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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 400.

400 . C URDf1 SPUR DISTRICT and 1892. Prices had increased enormously, by 83 per cent, in the case of wheat and barley, 57 in that of maize, and 158 in that of great millet. Cultivation had also increased by 7 per cent., the area supplied from wells by 26, and the number of wells by 14 per cent. The water rate charged on canal lands was replaced by general enhanced rates for land irrigated from wells and canals. The result was a demand Of 152 lakhs, an increase of 20 per cent. on the revenue of the last years of the expiring assessment, and the settlement was sanctioned for twenty years. The average assessment on `dry' land is Rs. 1-2-6 (maximum Rs. 1-13, minimum 8 annas), and on 'wet' land RS. 2-7 (maximum Rs. 4, minimum Rs. r-6). The demand, including cesses, for 1903-4 was 17-7 lakhs. The collections of land revenue alone and of total revenue are shown below, in thousands of rupees 1880-1. î89o-1. lgoo-1. 1903-4. Land revenue . t 1,o8 13,85 13,85 14,57 Total revenue . 13,67 18,30 18,86 21,1-, The District contains nine municipalities, GURDASPUR, DALHOUSIE, BATr1LA, DINANAGAR, KALANAUR, PATHANKOT, SUJANPUR, DERA NnNAK, and SRIGOBINDPUR ; and two 'notified areas,' Fatehgarh and Bahrâmpur. Outside these, local affairs are managed by the District board, whose expenditure in 1903-4 amounted to 1-7 lakhs, public works being the largest item. The income, which is mainly derived from a local rate, was 1•8 lakhs. The regular police force consists Of 566 of all ranks, including 5 cantonment and 147 municipal police, in charge of a Superintendent, who usually has 4 inspectors under him. The village watchmen number 1,957. There are 18 police stations and 12 outposts. The District jail at head-quarters has accommodation for 287 prisoners. Gurdâspur stands twenty-fourth among the twenty-eight Districts of the Province in respect of the literacy of its population. In r9o1 the proportion of literate persons was 2.8 per cent. (5-1 males and 0•2 females). The number of pupils under instruction was 5,697 in 1880-r, 10,631 in 1890-1, 8,790 in i9oo-1, and 8,323 in 1903-4. In the last year there were 15 secondary and 142 primary (public) schools, and 5 advanced and 58 elementary (private) schools, with 258 girls in the public and 76 in the private schools. The District possesses 3 Anglo-vernacular high schools, one of which contains onl Christian boys. It also possesses io public schools for girls, the mos important of which is the Dalhousie Convent School. The total ex penditure on education in 1903-4 was Rs. 92,000, to which Governmen