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BIJAPUR AGENCY 173 cipality in 1869. The income during the decade ending 19oi-2 averaged RS. 23,ooo and the expenditure Rs. 22,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 32,000, including Rs. iq,ooo derived from a tax on persons (or property tax) and Rs. 6,ooo from a conservancy rate; and the expenditure was Rs. 31,ooo. Bihar contains the usual public buildings; the sub-jail has accommodation for 25 prisoners. [Epigraphia Indiaa ; Archaeological Survey of India, vol. ii, pp. 291-4 ; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. xxxvii, p. 7, and vol. xii, p. 300.] Bihat-Petty sanad State in Central India, under the Bundelkhand Agency, with an area of about 16 square miles. It lies between the Jhansi and Hamirpur Districts of the United Provinces. Population (1900, 3,984. The jdgirddr is a Bundela Rajput, whose ances- tors originally received a grant of seven villages from Hirde Sah, son of Maharaja Chhatarsal of Parma, the grant being continued during the government of Ali Bahadur of Banda. When the British supremacy was established, Diwan Aparbal Singh was found in possession of seven villages, and Diwan Chhatri Singh in possession of Lohargaon (which together now make up the eight villages of the holding), and sanads continuing these grants were conferred on them in 1-862. The present jdgirddr, Rao Mahum Singh, succeeded in 1872. Of the total area, 7 square miles are cultivated ; and the revenue is Rs. 13,000. The chief town, Bihat, is situated in 25' 25' N. and 79' 21r' E., on the east bank of the Dhasan, io miles by country track from Haralpur on the jhansi-Manikpur section of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. Bihiya.-Village in the head-quarters subdivision of Shahabad District, Bengal, situated in 25° 33' N. and 84° 28' E., on the East Indian Railway, 382 miles from Calcutta. Population 0901-), 764. Bihiya is best known for the manufacture of iron sugar-cane mills, which are now in general use throughout Northern India. Bihora.---Petty State in RLwn KANTHA, Bombay. Bija (Beja).-One of the Simla Hill States, Punjab, lying between 30° 53' and 30° 55' N. and 76° 59, and 77° 1' E., with an area of 4 square miles. Population (igoi), r,13i. The present chief, Thakur Puran Chand, is a minor, and the administration is conducted by a council. The State has a revenue of Rs. 500, out of which Rs. 124 is paid as tribute. Bijapur Agency.-An Agency in the Southern Maratha Country, Bombay, under the supervision of the Collector of Bijapur District, who is ex-ol~icio Political Agent. It comprises the Satara jdgir of Jath and the small State of Daphlapur. The latter, which has an area of 96 square miles, is an integral part of the State of Jath, to which it will lapse on the demise of the widow of the late chief. The Agency lies between 16° 5o' and 17° 18' N. and 75' 1' and 75° 31' E.,