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the British Government, and received during his fifetime an additional
yearly grant of Rs. 6,ooo. The State pays no tribute: The :family
holds a, sanad authorizing adoption, and the. succession :follows' t1le
rule of primogeniture.
. The population in. rgoi was 18,446, compared with 16,976.in 1891,
residing in one . town, SAYŽNUR, and a'a ; villages. Hindus number
1-3,600, Musalmans 5,000. Of the Hindus; nearly one-half (6,ooo) are
LingayatsThe Musalmans 'describe. themselves as Shaikhs (3,ooo)
and Pathafs (i,ooo), with a few Arabs: and Saiyids. About two-thirds
of the, population are supported by. Agriculture.
The soil of the northern, eastern, and southern villages is- both red
and black, and that of the western' villages is red.- The principal
crops are cotton, jowar, kulith, tun, pin, wheat, gram, plantains, and
sugar-cane: Of the total area of `70 square miles; about a square miles
are under forest, and 6 square miles are uncultivable. The area, of
cultivable land is 6i square miles, of which 51 square miles were; .
cropped in i 963-4, about 3 square miles being irrigated. The betel4eaf
grown `in the Savanur gardens is celebrated for its superior quality, and
has been exported in greater' quantity since the opening of the Southern-
Mahratta . Railway. . Cotton cloths, such as sir's, dhotis, &c., are
manufactured to a small extent, and there is some trade in grain and
raw cotton. The I State escaped the severity of 'the famine of 1899-
igoo, `only two-villages being affected.
The Collector of Dharwar is Political Agent for the State, his Senior
Assistant being Assistant Political Agent. There are two criminal
courts and one civil court, and the Political Agent has the powers of
a District Judge. The State laws are modelled on those of British
territory. y
The `revenue is about one lakh, chiefly derived from land. The`
State levies no customs or transit duties, A )Local fund cess of one
anna is levied from all landholders. The survey settlement introduced
in x.870-1 was revised in 1895, and the revised rates were levied in
1896-7. The original. revenue demand of Rs. 75,3 2 6 was increased
to Rs; 90,463. - The actual demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 61,g91, in-
eluding a quit-rent of Rs. 6,803, but excluding the assessment on
iniim', waste, and _forest lands. . The rates per acre vary from 4: annas
to, l2 .s. 5-5. for `dry' land, R. r to Rs. 12 for rice land, and Rs. 3 to
Rs, 24 for garden land. The police force consists of 48 men. The
State contains i schools with 548 pupils. The dispensary at Savanur,
trgated 12,000 persons in 1903-4, and 502 persons were vaccinated in,
the same year. '
Savanna 'Town.-Capital of the State of Savani3r, Bombay,
4o miles south-east of Dharwar, situated in 14° 58'. N. and 75° ˘3' E.-
Fopalation (igor), 9,'796. `The` town- covers an--area. of three=quarters
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