(26) Gowas: area, 220,582 acres, or 344'66 square miles; 765 villages; 77 estates; land revenue, £12,360, 10s. od.

(27) GOPINATHPUR: area, 9885 acres, or 15'44 square miles; 88 villages; 14 estates; land revenue, £816, 6s. od.

(28) GORERHAT: area, 7683 acres, or 12'00 square miles; 48 villages; 18 estates; land revenue, £338, 8s. od.

(29) HUSAINUZIAL: area, 3820 acres, or 5'97 square miles; 27 villages; 3 estates; land revenue, £172, 4s. od.

(30) ISLAMPUR: area, 39,056 acres, or 6102 square miles; 116 villages; 20 estates; land revenue, £1953, 10s. od.

(31) JOAR BIRAHIMPUR: area, 2750 acres, or 4°30 square miles; 17 villages; 4 estates; land revenue, £88, 16s. od.

(32) JOAR IBRAHIMPUR: area, 388 acres, or '60 of a square mile; 8 villages; 5 estates; land revenue, £44, 8s. od.

(33) KANKJOL: area, 5199 acres, or 8'12 square miles; 18 villages; 7 estates; land revenue, £486.

(34) KANTNAGAR: area, 12,133 acres, or 18.95 square miles; 42 villages; 5 estates; land revenue, £1040, 6s. od.

(35) KASIMNAGAR: area, 4487 acres, or 7'01 square miles; 17 villages; 6 estates; land revenue, £148, 18s. od.

(36) KASIPUR: area, 19,396 acres, or 30 30 square miles; 125 villages; 37 estates; land revenue, £2250, 16s. od.

(37) KATGARH: area, 1556 acres, or 2'43 square miles; II villages; 6 estates; land revenue, £162, 16s. od.

(38) KHARGRAM: area, 14,150 acres, or 22'11 square miles; 153 villages; 48 estates; land revenue, £1188.

(39) KULBERIA: area, 60,667 acres, or 94'79 square miles; 406 villages; 74 estates; land revenue, £5302, 4s. od.

miles;

(40) KUMAR-PRATAP: area, 220,191 acres, or 344°05 square 1033 villages; 115 estates; land revenue, £20,548, 18s. od. (41) KUTABPUR: area, 20,289 acres, or 31°70 square miles; 204 villages; 77 estates; land revenue, £2271, 10s. od.

(42) LASHKARPUR: area, 25,384 acres, or 39'66 square miles; 266 villages; 15 estates; land revenue, £1468, 6s. od.

(43) MAHALANDI: area, 37,626 acres, or 58.79 square miles; 828 villages; 86 estates; land revenue, £2810, 6s. od.

(44) MAJKURI: area, 449 acres, or 70 of a square mile; 2 villages; 2 estates; land revenue, £80, 125. od.

(45) MANGALPUR: area, 7073 acres, or 11'05 square miles; 196 villages; II estates; land revenue, £331, 8s. od.

(46) MANOHARSHAHI: area, 73 acres, or 11 of a square mile; I village; 1 estate; land revenue, £17, 4s. od.

(47) MASUMABAD: area, 604 acres, or 94 of a square mile; 3 villages; 3 estates; land revenue, £135, 10s. od.

(48) MOHANPUR: area, 4728 acres, or 739 square miles; villages; 2 estates; land revenue, £446, 12s. od.

(49) MUHAMMAD-ALIPUR: area, 878 acres, or 137 square miles; 10 villages; 4 estates; land revenue, £37, 10s. od.

(50) MURARIPUR: area, 20,274 acres, or 3168 square miles; 139 villages; 20 estates; land revenue, £1878, 2s. od.

(51) MUZAFFARPUR: area, 2005 acres, or 3'13 square miles; 6 villages; 2 estates; land revenue, £211, 145. od.

(52) NASIPUR: area, 4574 acres, or 7'15 square miles; 31 villages; 8 estates; land revenue, £411, 2s. od.

(53) NAWANAGAR: area, 44,772 acres, or 69'96 square miles; 552 villages; 170 estates; land revenue, £6075, 12s. od.

(54) NAWASIKHA FATHIPUR: area, 7286 acres, or 11:38 square miles; 9 villages; 4 estates; land revenue, £467, 14s. od.

(55) PALASI: area, 1139 acres, or 178 square miles; 103 villages; 27 estates; land revenue, £3140, 14s. od.

(56) PATIKABARI: area, 28,308 acres, or 44°23 square miles; 107 villages; 21 estates; land revenue, £1254, 16s. od.

(57) RADHABALLABHPUR: area, 9434 acres, or 14'74 square miles; 47 villages; 2 estates; land revenue, £880, 12s. od.

