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352 NOAK'HALI SUB-DIVISION-NOARBAND. alone numbered 1778, which were attended by 41,736 pupils. For administrative purposes, the District is divided into 2 Sub-divisions... SUDHARAM and PHENI. Medical Aspects. The climate of Noakhali is damp, and the scasons are irregular. The sea-breeze, however, tempers the heat in the worst season. The average annual rainfall for the twenty-five years ending 1881 is 109.8 inches at Sudhárám, of which three-fourths fall between June and September. In 1883–84, the rainfall at the head-quarters station was 142'68 inches. The average mean daily temperature during the year is returned at 79.58° F., ranging from 96° to 52o. The endemic diseases of Noákbáli are fevers, remittent and interinittent, caused chiefly by malaria ; diarrhea, dysentery, rheumatism, and many skin affections. Cholera and small-pox occasionally occur in an epidemic form. In 1883–84, the total number of deaths registered in the District was returned at 14,312, or at the ratio of 17°43 per thousand. This, however, is far below the truth. There are three dispensaries in the District, at Sudhárán, Dulálbázár, and Farádnagar, which in 1883 afforded relief to 5310 in-door and out-door patients. (For further information regarding Noakhali, see the Statistical Account of Bengal, by W. W. Hunter, vol. vi. pp. 237–350, and Appendix, pp. 525-532 (London, Trübner & Co., 1876); the Bengal Census Report for 1881; and the several Administration and Departmental Reports of the Bengal Government from 1880 to 1884.] Noákhálí. Sadr or head-quarters Sub-division of Noákhálí District, Bengal, lying between 22° 34' and 22° 53' n. lat., and between 90° 53' and 91° 18' E. long. It was formed in 1876, and has its head-quarters at Sudhárám. Area, 1298 square miles, with 1835 towns and villages, and 63,685 houses. Total population (1881) 578,797, namely, males 296,916, and females 281,881. Density of population, 446 persons per square mile; villages per square mile, 141 ; persons per village, 315; houses per square mile, 52'14 ; inmates per house, 9:09. Classified according to religion, there were in 1881Hindus, 136,267; Muhammadans, 441,841; Christians, 585; Buddhists, 102; and others,' 2. 'l his Sub-division comprises the 7 police circles of Sudhárám, Bámni, Sandwip, Hátiá, Lakshmipur, Begamganj, and Rámganj. In 1884 it contained 7 civil and 8 criminal courts (including head-quarters courts), a regular police force of 241 men, and a rural police or village watch of 1485 chaukidirs. Noakhalí. Town in Noakhali District, Bengal. - See SUDHARAM. Noárband.-Outpost in Cachar District, Assam ; about 18 miles south of Silchár. Noárband forms one of the chain of outposts which constitute the southern line of defence against the Lushais or Kukis. This linc extends from Mainádhar on the Bárak river to Chatachura on the range separating Sylhet from Cachar. In 1883 it was garrisoned