256 SEVENTH REPORT—1837. 
chur, in the pergunnah of Pabool and Turruf Wurgaon, 
there is a Baubel-tree (Mimosa Arabica,) of surprising mag- 
nitude; at eighteen inches from the ground the trunk mea- 
sures nine feet and half an inch in circumference; its head is 
ramous and dense, and it gives a vertical shade covering 5964 
square feet: this species produces gum arabic. In the turruf 
of Chakun, pergunnah Kheir, near to Mahloongah, on the 
slopes of some hills, the shrub or small tree, producing the gum 
olibanum, (Boswellia thurifera), is met with; and it is seen 
also in other parts of the country. At Mahloongah there is a 
garden of flourishing cocoa-nut trees; and considering that 
they are at 2000 feet above the sea, and 100 miles inland, 
the fact is sufficiently remarkable: clumps of them are also 
met with at Pabool and other places. . 
Rivers.—The rivers flowing through the Poona Collectorate 
are the Mota, the Mola, the Inderanee, Under, Beema, Goreh, 
and Kokree, and some smaller streams. All these have their 
sources in the Ghats, within the limits of the collectorate; 
they converge to the Beema, which falls into the Kistnah, and 
thus finally reach the Bay of Bengal. The rivers are only 
navigable during the monsoon, and then only partially. Boats 
with sails are not seen upon them. 
Ahmednuggur Collectorate.—The Ahmednuggur Collect- 
orate adjoins the Poona Collectorate on the east and north. 
Part of its frontier is along the Ghats; the rest is bounded 
by the Chandore range of hills on the north, and by the 
Nizam’s territories on the east and S.E. 
Ahmednuggur has an area of 9910 square miles ; it con- 
tains 666,376 inhabitants, dispersed in 2465 towns and villages, 
averaging 263°47 inhabitants to a village, (exclusively of the 
population of Ahmednuggur) ; 67°24 inhabitants to a square 
mile ; 136,273 houses and 4°89 inhabitants to a house*, 
Ahmednuggur is divided into 14 talooks, 36 pergunnahs, ~ 
and 51 turruffs. Talook Ahmednuggur contains 157 towns — 
and villages, Kurdeh 172, Sungumnair 226, Akoleh 194, 
Newassa 359, Nasseek 280, Sinnur 107, Chandwur 153, Pato- — 
deh 255, Wun Dindooree 175, Barsee 124, Kurmulleh 82, — 
Jamkheir 90, and Kortee 115. The total of these is 2488, — 
instead of 2465; the difference originates in 23 depopulated 
villages being included. Of the above, 43 towns and 18583 
villages belong to the British ; in 27 towns and 5543 villages 
the British government has a quit rent, these villages being 
called Doomaleh,} alienated. Only one village in free gift 
* This return is for 16 pergunnahs only. 
+ The proper meaning of Doomaleh is “ two properties,” the chief part of 
the revenue being alienated, but the government having a quit rent. 
