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 — BANNU—BANSA.

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Mission School at Edwardesabad also receives a grant

— Edwardesabad,

The

in aid.

following towns are municipalities constituted under Act

iv.

ot

1873



and Kalabdgh. The aggregate population within municipal limits is 25,776, and the aggregate municipal per income for the year 1881-82 amounted to ^^3637, or 2s. Laki, Isakhel,

head.

Medical Aspects.

—The

climate

marked by

is

during the

characteristics of extreme heat

No

siderable cold during the winter.

The Edwardesabad cantonment, and

the

record of temperature

The

and August.

The

the Bannuchis.

The

November and December. Bannu District, see the Punjab

The

for 1881,

total

death-rate seems to be highest

[For further information regarding

in

for

also very

is

Meteorological Report returns the average annual

1881 was ii'9 inches.

Census Report

Bannu

months are those of July

twenty years ending 1881 at i3’42 inches.

rainfall for the

rainfall in

rainy

conkept.

and remittent

Disease of the spleen

fevers being especially prevalent.

is

the irrigated portion of the

valley generally, are extremely unhealthy, intermittent

common among

Punjab

usual

summer months, and

1884), the Punjab and the Provincial Administration Reports Gazetteer (Lahore

1880 to 1882.]

Bannu.

— Tahsil of

Bannu

Punjab, forming the northern

District,

Kurram and Tochi

portion of the circular basin drained by the rivers or Gambila,

and enclosed on three

44' 30" to 33°

5'

45"

by a mongrel Afghan

N., long.

tribe

by

sides

70° 24' 30" to 71°

known

Lat. 32°

lofty mountains. o'

30"

as Bannuchis.

Inhabited

E.

Area, 445 square

miles; population (1881) 107,159, namely, 59,396 males and 47,763 females; average density of population, 241 per square mile. Area

under

cultivation,

The

2,989.

124,675

acres.

administrative

Revenue

staff

of

consists

the

tahsil

a

Deputy

of

(1883),

Com-

missioner, a Judicial Assistant, 3 Assistant or extra-Assistant Commissioners, a tahsilddr, and a 7nunsif. These officers preside over 7 civil

and revenue and 6 criminal

{thdnds 4

courts.

strength of regular police,



1 1 1

Number of police circles men of village watchmen

{chaukiddrs), 200.

Bannu Punjab.

(or

See

Banpd,S.

Edwardesdbdd).

— Head-quarters

of

Bannu

District,

Edwardesabad.

—Village

District, Bengal.

in

the

head-quarters

Population (1881) 3662.

Sub-division

of Bardwan

Noted

manufacture

for its

of brass and bell-metal ware, and cutlery.

— Estate Bansa. — Town Banpur.

Central Provinces.—

or za 777 tnddri in Brirha tahsil,

BaHghat

District,

Bhanpur.

in Hardoi District, Oudh ; 6 miles north-east of Population (1881) 2304, living in 292 houses. A thriving village held by Kanaujia Kurmis for upwards of seven centuries, to VOL. II. G

Mallanwan.