Abstract of the Fiscal Revenues of Mewar in the years
1818-19-20-21-22.
| Spring harvest of | 1818 | Rs. 40,000 | ||
| ” | 1819 | 451,281 | ||
| ” | 1820 | 659,100 | ||
| ” | 1821 | 1,018,478 | ||
| ” | 1822 | 936,640 | { | The active superintendence of the British Agent being almost entirely withdrawn. |
Abstract of Commercial Duties included in the above.
| In 1818 | Nominal | ||
| 1819 | Rs. 96,683 | ||
| 1820 | 165,108 | ||
| 1821 | 220,000 | ||
| 1822 | 217,000 | { | Farmed for three years, from 1822, for 750,000 rupees, which was assigned by the Rana for the liquidation of tribute fallen in arrear. |
Mines and Minerals.
Nothing will better exemplify the progress of prosperity than the comparative population of some of the chief towns before, and after, four years of peace:
| No. of houses in 1818. | No. of houses in 1822. | |||||
| Udaipur | 3,500 | 10,000 | ||||
| Bhilwara | not one | 2,700 | ||||
| Pur | 200 | 1,200 | ||||
| Mandal | 80 | 400 | ||||
| Gosunda | 60 | 350 [505] | ||||
The Feudal Lands.
In conclusion, it is to be hoped that the years of oppression that have swept the land will be held in remembrance by the protecting power, and that neither petulance nor indolence will lessen the benevolence which restored life to Mewar, or mar the picture of comparative happiness it created.