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be noticed that the Company's rupee, though heavier by half a mitsha than most of the coins from the native mints, rupee less valuable has always been considered so far alloyed as to reduce than the native coins, j^s value below them. Very few rupees other than those of Government currency are now found in circulation, the old coinage having been mostly melted down by the silversmiths, its re-issue having been prohibited by Government when it had been once paid into the treasury. Bahraich is administered by a deputy commissioner, and generally four It will
The
Company's
assistant and extra assistant commissioners, besides three tahsildars and nine honorary assistant magistrates all of the latter have criminal powers, four civil, and one only has revenue powers. General
Admin-
istration.
The revenue and expenditure appear in the accompanying tables. The latter was Rs. 1,23,871 in 1872, or twelve per cent, of revenue but the temporary settlement department has now concluded its labours and the
cost of administration in cent, of the revenues.
1873
is
about Rs. 90,000, or
less
than nine per
This sum, however, does not include the district police which is paid Rs. 55,052 by the local Government,* nor the other departments, whose cost since 1871 has been defrayed from provincial funds and an imperial grant.-[abolished it yielded in 1873 Rs. 13,022, paid by persons, of whom 55 were in trade or banking, 184 Income tax. one was a lawyer, three were in service, and 125 were connected with the land as owners or occupiers. Receipts in 1872. Es.
Income tax
2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
is
now
Recent settlement revenue collections Bents of Government villages and lands Income tax Tax on spirits and drugs Stamp duty Law and justice
...
...
...
9,15,416
19,865 32,185 63,178 3,593
Total
10,34,237
Expenditure. 1871-72. Revenue refunds and drawbacks Miscellaneous refunds ... Land revenue
1,240 1,515
••
37,009
Deputy Commissioners and establishment Settlement Excise or abkari Assessed taxes
38,143 2,814
Stamps
1,831 4,541 29,971
Law and
207
...
justice
( Service of process...
Criminal courts
.
.
Ecclesiastical
Medical
6,600
...
Total
"
Annual Report,
1872.
The
tabular form subjoined
is
1,23,871
borrowed from the Police Report
education, dispensaries, and public + Their cost in 1873 was Rs. 72,166; including Rs. 2,16,200, at least this amount only was works the entire cost of administration was The expenses of the sujpervising executive agency and of the STjent'in the district. not included in the above. appellate courts external to the district are