Soil. The soils are Dorus, Muteear and Baloo; a great deal of rice is cultivated in this Pergunnah, generally of that description called boro; there are also very fine and extensive crops of wheat, barley, mustard-seed, dal, mulberry, and a little indigo and tobacco. Trigonometrical Towers.-One Grand Trigonometrical Tower is erected at the Southeastern corner of the village of Delalpoor Chuk. Factory. There is only one indigo factory, that of Chundnee, situated in the village of Kailabaree Chuk Jhundola. Towns.-Sulemabad, a detached Mouzah on the Ganges, contains the only town. worthy of notice; there are two or three large villages nearly approaching to the size of towns, but they are thinly inhabited. Thannah.-The Police jurisdiction of Thannah Seebgunge prevails here. Beegah. The luttahs in general use during the time of survey are as follows: Area. The total area amounts to 11,067-1-01 British acres or 17.29 square miles, about 6028 acres are cultivated, the remainder is jungle and waste. Assessment.-Rate of assessment is noted in the General Statistical Return. CHUKLA DEATAPOOR, OR CHUKLA DONAPOOR OORF ISLAMPOOR. No. 29, or Chukla Deatapoor or Chukla Donapoor oorf Islampoor, is a small Pergunnah containing 12 villages, 10 of which are compact; the other two are detached, one close to the old palace of Gour, the other is situated at the North-eastern corner of Havellee Tara; the compact portion is bounded on the North by Kasimnuggur, on the East by Sheershahabad, on the South by the village of Muhudeepoor of Moorshedabad, and on the West by Havellee Tara, and a detached portion of Akburabad. Soil, &c.-The soils are Muteear, Dorus and Baloo, and produce abundantly boro rice, mustard-seed, barley, wheat, dal, mulberry; the harvests are Bhuddooe, Khurreef and Rubbee. Rivers.-The Pugla river runs through the Northern part of this Pergunnah. is thickly populated and appears to be prosperous. Thannah-The Police jurisdiction of Thannah Kullea Chuk prevails. Beegah. The luttahs in general use at the time of survey are as follows: Luttah, 4 haths of 18 inches each = 1,600 square yards per beegah. Ditto, 49 ditto = 2,025 ditto. Area-The total area is 1,649-3-02 British acres or 2:58 square miles; 1,000 acres of which, is under cultivation. Assessment.-The rate of assessment is noted in the General Statistical Return. KUMLABAREE. No. 30, or Pergunnah Kumlabaree, consists of 7 villages and one Arazee; they are all situated within the ruins of Gour, 3 in the vicinity of the celebrated Sagur Dighee tank, an oblong sheet of water one mile and a quarter long. Gudh Kotwalee, Poorana Goamaltee and Nia Goamaltee, are situated two miles to the South of the Sagur Dighee, and the other village is detached in the Northern part of Sheershahabad. Soil. The villages in the vicinity of the Sagur Dighee are covered with dense jungle ; those to the South of it, are highly cultivated, and produce exceedingly fine crops. Factories.-The splendid indigo factory of Goamaltee, is situated in the village of Nia Goamaltee at a short distance from the Chota Bhaugaruttee; this is the sudder factory of Lord Glenelg's indigo concern, and is at present occupied by Mr. J. J. Grey, who has the management of the affairs connected with the Estate. Thannah.-The Police jurisdiction of Thannah Bholahat prevails here. Beegah. The luttahs in general use during the time of survey, are as follows: Luttah, 4 haths of 18 inches = 1,600 square yards per beegah, Area. The toal area amounts to 701-1-36 British acres or 1.09 square miles. BAEESHUZAREE. No. 8, or Baeeshuzaree; of this Pergunnah no definite account can be given at present, as only 7 of its villages comprising an area of 14,679 acres have been surveyed; the remainder supposed to be upwards of 40 are scattered throughout the Southern part of the Dinajpoor District; and until this District comes under survey, no detail can be entered into. BHUTTEEA GOPALPOOR. No. 22, or Pergunnah Bhutteea Gopalpoor, is very irregularly shaped ; but notwithstanding a large portion of it is compact, several of its villages are scattered in Ameerabad of Purneah; a part of it is in a very interlaced condition, although not unconnectedly so, in the ruins of Gour; and another portion is detached in Sheershahabad. The compact portion of this Pergunnah is bounded on the North by Ameerabad of Purneah and Kotwalee, on the East by Rookunpoor and Shikarpoor having the Mahanunda as a common boundary between them, on the South by Sheershahabad and Durshuruk Gungahur, and the Western side of this Pergunnah constituting the Ruins of Gour is very much intermixed with Sheershahabad and Durshuruk Gungahur, and is bounded by a portion of Kasimnuggur, Chukla Donapoor, Akburshahee