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PACIIORA VILLAGE-PA-DAUNG. 523 females. Hindus number 85,989; Muhammadans, 9350; and others, 4712. Land revenue (1882), £ 33,189. The Sub-division is bounded on the north by Análner, Erandol, and Nasirábád Sub-divisions of Khándesh; on the east by Jamner and the Nizam's territory; on the south by the Nizáni's territory; and on the west by Chalisgaon and Dhúliá. The region is composed of a fairly wooded valley lying between the Şátmála range to the south and low ranges of bills in the north. Climate healthy; average rainfall, 28.9 inches. The only perennial stream is the Girná. In 1864-65, the survey settlement disclosed 8977 holdings, of an average area of 20°4 acres, and an average assessment of £2, 16s. 8d. ; incidence of land-tax per head, about 8s. 6.d. Total cultivated area of Government land in 1878–79, 212,505 acres; the principal crops being-grain crops, 121,190 acres; pulses, 3286 acres; oil-seeds, 9588 acres; fibres, 75,049 acres; and miscellaneous, 3392 acres. In 1883, the Sub-division contained i civil and 3 criminal courts; number of police circles (thánás), 2 ; regular police, 72 men; and village watch (chunkidurs), 211. Pachora. -Village in Khándesh District, Bombay Presidency, and head-quarters of Pachora Sub-division. Population (1872) 2793. Not separately returned in the Census Report of 1881. Pachora is situated 35 miles south-east of Dhulia, and is a station on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 232 miles from Bombay. A good shaded road connects the village with the railway station. Pachora is the nearest station to the Ajanta caves, which lie about 30 miles to the south-east. Travellers' bungalow; post-office. Pa-daung.– Township in Prome District, Pegu Division, Lower Burma, occupying the whole of the right bank of the Irawadi (Irrawaddy) from Tharet-myo on the north to Henzada on the south, and stretching westward to the Arakan Yoma range. Area, 1008 square miles. Population (1877) 35,269 ; revenue, £8667: and (1881) population, 47,993; revenue, £10,593. Along the bank of the Irawadi, for about a mile inland, the country is level, and under rice; west of this it begins to undulate, but the undulations soon pass into hills, and the whole west of the township to the Arakan Yomas is a succession of denselywooded spurs and mountain torrents. Eng (or in) (Dipterocarpus tuberculatus), prin-ga-do (Xylia dolabriformis), sha (Acacia Catechu), and teak (Tectona grandis), besides bamboos, abound in this tract. Cutch trees (Acacia Catechu) are very numerous, and a brisk manufacture of this article has sprung up. The principal rivers are--the Tha-ni, with its tributaries the Bu-ro and Kyauk-bu; the Thu-le-dan; and the Ka-wa. The mineral products of Pa-daung are earth-oil and limestone. In the southern portion of the township are some salt springs, of no economic value at present, owing to the importation of cheap foreign salt. The number of revenue circles is 19. The area under cultivation may