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No. 462, dated Lahore, 27th April 1885.
From—K. G. Thomson, Esquire, Offg. Senior Secretary to Financial Commissioner,
Punjab,
To—The Offg. Junior Secretary to Government, Punjab.
I AM directed to submit herewith, for the orders of
Government, the Final Report of the First Regular Settle-
ment of the Simla District by Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Wace,
then Commissioner of Settlements and Agriculture, and now
Second Financial Commissioner.
2. Exclusive of military cantonments, the Simla Dis-
™ . . . . x. trict comprises an area of less than 81
square miles, distributed over live de-
tached ildquas. The first of these ilaquas is Kalka, a small
tract about one square mile in area, acquired by gift from
the Maharaja of Patidla as a site for a bazar and depot at
the spot where the road to Simla first enters the hills.
The second ilaqua is Bharauli, with which are included the
isolated villages of Kala and Kalag, and a small detached
group of four villages near Kasauli known as the Shiwa
Ilaqua. The area of the whole is about 15,000 acres, which
have remained in our possession since the close of the
Gurkha War, when the old ruling family was found to
he extinct. The main Bharauli territory consists of a narrow
valley in the hollow of the hills stretching from Subathu to
Kiari Ghat on the Simla road. The third ilaqua is Simla,
a small tract of less than 4,000 acres, chiefly occupied by
the hill station of Simla, the cultivated area being less
than 200 acres. The whole ildqua was acquired in 1880
from Patiala and Keonthal in exchange for other land. The
fourth is Kot Khai, a small territory of about 22,000 acres,
lying 20 miles east of Simla around the sources of the Giri.
It was acquired in 1828 by voluntary cession of the Rdna
Bhagw&n Singh, who abdicated after a long course of
misgovernment. The fifth and last ilaqua is Kot Guru,
otherwise known as Kotgarh. It is another small tract of less
than 11,000 acres, lying along a spur of the Hathi mountain,
on the bank of the Sutlej, 22 miles north-east from Simla
as the crow flies. It originally belonged to the Kot Khdi
principality, was then appropriated by the Raja of Kulu,
from whom it was forcibly taken by Bashahr, in whose
possession it remained for forty years, when it was seized by
From—K. G. Thomson, Esquire, Offg. Senior Secretary to Financial Commissioner,
Punjab,
To—The Offg. Junior Secretary to Government, Punjab.
I AM directed to submit herewith, for the orders of
Government, the Final Report of the First Regular Settle-
ment of the Simla District by Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Wace,
then Commissioner of Settlements and Agriculture, and now
Second Financial Commissioner.
2. Exclusive of military cantonments, the Simla Dis-
™ . . . . x. trict comprises an area of less than 81
square miles, distributed over live de-
tached ildquas. The first of these ilaquas is Kalka, a small
tract about one square mile in area, acquired by gift from
the Maharaja of Patidla as a site for a bazar and depot at
the spot where the road to Simla first enters the hills.
The second ilaqua is Bharauli, with which are included the
isolated villages of Kala and Kalag, and a small detached
group of four villages near Kasauli known as the Shiwa
Ilaqua. The area of the whole is about 15,000 acres, which
have remained in our possession since the close of the
Gurkha War, when the old ruling family was found to
he extinct. The main Bharauli territory consists of a narrow
valley in the hollow of the hills stretching from Subathu to
Kiari Ghat on the Simla road. The third ilaqua is Simla,
a small tract of less than 4,000 acres, chiefly occupied by
the hill station of Simla, the cultivated area being less
than 200 acres. The whole ildqua was acquired in 1880
from Patiala and Keonthal in exchange for other land. The
fourth is Kot Khai, a small territory of about 22,000 acres,
lying 20 miles east of Simla around the sources of the Giri.
It was acquired in 1828 by voluntary cession of the Rdna
Bhagw&n Singh, who abdicated after a long course of
misgovernment. The fifth and last ilaqua is Kot Guru,
otherwise known as Kotgarh. It is another small tract of less
than 11,000 acres, lying along a spur of the Hathi mountain,
on the bank of the Sutlej, 22 miles north-east from Simla
as the crow flies. It originally belonged to the Kot Khdi
principality, was then appropriated by the Raja of Kulu,
from whom it was forcibly taken by Bashahr, in whose
possession it remained for forty years, when it was seized by