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 MAC 397 of the Manikapur pargana, but the trade is entirely local, and of no impe- rial importance. Villagers living within a radius of four or five miles come here for the brass pots, cotton clothes, and tobacco of daily use. Close to the village is the fame of Karlıuanáth Mahádeo, which is fre- quented by a small crowd of worshippers on the thirteenth day of the dark half of every month, and is the scene of a considerable fair, attended by fire or six thousand Hindus from the neighbourhood at the Shiurátri fes- tival. The small contributions of grain and inoney are taken by a Gosbáín of the Gir division, who is in charge of the place. The lingam itself was discovered during the mutiny by a Gosháín, and is situated on a small mound of bricks which marks the locality of an ancient temple. Further excavations have discovered an old well and a few small images, which were not to be seen wben I visitcd the spot. From its appearance I should say that the stone and there are no traces of a proper argha) is nothing but the broken shaft of a pillar, but I was of course unable to dig in the sacred court and test the truth of my suspicions. It is in the open air, surrounded by a low. wall, which encloses a court of some 25 feet square, shaded by fine trees. MACHHREHTA Pargana*-Tahsil MISRIKH—District SITAPUP..--Pargana Machihrehta is bounded on the north by Rámkot, on the east by the river Sarayan, on the south by Gundlamau, and on the cast by Kurauna and Mis- riksb. It contains 126 villages, and in area is 108 square milos, of which 68 are cultivated. These 108 square miles are thus classified :- Cultivated seres Culturable 16,682 43,292 > Muafi Barren 3 552 1,473 97 . B 2 3. L Total 69,999 acres. The incidence of the revenue deinand per acre is as follows: Rs, a. p. On cnitivated land III On assessed do. 13 On total The population is thus given in the report of 1869 census :- Hindus, agricultura 21,110 nun-agricultural 13,812 Musalwans, agricultural 571 non-agrieultural 2,185 Total 37,677 And they live in so many as 12,120 houses, which gives the average of one house to every 3.1 persons. The population has, tlıerefore, much greater house accommodation than the population of any pargana in the district. From the foregoing figures we see that there are 345 souls to the square mile, and that to each head of the agricultural population there are 2 acres of cultivated and 28 acres of assessed land. There is thus ample room 31
 * By Mr. Ferrar, C.9, Assistant Commissioner,