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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 84.

84 SARAIKEIA of the State is Rs. 92,000, of which Rs. 72,000 is derived from the land. There is a police force of i i officers and 25 men, and a jail with accommodation for 32 prisoners. The: State also maintains a dispensary, 2 middle English, 3 upper primary, and 8 lower primary schools. Saraj Tahsil.-Tahsil in the Ku1Ci subdivision of Kangra District, Punjab, lying between 31° 2 r' and 31° 5o' N. and 77° 17' and 77'47'E., with an area of 289 square miles. It is bounded on the north-east by Spiti ; on the east and south by Bashahr and the Simla Hill States; and on the west by Suket and Mandi. The population in igoi was 50,631, compared with 50,551 in i89i. It contains 25 villages, including Ban jar, the head-quarters. The tahsil is divided into the two waziris or cantons of Inner and Outer Saraj, separated from each other by the Jalori ridge, which has an average elevation of 12,000 feet. Inner Saraj lies in the Beds basin, and in physical aspects resembles the KULv TAHSIL. Outer Saraj belongs to the Sutlej valley, and the country slopes down from the Jalori ridge to the river, which is here only 3,000 feet above the sea. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 46,ooo. Saralbhanga.-River of Assam, which rises in Bhutan and flows in a tortuous southerly course through Goalpara District, till it falls into the Brahmaputra. Its principal tributary is the Gaurang, which gives its name to the lower reaches of the river. Through the greater part of its course it flows through jungle land, but it is one of the recognized trade routes of the District by which timber and other forest produce are exported. During the rainy season, boats of 4 tons burden can proceed as far as Patgaon, north of the trunk road. The total length of the Saralbhdnga is about 81 miles. Saran District.-District in the Patna Division of Bengal, lying between 250 39' and 26° 39' N. and 83° 54' and 85' 12' E., with an area of 2,674' square miles. The name is said to be derived from the Sanskrit Sarana, meaning 'refuge'; and there is a legend that some demons converted here by Buddha sought the `refuge' of the Buddhist triad, Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. The District is a wedge of allu- vial soil, between the Ganges and the Gandak rivers, with its apex pointing south-eastwards towards Patna city. The Gandak separates it on the east from Muzaffarpur and Champdran, and on the south the Ganges forms the boundary dividing Saran from Patna and Shah- abad. The western boundary marches with the United Provinces. The Gogra, running parallel with the Gandak, meets the Ganges_ opposite the head-quarters station of Chapra, and forms the south- west boundary between Saran and Ballia District, while an irregular ' This area, which differs from that given in the Census Report of igor (2,65,6 square miles), is that ascertained in the recent survey operations.