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the government may depose the raja, and place on
the throne any other of the family.
The raja possesses the power of adoption. The
area is 3,216 square miles; the population 140,000
souls, and the revenue over Rs. 200,000 a year. The
reigning family is of ancient Hindu Rajput lineage.
The same remarks are applicable to Mandi and
Suket, the statistics regarding which are—
Mandi: area 1,200, population 135,000, revenue
Rs. 400,000.
Suket: area 420, population 50,000, revenue
Rs. 70,000.
States east of the Suiles.

Many hill states are interspersed along the hill
tract as far as the borders of Nipal.
The hill rajas were, for the most part, restored by
the British government to the position they occupied
before their subjugation by the Goorkhas, The chiefs
are allowed to govern their own territories, but capital
sentences require the confirmation of the British
authorities before being carried out. These states
are thus under closer political supervision than some
of the larger states to which reference has been made.
Siymur.
The largest of these hill states is Sirmur or
Nahan, whose territories extend over 1,000 square
miles, comprising a population of about 1,00.000 souls ; »
the revenue is about Rs. 3,00,000. The smallest of the
series is Beia. the area of which is four square miles,