The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

published - extracts on Nagas from 'Assam Administration Report'

caption: Naga Hills district
caption: Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs
medium: reports
production:
date: 1894
production:
date: 1895
text: 28. The following statement shows the number of coolies impressed during the last five years:
text: _Name_of_Department___________1890-91__1891-92__1892-93__1893-94__1894-95
Civil__________________________1,566____1,070______764____1,016____1,008
Police_________________________2,179____2,054____3,713____2,150____1,737
Military_________________________701____4,191____9,201____5,535____3,778
Telegraph_and_Postal____________________2,149______224_______45____1,099
Survey_Party_______________________________________________________3,626
Public_Works_Department________4,541____2,392___20,574___77,697___80,268
Commissariat_____________________379____8,651
______________________________-----------------------------------------
Total__________________________9,366___20,507___34,476___86,443___91,516
text: The large increase in the number of coolies impressed during the past two years is due to the construction of the cart road from Nichuguard to Kohima and Manipur. As in the previous year, the Public Works Department was supplied with a great bulk of impressed labour. The above figures only include coolies called in under orders from headquarters. The Deputy Commissioner expects that there will be a great decrease in the number of impressed coolies in the next year.
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