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LYSORE DISTRICT. I 21 the total number of revenue-paying estates was 552, owned by 25,955 registered proprietors or coparceners. These figures do not include the jugir of YELANDUR in the south-east of the District, containing an area of 73 square miles-a very fertile tract, which was granted as an hereditary fief, rent-free, by the British Government to the Díwán Púrnaiya in 1807. During 1880, the average daily prison population of the District jail was 3452, and of the táluk lock-ups, 13-3; total, 358.5, of whom 15'4 were women, showing 1 person in jail to every 2517 of the population. In the same year, the District police force numbered 53 officers and 570 men, maintained at an aggregate cost of £7153. These figures show i policeman to every 48 square miles of area or to every 1449 persons of the population; the cost being £2, 8s. per square mile, and nearly 2d. per head of population. The Mahárája's college, situated at Mysore city, had in 1880-81 an average daily attendance of 32 scholars. The number of schools, Government and aided, in 1880 was 174, attended by 5947 pupils, being i school to every 17 square miles, and 66 pupils to every thousand of the population. Of the 174 schools, 8 are girls', with 371 pupils. These figures are exclusive of the táluk schools and of 2 jail schools, educating 392 pupils. In 1883 there were 184 schools, with 8515 pupils. The Census of 1881 returned 10,498 boys and 341 girls as under instruction, together with 29,063 males and 791 females able to read and write. In 1880–81 there were two printing presses, both in Mysore city. Jledical Aspects.—The climate of Mysore is hotter than that of the neighbouring District of Bangalore, and exhibits greater extremes of temperature. The mean annual temperature is a little above 77° F. The annual rainfall, calculated over a period of 38 years, is 28.9 inches, of which the greater portion falls between August and October; May also is a rainy month. In 1881 the rainfall was returned at 27.8 inches, of which 6 inches fell in October and 5 in May. It has been observed that the tracts lying close beneath the Nilgiri Hills and the Western Ghats receive less rain than the open country, The prevalent disease is malarious fever, which is generally amenable to treatment. In special tracts, however, such as the island of Seringapatam and the tarái lying beneath the Nilgiri Hills, it is complicated with enlargement of the spleen and visceral congestions. Europeans are most liable to fever during the cold months, from December to February. Both Europeans and natives enjoy the best health during the prevalence of the south-west monsoon. Outbreaks of epidemic cholera, when they occur, generally commence about the month of April. The vital statistics are far from trustworthy; but it may be mentioned that out of a total number of 14,490 deaths reported in 1880, 9636 were assigned to fever, 1058 to bowel complaints, 431 to