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Return shewing the composition of the Regiment, according to the periods 

 the Men have been stationed in the East Indies, for the annual period ; com- 

 mencing \st April 1844, and ending 2>\st March 1845 : as well as the re- 

 lative admissions and deaths in the different classes specified for the pur- 

 pose of determining whether the liability of the Men to sickness and mortality 

 is lessened by length of residence. 





Strength of 



Admission 



Death of 



Period of Residence. 



each class. 



of each 



each class. 







class. 





Under 1 Year, 



43 



28 





From 1 to 2 Years, .. .. ••.. 



17 



23 



, . 



2 to 3 „ 



5 



11 



, . 



,, 3 to 4 „ 



22 



84 



. , 



4 to 5 „ 



124 



327 



4 



5 to 6 , 



422 



193 



4 



6 to 7 „ 



2 



5 



, . 



Above 7 Years, 



86 



126 



1 



Section $♦ 



Topographical description of Station— its Vicinity— nature of the Climate— atmospheric 

 Phenomena, &c. 



Bangalore, the Head-Quarters of the Mysore Division of 

 the Army, is situated 12° 57' North latitude, and 77° 46' East 

 longitude, about 200 miles West of Madras, on a table-land 

 or plateau; forming an area of about sixty miles by fifty, in- 

 cl ding Nundy Droog, Colar, and Ossoor. 



The climate of this elevated region is comparatively cool. 



The country in the vicinity of the station is undulating, 

 and, though well cultivated of late years, yet at certain sea- 

 sons possesses a peculiarly dreary and sterile appearance, in- 

 tersected by ravines studded with granite rocks and masses of 

 boulders, and each valley headed by a tank or series of tanks. 

 But the cantonment itself is beautifully wooded, with a luxu- 

 riant vegetation, and ornamented with gardens, containing 

 a profusion of flowers, shrubs and ornamental trees, and 

 affording an ample variety of vegetables throughout the 

 entire year. Hence to the European visitor it possesses 

 peculiar attractions, and recalls many pleasing associations. 



The soil is very fertile. It requires, however, both water 

 and manure, (as the decayed vegetable matters, which form 



