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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 19, p. 303.

ADMINISTRATIOAT 303 and a large gang which had been a terror to traders for many years was broken up in Tgoo. The early revenue history is that of RAJSHAHI DISTRICT. The current land revenue demand in 1903-4 was 4-06 lakhs, payable by 1,915 estates, of which 1,786 with a demand of 3-59 lakhs were permanently settled, 72 paying Rs.23,ooo were temporarily settled, and the re= mainder were managed direct by Government. The subdivision of real property has been going on rapidly; and there are now no less than 538 permanently settled estates which pay less than Rs. To as land revenue, and 754 which pay between Rs. To and Rs. Too. The incidence of land revenue is very light, being only R. 0-7-4 on each cultivated acre; and, although rents likewise rule low owing to the success with which the ryots have resisted enhancements, the land revenue is only i g per cent. of the estimated rental payable to the zaminddrs. Rice lands pay from Rs. 2-4 to Rs. 4-3 an acre in the west of the District, and from Rs. 3 to Rs. 6 in Sirajganj. Jute lands are rented at from Rs. 6 to Rs. 9. The following table shows the collections of land revenue and total revenue (principal heads only), in thousands of rupees :- 1880-1. 1890-t. 1900-1. 1903-4- Land revenue . 3,90 3,91 4,00 4,06 Total revenue. 7,33 8,~5 10,04 10,49 Outside the municipalities Of PABNA and SIRAJGANJ, local affairs are managed by the District board, with subdivisional local boards. In 1903-4 the income of the District board was Rs. 1,25,000, of which Rs. 57,000 was derived from rates; and the expenditure was Rs. r,28,ooo, including Rs. 56,ooo spent on public works and Rs. 40,000 on education. The District contains 8 thanas or police circles and 8 outposts. In 1903 the police force subordinate to the District Superintendent con- sisted Of 2 inspectors, 27 sub-inspectors, 27 head constables, and 349 constables; and the village watch consisted Of 2,332 chaukiddrs, grouped in unions under tog daffadars. The District jail at Pabna has accommodation for 2,57 prisoners, and a lock-up at Sirajganj for 34- Only 4-8 per cent. of the population (9 males and o•4 females) could read and write in Tgo1. The total number of pupils under instruction decreased from about 23,500 in 1883-4 to 1g,882 in 1892-3, but rose again to 24,513 in igoo-i, while 26,184 boys and 1,398 girls were at school in 1903-4, being respectively 24.6 and 1-3 per cent. of those of school-going age. The number of educational institutions, public and private, in that year was 660, including an Arts college, 64 secondary schools, and 571 primary schools. The expenditure on