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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 314.

314 DI-IAP 1f7jR DLSTRICT 1843 less than half of the arable Government area was held for tillage. Owing to the introduction of lower rates under the survey settle- ment the collections in the settlement year showed a fall of about 30 per cent. When the settlement was completed in 1850, the occu- pied area was about two-thirds of the total arable area. Two years later the revenue for the first time exceeded the revenue collected in the year immediately preceding the introduction of the settlement. Since that date the progress of the District has been practically un- broken, and revenue collections rose from 10•5 lakhs in 1843-4 to r4-3 lakhs in 1873-4. The revision survey, carried out between 1874 and 1902, showed an increase in cultivable area of 41,ooo acres, and raised the revenue on Government occupied land from 13 to 19 lakhs. The average rate of assessment per acre of `dry' land is Rs. 1-1, of rice land RS. 2-15, and of garden land Rs. 6-12. Collections on account of land revenue and revenue from all sources have been, in thousands of rupees :- I88o-i. 1890-1. 1900-1. 1903-4- Land revenue 29,21 30,30 29,39 29,o6 Total revenue . 35_44 41,25 41_36 46,42 There are ten municipalities: DHARWAR TOWN, HUBm, GADAG, NAVALGUND, YAMNUR, NARGUND, RANIBENNUR, GUDDGUDDAPUR, $vnDG1, and HnVER1. Outside these, local affairs are managed by the District board and eleven idluka boards. The receipts of these boards in 1903-4 were 2.8 lakhs, chiefly derived from land cess. The expenditure amounted to 3•2 lakhs, of which about 1•3 lakhs was laid out on the maintenance and construction of roads and buildings. The District Superintendent of police is aided by an Assistant Superintendent and two inspectors. There are 16 police stations in the District. The total number of police is 825, of whom 14 are chief constables, 187 head constables, and 624 constables. The mounted police consist of 1o sozedrs under one daffdddr. A Railway Police Superintendent in charge of the Southern Mahratta Railway line resides at Dharwar town. There is one District jail at Dharwar town, with accommodation for 336 prisoners. Besides this, 14 subsidiary jails can accommodate 79 males and 52 females. The daily average number of prisoners in all jails in 1904 was 400, 16 of whom were females. Dharwar District stands sixth as regards literacy among the 24 Dis- tricts of the Presidency, 6.7 per cent. of the population (1,-.8 males and 0,5 females) being able to read and write in 1901. In 1881 there were 364 schools in the District with an attendance of 21,262 pupils. The number of pupils rose to 34,025 in 1901. In 1903-4 there were 564