BIJNAUR.
434 into the District from are Brahmanical
Rohtak and Delhi.
The
chief manufactures
threads {janeo) at Bijnaur;
papier-mache at Mandawar ; metal- work, blankets, cotton, and shoes at Najibabad ; and carved ebony, glassware, ropes, and firearms at Nagi'na. Bijnaur has only
1
5
miles of metalled road, as no stone suitable for the purpose
and even must be brought from Muzaffarnagar. exists within the District,
for this short distance the metal
There are altogether 615 miles in a bad state, and no really Traffic meets with a serious impediment on its way to the markets of the Doab, from the interposition of the Ganges, with its heavy sand, and almost impassable alluvial fringe. The timber trade from the Bhabar forests to the Districts beyond the river proceeds by two principal routes over the Jalalpur and Raoli ghdis. The Ganges is practicable for country boats as far as Nagal, 20 miles south of Hardwar, but none of the other rivers admit of navigation.
made roads but many of these are good means of communication exist. of
Administration Magistrate,
.
—The and
Joint
I
District staff ordinarily comprises a Collectori
Assistant Magistrate, and
Deputy Magistrate, besides the usual officers.
The
criminal jurisdiction
of Bijnaur and Budaun, and the
Moradabad, and Budaun
to
whom
is
an
‘
fiscal, is
civil
vested
in
’
judges, are stationed at Bijnaur
judge.
uncovenanted
the session
jurisdiction in
in this capacity the sessions
additional
i
constabulary, and medical
judge
the judge of
judge of Bijnaur
Alunsifs, or subordinate civil
and Nagfna.
The
total
amount of
1880 was ^138,714, of which ^122,843 In 1881-82, the total imperial, municipal, and derived from the land. In 1880-81, the regular District local revenue amounted to ;;£^i56,5oo. police (including municipal and town police) consisted of 65 7 officers and men, maintained at a total cost of ;^73iS, of which ^'5825 was The charged to provincial revenues and ^^1490 to local funds. District jail contained in 1880 a daily average of 219 prisoners, comEducation was carried on in 1880 prising 214 males and 5 females. by 128 schools under Government inspection and receiving State This is exclusive of unaided and aid, with a joint roll of 3991 pupils. The American Methodist Episcopalian Mission uninspected schools. The District contains 14 imperial and maintains some aided schools. 8 local post-offices ; no telegraph or railway yet exists, but a line now (1883) in course of construction from Moradabad to Sahdranpur will Eor fiscal and administrative purcut through the heart of Bijnaur. pargands, containing a jjoses Bijnaur is divided into 5 tahsils zocidi 19s. total of 3140 estates ; average land revenue from each estate, District
rod.
revenue in
Municipalities
their joint to
^4100.
have been established at the
five
towns of
In 1880-81, Dhampur, Nagina, and Najibabad. income amounted to ;^5i73, and their joint expenditure
Bijnaur, Chandpur,