(58) RAJPUR: area, 21,125 acres, or 33'01 square miles; 65 villages; 10 estates; land revenue, £1241, 18s. od.

(59) RAJSHAHI: area, 16,987 acres, or 26'54 square miles; III villages; 30 estates; land revenue, £1542, 16s. od.

(60) ROKANPUR: area, 93,150 acres, or 145 ̊55 square miles; 308 villages; 27 estates; land revenue, £7765, 2s. od.

(61) SAMASKHANI : area, 22,060 acres, or 34'47 square miles; 171 villages; 69 estates; land revenue, £1479, 2s. od.

(62) SHAHBAZPUR: area, 11,092 acres, or 17:33 square miles; 32 villages; 5 estates; land revenue, £1217, 6s. od.

(63) SHAHJAHANPUR: area, 4710 acres, or 7'36 square miles; 60 villages; 5 estates; land revenue, £653, 18s. od.

(64) SHAHSALIMPUR: area, 1033 acres, or 161 square miles; 8 villages; 2 estates; land revenue, £48, 18s. od.

(65) SHAHZADPUR: area, 20,532 acres, or 32.08 square miles; 204 villages; 92 estates; land revenue, £2550, 2s. od.

(66) SHERPUR: area, 54,677 acres, or 85'43 square miles; 298 villages; 77 estates; land revenue, £6696.

(67) SULTANUZIAL: area, 18,135 acres, or 28 34 square miles; 130 villages; 40 estates; land revenue, £1744, 4s. od.

(68) SWARUPSINH: area not given; 1 village; 1 estate; land revenue, £6, 14s. od.

(69) WAZIRABAD: area, 13,859 acres, or 21.65 square miles; 77 villages; 19 estates; land revenue, £1013, 10s. od.

The foregoing 69 Fiscal Divisions, according to the Statistics furnished by the Board of Revenue, contain a total area of 1,495,706 acres, or 233704 square miles, comprising 2850 estates, and pay a total Government land revenue of £134,390, 18s. od. In correction of these figures, it may be mentioned that the area of the District, as returned by the Boundary Commissioner in 1874, is 2462°44 square miles; that the number of estates in 1871 was returned at 2853, and the total amount of land revenue in the same year at £133,062, 10s. od. The total number of villages enumerated above is 11,481; the Census Report of 1872, adopting a different definition, returned the number of 'villages, mauzás, or townships' at 3753. In explanation of this discrepancy, it may be mentioned that the Revenue definition of a village includes spots which have ceased to be inhabited.

METEOROLOGY.-Barhampur is one of the 24 stations which have been chosen to return special data to the meteorological department. The following paragraphs have been condensed from the annual reports of the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of Bengal for the years 1871 and 1872. The elevation of Barhampur above the sea has been definitely determined by spirit level to be 65 feet. It is situated 170 miles from the sea, 30 miles below the point where the Bhágirathí leaves the Ganges. It is thus on the edge of the delta, for the ground rises from a short distance to the west of the river up to the foot of the Rájmahál hills, and the undulating country of Birbhúm. The averages of the mean atmospheric pressures for the four years ending 1871 are as follow:-January, 29'948; February, 29.876; March, 29790; April, 29676; May, 29'568; June, 29'442; July, 29'467; August, 29°541; September, 29.624; October, 29°769; November, 29.908; December, 291975; annual average, 29715. The mean monthly temperatures for the same period of four years are:-January, 65°3°; February, 707; March, 78-2°; April, 85-5°; May, 86·3°; June, 84·6°;

