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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 99.

FIROZABAD TAHSIL 99 pore, which in 1904 employed r, 199 hands. The garrison includes a :battery of field artillery and a company of garrison artillery, a British infantry regiment, one regiment of Native cavalry, and two battalions of Native infantry. The income and expenditure of the cantonment funds during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 47,000. The municipality was created in 1867. The municipal receipts during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs..5o,9oo, and the expenditure Rs. 49,000.: In 1903-.4 the income was Rs. 52,700, chiefly derived from octroi ; and the expenditure was Rs. 45, 100, including conservancy (Rs. Woo), education. (Rs. 11;700), medical(Rs. 8,400), public safety (Rs. 7,200), and administration (Rs. 5,50©). The chief educational institutions are two Anglo-vernacular high schools, one of which, main- tained by the municipality, was taken over by the Educational depart- ment in 1904, and an aided Anglo-vernacular middle school in canton ments. There is a civil hospital. The Ludhiana American Presbyterian Mission maintains a hospital for males and a small school. for girls.. Ferozeshah (Pharushkhr).-Battle-field. in the District and tahal of Ferozepore, Punjab, situated in 30° 53′ N. and 74° 50′ E., about 12 miles from the left bank of the Sutlej. It is famous for the attach made upon the formidably entrenched Sikh camp, on December' 21, 1845, by the British forces under Sir Hugh Gough and Sir :Henry Hardinge. After, two days' severe fighting, the entrenchments were carried and the enemy completely routed; but not without heavy losses on the part of the conquerors. No traces of the earthworks now remain, but a monument erected upon the spot perpetuates the memory of the officers and men who fell in the engagement. The real name of the - place, as called by the people, is Pharushahr, corrupted into the his- torical name Ferozeshah. Fife, Lake.-Lake in Poona District, Bombay. See LAKE FIFE. Firingipet.-Town in South Arcot District,Madras. See Poxz,o Novo. Firozabad Tahsil.-North-eastern tahsil of Agra District, United . Provinces, conterminous with the pargaha .of the same name, lying between 26° 59′ and 27° 22′ N. and 78° 19′ and 78° 32′ E., with an area of 203 square miles. Population increased from . t-12;,153 in 189r to 119,775 in rgor. There are ri86 villages and one town, FIROZIBID (population, 16,849), the tahsil head-quarters. The demand for ;land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,25,000, and for cesses Rs. 27,ooo. The density of population, 590 persoxis per square ,mile, is slightly above -the District average. . The tahal lies north of the Jumna, and is crossed by two small streams, the Sirsa and Sengar... About one-sixth of the total area consists of the Jumna ravines, which produce only thatching- grass and a little stunted timber. The rest is a fertile tract of,upland soil, with a few patches of usar, dhdh jungle (Butea frondosa), and here -.and there sandy• ridges. In 1903-4 the area under- cultivation was