ji ▁described ▁Jam n agar ▁as ▁" an ▁evil ▁sl um ". ▁To ▁provide ▁funds , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁j ew ell ery ▁had ▁been ▁sold ▁off . ▁In ▁a ▁speech ▁at ▁Ran j its in h ji ' s ▁installation , ▁Per cy ▁Fitz ger ald , ▁the ▁British ▁resident ▁at ▁Raj k ot , ▁made ▁clear ▁that ▁the ▁state ▁needed ▁to ▁be ▁modern ised ; ▁for ▁example , ▁he ▁said ▁that ▁Ran jt is in h ji ▁should ▁develop ▁the ▁har bour ▁at ▁Sal aya ▁and ▁extend ▁the ▁state ' s ▁railway , ▁improve ▁ir rig ation ▁and ▁reform ▁the ▁state ' s ▁administration . ▁The ▁British ▁also ▁took ▁steps ▁to ▁reduce ▁sp ending , ▁concerned ▁about ▁his ▁personal ▁financial ▁difficulties . ▁According ▁to ▁Simon ▁Wil de , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁must ▁have ▁suffered ▁from ▁personal ▁in security , ▁moving ▁to ▁a ▁region ▁with ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁un famil iar ; ▁further more , ▁it ▁is ▁unlikely ▁that ▁his ▁expect ations ▁before ▁he ▁became ▁r uler ▁were ▁matched ▁by ▁the ▁reality . ▁ ▁Poss ibly ▁prompt ed ▁by ▁his ▁difficulty ▁adjust ing , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁made ▁little ▁progress ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁four ▁months . ▁He ▁made ▁en qui ries ▁into ▁impro ving ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁his ▁land ▁re venue , ▁began ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁cr icket ▁pitch ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁shooting ▁exped itions . ▁Then ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁he ▁became ▁seriously ▁ill ▁with ▁ty ph oid