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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 21.

QT71LON i1 1903-4, and the expenditure was 1•3 lakhs. Much attention has been paid to sanitation and the prevention of enteric fever, which was at one time common. A piped supply of water for the cantonment, civil station, and railway was completed in 1891 at a cost of about 74 lakhs, and an additional supply has since been provided for the cantonment at a cost of more than 3â. lakhs. The civil station and town lie some- what low, and nearly 14 lakhs has been expended in providing a system of street drainage. The principal buildings are the Residency, the Sandeman Memorial Hall, St. Mary's Church, and the Roman Catholic Church. The civil hospital is well equipped, and the town also possesses a female dispensary, two mission hospitals, a high school, a girls' school, and a European school. A mill for grinding flour and pressing wool and chopped straw has existed since 1887. The Indian Staff College has recently been completed and opened. A feature of the station is the gymkhana ground, with its fine turfed polo and cricket grounds. The trade of Quetta is continually expanding. Imports by rail have increased from 39,200 tons in 1893 to 56,224 tons in 1903, and exports from 5,120 to 13,829 tons. Quildndi.-Seaport in the Kurumbranad Idluk of Malabar Dis- trict, Madras, situated in 11° 27' N. and 75° 42' E. Population (1901), 5,870. It contains a sub-magistrate's and a District Munsifs court. It was close to this place that Vasco da Gama's fleet first cast anchor in 1498. Quilon (Kollam).-Town and port in the tdluk of the same name, Travancore State, Madras, situated in 8° 53' N. and 76° 36' E. Popu lation (1go1), 15,691. It is one of the oldest towns on the coast and was refounded in A. n. 1019. Its natural situation and consequent commercial importance made it coveted by every foreign power, and subjected it in its early days to many political vicissitudes. Towards the middle of the eighteenth century the State of Quilon, also called Desinganadu, was annexed to Travancore. It was formerly one of the greatest ports on the west coast, but has now fallen to a very con- siderable extent from its high estate. With the opening of the Tinne- velly-Quilon Railway, however, Quilon, as the terminal station, now finds itself placed in direct communication with the Madras Presidency and should revive once more. A railway siding has been made to the edge of the backwater. The palace of the Maharaja of Travancore is on the borders of the Quilon lake, called by General Cullen the Loch Lomond of Travancore, which possesses enchanting scenery. The town also contains a Residency, the office of the Diwan Peshkar, the District and subordinate courts, high schools, hospitals, and other institutions. Cotton-weaving and spinning and the manufacture of tiles are the chief industries. A cotton-spinning mill has been opened recently. The chief exports are coffee, tea, fish, timber, pepper, and