they are allowed to impose a certain amount of taxes; no European is allowed to reside at their courts without their consent, but commerce, trade, industry, education, religious worship, the press and other rights and privileges are free to all just as much as in England or the United States.  The native chiefs are not permitted to interfere with the judiciary, which has a separate and independent organization, as in Great Britain, with the Viceroy and the council of state corresponding to the House of Lords, as the highest court of appeal.  Each native chief is “assisted” in his government by a “Resident,” who is appointed by and reports to the Viceroy, and is expected to guide the policy and official acts of the native ruler with tact and delicacy.  He remains in the background as much as possible, assumes no authority and exercises no prerogatives, but serves as a sort of ambassador from the Viceroy and friendly adviser to the native prince.

The following is a list of the ruling native princes in the order of their rank as recognized by the British government, and the salutes to which they are entitled: 

Salute of twenty-one guns—­
  Baroda, the Maharaja (Gaikwar) of. 
  Hyderabad, the Nizam of. 
  Mysore, the Maharaja of.

Salute of nineteen guns—­
  Bhopal, the Begam (or Newab) of. 
  Gwalior, the Maharaja (Singhai) of. 
  Indore, the Maharaja (Holkar) of. 
  Jammu and Kashmire, the Maharaja of. 
  Kalat, the Khan of. 
  Kolhapur, the Maharaja of. 
  Mewar (Udaipur), the Maharaja of. 
  Travancore, the Maharaja of.

Salute of seventeen guns—­
  Bahawalpur, the Nawab of. 
  Bharatpur, the Maharaja of. 
  Bikanir, the Maharaja of. 
  Bundi, the Maharao Raja of. 
  Cochin, the Raja of. 
  Cutch, the Rao of. 
  Jeypore, the Maharaja of. 
  Karauli, the Maharaja of. 
  Kota, the Maharao of. 
  Marwar (Jodhpur), the Maharaja of. 
  Patiala, the Maharaja of. 
  Rewa, the Maharaja of. 
  Tonk, the Newab of.

Salute of fifteen guns—­
  Alwar, the Maharaja of. 
  Banswara, the Maharawal of. 
  Datia, the Maharaja of. 
  Dewas (senior branch), the Raja of. 
  Dewas (junior branch), the Raja of. 
  Dhar, the Raja of. 
  Dholpur, the Maharaja Rana of. 
  Dungarpur, the Maharawal of. 
  Idar, the Maharaja of. 
  Jaisalmir, the Maharawal of. 
  Khairpur, the Mir of. 
  Kishangarh, the Maharaja of. 
  Orchha, the Maharaja of. 
  Partabgarth, the Marharawat of. 
  Sikkam, the Maharaja of. 
  Sirohi, the Maharao of.

Salute of thirteen guns—­
  Benares, the Raja of. 
  Cooch Behar, the Maharaja of. 
  Jaora, the Nawab of. 
  Rampur, the Newab of. 
  Tippera, the Raja of.