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BANGALORE

DISTRICT.

The

cattle are of

but the majority are imported.

and the rearing of goats thrive well

the wool of the

and only used

description,

horse

much used

Buffaloes are not

to-do rdyats.

rugs.

An

an excellent breed,

bulls for sale forms a favourite occupation of well-

of a coarse

is

manufacture of native blankets and

for the

made by Government

attempt

Sheep and

for ploughing.

former, however,

the

introduce

to

merino breed of sheep has not proved successful. The manufacture of cotton cloths and coarse Manufactures, etc.

—

woollen blankets, or kamblis,

The

District. silk,

the in

and with

industry in

of raw silk

to

confined to

is

and has much declined

section of the community,

years owing

parts of the

all

woven with some admixture of

epidemic diseases

among

indigenous

the

In 1866 an Italian gentleman imported a superior breed of

worms.

worms from Japan, and Kengeri

common

a

The production

silk borders.

Muhammadan recent

is

finer sorts of cloth are



established a large

filature

at

the town of

but the enterprise failed from the same cause.

of durable texture and costly patterns,

is

Silk cloth,

woven by the palvegdrs of

Bangalore, and sold by weight at the rate of

Other

los. a told.

8s. to

and steel wire for In the Magadi tdbik, a musical instruments, made at Channapatna. good deal of iron is worked in the native fashion, and some steel. The handicrafts of Bangalore town are those necessarily found in a Carpet-making is carried on with great success in the great city. central jail, and the carpets there made, after Persian and Turkish 4s. per square yard. designs, sell in Europe at prices ranging from The commerce of the District, which is carried on both with the east and west coasts, centres at the busy bdzdr of the native quarter specialties are the lacquered ware, glass ornament',

The other principal marts of trade are Channapatna, E)od-ballapur, Sarjapur, Vadagenhalli, and Tyamagondal. A cattle fair held annually at Huskur, a village in the Anekal tdluk, is attended by about 3000 persons, and 10,000 bullocks are brought for The Bangalore branch of the Madras Railway runs through the sale. of Bangalore.

District for about

the

Mysore

city to

20 miles, with

State Railway

its

terminus at Bangalore town; and

— opened

Mysore, for about 42 miles.

July 1882,

in

— from

There are 51

1

Bangalore

miles of

made

roads in the District. In the year 1881-82 the total revenue of Bangalore Administration.

—

District

revenue,


 * ^338q.

by 3651

amounted

The

to

items

chief

were

— Land

In 1870-71, the number of separate estates was 932, owned During 1880, the registered proprietors or coparceners.
 * ^54, 135 ; law and justice,

^93,864



dbkdr'i

or

excise,

average daily prison population of the central

were females.

These

figures

of the District population



show

but

it

jail

was 837, of

i'25 persons in

jail

must be recollected

whom

for every

55

1000

that the central