mean, 78'0°. April, max., May, max., 100'0°; min.,

July, 840°; August, 84°1°; September, 83.4°; October, 81.7°; November, 73.5°; December, 66.2°; annual average, 78.6°. The highest maximum, lowest minimum, and mean monthly temperatures, by day, are thus returned for the two years 1871-72. In 1871-January, highest maximum, 85'0°; lowest minimum, 48·5° ; mean, 65.9°. February, max., 94'5°; min., 55'5°; mean, 73'5°. March, max., 102'0°; min., 55'0°; 1060°; min., 660°; mean, 84'3°. 67.5°; mean, 82.5°. June, max., 98.5°; min., 770°; mean, 83.2°. July, max., 94'0°; min., 770°; mean, 83°2°. August, max., 93'0°; min., 765°; mean, 841°. September, max., 93'5°; min., 765°; mean, 831°. October, max., 94'0°; min., 69'5°; mean, 82.3°. November, max., 910°; min., 57'0°; mean, 74-8°. December, max., 820°; min., 50'5°; mean, 670°. In 1872-January, max., 850°; min., 47'5°; mean, 65·6°. February, max., 92'5°; min., 675°; mean, 679°. March, max., 103'5°; min., 600°; mean, 81.2°. April, max., 109'0°; min., 65'0°; mean, 85.6°. May, max., 107°5°; min., 71'0°; mean, 87′1°. June, max., 106′5°; min., 75'0°; mean, 860°. July, max., 103'5°; min., 76.5°; mean, 84°2°. August, max., 95'5°; min., 77'0°; mean, 84.5°. September, max., 96'0°; min., 760°; mean, 839°. October, max., 95'5°; min., 69'5° ; mean, 81.2°. November, max., 89.5°; min., 570°; mean, 75°4°. December, max., 84°0°; min., 51°5°; mean, 68·2°. The maximum, minimum, and mean monthly readings of the grass radiation thermometer, by night, are thus returned for the same years. In 1871— January, max., 58'5°; min., 390°; mean, 47'0°. February, max., 63°5°; min., 49°0°; mean, 55°1°. March, max., 67′0°; min., 49'5° ; mean, 58.1°. April, max., 76'0°; min., 62'5°; mean, 70'2°. May, max., 76·0°; min., 64°5°; mean, 71°5°. June, max., 79°0°; min., 745°; mean, 76.7°. July, max., 79'5°; min., 74'5°; mean, 76.8°. August, max., 79'0°; min., 74'5°; mean, 77*1°. September, max., 79'0°; min., 74'5°; mean, 75'9°. October, max., 77'0°; min., 64'0°; mean, 71.6°. November, max., 670°; min., 450°; mean, 58*1. December, max., 57'0°; min., 410°; mean, 500°. In 1872January, max., 58'0; min., 400°; mean, 48'9. February, max., 58.5°; min., 43'0°; mean, 50.8°. March, max., 65'0°; min., 52'5°; mean, 57-8°. April, max., 780°; min., 59'5°; mean, 69.7°. May, max., 81.5°; min., 680°; mean, 740°. June, max., 80.5°; min., 730°; mean, 76.7°. July, max., 800°; min., 74'5°; mean, 76.6°. August, max., 79'0°; min., 74'0°; mean, 77'1°. September, max.,

790°; min., 73'0°; mean, 75.6°. October, max., 76′5°; min., 630°; mean, 70'1°. November, max., 680°; min., 51°0°; mean, 61.0°. December, max., 67·0°; min., 46′0°; mean, 53'4°. The average annual rainfall, deduced from a series of observations extending over a period of fourteen years ending 1872, amounts to 54 30 inches. The monthly rainfall for the year 1871 is returned as follows:-January, nil; February, o'02 inches; March, 128; April, 369; May, 6:22; June, 13.82; July, 14°31; August, 12'14; September, 15'77; October, 182; November, nil; December, nil; total for the year, 69'07 inches, or 14'77 inches in excess of the annual average. The monthly rainfall for 1872 was :-January, 0'04 inches; February, 2.81; March, o'14; April, 0'63; May, 3'30; June, 13.66; July, 9'00; August, 9:48; September, 14'37 ; October, 1219; November, nil; December, nil; total for the year, 65.62 inches, or 1132 inches in excess of the annual average. The general direction of the wind on an average of three years is thus returned:-From November to February, inclusive, N. W.; from March to April, S.W.; from May to September, S. E.; and October, N.E. The average diurnal rate of motion of the wind in miles is thus returned for each month, on an average of two years :January, 372; February, 414; March, 56'5; April, 887; May, 99'7; June, 128'9; July, 99'4; August, 78'1; September, 75.6; October, 477; November, 290; December, 28'1.

The climate of Murshidábád District does not differ in any important respect from that of the rest of Lower Bengal. It is separated into the three usual seasons,—the hot, cold, and rainy weather. The only peculiarity is, that in the hot season a hot wind is wont to set in, blowing from the Rárh or western half of the District over the Bágri or eastern portion.

The District is not liable to be desolated by cyclones. On the occasion of the great cyclone of October 1864, it was found that Barhampur lay at the extreme northern limit of the area of destruction. The following account of the meteorological phenomena exhibited on that occasion, as given by the Civil Surgeon, is quoted on p. 53 of the official Report on the Calcutta Cyclone:-' On 4th October the sky was cloudy, with occasional showers from the eastward, and thunder. At 4 P.M. the aneroid stood at 29'70, and the thermometer showed 84°. At daybreak on the 5th there was a thick, driving mist, with a strong easterly wind blowing in gusts. By 7 A.M. the mist had changed into a heavy rain, the wind at the