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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 240.

246: TA.NJ'0RE` DLS'TRICT. the rest of the' Presidency by the. new settlement of 1894. As a preliminary to this 'settlement a survey commenced' in 1883, by which accurate, measurements of the fields were first `obtained. The survey disclosed that the actual area under cultivation was 5. per cent. more than that shown in the accounts; and the settlement enhanced the total revenue by 33 per cent., or about 151 lakhs of rupees. The present average assessment per acre on I dry' land is Rs. 1-7-8 (maximum Rs. 7, minimum 4 annas), that on `wet' land in the delta Rs. 7 (maximum Rs. 14, minimum Rs. 3), and in non-deltaic tracts Rs. 3-6-11 (maximum Rs. 7, minimum Rs. 3). The revenue from land and the total revenue in recent years are given below, in thousands of rupees:- 1880-i. 189o-1. 1900-1. 1903-4- Land revenue . 4907 53.11 70,47 68,25 Total revenue. 69,76 76,51 99,48 104,92 There are five municipalitie§s in the District: namely, TANJORE CITY, KUMBAKONAM, NEGAPA.TAM, MAYAVARAM, and MANNARGUDI. Beyond municipal limits local affairs are managed by the District board and the six taluk 'boards of Tanjore, Kumbakonam, Negapatam,' Mdya- varam, Mannargudi, and Pattukkottai, the charge of each of the latter being conterminous with one of the administrative subdivisions already mentioned.. The total expenditure of these boards in 1903-4 was about 15 lakhs, the principal item being the District board railway and its extension, on which 7 lakhs was spent. Apart from the municipalities, zg groups of villages have been constituted Unions, administered by pauchdyats under the supervision of the taluk boards. The control of the police is vested in the District Superintendent at_ Tanjore City, an Assistant Superintendent at Negapatam being in immediate charge of the five southern tdluks. The force numbers z,184 constables, working in 75 stations under 18 insp%ctors. The reserve police at Tanjore city number 96 men. There are also 2,013 rural police. The District jail is at Tanjore city, and 18 subsidiary jails have accommodation for 358 prisoners. According to the Census of 1gor, Tanjore District stands next to Madras City in regard to literacy, 10-1 per cent. of the population (20•3 per' cent. of the males and o•9 per cent. of the females) being able to read and write. There is not much difference among the various tdluks in this respect, except that Pattukkottai is far behind the others. The total number of pupils under instruction in 1880-I Was 29,125 ; in -i8go-1, 47,670 ; in lgoo-1, 61,390 ; and in 1903-4, 70,938. On March 31, 1904, the District contained r,r82 primary schools, 78 secondary and 7 special schools, besides 3 training 'schools