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 BETUL SUB-DIVISION.

333

The daily square miles and to every 88 1 inhabitants. average number of convicts in jail in i88i was 45, of whom 3 were The cost of maintaining and guarding the prisoners in that females. every ii'3

The number

year was ^^374. District

Of

of Government or aided schools in the

under Government inspection was

26,

attended by 1693 pupils.

the three municipalities in 1881-82, Betul, with a population of

4693, returned an income of ^104, of which ;^io2 was derived from Multai, with a population of 3423, returned an income of ^80, of which jQ’iZ was derived from taxation ; and Badnur, with a

taxation

population of 4280, returned an income of ^^105, of which ;;^io2 was derived from taxation. There is no octroi, the only municipal

Average rate of being those levied on houses and lands. municipal taxation per head of the population Betul, 5^d. ; Multai,

taxes

5id.

—



Badnur,

5 |d.

Medical Aspects.

— During the greater part of the

year,

the climate of Betul agreeable and not unhealthy.

Europeans find

The

elevation of

the country, and the neighbourhood of extensive forests, temper the

and even in the hot season the nights are Between January and May, showers are not infrequent. Little or no hot wind is felt before the end of April, and During the rains, the climate is someeven then it ceases after sunset. times cold and raw, thick cloud and mist enveloping the sky for many days together. The plateau on the Hill of Khamla, in the south-west corner of the District, would afford an agreeable retreat to Europeans

great heat of the

cool

and

sun



pleasant.

during the unhealthy season



but hitherto the scarcity of water has

proved an insurmountable obstacle. In 1876, the rainfall at the civil station was 60 inches, but 43 inches may be regarded as the usual fall. Average temperature in the shade at the civil station in i88t May,

—

highest reading, 107° E., lowest reading, 68° lowest, 69°

most

fatal

80 per





July, highest reading, 88°,

December, highest reading, 81°, lowest, 41°. By far the is fever, to which cause are generally due about

complaint

cent, of the deaths

throughout the

District.

and other bowel complaints, constantly prove

fatal.

Dysentery, also,

No

fewer than

1346 deaths from cholera were registered in 1876, but only 2 in 1881. [For further information regarding Betul, see the Settlement Report of Also the the District, by W. Ramsay, Esq., Bombay, C.S. (1866). Gazetteer of the Central Provinces, by Charles Grant, Esq., C.S., C.S.I. (second edition, Nagpur, 1870); the Census Report of the Central and the Admi?iistration Reports for those ProProvinces for i88r vinces from 1880 to 1883.]

Betlil.

— Revenue

Provinces



sub-division or tahsil in

lying between 21° 21'

and 78°

45"

and 22°

Betul District, Central

21' n.

lat.,

and between 77°

Area, 2944 square miles. Population (1881) 211,737, namely, 107,403 males, and 104,334 females, dwelling 13' 15"

15'

E. long.