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MUTTRA. 47 and marched for Delhi under British officers. The force halted at Hodal on the 26th; and on the 30th the sepoy's sent to escort the treasure from Muttra to Agra proved mutinous, so that the officials were compelled to fly and join the troops at Hodal. Shortly afterwards, the Bhartpur force likewise mutinied, and the Europeans fled for their lives, The Magistrate returned to Muttra, and, after vainly visiting Agra in search of aid, remained with the friendly Seths (native bankers) till 14th June. After the mutiny of the Gwalior contingent at Aligarh on and July, the Nímach (Neemuch) insurgents, marching on Muttra, drove all the Europeans into Agra. The whole eastern portion of the District then rose in rebellion, till 5th October, when the Magistrate made an expedition from Agra, and captured the rebel leader Deokarn. Colonel Cotton's column shortly afterwards proceeded through the District to Kosi, punishing the insurgent villages; and after its return to Agra through Muttra, no further disturbances took place. Population.-- The Census of 1853 returned the number of inhabitants of Muttra at 862,909. At the enumeration of 1865, the population of the District as it then stood was 802,702, or as at present constituted, 668,187. In 1872, the total population of the present District was returned at 782,460 persons, being an increase of 114,273, or 17'1 per cent., during the seven years from 1865 to 1872. The last enuncration, in 1881, returned the population of Muttra District at 671,690, showing a decrease of 110,770, or 14'1 per cent., in the nine years between 1872 and 1881. This large falling off is ascribed to the effects of famine caused by drought in 1878, and to an outbreak of epidemic fever in 1879. The results disclosed by the Census of 1881 may be briefly summarized as follows:-Area of District, 1452°7 square miles, with 7 towns and 848 villages; number of houses, 85,949. Total population, 671,690, namely, males 360,967, and females 310,723; proportion of males, 53•7 per cent. Average density of population, 462'3 persons per square mile ; villages and towns per square mile, 0.58; persons per village, 786 ; hou ses per square mile, 59'1 ; inmates per house, 7.8. Classified according to sex and age, the population comprises-under 15 years, boys 124,106, and girls 101,738; total children, 225,844, or 336 per cent. of the District population : 15 years and upwards, inales 236,861, and females 208,985; total adults, 445,846, or 664 per cent. Religion.—As regards religion, Muttra still remains an essentially Hindu District, the old faith still counting 611,625 adherents, or 91'I per cent., as against 58,088 Muhammadans, or 8.5 per cent. The remainder of the population is made up of — Jains, 1594 ; Sikhs, 45; and Christians, 338. The chief Hindu castes were represented as follows :—Bráhmans, 118,249; Rájputs, 55,121 ; Baniyás, 39,726; and Káyasths, 4015. Of the lower classes of Hindus, the principal castes