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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 9, p. 66.

66 B ULDANA DISTRICT but should the well have been made subsequently the land is treated in all respects as `dry' land. Rice lands are assessed at a maximum rate of Rs. 6 per acre. Collections on account of land revenue and revenue from all sources have been, in thousands of rupees:- 1880-i. 18go-i. 1900-1. 1903-4- Land revenue 9,48 10,49 11,21 11,04 Total revenue 11,33 15,31 16,15 15,35 Outside the municipality of Buldana, local affairs are managed by the District board and the tdluk boards subordinate to it. The expenditure of these in 1903-4 was Rs.98,ooo, of which Rs.34,000 was spent on public works and RS. 20,000 on education. The chief source of income is the land cess. The District Superintendent of police has control over the police throughout the District, excepting those on the railway line in the Malkapur tdluk, who are subordinate to the District Superintendent of Akola. The District contains 26 police stations, including town stations. The only jail is at Buldana, which contained in 1903-4 a daily average of 56 prisoners. Buldana stands fourth among the six Districts of Berar in regard to the literacy of its population, of whom 4 per cent. (8-o males and o-1 females) were able to read and write in 1901. In 1903-4 the District contained 115 public, 69 aided, 7 unaided, and 3 private schools, with a total of 8,209 pupils, of whom 6,087 were in public schools and 369 were girls. Of the 115 institutions classed as public, all, except three managed by the Buldana municipality, were under the District board. The great majority of the pupils under instruction were only in primary classes, and no girls had advanced beyond that stage. Education has, however, made great progress in the District, though female education is not yet appreciated. Of the male popula- tion of school-going age more than 9 per cent., and of the female popu- lation of the same age o-6 per cent., were in the primary stage of instruction. The total expenditure on education in 1903-4 was Rs. 73,000, of which Rs. 4,000 was derived from fees. The District possesses one hospital and seven dispensaries, with accommodation for 44 male and io female in-patients. In 1903 the number of cases treated was 56,203, of whom 850 were in-patients, and 1,983 operations were performed. The expenditure was Rs. 14,ooo, the greater portion of which was met from Provincial revenues. In 1903-4 the proportion of persons successfully vaccinated was 39-1 per 1,ooo, the mean for the province being 36•6. Vaccination is compulsory only in the Buldana municipality.