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effort to restore. The jungle is encroaching on the once broad 

 street : the slovenly hovels, wretched enough in their best style, are 

 tumbling down — their Avails cracked, their roofs falling in : here and 

 there, a half-built house seems to shew an effort at improvement, 

 given up in despair ; and, over the place there is an air of desola- 

 tion, which is inexpressibly melancholy. The people, too, are, for 

 the most part, wretchedly poor and miserably inert." 



Principal Divisions. 



1. Udukinda, or Upper Uva includes Udapalata, Damba- 

 vinipalata, Gampaha Korale. 



2. Mcdakinda, or Middle Uva, Mahapalata, DehiYini- 

 palata. Kumbalvalapalata. 



3. Yatikinda, or Lower Uva, Bogodapalala, Rilpala- 

 palata, Badulapanguva, Passara Korale, Kandukara Korale, 

 Pattipola Korale. 



4. Viyaluiva, includes Oyapalata, Soranatotapalata, Pita- 

 kola, Etulkolapalata, Palwatta. 



5. Bintenna, includes Bintenna, Aralupitpalata. 



6. Vellassa, includes Wegampattuva, Nilgalapalata, 

 Medagampattuva, Dambagallapalata, Nikavetipalata, Maha- 

 vedirata. 



7. Yatikinda. includes Buttalarata, Deyanagapaha, Pan- 

 dikkulama, Sittarama and Kataragama, Kongala, Bintenna, 

 Kandapalla Korale, Wellavaya. 



Number of Population in each Division framed on an official 

 Return for 1853. 





Males. 



Females. 



Total. 



1. Udukinda 



... 5,627 



4,584 



10,211 



% Medakinda 



... 2,214 



2,485 



4,699 



3. Yatikinda 



... 0,520 



5,218 



11,738 



4. Viyajuwa 



... 4,181 



3.701 



7,882 



5. Bintenna 



... 2,399 



2,080 



4,479 



6. Vellassa 



... 7,374 



5,569 



12,943 



7, Yatikinda 



... 3,639 



3,480 



7,119 



Total ... 31,954 



59,071 



