MYSORE Tf4L UK 259
The revenue survey and settlement were introduced in the west
in 1884, in the north and east between x886 and 18go, in the south
between 18gr and 1896. The incidence of land revenue per acre
of cultivated area in 1903-4 was Rs. 1-4-6. The average assessment
per acre on 'dry' land is R. 0-12-1 (maximum scale RS. 2-4,
minimum scale R. o-i); on `wet' land, Rs. 5-3-11 (maximum scale
Rs. i r, minimum scale R. 0-4) ; on garden land, Rs. 3-15-6
(maximum scale Rs. 15, minimum scale Rs. 1-8).
In 1903--4, besides the Mysore city municipal board, there were
seventeen municipalities-Hunsur, Chamrajnagar, Yedatore, Heggada-
devankote, Gundalpet, Nanjangud, Tirumakudal-Narsipur, Piriyapatna,
Bannur, Talakad, Seringapatam, Mandya, Krishnarajpet, Malavalli,
Nagamangala, Melukote, and French Rocks-with a total income of
Rs. 47,ooo, and an expenditure of Rs. 42,000 ; and also 8 village
Unions, converted in 1904 from previously existing minor munici-
palities-Sargar, Sosale, Saligrama, Mirle, Kalale, Maddur, Palhalli,
and Kikkeri-with a total income and expenditure of Rs. xo,ooo and
Rs. i8,ooo. Outside the municipal areas, local affairs are managed by
the District and taluk boards, which had an income of 1-5 lakhs in
1903-4 and spent I-I lakhs, including Rs. 86,ooo on roads and buildings.
The police force in 1903-4 included 2 superior officers, 181 sub-
ordinate officers, and 1,210 constables. Of these, 46 officers and
275 constables formed the city police ; and 3 officers and 49 constables
the special reserve. The Mysore District jail has accommodation for
447 prisoners. The daily average in 1904 was 200. In the 14 lock-ups
the average daily number of prisoners was 17.
The percentage of literate persons in Igor was 20•1 for the city and
3-1 for the District (7-3 males and o-6 females). The number oŁ
schools increased from 675 with 22,346 pupils in I8go-i to 778 with
23,126 pupils in xgoo-r. In 1903-4 there were 766 -schools (458
public and 308 private), with 22,853 pupils, of whom 3,379 were
girls.
Besides the general hospital at Mysore city, there are 23 dispensaries
in the District, at which 250,000 patients were treated in 1904, of
whom 2,3oo were in-patients, the number of beds available being 69
for men and 6o for women. The total expenditure was Rs. 82,000.
The number of persons vaccinated in 1904 was 13,896, or 1 i per
i,ooo of the population.
Mysore Tdluk.-Central With of Mysore District, Mysore State,
lying between 12° 7' and 12° 27' N. and 76° 28' and 76° 5o' E., with
an area of 306 square miles. The population in igoi was 133,840,
compared with 134,684 in 18gi, the decrease being chiefly due to
plague. The triluk contains MYSORE CITY (population, 68,111), the
head-quarters; and 03 villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4
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