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NEO DHURI-VEOTI.17. 273 are irregularly built, but there are some good streets occupied by the wealthier inhabitants. Since the establishment of the Municipal Commission in 1965, inuch has been done towards removing the most patent sanitary defects. The houses of the European residents are on the south of the town, along the bank of a large tank, on the farther side of which rises the temple-crowned hill of Narasinla Konda. The offices of the Collector are in the old fort; opposite stands the police office, which was formerly a range of barracks. The hospital, built in 1850 by public subscription and Government grant, is now under the control and management of the municipality'. Other charitable institutions include the langarkhine, or poorhouse for natives, which receives an annual Government grant of £294; and the European Poor Fund, supported by voluntary subscriptions, which distributes about £10 a year in grants to European vagrants. Christ's Church was built in 1854-66 at a total cost for material of £450, convict labour being given by Government. It is in the Gothic style of architecture, with a chancel and two aisles; there are sittings for 128 persons. The old cemetery has about 160 tombs, the oldest of which dates back to 1785. Among educational establishments are a school for European and Eurasian children ; a large boys' school and a girls' school under the charge of the Free Church of Scotland; and schools for boys and girls conducted by the American Baptist Mission. Nellore town is connected with Madras by the Northern Trunk Road, and also by the newly opened Buckingham Canal; and with the Madras Railway at Renugunta station, distant 70 miles. A railway is now under construction which will connect Nellore with Tirupati (Tripatty) station on the north-west line of the Madras Railway. Neo Dhura (also called Rangbilang).—Pass in Kumaun District, North-Western Provinces, over the Himalayas into Hundes or Southwestern Tibet; lies in lat. 30° 29' N., and long. So° 37' E., at the head of the Dhauli river. Much frequented by Bhutias of Dharma, who carry on a brisk trade with Hundes by means of pack-sheep and goats. They export grain, broad-cloth, cotton, hardware, and manufactured goods generally, bringing back in return salt, gold-dust, borax, and wool. Elevation above sea-lerei, about 15,000 feet. Neotini.-Town in Unao District, Oudh ; situated on the right bank of the Sái, 2 miles south-west of Johan. The town is said to have been founded by a Dikhit, Rájá Rám, who on a hunting expedition saw the spot, and, attracted by its beauty, cut away some of the thin grass that grew there, and founded a town which he called Neotini An old dih in the place is still assigned as the site of his fort. It was held by the Dikhits till the time of Rájá Apre, who was driven out in the time of Mahmúd of Ghazní by an army headed by Víran Muhammad and Zahir-ud-din, whose descendants still live here. A prosperous little VOL. X.