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 92 STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF RAJSHAHI DISTRICT. Want of funds, however, is a great obstacle to the usefulness of the institution, as the subscriptions barely cover the current expenses." The schools and educational establishments of Rajshahf Dis trict include a large Government school at Rampur Beauleah ; grant-in-aid schools at Dighaputiyd, Ldlpur, Putiyd, Sardah, and Tdherpur ; the Lokndth free school at Rampur Beauleah ; the Prasanna Ndth aided school at Nattor; a training school for masters, a female normal school, and a girls' school at Rampur Beau leah ; Sanskrit tots or schools for teaching Hindu law and logic, at Rampur Beauleah, Belgharid, Amhatf, and Putiyd ; besides indige nous vernacular schools scattered throughout the District. An account of these schools, and of the spread of education in Rajshahf, will be given on a subsequent page, when I come to treat of the administrative statistics of the District. Two NEWSPAPERS are printed and published in Rajshahf—the Hindu Ranjika, a weekly periodical published under the auspices of the Dharmd Sabha for upholding orthodox Hinduism, with a circulation estimated in 1871 at 275 copies. Although started with the main object of upholding the religious views of the Sabha, general news is also given, and politics are occasionally discussed. The other paper, the Rdjshdh1 News, is also a weekly journal, printed in the Bengali character, and with a circulation estimated in 1871 at about 150 copies. This paper eschews religious topics, and confines itself to discussing matters of general interest. The only other printing presses in Rajshahi District in 1871 were two private presses in the town of Rampur Beau leah, both of which print in English as well as in the Bengali character. INCOME OF THE DISTRICT.—The Collector in 1871 returned the estimated income of Rajshahf District, as calculated for the purposes of the Income Tax Act of 1870-71 —that is to say the total of all incomes over ^50 a year—at ^416,706. This sum would yield an income-tax of ^13,022 at the then rate of 3|th per cent. The net amount of tax actually realised in Rajshahf District in 1870-71 was ^11,768, 6s. od. In the following year, 1871-72, the rate of the tax was reduced to 1^jth per cent., and the minimum of incomes liable to assessment raised to ^75 per annum. The net amount of income tax realised in that year was ^3207, 6s. od. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.—The numerous changes which have taken place in the revenue jurisdiction of Rajshahf since the District was first constituted render it impossible for me to present