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324 NILGIRI HILLS. and Bathri' at Utakamand, 'Old Forest' and Bandi sholl' at Coonoor, and “Rallia' near Wellington. These trees, especially the Eucalyptus, grow very fast, and are fit to cut at ten years of age, being then often 100 feet high, with a girth of 2 to 3 feet or even more. The annual increment of Fucalyptus has been ascertained to be about 12 tons per acre per annum ; that of wattles, 6 tons. These plantations are being worked in regular rotation for the supply of fuel on the plateau. The produce of the Wainád and Moyár forests consists of teak logs (which are brought for sale to Utakamand), sandal-wood, and myrabolams. The receipts from forests in 1874 was £2692; in 1881, £4110; and in 1883, £4378. Administration. - The total revenue from all sources in 1868-69, the year in which the Nilgiri Commission was first established, was £10,063, and the expenditure on civil administration, £32,906, in 1874-75, the revenue had increased to £20,507, and the expenditure to £41.491. In 1881-82, the revenue was £50,209, and the expenditure £35,210. The different items of revenue in 1874-75 and 1881-82 were thus returned—land, £4551 in 1874, and £9060 in 1881; ábkári or excise, £7276 in 1874, and £16,389 in 1881; forests, £2692 in 1874, and £4111 in 1881; and post-office, £2936 in 1874, and £20,649 in 1881. Expenditure-administrative and public departments, £10,195 in 1874, and £17,455 in 1881; law and justice, £6542 in 1874, and £2651 in 1881; ecclesiastical and medical services, £7505 in 1874, and £,6787 in 1881, superannuation, etc. allowances, £3061 in 1874, and £2460 in 1881 ; land revenue, £5720 in 1874, and £3290 in 1831; forests, £6586 in 1874, and £1590 in 1881 ; post-office, £17,247 in 1874, and £977 in 1881. The number of magisterial courts in 1875-76 was 6, and of civil and revenue courts 4. The figures in 1881 were—magisterial courts 9, revenue courts 4. The aggregate strength of the police in 1875 was 141 men, maintained at a cost of £1193. The number of arrests was 373, with 222 convictions. In 1881, the force consisted of 179 men, costing £4286. Number of arrests (1881), 1706; convictions (including summoned cases), 1823. There are 2 prisons in the District, the jail at Utakamand and the European prison. There are also 3 subsidiary jails, one at Wellington, one at Coonoor (Kúnúr), and one at Gúdalúr. The average daily number of prisoners during 1875 was 470, and 380 in 1881. Out of a population of 49,501 in 1871-72, 3990, or 8.1 per cent. (266 of whom were females), could read and write. In 1881, out of a population of 91,034, the number who could read and write (including 1000 females) was 5775, or 6'3 per cent. Among the hill tribes, education has made but little progress. The only two European schools of importance are the Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale, and the Breeks' Memorial School at Utakamand. The