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of T899-i9oo. At' the last Census Hindus numbered 2,350, or about
88 per cent. of the population,. Muhammadans r6r,: and Jains 160:
One-third of the people are engaged in agriculture, and the area
ordinarily cultivated is about 8,ooo. acres, of which one-eighth is
irrigated. Irrigation is from wells, which number 150, and from
tanks, of which there are 7. The land revenue, amounting to about
Rs. io,ooo, is for the most part collected in kind, the chief taking one-
third of the produce as his share. The normal revenue and expenditure
of the estate are approximately Rs. i 1,ooo. The Thakur disposes of
all petty criminal and civil cases; but in serious or important cases,
which are very rare, the preliminary inquiry is made by him, and the
record is then submitted to the Resident at Jaipur for final decision.
Llwar.-Town in the District and tahsil of Meerut, United Pro-
vinces, situated in 29° 7- N. and 77° 47' E., 12 miles north of Meerut
city. Population (190x), 5,046. It belongs to the descendants of
_Mir Surkh, a native of Mazandaran, who acquired forty-five villages
in the neighbourhood. It contains a fine house, called the Mahal
Sarai, built about r 7oo by Jawahir Singh, who also excavated the
Suraj Kund (tank) at Meerut. Lawar is administered under Act XX
of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 1,500. In 1904 the primary
school had 8o pupils.
Lawjksawk (Burmese, Yztsauk).-State in the central division
of the Southern Shan States, Burma, lying between 20 58' and
22' 16' N. and 96° 37' and 97° 2o' E., with an area (including its
dependency of M6ngping) of 2,197 square miles. On the north it
is bounded by the Hsipaw State, from which it is separated by the
Myitng4~1 or Nam Tu river; on the east by Mongkiing,. Laihka, and
Mbngn4i ; on the south by Yawnghwe and two small Myelat States
and oni the west by the Myelat States of Yengan and Maw and by
Kyauksa District. The M6ngping (Burmese, lYlaingpyin), dependency
occupies, the' south-eastern portion, from which it is cut off by the Nam
. Et river.' The State is broken- and mountainous, the hills having
a general north and south trend, with high ranges running along the
eastern and western boundaries and down the centre. The eastern
portion (drains into the Nam Lang and its tributary the Nam Et, which
run northwards throughout the length of the State to join the Nam
Tu ; the western portion is watered, by the Zawgyi, which is a tributary
of the' I~rawaddy„ and irrigates a large area of Kyaukse District. The
middle j, and southern portions of the State consist of a fine rolling
plateau' 3,500 feet above the sea, on which clumps of pine sand oak
stand 1! fine. grassy glades. Of the several important forest areas,
the richest is known as the Pyaungshu forest., T hp crops grown- in
the State are rice, sesamum, cotton, ground-nuts, and oranges. The
Taungthus cultivate the hill-sides, and the Shans and Danus irrigate
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