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NCH TOIVN-NURABAD. 417 hijr, 36,434 acres; barley, 26,200 acres; jor, 25,560 acres; gram, 3 acres ; wheat, 13.190 acres ; cotton, 12,770 acres ; moth, 6880) acres ; and vegetables, 2277 acres. Revenue of the tahsil, £25,746. The tahsildir, who is the only local administrative officer, presides over r civil and i criminal court; number of police circles (thinus), 3; regular police, 41 nen; village watchmen (chaukidúrs), 315. Núh.-Town and municipality in Gurgaon District, Punjab, and head-quarters of Núh tahsi! Situated in lat. 28° 6' 30" N., and long. 77° 3' 15" E., 26 miles south of Gurgaon town, on the road to Alwar. The town was formerly important for its manufacture of salt from saline ponds and earth in the neighbourhood. Since the local industry was driven out of the market by the development of the Sambhar lake supply, and the extension of railways, the town has declined rapidly. Population (1881) 4219; namely, Muhammadans, 2158; Hindus, 2020; Jains, 32 ; Sikhs, 6; and others,' 3. Number of houses, 412. Municipal income (1883-84), £226, or an average of 1s. per head. The public buildings consist of the usual Subdivisional courts and offices, school, rest-house, dispensary, and postoffice. Nujikal. - River in Southern India, rising among the Western Ghats, at the head of the Sampáji valley, near Merkára in Coorg. It flows in a westerly direction into the Madras District of South Kanara, and finally falls into the Arabian Sea near Kasergod (Cassergode), under the name of the Basavani. Nún-One of the principal rivers of Puri District, Orissa. It rises in the central portion of the District, and after a south-westerly course falls into the Dayá, in lat. 19° 53' 30" x., and long. 85° 38' E. The united streams find their way, under the name of the DAYA, into the Chilká Lake. The Nún, like the Dayá, is subject to disastrous floods. Its banks are generally steep, and in many parts artificially raised and protected by stiong dykes. Nuná.—Great embankment, extending for about 15 miles along the sea face of Ankurá parçaná, in Balasor District, Orissa. Lat. 20° 58' to 21° 12'x., long. 86° 52' to 86° 55'E. It is intended to keep out the sea, but sometimes produces as much evil as it was constructed to avert. In 1867 it prevented the floods of the Gammái river from escaping to the sea; but the embankment fortunately gave way before the pressure, and the waters rushed through the breach. Nundy.- Village in Kolár District, Vysore State.—See NANDI. Nundydroog.-Division and hill fort, Mysore State. See NANDIDRUG. Núrábád.-Town in Gwalior State, Central India ; situated on the right or south bank of the river Sankh, in lat. 26° 24' 45' N., and long. 78° 3' 30" E., on the route from Agra to Gwalior fort ; distant 60 miles VOL. X. 2 D