NAME OF DISTRICT.

RAINFALL.

CHOLERA.

Average of 5 years
ending 1897.

Average of 5 years
ending 1902.

Difference
(+or—).

Average of 5 years
ending 1897.

Average of 5 years
ending 1902.

Difference
(+ or —).

Inches.

Inches.

Inches.

Burdwan ... ...

54.72

58.66

+ 3.94

2.48

1.16

—1.32

Birbhum ... ...

52.30

57.61

+ 5.31

1.79

.89

— .96

Bankura ... ...

57.15

49.36

— 7.79

1.92

.54

—1.30

Midnapore ... ...

58.85

62.94

+ 4.44

2.23

2.21

— .02

Hooghly ... ...

58.50

62.51

+ 4.01

2.12

1.61

— .51

Howrah ... ...

54.12

61.50

+ 11.38

3.65

3.07

— .58

Burdwan Division ...

55.94

57.33

+ 1.39

2.33

1.67

— .60

24-Parganas ... ...

64.28

67.55

+ 3.27

2.98

2.65

— .30

Calcutta ... ...

......

......

......

3.06

2.33

— .70

Nadia ... ...

55.53

58.49

+ 2.96

3.94

2.33

—1.61

Murshidabad ... ...

63.46

77.21

+ 13.75

2.83

1.98

— .80

Jessore ... ...

47.60

66.16

+18.56

3.03

2.34

— .60

Khulna ... ...

51.37

59.82

+ 8.45

3.63

2.20

—1.40

Presidency Division ...

58.21

67.83

+ 9.62

3.35

2.36

— .99

Rajshahi ... ...

53.51

62.55

+ 9.04

3.09

1.98

—1.11

Dinajpur ... ...

65.88

68.91

+ 3.03

.64

.91

+ .27

Jalpaiguri ... ...

120.43

124.57

+ 4.14

.92

.89

— .03

Darjeeling ... ...

130.29

130.67

+ .38

.30

.49

+ .19

Bangpur ... ...

73.44

81.46

+ 8.02

1.31

.89

— .42

Bogra ... ...

62.42

75.33

+ 12.91

1.55

2.01

+ .46

Pabna ... ...

59.22

66.10

+ 6.88

3.23

1.44

—1.79

Rajshahi Division ...

84.18

87.79

+ 3.61

1.77

1.28

— .49

Dacca ... ...

67.93

75.42

+ 7.49

4.64

3.30

—1.30

Mymensingh ... ...

85.36

98.09

+ 12.73

3.24

2.42

—.82

Faridpur ... ...

63.57

71.13

+ 6.89

4.68

2.78

—1.90

Backergunge ... ...

81.55

99.31

+ 17.76

3.87

2.56

—1.31

Dacca Division ... ...

77.89

90.39

+ 12.42

4.00

2.76

—1.24

Tippera ... ...

75.29

80.76

+ 5.47

3.11

2.35

— .76

Noakbali ... ...

111.47

120.82

+ 9.35

3.03

1.60

—1.43

Chittagong ... ...

108.27

116.92

+ 8.65

2.82

2.07

— .75

Chittagong Division ...

95.45

105.01

+ 9.56

2.90

2.03

— .87

Patna ... ...

47.58

46.34

— 1.24

2.16

2.12

— .04

Gaya ... ...

44.87

42.52

— 2.35

3.26

2.01

—1.25

Shahabad ... ...

44.82

42.68

— 2.14

3.08

2.08

—1.00

Saran ... ...

43.50

43.75

+ .25

1.38

1.33

— .05

Champaran ... ...

54.25

55.54

+ 1.29

2.83

3.06

+ .23

Muzaffarpur ... ...

43.34

47.97

+ 4.63

3.10

2.78

— .32

Darbhanga ... ...

46.99

52.57

+ 5.58

2.38

2.04

—.34

Patna Division ...

45.82

45.87

+ .05

3.25

1.68

—1.57

Monghyr ... ...

45.55

39.53

— 6.02

2.07

1.75

— .32

Bhagalpur ... ...

52.63

50.11

— 2.52

2.23

2.61

+ .38

Purnea ... ...

69.34

69.43

+ .09

.78

5.40

+ 4.62

Malda ... ...

55.16

52.48

— 2.68

2.94

2.07

— .87

Sonthal Parganas ...

51.96

53.43

+ 1.47

1.54

.55

— .99

Bhagalpur Division ...

53.83

52.26

— 1.57

1.79

2.57

+ .78

Cuttack ... ...

65.48

58.71

— 6.77

3.14

4.14

+ 1.00

Balasore ... ...

65.34

61.09

— 4.25

3.92

3.59

— .40

Puri ... ...

62.98

53.47

— 9.51

3.89

4.31

+ .42

Orissa Division ...

64.67

57.50

— 7.17

3.54

3.56

+ .02

Hazaribagh ... ...

68.63

42.33

—26.30

1.87

.35

—1.52

Ranchi ... ...

61.57

47.61

—13.96

1.65

.05

—1.60

Palamau ... ...

49.56

38.43

—11.13

3.68

1.68

—2.00

Manbhum ... ...

57.18

48.79

— 8.39

2.83

.58

—2.25

Singhbhum ... ...

53.49

49.83

— 3.66

.95

.28

— .67

Chota Nagpur Division ...

56.49

52.63

— 3.86

2.19

.50

—1.69

Province ...

65.83

68.51

+ 2.68

2.70

2.15

— .55