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404 NOSARI. of the country sinks towards Allahábád and Benares, or among the hills of Bundelkhand. The mean temperature of 8 stations in 1883-84 was as follows: – Highest monthly maximum, 113.8° F.; lowest monthly minimum, 39'2° F. ; general mean temperature, 76°3° F. The highest monthly maximum was 85° F. at Chakráta in Dehra Dún, 1116° F. at Meerut, 1164° F.at Allahábád, and 175°F. at Jhansi; the lowest monthly maximum was 27'8° F. at Chakráta, 35-7° F. at Meerut, 39°7° F. at Allahábád, and 45° F. at Jhansi. The general mean was 55°5° F. at Chakráta, 75'1° F. at Meerut, 73° F. at Bareli, 77°2° F. at Allahábád, 775° F. at Benares, and 75.2° F. at Jhansi. The total rainfall in 1883-84 amounted to 56'94 inches at Chakráta, 56.43 at Dehrá, 13.6 at Meerut, 19 at Bareli, 25'6 at Allahabad, 30.58 at Benares, and 16'70 at Jhansi. The chief disease is fever. Dysentery and bowel complaints are also endemic, and cholera and small-pox break out from time to time in an epidemic form. The facilities for vaccination, however, afforded by Government, have done much to check the ravages of the last-named disease. The total number of deaths registered in 1875-76 amounted to 671,491, or 218 per thousand, and in 1883-84 to 1,216,297, or 27 per thousand. Of this rate per thousand, cholera carried off 0°39; fevers, 1865; small-pox, 3'15; bowel complaints, 1'37; injuries, 0 48; and all other causes, 3'01. Nearly 6500 persons perished from snake bite or the attacks of wild beasts. The number of suicides was 2070, of which 1556 were the suicides of women. Statistics available for the registration of births show a birth-rate of 49'4 per thousand. The total number of charitable dispensaries established by Government throughout the Provinces up to 1884 was 234, of which 60 are in Oudh. The number of persons relieved (in-door and out-door) was 793,765 in 1876, and 1,567,456 in 1883; namely, in-door patients, 42,284 ; out-door, 1,525,172. Of the in-door patients, 2549 died. Of the whole number relieved in the dispensaries, 364,364 were children, and 296,110 were women. Total expenditure during year, £39,431. The number of persons vaccinated in 1883 was 649,057; total cost of the operations, £12,365. Nosári.—Division of the Native State of Baroda (Gáekwar's territory). Area, 1940 square miles. Population, 241,255 in 1872, and 287,549 in 1881, namely, 146,477 males and 141,072 females. Hindus number 164,094 ; Muhammadans, 23,009; aboriginal tribes, 91,317; Parsis, 7441; Jains, 1675; and Christians, 13. The Division lies, speaking roughly, north and south of the river Tapti, and contains the 3 Sub-divi sions of Nosári, Songarh, and Viára. The two small maháls of Ganderi and Nosári are the garden of the tract, rich in fruit, vegetables, and sugar-cane. Corn and cotton are cultivated farther north. In Viára and Songarh the surface is clothed with jungle, the resort of wild beasts.