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378 SIT CHAPTER IV. ADMINISTRATION. Courts of justice-Police-Thana-Crime statistics-Memo. of sccidental deaths-Reve- nue and expenditure-Education-Post-office. Administration. The district is under the charge of a deputy com- missioner, with two or three European and four or five native assistants of various grades. Courts of Justice.—Daring the year 1870 there were 1,700 civil suits disposed of and 2,511 criminals dealt with by these courts, which over and above this decided, at the same time, a large number of revenue suits under the "landlord and tenant" and other acts and regulations in force in the province. The deputy commissioner is assisted in the collection of the land reve- que of the district by native sub-collectors and tahsildars. These officers are generally of three grades, drawing from Rs. 200 to Rs. 150. Their headquarters are in the principal town of the area of their jurisdiction. The list of parganas and tabsils is given in Chapter I. The following is a descriptive sketch on all tahsils by Mr. M. L. Ferrur, B.A., C.S., assist- ant commissioner, “ The tahsils.--As related in the preceding pages, Sitapur is divided into four tahsils, each being in charge of a native tahsildar, under the orders and subject to the control of the deputy commissioner of the district. These officers are vested generally with criminal and civil court powers, and are also judges between landlord and tenant. They further are entrusted with many executive duties, such as the serving of revenue processes for the duc payment of the state rental by the zamindars, the care of the public revenues, the execution of decrees, and much other miscellaneous work. “ As a territorial subdivision of the country the tahsil is altogether a British institution, and embraces several of the native subdivisions formed by the Emperor Akbar and styled by him 'parganas. Of these there aro 21 in the whole district, and they are fully described in their proper places where the reader will find information as to the rural statistics of the country, its history, details of population, and area, natural productions, bazars, great fairs, and the like. In the present place it will be sufficient to give the population, area, and boundaries of each tahsil as an integral portion of the whole district. “Tahsil Sitapur-Is bounded on the north by the Kheri district, and runs down through the centre of the district; its greatest length being 38 and its extreme width 26 miles. In area it is 564 square miles, of which 357 are cultivated, and its population numbered at the census of 1869 246,301 souls, or 433 to the square mile. It contains 650 demarcated villages, "mauzas," and 48,029 houses, to each of which there are 5-1 inhabitants. "Tahsil Biswan-Lies in the north-east corner of the district; its northern boundary being the district of Kheri and its eastern the Bahraich district,