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26 HAR 2 3 5 6 Date of fair. Name of fair. Place where bela. Object of fair. Number of days it lasts. Estimated number of people who attend it from first to last. Extreme distance from which numbers of people come to it, ... 1 8 June, Oy .41 2 3,000 06 . .. 3 1 15,000 16 . B. Asbtmi, May Mahadeo Nir, Durgana Offering made 1,0001 and Gopamau. to Maládeo. 14th May. 10th Jeth, May Lál Pír Gopamau Offering made 2 4,000 8 and June, sith at the tomb May. of Ghazi-nd- dín, a saint 6th November... Tirath Debi, Ditto Visitors bathe 20 in a sacred pond or tank Kuár Sudi Dasmi Dasahra Umráoli, par- Rámlíla s! 3,000 10 gana Sara .. Kártik Sudi Leothan Eká- Sacred tank at Bathing at the 2 10,000 24 Ekadashi dashi Narbada, par- sacred tauk. gada Shaha- bad. Jeth or Acorb Chari Narbada, par- Offering made 2,000 2 gana Shaba- to Debi. bad. 29th November Pramhang-ki- Bateúya, par Do, to Samid. 10 samadh gana Sbaba- bad. 7th April Ditto Ditto Ditto ditto... 320,000 40 Bbádon, August Hattia II aran... Lattia Hario, Bathing in the More or 1"0,000 40 and Septem- parganas Gun- holy tank at less ber. dwa and San- doring dfia. the whole month, N.B.—The above fairs, with the exception of Dasabra and Hattia, are of no great importance. The religious significance of the fairs is sufficiently indicated by their names. The gatherings at all except the last two are small, None are of any commercial importance, and none have either given rise to, or favour- ed the attacks of, epidemic disease. They are all those at Bilgrám and Neoraghát excepted, strictly local gatherings. In 1872 the imports from the adjoining districts of Cawnpore, Sháb- jahánpur, Fatehgarh came to Rs. 7,21,000, the exports to Rs. 3,19,000. The principal imports were Maunde, Cotton Rs, 6,462 Salt 1,17,602 22,854 Country cloth ... 1,28,367 1,55,728 English piece-goods 1,65,726 1,68,683 the spot. +90 1 ..