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206 NARBADA. Shiás, 2537; Wahábís, 80; Faráizís, 3; and unspecified, 1658. The Christian community is returned as follows:-Roman Catholics, 960; Church of England, 350 ; Episcopalians, 134; Presbyterians, 86; Protestants not distinguished by sect, 42; Wesleyans, 30; Methodists, 21; and 'others' and unspecified, 163. According to another classification, the Christians comprise Europeans, 564; Eurasians, 178; Indo-Portuguese, 91; Natives of India, 748 ; and unspecified, 205. Town and Rural Population. ---Narbadá Division contains 11 towns with a population exceeding 5000 inhabitants --- namely, Burhanpur, 30,017; Hoshangabad, 15,863 ; Khandwá, 15,142 ; Hardá, 11,203 ; Narsinghpur, 10,222 ; Chhindwará, 8220; Gadarwárá, 8100; Pandhurná, 7469; Sohágpur, 7027; Seoní, 6998; and Mohgaon, 5180. Total urban population, 125,441, or 7'2 per cent. of that of the whole Division. Of the 6203 rural villages, 3558 contain less than two hundred inhabitants; 1896 between two and five hundred; 547 between five hundred and a thousand; 190 between one and three thousand; and 12 between three and five thousand inhabitants. As regards occupation, the Census divides the male population into the following six main classes :-(1) Professional, inilitary, and official class, 22,244 ; (2) domestic class, inn and lodging-house keepers, etc., 2001; (3) commercial class, including bankers, merchants, traders, carriers, etc., 15,778; (4) agricultural and pastoral class, including gardeners, 380,228 ; (5) manufacturing and industrial class, including artisans, 120,601 ; (6) indefinite and non-productive class, comprising general labourers and male children, 352,878. Agriculture, etc.—Of the total area of the Division (17,513 square miles), 5386 square miles were returned as under cultivation in 188384: 4251 square miles as cultivable, but not under cultivation, and 7876 square miles as uncultivable waste. The principal crops consist of wheat, 1,186,462 acres; rice, 69,517 acres; other food-grains, 1,776,202 acres ; oil-seeds, 258,504 acres; cotton, 147,370 acres; and sugar-cane, 17,561 acres. Of the total adult male and female agricultural population in 1881, landed proprietors numbered 22,196 ; tenants with rights of occupancy, 63,839; tenants-at-will, 172,859; assistants in home cultivation, 200,921 ; agricultural labourers, 207,660 ; while shepherds, estate agents, farm bailiffs, etc., bring the total up to 639,2 29, or 36.26 per cent. of the Divisional population. Average area of cultivated and cultivable land per adult agriculturist, 10 acres. Total amount of Government land revenue assessment, including local rates and cesses levied on land, £154,316, or an average of 101d. per cultivated acre. Total rental paid by cultivators, £349,152, or an average of is. Ed. per head. Communication is afforded by 1128 miles of made roads, 287 miles of railways, and 494 miles of navigable rivers.