1758

Bahawalpur.

The State of Bahawalpur, on the bank of the Sutlej, was
carefully administered by the British Government during the
minority of the Nawab, who, after having been duly educated
in the western manner, was placed in full charge of his territories.


Travancore.

The kingdom of Travancore, in the south, has an area, very
fertile, of coast and mountain, endowed with the choicest gifts
of nature and possessing various commercial advantages. It
includes many coffee plantations.
Kolhapur.

The State of Kolhapur, in the Bombay presidency, owes to
successful and careful native management its present prosperity.
South Mahratia States.
In Western India there are several States of the South
Mahratta country which are at present in a auiet and orderly
condition,

Kalhiawar.

The condition of the cluster of States which form the
Kathiawar peninsula, has been greatly ameliorated of late
years, and order has been substituted for disorder. In some
departments, such as the land revenue, these States adhere to
their old ways; but in other branches they adopt all the improved
 methods of the time, and are thriving apace. The same
happy account may be given of the neighbouring State of
Cutch.

Lesser States.

There are many Lesser States in Western India, Pahlanpur,
Radhanpur, the Mahi Kanta, the Rewa Kanta and others, all ip
a satisfactory condition at present. In some of them, however,
rouble has in former times arisen, and might acain arise