of Moorshedabad and a detached portion of Sheershahabad. Civil Station. The Civil Station named Angrazabad is situated in the most Northern part of this Pergunnah, immediately on the Western bank of the Mahanunda. As Maldah is nothing more than a Joint Magistracy, the Station is necessarily small; sometimes an Assistant is appointed to assist the Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector in his duties, but generally speaking the Station consists of the last named functionary and the Civil Surgeon, the kind and benevolent Doctor Lamb, who has resided there for 37 years. What traveller is unacquainted with this fine old gentleman, or when occasion has offered, has not experienced his kindness and hospitality? The circuit bungalow, gaol, hospital, and Residency, are the only public buildings; but there is a very handsome kotee belonging to Mr. Peter MacArthur, and a small bungalow the property of a native, within the limits of the Station. The Collector generally resides in the Residency, so called from its having formerly been the residence of the Company's Commercial Agent, when silk was a monopoly. The house is large and commodious, and is surrounded by a high wall, which is fortified, having bastions at the four corners; this was highly necessary at the time the factory was established, as numerous hordes of dacoits infested the country; and it was no unusual occurrence, for small bodies of predatory horsemen to make incursions from the mountains directly North of Maldah and Dinajpoor. Roads. The roads of the Station and its vicinity are very good, and always kept in excellent repair by the Ferry Fund Committee; these roads are raised several feet above the level of the country, so that an hour after the heaviest rain, they are passable; the drives especially those to Neemuh Suraie, 3 miles North of the Station, and to Goamaltee 4 miles to its South, are exceedingly pleasant. The Dâk road from Rampoor Bauleah to Dinajpoor, passes through the Station, and another branches off from it to Rajmahal. Rivers. The beautiful Mahanunda forms the natural Eastern boundary, and is the only river belonging to the Pergunnah. Jheels.-The jheels are numerous and some of them very extensive, especially that called Julkur Kulluk Suja, situated about the middle of the Pergunnah; this jheel covers 6276 acres; in the dry season very large quantities of boro rice is cultivated, near its borders and in shallow parts,-much of this kind of rice is cultivated near all the jheels in the Pergunnah. There is also an extensive fishery carried on in the Julkur Kulluk Suja, the annual malgoozaree of which was stated to me to be 3000 rupees per annum, but I have every reason to believe from information of a later date, that not more than of this sum is realized by Government. Towns. The principal towns are Angrazabad, Muheshpoor, Gopalpoor, Raiepoor, Boalea, Julaiya oorf Chowdola, Toteepara, Gailabaree Kismut Gopeenathpoor, Mukhdoompoor; all these towns are situated in the vicinity of the Mahanunda. Angrazabad is a prosperous and flourishing town; there are several neat and well constructed brick houses in it; the bazaar is abundantly supplied with every necessary of life; a brisk trade in cotton, silk, grain of several kinds, oil, hides, dosootee, kummuls and taut, is carried on; three Sonars or Gold and Silversmiths, as many Blacksmiths, two L Carpenters, several Silk Weavers, who weave very pretty-looking but not substantiał tissue, also plain silks for native wear, gowns, bed curtains, handkerchiefs &c. &c. it is evident the manufacturers are not progressing in skill, but require an European Craftsman among them, to direct the energy they no doubt display in the prosecution of their labor. Telegraph Tower.-There is an old Telegragh Tower in a state of pretty good preservation situated in the village of Kuruckpoor, in the ruins of Gour, but I could procure no authentic information respecting it. Indigo Factories.-Boaleea indigo factory is situated in the village of that name; it belongs to Mr. P. MacArthur; the lands in its vicinity are particularly well adapted for the cultivation of indigo, I never saw the plant grow more luxuriantly than here, and it scarcely ever fails. Soil. The soils are Muteear, Dorus and Baloo, and produce excellent crops of boro rice, rice, wheat, gram, dal of many kinds, barley, mustard-seed, very fine mulberry, linseed, indigo and tobacco. Harvests.-The harvests are Bhuddooee, Khureef and Rubbee. Climate.