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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 4, p. 57.

11] ADMINISTRA TIVE DIVISIONS 57 considerable Province. Public Instruction in this Province and in Baluchistan is supervised by a single Inspector-General. For judicial purposes the Province is divided into two civil and sessions divisions. The Province of Baluchistan is made up of (i) British Baluchistan, comprising three Districts; (2) the Agency terri- tories, which consist of districts held on lease; and (3) the Native States of Kalat and Las Bela. Under the Chief Commissioner is an officer who is both Revenue and Judicial Commissioner. For the District of Coorg the Resident in Mysore is both Chief and Judicial Commissioner. The highest local authority is the Commissioner, whose duties extend practically to every part of the administration. The internal organization is similar to that of an ordinary British District. Ajmer and Merwara are administered by a Commissioner under the Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana. Each of the small component Districts is managed by an Assistant Commissioner. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands derive their administra- tive importance from the circumstance that the Penal Settlement of Port Blair is situated in the former. The Superintendent of the Settlement is also entrusted with the general administration of the islands, and maintains relations with their wild aboriginal inhabitants. He is assisted by a Deputy Superintendent and several Assistants, who form the 'Port Blair Commission.'