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NWAR 333 etc., 3785; (4) agricultural and pastoral class, including gardeners, 48.295; (5) industrial and manufacturing class, 18,637; (6) indefinite and non-productive class, comprising general labourers, male children, and persons of none or of unspecified occupation, 44,438. Agriculture.- Of the total area of 3340 square miles, only 642 are cultivated ; and of the portion lying waste, 957 square miles are returned as cultivable, and 1741 square miles as uncultivable; 268 acres arc irrigated by Government works, and 12,765 acres by private enterprise. The prevailing soil throughout the District is a stiff brown soil termed mil, which will not, in ordinary seasons, bear a rabí crop without irrigation, but yields excellent rain crops. Hence the autumn harvest greatly preponderates over the spring harvest. In 1883–84, wheat occupied 29,519 acres; rice, 13,077 acres, and other food-grains, 294,556 acres; 44,056 acres were devoted to oil-seeds; while sugar-cane was grown on 187 acres, cotton on 14,444 acres, and tobacco on 202 acres. The out-turn of wheat from average land is about 700 lbs. per acre; inferior grain, 160 lbs. ; oil-seeds, 240 lbs. ; rice, 600 lbs.; cotton, 33 lbs. ; sugar, 880 lbs. Little manure is wasted in Nimár, though its use is generally confined to the better soils, the poorer being treated to a periodical fallow instead. Irrigation from wells, and also from dams thrown across the smaller streanis, is resorted to for opium, tobacco, cúnji, wheat, gram, sugar-cane, chillies, and garden stuffs. The agricultural stock in the District is returned as follows :-Cows, bullocks, and buffaloes, 179,085; horses, 247 ; ponics, 3472 ; donkeys, 1406; sheep and goats, 19,294; pigs, 183; carts, 11,496; and ploughs, 25,578. The Nimár cultivator is both skilful and industrious, and well understands the value of manure, irrigation, and rotation of crops. The fine mango and malu trees, which abound throughout the District, add considerably to the wealth of the landholding classes. Out of the total adult agricultural population (male and female) in 1881 (84,312, or 36'44 per cent of the District population), 9854 were returned as landed proprietors; 2901 as tenants holding at fixed rents or with rights of occupancy; 8811 as tenants-at-will; 29,151 as assistants in home cultivation, and 31,638 as agricultural labourers; while the remainder is made up of graziers, tenants of unspecified status, estate agents, etc. Area of cultivated and cultivable land available for each adult agriculturist, 12 acres. Of the total area of the District (3340 square miles), only 1327 square miles are assessed for Government revenue. Of these, 634 square miles are under cultivation, 419 square miles are cultivable, and 274 square miles are uncultivable waste. Total amount of Government land revenue assessment, including local rates and cesses levied upon land, £19,317, or an average of rod. per cultivated acre. Total rental paid by the cultivator, £38,424, or an average of is. 9 d. per cultivated acre. The rent rates per acre