There were no hotels or inns on the road, but dak bungalows or rest houses, a convenient substitute, were established at places varying from fifteen to fifty miles apart, according as the road was much or little frequented. These bungalows were under Government control, a khidmatgar or servant and a porter being in attendance at each, the traveller paying a fixed sum for the use of his room and making a separate bargain for any few articles of provisions that might be obtainable. The building was little more than a thatched house of one story, divided into two or three rooms, to each of which a bathroom was attached. The khidmatgar cooked and served the meals ordered, while the porter supplied wood and water. The dak system was perfected by Lord Dalhousie, during whose administration many fine metalled roads, including the grand trunk road from Calcutta to the Punjab, were completed. The new system was a great improvement upon the primitive arrangements in force during the Punjab campaign of 1846, when, owing to the tedious nature of the journey and the slow method of progress, out of one hundred officers sent off by palanquin from Calcutta to aid Viscount Hardinge only thirty arrived at the Sutlej before the campaign was over. APPENDIX D STATEMENT SHOWING THE WORK OF THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK FROM 1882 TO 1918 Balance. Year. No. of Banks. No. of Accounts. Rs. 1882-83 4,238 39,121 27,96,796 1883-84 5,199 84,848 75,14,455 1884-85 5,499 122,599 1,34,41,911 1885-86 5,833 155,009 2,25,45,891 1886-87 6,048 219,010 4,25,19,345 1887-88 5,966 261,157 5,04,88,357 1888-89 6,056 311,001 5,88,64,681 1889-90 6,350 358,272 5,86,96,755 1890-91 6,455 408,544 6,34,67,408 1891-92 6,452 463,453 7,05,93,160 1892-93 6,408 520,967 7,81,87,727 1893-94 6,358 574,050 8,26,57,319 1894-95 6,384 611,947 8,40,17,923 1895-96 6,343 653,892 9,04,23,072 1896-97 6,420 713,320 9,63,92,411 1897-98 6,290 730,387 9,28,72,978 1898-99 6,310 755,871 9,42,80,041 1899-1900 6,479 785,729 9,64,64,466 1900-01 6,636 816,651 10,04,32,569 1901-02 7,053 866,693 10,68,21,233 1902-03 7,075 922,353 11,42,15,534 1903-04 7,372 987,635 12,33,36,717 1904-05 7,855 1,058,813 13,40,70,130 1905-06 8,071 1,115,758 13,99,26,260 1906-07 8,049 1,190,220 14,76,69,789 1907-08 8,328 1,262,763 15,18,14,343 1908-09 8,501 1,318,632 15,23,41,514