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arrangements are disciplinary, and illustrate the dependence of cost
on general policy.
The following table shows the progress of the principal sources of
revenue and expenditure, in thousands of rupees:-
890-1. 1900-1. 1905-6.
Land revenue . 3.5 36 31
Forests 1,58 2,78 5,83
Other heads 2,81 2,57 2,96
Total revenue 4,74 5,71 9,10
Salaries, establishment, and contin-
gencies . 1,20 1,38 1,23
Tea cultivation . 16 30 25
Education 5 5
Medical 37 40 44
Ecclesiastical . 8 8 10
Commissariat establishment and sup-
plies 4,14 6,10 7,18
Marine 12 22 25
Jail . 10 24 28
Police 1,37 1,46 1,40
Subsistence money to convicts . 92 71 88
Forest establishment and supplies 1,75 2,85 5,00
Clothing for convicts and police 33 38 58
Public works . 26 71 1,09
Purchase of stores 36 58 1,20
Passage money and freight on stores. 1,63 1,73 1,75
Other charges . . . 13 15 17
.
Total expenditure 12,97 17,34 21,86
The public works are constructed and maintained in all branches
by the artificer corps, an institution going back historically long
beyond the foundation of Port Blair in the Indian
public works. settlement system. Men who were artisans .
before conviction, and men found capable after arrival, are formed
into the .artificer corps, which is divided into craftsmen, learners, and
coolies. This corps is an organization apart, has special privileges
and petty officers of its own, known as foreman petty officers, who
labour with their own hands, and also supervise the work of small
gangs and teach learners.
The total strength of the British and Native army stationed in the
islands in 1905 was 444, of whom 140 were British. The Andaman
Islands now belong to the Burma division. The military station,
Port Blair, is attached to Rangoon, and is usually garrisoned by
British and Native infantry. Port Blair is also the head-quarters of
the South Andaman Volunteer Rifles, whose strength is. about 30.
The police are organized as a military battalion 701 strong. Their
duties are both military and civil, and they are distributed all over the
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