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amounted to 12,935 persons; but, as will be seen from the following statement
which I have received from the Mámlatdár, it would appear that it has increased
since then:—
Y E A R S .
Population.
Births.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l - p o x .
F e v e r .
B o w e l C o m - p l a i n t s . Accidental.
By drowning,
snake-bites,
suicide, &c. O t h e r c a u s e s .
Total Deaths,
M a l e s .
F e m a l e s .
T o t a l .
M a l e s .
F e ma l e s .
T o t a l . M a l e s .
F e m a l e s .
M a l e s .
F e m a l e s .
M a l e s .
Fe ma l e s . M a l e s .
F e m a l e s . M a l e s .
F e m a l e s .
M a l e s .
F e m a l e s .
M a l e s .
F e m a l e s .
T o t a l .
February 1872 . . .
6,633 6,302 12,935 81 86 167 49
4 3 6 1 67 53 3 1 4
1 13 13 142 112 254
General Census . . .
July 1873 . . .
6,666 6,371 13,037 61 84 145 2 1 . . . . . . 83 62 . . . 1 2
8 8 3 95 75 170
" 1874 . . .
6,762 6,518 13,280
5 3
56 109 . . . . . . 6 4 20 25 1 1 1
1 1 . . . 29 31 60
" 1875 . . .
6,821 6,563 13,384 102 94 196 . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 75 . . . . . . 7
4 11 . . . 114 79 193
" 1876 . . .
6,935 6,654 13,589 107 93 200 46 28 . . .
. . . 92 84 1 1 . . .
2 6 2 145 117 262
Cholera prevailed in 1872 and in 1876, but in neither years to any serious extent.
The number of deaths recorded from fever is also not high, but no reliance can be
placed on the accuracy of the number of deaths recorded, as it is evident that it
is incorrect. The returns of temperature also are not trustworthy, and therefore
I do not forward them; but I was informed that even in the hot weather the
nights are cool. The annual fall of rain during the last 6 years attained a maxi--
mum of 31.3 inches in 1874, whilst in 1871 only 11.85 inches were registered.
For 1876 up to the present time only 3.71 inches have been recorded. The
year to which these figures relate is computed from the 1st May to the 30th April.
5. The ruined edifices it is now proposed to reconstruct were public build-
- i n g s a n d r e s i d e n c e s o f n o b l e m e n a t t a c h e d t o t h e C o u r t o f t h e s o v e r e i g n s o f t h e
Adilshahi dynasty. They are for the most part situated in the Arkilla or citadel,
where the palaces of the kings, even in their present desolation, attest their
former grandeur. The A rkilla was formerly completely surrounded by a wet ditch,
which is now partly dry, but there is still water in a considerable portion of it
on the west and north. It is in my opinion imperatively necessary that the
water should be drained off, and that the ditch be kept dry, and I also think that
this action should be taken at once so that the subsoil may become quite dry
before the buildings are occupied. It may be necessary to plough up the sur-
face of the ditch after the water has been drawn off, so as to freely expose the
subsoil to the action of the sun and air.
6 It is proposed to utilize the following buildings inside the Arkilla:
—
(a) The Granary to be converted into a kutcherry for the Collector and
into Courts for the Judge and the Subordinate Judge;
(b) The Adalat Mahal to be converted into a residence for the Col
-lector;
(c) The Anand Mahal is proposed to be made the residence of the
Executive Engineer;
(d) The Arash Mahal where the Civil Surgeon will reside;
and I am informed that it is proposed to erect a new bungalow inside the
Arkilla for the Judge. The Dowlia Yakhut Mahal intended for the residence of
the First Assistant Collector is situated just outside the Arkilla, but within 300
or 400 yards of the Adalat Mahal.