A History of Assam c23.45

c23.45

In the rest of the province the Chief Commissioner continued to exercise direct control over the district officers until 1905 when the growing burden of the administration rendered this no longer possible. A second Commissioner was then appointed for the Surma valley and Hill Districts, with the exception of the Gāro Hills, which was included, in 1909, within the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of the Brahmaputra valley districts.