King .
11. The birth and death rates per mille were 40-53 and 24-15 respectively as against Vital statistics.
43 and 24-76 in the preceding year.
12. The number of patients treated at the two dispensaries increased by 20 to 5,542 Medical relief.
The expenditure was 3,461. Vaccinations and re-vaccinations numbered 1,899, a decrease ot
191.
13. One new school was opened this year in the Karyat Haveli mahal. The number Education,
of pupils rose from 681 to 692.
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