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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 3.

HADAGALLI 3 in most other places in the District. The population, which in r89i was 504,592, had risen by 1901 to 555,001, an increase of ro per cent., and the density is now 583 persons per square mile, as compared with 416 in the :District as a whole. The staple food-crop is sail, or trans- planted winter rice, and the tea industry has only recently become of importance. In 1904 there were 12 gardens with 9,990 acres under plant, which gave employment to 26 Europeans and 9,505 natives. The Assam-Bengal Railway runs through the south of the subdivision, but the rivers, of which the most important are the Barak, KHOWAI, and Kâlni, are largely used as trade routes. The subdivision is divided into the four thdnas of Habiganj, Bâniyâchung, Madhabpur, and Nabiganj, and contains one town, HAEIGANJ (population, 5,236), the head-quarters, and 1,935 villages. The subdivisional staff is unusually strong, as the amount of business to be disposed of is large, and four Munsifs are employed on civil work. The Subdivisional Magistrate is generally a native of India. The demand on account of land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,11,000. Habiganj Town.-Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same name in Sylhst District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 24° 23′ N. and 91° 26′ E., at the confluence of the Khowai and Barak rivers. '.['he nearest :railway station is at Shâistaganj, 9 miles distant. Population (1901), 5,236. Like other towns in this inundated tract, it is built on the bank of the river, which is raised a little above the level of the surrounding country. It is the head-quarters of the Subdivisional Magis- trate and his assistants, and of the four Munsifs who dispose of the civil business of the subdivision. The public buildings include a sub- sidiary jail with accommodation for 54 persons, a dispensary with 6 beds, and a high school with an average attendance of 318 boys. The town was constituted a Union under Bengal Act V of 1876 in 1881. The receipts and expenditure in 1903-4 were about Rs. 5,000. There is a considerable trade with Bengal, most of which goes by country boat. The principal imports are grain and pulse, cotton piece-goods, kerosene and other oils, and salt. The chief exports are rice, jute, mustard, linseed, and hides. The majority of the merchants are members of the Shaha caste. Habsan.-State in the Kolâba Political Agency, Bombay. See JANJIRA. Hadagalli.-Western tdluk of Bellary District, Madras, lying between 14° 46′ and 15° 14′ N. and 75° 40′ and 76° 22′ E., south and east of the Tungabhadra, with an area of 585 square miles. The population in rgo1 was 92,094, compared with 104,040 in 1891. There are 87 villages, but no town. The head-quarters, after which it is named, is a village of no importance. The demand for land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to Rs. 1,8r,ooo. A tract in the southern corner, B 2