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228 averages is small, and is sometimes in favour of the Hindu and sometimes of the Mohammadan division of the population. The difference is greatest in the Jehanabad thana, where it is more than half a unit in favour of the Hindus. The Santhal and Dhangar averages in the Beerbhoom district are high compared with the Hindu and Musalman averages of the same district, which may be accounted for by the more peaceable habits of the former classes and the stronger disposition of relations to live together. The number of Native Christian families is so small that no conclusion can be founded on the results exhibited.

Fourth.—The proportion of Hindus to Musalmans and others in the different localities is subjoined—

These proportions must be considered as strictly limited to the localities mentioned, without extending them to the districts to which the respective thanas belong, because the proportions differ not only in different districts, but in different thanas of the same district. The variety of results shows the necessity of a more complete and general census; and the only positive conclusion possessing any value is that which respects the city of Moorshedabad because it embraces an entire and separate jurisdiction. Within that jurisdictifln the proportion is as two Hindus to nearly one Musalman, while in the Daulatbazar thana of the Moorshedabad district the proportion of Musalmans is greater.

Fifth.—The following are the proportions of males to females in the different localities:—