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Local Boards in the districts have since 1887 been in receipt of a cess of one anna per rupee of land revenue, and this money, which is called Local Fund, is partly spent on the repair of roads. But the money thus received is not sufficient for road construction.
When I asked a gentleman who holds a high position in His Highness's government why the roads are so few and so bad in the State, he blamed the Public Works Department, which has the care of them, and said that want of enterprise and not want of money is the cause of the undeveloped state of the Dominions by means of roads to-day.
This may be true, or it may be false, but I know that roads are one of the greatest needs of the State at the present time.
