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remaining 51,419 acres, 131 acres were twice cropped. Grain crops occupied 42,714 acres; pulses, 4832 acres; oil-seeds, 2663 acres ; fibres, 1317; and miscellaneous crops, 24 acres. In 1880 there were 7180 holdings with an average area of 14 acres, and an average rental of £1, 5s, 3}d. In 1883 the Sub-division contained i civil and 2 criminal courts; police circle (then), 1 ; regular police, 51 men.

Murdára. — Town in Tirorá tahsil, Bhandará District, Central Provinces. Population (1881) 2142. Hindus numbered 1755; Kabírpanthís, 294; Muhammadans, 43; and aboriginal tribes, 50.

Murdeswar.-Port in Honáwár Sub-division, North Kánara District, Bombay Presidency situated in lat. 14 6 N., and long. 74 30 E., 13 miles south of Honáwár, and in the Bhútkul petu. The rocky promontory jutting out into the sea is crowned by a temple and a ruined fort; and, at its foot, on the shore, is a small bungalow. The port is the small bay to the south-east of the rocks, with the villages of Kaikini and Mawalli adjacent. Two schools. Population (1881) 2185. Annual average value of trade during the five years ending 1881-82 -- imports, £1999; exports, £1792. In 1881-82, the imports were valued at $1129; the exports at £660. Murdeswar is one of the six ports forming the Honáwár Customs Division.

Murgod.—Town in the Parasgarh Sub-division, Belgaum District, Bombay Presidency; situated 27 miles east of Belgáum town, in lat. 15° 53' 35" N., and long. 74° 58' 10" E. Population (1881) 4895. Murgod is a considerable market for cotton and grain, and a small business is done in printing coarse cloth. A fair is held annually, attended by 300 to 400 people. Post-office.

Murliganj.–Town in Bhagalpur District, Bengal; situated 12 miles east of Madahpura, on the Dáús river, which has now become the main channel of the Klísi. Large bázár. Near the village are numerous ghats or landing-places, used at different times of the year for the purposes of trade, according to the height of water in the river. Imports-salt, spices, sugar, iron, and fine rice; exports-rice, oil-seed, a little cotton, and coarse saltpetre.

Murnád.-Village in Coorg, Southern India; situated on the Merkára-Cannanore road, 9 miles from Merkára. Head-quarters of the Párpattigár of Kauntmurnád. Travellers' bungalow, and village school with 102 pupils. Population (1881) 913.

Murree (Marri). ---Northern tahsil of Ráwal Pindi District, Punjab, lying between 33° 41' 30" and 34° 5' 15" n. lat., and between 73° 15' and 73° 38' E. long., and comprising the forest-clad range of hills on w the sanitarium of MURREE is built. The Murree chain of hills consists of a series of ridges, mostly of grey sandstone and red clay strata, running south-westward from the valley of the Jehlam (Jhelum). On the northern borders of Ráwal Pindi District, the hills culminate to a

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