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Area settled.
ft
( 2 )
3. The area thus settled as ascertained by
the Settlement measurements is as follows :—
Details of abba in acbbs.
It EVE NUB
( Maafi
INCLTTD KD.)
Population.
Tahsil,
Ilaka.
Total area (acres )
Reserved Forests.
Other Government
land.
Unculturable
Grass fields.
| Abandoned culti-
vation.
Cultivated.
Former
i
&
Total.
Per square mile
cultivated.
Simla ...
Kalka
Hharauli with
684
136
129
55
364
449
595
1,437
2,525
Shiva
14,989
206
6,932
5,061
226
2,564
4,449
5,279
4.403
1,099
Simla
3,867
477
2,840
33
265
55
197
441
573
448
1,456
Total Tahsil ...
19,54"
477
3,182
7,094
6,326
336
3,125
5,339
6,447
6,288
1,283
Kotkhai ..
Kotkhai
29,042
7,190
7,019
497
2,382
470
4 484
6,228
7,980
3,443
6,403
912
Kotguru ...
Kotgura
10,782
1,628
5,123
372
915
172
2,572
2,171
3,444
857
Total Tahsil ...
32,824
8,818
12,142
869
3,297
642
7,056
8,399
11,423
9,847
893
Total District
52,364
9,295
15,324
7,963
f 8,623
978
10,181
13,738
17,870
16,135
1,014
This statement does not include the areas of the military canton-
ments. The entries for Kotkhai are, perhaps, not quite as they will
finally stand, because some boundary disputes with Jubal, Darkoti,
and Khanaiti which arose in 1881 when Settlement operations commenced,
have not yet been finally decided by the Deputy Commissioner.
4. Before describing each tract and its Settlement, it will be
Manner in which the convenient to quote from a Report submitted
Simla district came into our in 1850 to the Board of Administration for
kands' the Punjab a shore account of the manner in
winch the Simla district came into our hands, and of the revenue
tenures then existing. The writer was Mr. W. Edwards, then Super-
intendent of the Hill States.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your predecessor’s despatch,
and No. 238 of the llth June last, calling for
information respecting the different Grovern-
ment districts subordinate to this office, their
size, pop ulation, resources, physical and social
characteristics ; together with full details of
existing establishments in all departments, and
the changes I may be prepared to recommend
Extract of a letter No. 1 -A dated
6th January 1850.
Ebom—W. Edwabds, Esq.,
Superintendent, Hill States,
To—P. Mrlvill, Esq, Ojfg.
Secretary to the Board of Adminis-
tration, Lahore.
in the organization of each.
2. In accordance with these instructions I have now the honor to submit
the following report, but, in explanation of the great delay which has been
permitted to occur in furnishing it, I would beg to observe that in consequence
of the great confusion which, from one cause or another, exists among the earlier
records of this office, the absence of many important documents, and the
mutilated condition of others, as also the utter want of all accurate information
on many of the points required to be reported upon, it has been out of my
ft
( 2 )
3. The area thus settled as ascertained by
the Settlement measurements is as follows :—
Details of abba in acbbs.
It EVE NUB
( Maafi
INCLTTD KD.)
Population.
Tahsil,
Ilaka.
Total area (acres )
Reserved Forests.
Other Government
land.
Unculturable
Grass fields.
| Abandoned culti-
vation.
Cultivated.
Former
i
&
Total.
Per square mile
cultivated.
Simla ...
Kalka
Hharauli with
684
136
129
55
364
449
595
1,437
2,525
Shiva
14,989
206
6,932
5,061
226
2,564
4,449
5,279
4.403
1,099
Simla
3,867
477
2,840
33
265
55
197
441
573
448
1,456
Total Tahsil ...
19,54"
477
3,182
7,094
6,326
336
3,125
5,339
6,447
6,288
1,283
Kotkhai ..
Kotkhai
29,042
7,190
7,019
497
2,382
470
4 484
6,228
7,980
3,443
6,403
912
Kotguru ...
Kotgura
10,782
1,628
5,123
372
915
172
2,572
2,171
3,444
857
Total Tahsil ...
32,824
8,818
12,142
869
3,297
642
7,056
8,399
11,423
9,847
893
Total District
52,364
9,295
15,324
7,963
f 8,623
978
10,181
13,738
17,870
16,135
1,014
This statement does not include the areas of the military canton-
ments. The entries for Kotkhai are, perhaps, not quite as they will
finally stand, because some boundary disputes with Jubal, Darkoti,
and Khanaiti which arose in 1881 when Settlement operations commenced,
have not yet been finally decided by the Deputy Commissioner.
4. Before describing each tract and its Settlement, it will be
Manner in which the convenient to quote from a Report submitted
Simla district came into our in 1850 to the Board of Administration for
kands' the Punjab a shore account of the manner in
winch the Simla district came into our hands, and of the revenue
tenures then existing. The writer was Mr. W. Edwards, then Super-
intendent of the Hill States.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your predecessor’s despatch,
and No. 238 of the llth June last, calling for
information respecting the different Grovern-
ment districts subordinate to this office, their
size, pop ulation, resources, physical and social
characteristics ; together with full details of
existing establishments in all departments, and
the changes I may be prepared to recommend
Extract of a letter No. 1 -A dated
6th January 1850.
Ebom—W. Edwabds, Esq.,
Superintendent, Hill States,
To—P. Mrlvill, Esq, Ojfg.
Secretary to the Board of Adminis-
tration, Lahore.
in the organization of each.
2. In accordance with these instructions I have now the honor to submit
the following report, but, in explanation of the great delay which has been
permitted to occur in furnishing it, I would beg to observe that in consequence
of the great confusion which, from one cause or another, exists among the earlier
records of this office, the absence of many important documents, and the
mutilated condition of others, as also the utter want of all accurate information
on many of the points required to be reported upon, it has been out of my