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Date:: 1908

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$KAPtjRTHALA STATE 389 instruction, but the principal of the college is responsible for the schools at the capital. The course of instruction is the same as in British territory. The total expenditure on I education in 1903-4 was Rs. 28,000. The three hospitals in the State (the RandhTr Hospital, the Medical. : Victoria Jubilee Female Hospital, and the Military Hospital) contain accommodation for 51 in-patients. There are also j 4 dispensaries. In 1903 the number of cases treated was 71,642, of whom 984 were in-patients, and 1,991 operations ,, were performed. The hospitals and dispensaries are in charge of the Chief Medical Officer. In 1904 the total number of . persons successfully vaccinated was 5,739, or 18-2 per 1,000 of the population. Vaccination is not compulsory. \Slate Gazetteer (in press)'; L. H. Griffin, The Rajas of the Punjab (second edition, 1873).] Kapurthala Tahsil.—Tahsil of the Kapurthala State, Punjab, lying between 31° 22' and 31° 35' N. and 75° and 75° 35^ E., with an area of 121 square miles. The population increased from 52,968 in 1891 to 57,314 in 1901. It contains one town, Kapurthala (population, 18,519), and no villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to 1-7 lakhs. The tahsil is the least fertile in the State. Only a small portion of it lies in the Beas lowlands; and the rest consists of a sandy plain beyond the reach of the floods, where the cultivation depends on irrigation from wells. Dhilwan Tahsil.— Tahsil of the Kapurthala State, lying between 31° 22' and 31° 35'' N., and 75° 17' and 75° 27' E., with an area of no square miles. The population increased from 47,044 in 1891 to 48,985 in 1901. It contains 103 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to 1-8 lakhs. The tahsil is fertile and abounds in wells. It lies in the Beas lowlands, and the greater part of it is within the reach of the river inundations. Bholath Tahsil.— Tahsil of the Kapurthala State, Punjab, lying between 31° 32' and 31° 34' N. and 75° 26' and 75° 56' E., with an area of 127 square miles. The population increased from 615806 in 1891 to 62,270 in 1901. It contains 126 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to 1-9 lakhs. The tahsil is generally fertile, and lies for the most part in the Beas lowlands. The Bhunga ildka is especially remarkable for salubrity and fertility. Phagwara Tahsil.—Tahsil of Kapurthala State, Punjab, lying between 31° 9' and 31° 23' N. and 75° 44' and 75° 59' E., with an area of 118 square miles. The population increased$

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