majority of this region is in Gujarat state within independent India), and the greater part of the remainder is deposited on Mount Abu and the higher slopes of the Aravalli Range, leaving but little for Merwara, where the hills are lower, and still less for Ajmer. It is only when the monsoon is in considerable force that Merwara gets a plentiful supply from it. The north-eastern monsoon sweeps up the valley of the Ganges from the Bay of Bengal and waters the northern part of Rajasthan, but hardly penetrates farther west than the longitude of Ajmer. The rainfall of the district depends on the varying strength of these two monsoons. The agriculturist of Ajmer-Merwara could never rely upon two good harvests in succession. British rule Part of the Ajmer region, the territory of the future province was ceded to the British by Daulat Rao Sindhia of Gwalior State as part of a treaty dated 25 June 1818. Then in May 1823 the Merwara (Mewar) part was ceded to Britain by Udaipur State. Thereafter Ajmer-Merwara was administered directly by the British East India Company. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857, in 1858 the powers of the company were transferred to the British Crown and the Governor-General of India. His administration of Ajmer-Merwara was controlled by a chief commissioner who was subordinate to the British agent for the Rajputana Agency. Superintendents for Ajmer 9 Jul 181817 Jul 1818 Nixon 18 Jul 181815 Dec 1824 Francis Boyle Shannon Wilder (1785–1849) 16 Dec 182421 Apr 1825 Richard Moore (1st time) 22 Apr 182523 Oct 1827 Henry Middleton 24 Oct 182728 Nov 1831 Richard Cavendish 29 Nov 18311 Jul 1832 Richard Moore (2nd time) 2 Jul 183216 Apr 1834 Alexander Speirs 17 Apr 183430 Jun 1836 George Frederick Edmonstone (1813–1864) 1 Jul 183625 Jul 1837 Charles E. Trevelyan (1807–1886) 26 Jul 1837Feb 1842 J.D. Macnaghten Superintendents for Merwara (from Feb 1842, Ajmer-Merwara) 18231836 Henry Hall (1789–1875) 18361857 Charles George Dixon (died 1857) Agents of the Governors-general for the Rajputana agency 183229 Nov 1833 Abraham Lockett (1781–1834) 29 Nov 1833Jun 1834 Alexander Speirs Jun 18341 Feb 1839 Nathaniel Alves 1 Feb 18391839 John Ludlow (acting) (1788–1880) Apr 1839Dec 1847 James Sutherland (died 1848) Jan 1844Oct 1846 Charles Thoresby (died 1862) (acting for Sutherland) Dec 1847Jan 1853 John Low (1788–1880) 25 Jun 184819 Nov 1848 Showers (acting for Low) 8 Sep 18511 Dec 1851 D.A. Malcolm (acting