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 170 QUT-RAE Three miles to the south-west runs the Gumti, which is navigable at all times of the year, and within two miles to the north-west runs a small stream called the Kathna which is not navigable. The population numbers 2,256 of all castes; at the school attend 70 boys; the bazar is held on Tuesdays and Fridays; but the sales are incon- siderable, not exceeding Rs. 5,000 in the year. The climate is good. The only masonry house in the place is the residence of the taluqdar, and is built on some rising ground, the site of an old díh called "Kunj Bihári- pur," which had been owned by a community of faqirs. Within the enclosure is an ancient Hindu weil called " Biswa Mitra, and the remains of what once is said to have been a masonry tank called " Jambú Dip." There are 421 mud-built houses. Hard by in Deogáon is a mud tank, which is visited in phágun by the Nímkhár pilgrims when going on their "paikarma." The taluqdar of Qutubnagar belongs to the same family as the taluqdar of Aurangabad, both being descended from that Bahadur Beg who 200 years ago, in the reign of Alamgir, got a jágír of this part of the country. Another account has it that it was in Shah Jahán's reign the present taluqdar's ancestor, Mirza Muhammad Atá, acquired the property. There are no manufactures of any sort in Qutubnagar, and the place is altogether devoid of any interest, historical or otherwise. RAE BARELI DIVISION.-Ráe Bareli is a division of British territory in Oudh comprising three districts, whose names, areas, and population are given in the accompanying table :- Area and population, District. Division. (Rae Bareli.. 2,768 1,747 667 909,930 68,706 47 36 493,320 495,688 989,008 48 Rae Bareli. Sultanpur ...2,526 1,706 890 911,441 84,495 43 40 806,614 490,9821 996,676684 Partabgarh 2,200 1,445 696 719,329 63,188 1828 998,576 384,106 782,681 5 12 Total .. 6,494 4,898 2,443 2,640,700 216,334 108 98 1,397,540 1,370,7262,768,265666 The areas in the above statement are obtained from settlement returns. The popula- tion from the census report.