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 382 SIT Charges. 10. 10. Elucation Hospital and dispensarics District dåk Pound Nazul Rs. 29,540 7,604 2,012 1,829 200 ... .. 4. 40 940 ODE .. 140 B&B ... ... CES 9 Cv6 3 PUBLIC WORKS. Rs. Communications 65,088 Civil Buildings, &c. 25.272 Establishment, &c. 8,785 89,145 Total Rs. 2,30,130 Assessed taxes.-Over and above the state revenue the zamindars pay the following assessed taxes Road fond 1 per cent.) School fund District post 34 per cent. on the Government demand. Margir fund Under the "Oudh Local Rates Bill" 11 These taxes are quite distinct from the municipal cesses (octroi, chaukidari tax, &c.) paid by the inhabitants of the larger towns, and from the 8 annas per cent. paid by the taluqdars towards the Canning College Fund; and another 8 anpas per cent. paid by the same body to the funds of the taluqdars association in Lucknow. Education - Popular education is spreading steadily from year to year. There are now 111 Government schools of all grades in the district at which the number of scholars on the books 4,052, or about 1 to every 228 of the entire population. Of these 4,052, it is to be noted that 114 are girls. There is an aided mission (Wesleyan) school at Khairabad, with a roll of 80 pupils, the headquarters of the Mission being at Sitapur. Post-offices. The following statements are supplied by the Post-office authorities. They show the working of the department, the number of letters, &c. Statement showing the working of the district dåk for 876-77. Number of miles of dak line Number of runners Cost for tbe year Rs. 1,954-3-5 Number of covere delivered 16,117 Number of covers returned undelivered 1,562 Total number of lettere sent to distriet post-office .. 17,679 Statement showing the number of articles received for delivery and those returned undelivered during 1876-77. Letters. Papera. Packets. Parcels. Given ont for delivery 15,885 1,558 Returned undelivered 1,527 28 . .68 .. . E! 93 2 143 6 29