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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 174.

174 JIND STITE er by the Adalatt. Po¢her appeals lie to the Sod-41j, which is subordinate to the Ijkiyi-Khar, or court of the Raja Alt these coall exercise both civil and criminal jurisdiction. The Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code ate in force in the State, with certain modifications. The principal feudatory is the Sardir of Bndmkhan,the mpresenra- rive of the junior branch of the ruling family. The jagi> is womb Re. S,8,,3 per annum, and is subject to the usual incidents of lapse and motion. The Raja of Nabha is a member of this family, coinm the time of. Raja Gajpat Singh the State consisted only of the four pw-ganar of Jind, Safcdon, Sangrar, and Balanwili, with a revenue of about 3lakhs. Before the settlements made by RAJA Saiap Singh, a fluctuating system of assessment was in vogue including halal, kww kfr; and cash rates fixed on the nature of crops. The settlements were made in different years for each lahOl. Between 1857 and 1866 mart' settlement of the Sangrur and Jmd tahrllr was conducted, esuIIing in a total demand of 3-a laths. Shortly after this a regular settlement of the whole State w made, which produced n fixed e of 5.9 laths. In both of these settlements the halal system as partly continued. Two regular settlements followed, when cash rates were introduced throughout. The assessment of the fourth settle- ment was 6.a laths. Revenue rates on =irrigated land vary from of R. 1-4-1 in DAdri to a maximum of Rs, r-la-m in Sangrar,,and on irrigated land from a minimum of R, o-6-, in Main to a maximum of Rs. a-5-9 in Sangrur. The collections of land revenue alone and of total revenue (including cesses) are shown below, in thousands of tape.:- ,- us.- ' . wa- . v , _ i.w,d revenue o,rq 7,15 e rq.g3 ,o3 7.5q Total revenue . . I r ,7: re,67 1G,op Apart from land revenue, the principal sources of revenue, with the ounts derived from each in rgo3-4, ate as follows: canals (a-5 lakhs), railways (ns laths), and stamps (0-6 lath). The principal heads of expenditure me army (a:7 laths), canals (na laths), public works (o•q lath), police (0 5 lakhJ and m sceilaneous (8•8 laths).' The income delved from excise in 1go3-4 was Rs. xq,o,o. Liquor is distilled on premises which belong to the State, under the supervision of State officials, and still-head duties are levied of Rs. z-8-o per proof gallon and Rs. x per gallon of a5` under proof. The arrangement re- girding the import of Malwa opium is similar to that which obtains in the case of Patials, but the. quantity allowed to Jind at the lower rate never ezceeds rq chests. The duty paid on this opium is refunded