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who receive fees only. The judge holds his sitting twice a week for the
purpose of deciding civil and criminal cases within his jurisdiction.,
There are i i i Juizes populares, and 6 Juizes de direito de comarca.
The Juizes de direito have a staff composed of a delegate of the Attorney-
General, three clerks, one interpreter and translator, an accountant,
four or five bailiffs, all of whom, except the clerks and accountant,
receive, in addition to certain fees, fixed salaries. A judge of this class
exercises ordinary and extraordinary jurisdiction in matters both civil
and criminal. He is required to go on circuit annually to the Julgados,
where he hears complaints against subordinate functionaries, examines
their proceedings and registers, and sometimes tries those suits within
his jurisdiction which may not have been submitted to his tribunal
by- the ordinary judges. The jurisdiction and duties of the Juizes de
direito and Juizes municzpaes e populares are regulated by special laws.
The supervision of all judges is entrusted to a High Court (Tribunal
da Rela~ao), whose seat is in Nova Goa (New Goa), in consequence of
which it is sometimes called Rela~ao de Nova Goa. This court con-
sists of a chief justice (Presidents) and four puisne judges. 1'he High
Court has jurisdiction, both ordinary and extraordinary, in all cases,
whether civil or criminal, and is invested with appellate powers. Its
decisions are final in all suits except those relating to property exceeding
in value Rs. 1,500, in which an appeal lies to the Supreme Tribunal
of Portugal.
The total revenue in 1903-4 was over 20 lakhs and the expenditure
nearly 20 lakhs. The sources of revenue are: land tax, customs and
postal dues, seal and stamp duties, tobacco licences, taxes on liquor
shops, &c. Goa contains no mint; and the only revenue from salt is
very trifling, derived from eight pans at Diu.
Previous to 1871 Goa possessed a comparatively large native army ;
but owing to the rebellion which broke out in that year it was dis-
banded, and a battalion composed wholly of Europeans was obtained
from Portugal. The force consisted in 1904 of 2,730 men of all ranks.
The strength of the police is 390 men. The total expenditure on the
military and police forces is about one lakh.
Of late years education has made considerable progress in Goa. In
19oo Io per cent. of the total population were literate. In 1903-4
there were 121 primary schools, of which 98 were public and 23 private,
with 4,945 pupils, of whom 1,255 were girls. The number of pupils in
the National Lyceum or college at New Goa and several other schools
of secondary education was 305. The Medico-Surgical College was
attended by 88 pupils. Besides these, several other schools are under
ecclesiastical jurisdiction. In addition to the Government Gazette,
called Boletim O,&cial, there are twelve periodicals: namely, O Ileraldo,
A India J'ortug ueza, 0 Ultranzrzr, 0 Crente, Noticias, Tloz do I'ovo,
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