( 101 ) 
Among the jail population-total average strength 21,229-there were
altogether 302 admissions and 98 deaths from cholera, giving a death-rate of
4.61 per mille of strength. Of the 50 jails in the province, the 28 following
recorded cholera in 1875 :-
Presidency 
Strength 992
Admissions 7
Deaths 2
Alipore 
 " 2,496
 " 45
 " 9
Baraset 
 " 220
 " 1
 " 1
Jessore 
 " 488
 " 4
 " 2
Kisnagarh.  
" 367
 " 4
 " 0
Murshidabad  
 " 555
" 46
" 6
Serampore  
 " 41
" 6
 " 2
Hugli 
 518
 " 7
 " 3
Bardwan.  
 " 356
" 7
 " 5
Bankurah  
 "303
" 2
 " 2
Rajshahi  
 " 914
" 2
 " 0
Rangpur 
 " 486
 " 6
 " 1
Bagrah  
162
 " 8
 " 3
Mymensingh.  
" 458
 " 4
 " 2
Bakirganj 
 " 340 
"  17
 " 6
Dacca  
 594
"13 
" 5
2 Midnapur C and D
 " 1,383 
"30
 " 0
Monghyr
 " 380 
"23 
" 14
2 Bhagalpur C and D "
 1,060 
" 18 
" 7
Jalpaiguri 
 145 
 " 15 
" 11
Darbhanga  
" 55
"1
" 0
Patna  
" 399
" 2
" 2
Dehri  
" 602
" 7 
" 2
Arrah  
" 388
"2 
" 2
Champaran  
" 229
" 1
" 1
Chapra  
"688
" 6
" 3
Gya 
" 338
"16
" 6
Ghazipur 
 " 584 
" 2 
" 1
The strength of the affected jails is 15,541, the percentage of admissions
to strength 1.94, and of deaths to admissions 32. Of the 302 admissions,
there were 9 in January, 18 in February, 55 in March, 29 in April, 29 in
May, 17 in June, 39 in July, 19 in August, 37 in September, 9 in October,
35 in November, and 6 in December.
Meteorology.
Rainfall.-North and east of the Ganges in Bengal (excluding Malda
and the Chittagong Division) the total rainfall for the year was somewhat
less than the average quantity. The defect, however, was only considerable in
the northern districts. At Dinagepur, where it was greatest, it amounted
to 45 per cent, of the average fall. In the Chittagong Division, as in the
neighbouring Assam districts of Sylhet and Kachar, the rainfall was very
heavy. In Malda it was somewhat greater than the usual quantity. South
and west of the Granges the total rainfall was on the whole about the average
quantity, although slightly deficient in parts of Bardwan, and in the Midnapur
Hugli and Howrah districts. The distribution of rainfall in Bihar was
somewhat irregular. Above the average quantity was recorded in Champaran,
in Patna, in the Tirhut sub-divisions of Hajipur and Tajpur, in parts of
Shahabad and in Monghyr. Elsewhere in Bihar the total rainfall was somewhat
deficient. At Sitamarhi, were the deficit was greatest, it amounted, as recorded,
to 42 per cent, of the average fall. Two regions may be traced where the
rainfall of the year has been much more deficient than elsewhere. The
principal one lies north of the Ganges, in Bengal and Bihar, extending from
Assam on the east as far as the Saran and Champaran districts on the west.
This area includes the districts of Kuch-Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Dinagepur, Parnia,
and parts of Bhagalpur, Dharbhanga and Muzaffarpur. Over this tract of