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WAGPUR TAHSIL AND TOILV. 173 patients. {For further information regarding Nágpur District, see the Gazetteer of the Central Provinces, by Mr. (now Sir Charles) Grant, pp. 292–345 (Nágpur, 1870); the Census Report of the Central Provinces for 1881; the Settlement Report of Nagpur District, by A. B. Ross, Esq. (1869); and the several annual Administration and Departmental Reports of the Central Provinces Government.] Nágpur.--Central tahsil or Sub-division of Nagpur District, Central Provinces. Area, 852 square miles, with 3 towns, 418 villages, and 58,806 houses. Population (1872) 244,626; (1881) 268,479, namely, inales 136,065, and females 132,414; average density of population, 315'12 persons per square inile. The total adult agricultural population (male and female) numbers 48,539, with an average area of 9 acres of cultivated and cultivable land to each of the total area of the tahsil (852 square miles), 103 square miles are held revenue free; while 749 square miles are assessed for Government revenue, of which 473 square miles are cultivated, and 115 square miles are available for cultivation, the remainder being uncultivable waste. Total annount of Government land revenue, including local rates and cesses levied upon land, £24,2 24, or an average of is. 5}d. per cultivated acre; amount of rent paid by cultivators, including rates and cesses, €34,622, or an average of 25. 11d. per cultivated acre. Nágpur tahsil contained in 1883, il civil and 15 criminal courts (including the Divisional and District head-quarter courts), with 3 police stations (thánás), and 6 outpost stations (chaukis), a regular police force 85 strong, besides a village watch of 717 chaukidárs. Nagpur.-Chief town of Nágpur District, and the seat of administration of the Central Provinces; situated in the centre of Nagpur District, in lat. 21° 9' 30" N., and long. 79° 7' E., on a small stream called the Nág. The municipal limits include, besides the city proper, the suburb of Sítábaldi, the European station of Sítábaldí with Tákli, and a considerable area of land (chiefly black soil) under cultivation. In the centre stands Sítábaldi Hill, crowned with the fort, which commands a fine view of the country round. Below, on the north and west, lies the prettily wooded station of Sítábaldi. Beyond, to the north, are the military lines and bázárs; and again beyond these, the suburb of Tákli, once the head-quarters of the Nagpur irregular force, but now occupied only by a few bungalows. Close under the southern side of the hill is the native suburb of Sítábaldí. Below the eastern glacis is the railway terminus. Beyond this lies the broad sheet of water known as the Jamá Taláo, and farther east is the city, completely hidden in a mass of foliage. Three great roads connect the city with the European station, two of which are respectively on the north and south banks of the lake, while the third, the most northern, crosses the railway by a bridge to the north of the terminus. The handsome tanks