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46 idols (pujhárís), 748; Muhammadan religious mendicants (fakírs), 15; temple attendants, 26; expounders of the puráns (kathaks), 91; professors of education, 34; schoolmasters, 1814; teachers of Sanskrit (pandits), 436; vernacular schoolmasters (guru mahásays), 390; Muhammadan clerks and interpreters (munshís), 254; Muhammadan law-doctors (maulvís), 31; students and scholars, 10,281; authors, 1; newspaper editors, 22; barristers, 26; attorneys, 127; pleaders, 531; law agents (mukhtárs), 748; revenue agents, 14; Muhammadan kázís, 196; stamp vendors, 54; clerks, 398; physicians, 71; surgeons, 30; doctors, 667; Muhammadan physicians (hakíms), 143; Hindu physicians (kabirájs), 1261; vaccinators, 357; apothecaries, 14; veterinary surgeons, 5; cow-doctors (gobaidyas), 76; hospital assistants, 54; men-midwives, 225; compounders, 250; circumcisers, 41; photographers, 36; musicians, 1958; singers, 899; dancers, 35; jugglers, 191; painters, 1127; snake-charmers, 10; land surveyors (amíns), 92; overseers, 43; civil engineers, 17; architects, 13; draughtsmen, 27. Total of Class II., 33,996.

.—Persons in service, or performing personal offices:— Personal servants, 20,786; cooks, 5152; assistant cooks (masálchís), 14; barbers, 7986; washermen (dhobis), 7204; sweepers (mihtars), 3435; water-carriers, 2737; gardeners, 1982; genealogists (ghataks), 29; door-keepers (darwáns), 4998; corpse-bearers (murdá farásh), 187; lodging-house keepers (bhathiyáras), 63; inn-keepers, 122; procurers, 159; brothel-keepers, 82; unspecified, 26,769. Total of Class III., 81,705.

.—Persons engaged in agriculture, or with animals:— Landlords (zamíndárs), 3118; revenue contractors (thikádárs), 117; large leaseholders (ijárádárs), 57; holders of rent-free tenures, 1881; holders of rent-free military service lands (jágírdárs), 14; leaseholders at fixed rents (mukararrídárs), 7498; subordinate landlords (tálukdárs), 337; permanent leaseholders (patnídíárs), 79; cultivators with occupancy rights, 302; mahaldárs, 146; small landholders (jotdárs), 4191; gánthídárs, 2804; ordinary cultivators, 288,977; land stewards (gumáshtás), 1699; rent-collectors (tahsíldárs), 177; holders of land on military service, or as servants of the zamíndárs (páíks), 923; finance officers (díwáns), 50; overseers (daffádárs), 8; village heads (mandals), 30; rent-collectors in charge of estates (náibs), 170; horse dealers, 22; cattle dealers, 795; sheep dealers, 22; goat dealers, 291; pig dealers, 517; poultry dealers, 56; shepherds, 1369; cow-herds, 273; swine-herds, 14; horse breakers, 51;