202 HOSHIARPUR DISTRICT
supports a girls' orphanage and boarding-school, and two day-schools
for Hindu and Muhammadan girls. The total number of pupils in
public institutions in 1904 was about 7 per cent. of the number of
children of school-going age. The total expenditure on education
in 1903-4 was Rs. 74,000, the greater part of which was met from
Local funds.
The civil hospital at Hoshiarpur has accommodation for 33 male
and 12 female in-patients. The District also contains fourteen out-
lying dispensaries. At these institutions in 1904 a total of 145,455
out-patients and 1,170 in-patients were treated, and 9,267 operations
were performed. Local funds contribute nearly three-fourths of the
expenditure, which in 1904 amounted to Rs. 24,ooo, and municipal
bodies the remaining fourth. The Ludhiana Mission has recently
opened a female hospital in Hoshiarpur under a qualified lady
doctor.
The number of successful vaccinations in 1903-4 was 29,ooo,
representing 29 per r,ooo of the population.
[H. A. Rose, District Gazetteer 0904); J. A. I,. Montgomery,
.Settlement Report (1885).]
Hoshiarpur Tahsil.--Western tahsil of Hoshiarpur District, Pun-
jab, lying between 31° 21′ and 31° 50′ N. and 75° 40′ and 76° 7′ E.,
with an area of 508 square miles. The population in 1901 was
264,112, compared with 273,864 in 189x. It contains the towns of
HosHIARPUR (population, 17,549), the head-quarters, GARHDIWALA
(3,652), HAR1ANA (6,oo5), and Khanpur (3,183); and 489 villages,
including BAJW~RA, a place of some historical interest. The land
revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 4•3 lakhs. The tahsil
comprises the western slopes of the Siwaliks, the poor land at their
base, a central strip of fairly productive but sandy soil, and in the
west a broad belt of fertile land irrigated by wells. It is well wooded,
and the mango groves are a characteristic feature. Torrent-beds, dry
except after heavy rain, are met with every few miles.
Hoshiarpur Town.-Head-quarters of the District and tahsil of
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, situated in 31° 32′ N. and 75° 52′ E., at the foot
of the Siwaliks, on the Jullundur-Dharmsala road, 25 miles from Jul-
lundur. The Divisional and Sessions Judge of the Hoshiarpur Civil
Division has his head-quarters here. Population (rgor), 17,549. The
town was seized in 1809 by Ranjit Singh, and formed the head-quarters
of the governors of the Jullundur Doab. It is famous for the pro-
duction of articles of wood inlaid with ivory. The municipality was
created in 1867. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3
averaged Rs. 47,5oo, and the expenditure Rs. 47,400. In r903-4 the
income was Rs. 58,6oo, chiefly derived from octroi ; and the expen-
diture was Rs. 44,900. It maintains a high school, the management
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