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510 OUDI TOIVN--PABAR. their rents and discharge their several dues.—See Land Survey and Settlement, Medical Aspects. The climate of Oudh is less damp than that of Lower Bengal, and has greater varieties of temperature. The year falls naturally into three seasons — the rainy, from the middle of June to the beginning of October; the cold weather, from October to February or March; and the hot season, from March to June. During the five years from 1868 to 1872, the maximum temperature was 118° F. in the shade, and the minimum 39° F. In 1881, the maximum temperature at Lucknow was i11° F. in the shade, and the minimum 35 4° F. During April, May, June, and July in that year the temperature was over 100° F. The heat proves most oppressive in the rainy season. The average rainfall, for a period of 14 years ending 30th September 1883, was 40 inches for the whole of Oudh, the highest being 49 inches in Kheri District. The heaviest downpours occur in July and September, but are extremely capricious. The average annual rainfall at Lucknow for the 15 years ending 1881 amounted to 37'5 inches, with a maximum of 65 inches in 1871, and a minimum of 22 inches in 1866. Government charitable dispensaries have been established in all the chief towns. Total number of hospitals and dispensaries in Oudh, 60 (1884); in-door patients, 9341; out-door, 347,665. The number of deaths registered in the Province was 334,768 in 1883. The number of deaths from cholera was 2882; from small-pox, 75,588; from suicide, 545; from snakes or other wild beasts, 1816. Total number of persons vaccinated (1884), 26,135, at a total cost of £1438. Oudh.-- Town on the Gogra river, in Oudh; properly Avadh, or AJODHYA (9.71.). Oyster Reef.-A dangerous sunken reef off the coast of Arakan, in Lower Burma. An iron screw-pile lighthouse, constructed in 1876, is situated at the south edge of the reef in 4 fathoms at low-water springs, visible in clear weather for 15 miles. It is intended to make secure the western and northern approaches to Akyab harbour. The light is a fixed white dioptric, and is elevated 77 feet above high-water level. Pa.-Petty State of Und Sarviya, in the Gohclwár division of Kathiáwár, Bombay Presidency; consisting of i village, with 2 separate shareholders, Estiinated revenue, £255 ; of which $30, 145. is paid as tribute to the Gáekwar of Baroda, and 24s. to the Nawal) of Junágarh. Two miles west of Jesar town. Population (1872) 416; and (1881) 300. Pábar.-River in Bashahr State, Punjab. Thornton states that it