(181) BENGAL PROVINCE. Statement showing the monthly mortality registered from CHOLERA in the District of 24:-Pergunnahs for the 20 years, from 1862 to 1881. ... POPULATION, CENSUS, 1872 MALES ... ... 1,155,759 TOTAL ... 1,553,626 FEMALES ..... 708,291 AREA IN SQUARE MILES ..... . 2,788 POPULATIONS PER SQUARE MILE ... 793 CHOLERA DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE MONTHS OF- TOTAL YEARS January February March April May June July August September October November December Males Females Total Ratio per mile Population Average rainfall in inches 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 68 52 31 8 11 5 175 0·11 53·17 1871 20 47 51 37 17 7 1 14 19 37 56 452 758 0·48 97·47 1872 968 468 236 122 87 50 17 43 38 73 261 729 1,724 1,368 3,092 1·39 48·79 1873 479 482 605 694 339 84 45 16 8 12 9 22 1,594 1,201 2,795 1·43 44·89 1874 1 6 6 3 4 2 15 7 22 1·21 60·63 1875 1 27 16 10 10 3 9 39 37 76 4·19 57·16 1876 17 2 2 1 1 16 7 23 1.27 82.09 1877 714 248 174 133 20 9 6 16 34 158 294 1,071 1,586 1,291 2,877 1·53 63·53 1878 955 624 960 798 143 18 24 17 22 23 114 483 2,330 1,851 4,181 2·22 65·34 1879 390 310 233 143 445 435 90 13 4 3 13 95 1,269 910 2,179 1·16 44·67 1880 216 200 187 128 78 6 6 5 12 5 37 280 647 513 1,160 0·61 73·56 1881 440 295 821 762 260 58 56 99 120 140 649 1,274 2,950 2,024 4,974 2·33 Total 4,200 2,675 3,299 2,833 1,407 685 317 275 288 459 1,451 4,414 13,170 9,010 22,112 (24-PERG-UNNAHS)-ALIPORE STATION. Inches of Rainfall by months, from 1862 to 1881, YEARS. January February March April May June July August September October November December Total 1862* 0·39 1·43 1·63 2·48 4·77 11·25 12·50 11·41 8·89 6·87 0·02 0·12 61·76 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 12.72 10.63 14.59 9.23 4.33 1.67 53.17 1871 0.54 4.99 5.22 10.23 29.54 17.96 11.89 10.02 7.08 97.47 1872 2.28 0.21 1.47 2.57 8.15 6.96 10.26 7.37 9.40 0.12 48.79 1873 1.11 1.45 3.75 3.55 15.78 12.11 5.12 1.54 0.03 0.50 44.89 1874 0.95 4.13 1·86 0·32 1·84 5.10 8.38 11.12 13.82 13.02 0.09 60·63 1875 1.00 0·23 3·94 5·48 9.90 13.49 11.66 8.16 3.30 57.16 1876 2.97 5.06 0.16 3.07 9.58 19.47 26.18 9.91 5.37 0.32 82.09 1877 2.77 2·90 0·95 2·86 5·39 4.89 17.15 16.40 8.88 1.34 63.53 1878 2.78 0·77 0·82 3·03 14·09 4.40 10.92 11.58 12.93 2.28 1.23 0·51 65·34 1879 0.28 3.07 7.52 12.21 12.54 6.22 2.41 0.42 44.67 1880 0.11 2·81 0·56 2.50 5·13 14.74 14.21 13.84 13.59 5.73 0·25 73·56 1881 * Average of five years, 1871 to 1876.