Gazetteer of the Ferozpur District, 1883 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...at a cost of Rs. 8,000, in which the thugs and their families were located. A large workshop for tent-making was provided, but no change was made in the system of management or employment, and the whole institution was placed under the supervision of the Superintendent of the Lahore Central Prison. The thugs are gradually dying off, and their places not having been supplied by fresh admissions, there remain now in this institution only 5 old men and 8 widows, who in all human probability will last but a short time longer, and then this memorial of one of the most marvellous and detestable of criminal organizations will cease to exist in the Panj&b. The thugs are employed in the tent manufactory, and are paid monthly for their maintenance from Rs. 2 to 5-8 each. Their maintenance, together with that of the widows, amounted to about Rs. 700 in 1883. The gross revenue collections of the district for the last 14 years, so far as they are made by the Financial feliltertionTaxatlon and Commissioner, are shown in Table No. XXVIII, "' while Tables Nos. XXIX, XXXV, XXXIV and XXXIII give further details for Land Revenue, Excise, License tax, and Stamps respectively. Table No. XXXIIIA shows the number and situation of Registration offices. The central distilleries for the manufacture of country liquor are situated at Lahore, Kasur, Chunian and Sharakpur. The cultivation of the poppy is carried on to some extent in this district, and Rs. 2 per acre is paid as Excise duty. Saltpetre is produced to some extent in this district. Licenses for its manufacture are given to any one applying for them, and the licensees make their own terms with the agriculturists for the erection of kilns in suitable places and for fuel. The licenses issued to manufacture saltpetre in...