-From the nature of the country, the climate is damp; but in the immediate neighbourhood of the Mahanunda it is healthy; the inhabitants residing on the bank of this river, are robust and active, but those residing on the Western side of the Pergunnah, have a very squallid and sickly appearance Thannahs. The Northern part of the Pergunnah is under the Police jurisdiction of Thannah Bholahat; the Southern, under that of Seebgunge, Beegahs.-The luttah in use at the time of survey are as follows: Area. The total area amounts to 51,324-3-29 British acres or 80·19 square miles, two-thirds of this is under cultivation. Assessment.-Rate of assessment appears in the General Statistical Return. SHEERSHAHABAD. No. 21, or Sheershahabad; the Northern part of this Pergunnah is very irregularly shaped, and it also has very many villages and Arazees scattered in all the neighbouring Pergunnahs; it has also a compact detached portion on the Southern bank of the Ganges, and another compact detached portion on the Eastern bank of the Mahanunda; the former is bounded on the North and East by Pergunnah Rookunpoor of Rajshahye, and on the South and West by the District of Moorshedabad; and the latter by Rookunpoor and Kazeehutta of Rajshahye on the North, on the East by Hijrapoor of Rajshahye and Chandlaie of Maldah, on the South by Lushkurpoor of Rajshahye, and on the West by Rookunpoor of Rajshahye. The compact portion of this Pergunnah is bounded on the North by Durshuruk Gungahur, Bhutteea Gopalpoor and Shikarpoor, on the East by a detached portion of Bhutteea Gopalpoor and Chandlaie, on the South by Rookunpoor of Rajshahye, and on the West by the District of Moorshedabad. This is a very highly cultivated Pergunnah, and being situated between the two rivers, the Ganges and Mahanunda, is decidedly the most healthy portion of the District of Maldah; this of course only refers to the compact portion. Roads.-The Dâk road from Rampoor Bauleah passes rather circuitously through this Pergunnah; the dâk passes the Ghat at Nuwabgunge Thannah and runs Easterly to Toodeepoor indigo factory on the Ganges; from thence the road turns abruptly North, passes through Seebgunge, Khansat, a little to the East of the Chandnee indigo factory and thence through the ruins of Gour to Maldah; this road from Barooghureea silk factory, opposite to Nuwabgunge Thannah, is far from being good; indeed during the rainy season, it is almost impassable, but this is owing more to natural obstacles such as loose soil, jungle &c. than to inattention on the part of the Ferry Fund Committee, which, as far as I can judge, appears most anxious to perform the duties it has undertaken. Rivers.-The Mahanunda and the Pugla are the only rivers; the first forms the natural Eastern boundary, aud the latter flows for about four miles through the Northeastern part of the Pergunnah and then joins the Ganges a little below the large village of Delalpoor; there are several large nullahs flowing from the jheels, but few of them communicate with the rivers. City of Gour.-The very ancient city of Gour, although not situated within this Pergunnah, occupies a large portion of its detached lands. I shall therefore briefly mention its present state in this place; the lands of several other Pergunnahs are comprehended within the ruins, namely those of Pergunnahs Kotwalee and Ameerabad of Purneah; Kumlabaree, Begumabad, Bhalasuree of Maldah; Kumlabaree of Purneah; Bhutteea Gopalpoor and Durshuruk Gungahur of Maldah; the latter was more occupied by the suburb than city, indeed it is all outside of the Kotwalee or Southern gateway. It is out of the question to call Gour a ruin in the present day; 500 years ago it might have been so, but now it is an almost untraceable wild; its Fort, its ramparts and bastions, its palaces, its mosques with very few exceptions, its buildings of every description, have, ages ago, been levelled with the dust, and become the prey of the spoiler; and even to the present day, the very foundations of the houses are dug up and disposed of; this ought not to have been the case during our dynasty; but I believe it is a well known fact, that several years ago, the Nuwab of Moorshedabad paid annually a tax of Rupees 8,000 for being permitted to bring enamelled and other bricks from Gour, for the purpose of building; the natives of Bengal have now lost the art of making these bricks. The Government ought to have protected such an ancient and noble ruin, of days that have even sunk into the chaos of Time. Far be it from me to infer that a twentieth part of this despoliation very has taken place during our Sovereignty. Gour was in a ruinous state when the Soubah of Bengal was ceded to us, A. D. 1765; but the Authorities ought to have watched with a jealous eye these ruins from that date, instead of permitting their demolition. Purova and Rajmahal shared largely in its spoliation; in later days Moorshedabad as afore |