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Rs. 1-4 to RS. 2 for lowlands (rupit), and Rs. 1-8 for tea and lands
under sdl (Shorea robusta).
The following table shows the collections of land revenue and of
total revenue (principal heads only), in thousands of rupees :--
1880-1. I 1890-1. I900-I. 1903-4.
Land revenue ,5o I 1,22 1,58 1,66
Total revenue . 1,62 3179 5,45 6,oo
Outside the municipalities of DARJEELING and KURSEONG, local
affairs are controlled by the Deputy-Commissioner, in his capacity of
administrator of the Darjeeling Improvement Fund. In the Kalimpong
Government estate they are looked after by the manager, who works
through the village headmen; in the Kalimpong and Pedong bazars
annual grants are made from the Improvement Fund, chiefly for the
purposes of conservancy.
The District contains 4 police stations or thdnas and 22 outposts,
4 being independent outposts and 14 patrol posts. In 1903 the force
under the District Superintendent consisted Of 4 inspectors, 20 sub-
inspectors, 45 head constables, and 342 constables, making in all 411
men. In addition, the village watch consists of 177 chaukaddrs, in
cluding 24 daffaddrs. A District jail at Darjeeling has accommodation
for 132 prisoners, and subsidiary jails at Kurseong and SilTguff for 32.
Owing largely to the work of the Church of Scotland Mission, edu-
cation has made good progress during recent years, in spite of the
difficulties of teaching a polyglot population scattered among the
mountains. In 1901, 7 per cent. of the population (12 males and
1-4 females) could read and write. The total number of pupils under
instruction increased from 3,255 in 1892--3 to 3,915 in igoo-i. In
1903-4, 3,731 boys and 515 girls were at school, being respectively
18-7 and 2.6 per cent. of those of school-going age. The proportion
for boys is below the average for Bengal, but the percentage for girls
ranks high. The chief educational institutions are St. Paul's School,
St. Joseph's College, the Diocesan girls' school, and the Loretto Convent
school at DARJEELING, the Victoria boys' school and the Dow Hill
girls' school at KCTRSEONG, and the St. Andrew's Colonial Homes at
KAmMPONG. The total number of educational institutions, public and
private, in 1903-q. was 178, including 6 secondary, 150 primary, and
22 special schools. The total expenditure on education was Rs. 52,000,
of which Rs. 30,000 was met from Provincial funds, Rs. i,6oo from
municipal funds, and Rs. 5,000 from fees.
The District is well provided with hospitals and dispensaries, which
numbered 12 in 1903, of which 6 had accommodation for 192
in-patients. At these the cases Of 45,000 out-patients and i,6oo
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