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108 MYSORE extension of the Southern Maráthá Railway via Túmkúr, Tiptúr, Ajjampur, and Davangere, about 210 miles. Of this through line, 54 miles had been opened for public traffic up to the end of 1884. Thus there were (1884) in Mysore 140 miles of railway belonging to the State ; while the Madras Railway, in their Bangalore branch line, had about 55 miles in the State. The 140 miles of State railway have been laid down at a cost of £635,000, or about £4500 a inile. To Bangalore, as the main centre, are brought by these lines the greater part of the coffee, areca-nut, and other products of the western and northwestern táluks. An excellent network of Provincial and District roads, with an aggregate length of 3029 miles, permeates the State ; and great attention has been paid to the numerous passes leading through the Gháts to the low country in North and South Kánara, the principal of these lines being the Gersoppa, Kolúr, Haidargarh, and Agumbi ghát roads in Shimoga, the Bund or Kodekal Pass on the frontier of Kadúr and Hassan, and the Manjarábád ghát in the táluk of that nane. Revenue and Expenditure.—In 1791, the gross revenue of Mysore was returned by Tipú Sultán at 1,412,500 pagodas, or say £400,000. In 1802-03, under the management of the Diwan Purnaiya, the revenue had risen to £740,000, but it rapidly fell when the late Mahárájá took the government into his own hands. In 1833–34, the first year of British administration, the amount realized was only £550,000. A countless number of vexatious imposts have since been abolished, and personal debts of the late Rájá have been paid off to the amount of £750,000. The revenue now stands at more than a million sterling, although during the period 1870-80, famine has caused considerable fluctuations. In 1880-81, the actual amount of receipts was £1,009,324, the chief items being—land revenue, £721,334 ; abkári or excise, £93,984; sayar or customs, £33,088; mohtarfa or assessed taxes, £27,052 ; forests, £68,069; law, police, and justice, £10,042; stamps, £46,788. The following were the chief items of expenditure : -Civil administration, £858,500; British subsidy, £245,000; public works, £106,999; military force, £75,438 ; Rájá's personal expenses, £35,745 ; religious and charitable institutions, £27,478. In 1883–84, the actual amount of receipts was £1,063,557, the chief items being—land revenue, £733,447 ; excise, £122,973; forests, £62,728; stamps, $46,508; customs, £ 28,342 ; assessed taxes, £28,144. In the same year the total expenditure amounted to £1,013,951, showing a surplus of $49,606, including £16,453, the surplus revenue of the Assigned Tract. The following were the chief items of expenditure :-Subsidy, £245,000; civil list, £ 100,000; interest on public debt, £49,123 ; military force, £73,800 ; administration (land revenue charges), £150,447; law and justice, £41,227; police,