86 
Population of the City of Dacca 
[March, 
Table II. 
Names of Thannahs. 
No. of Muhullus. 
Brick houses of 
one story. 
Do 2 stories. 
Do. 3 stories. 
Total Brick 
houses. 
Straw bouses, in- 
cluding golas, 
shops, &c. 
Total houses or 
chouks. 
Gardens encom- 
passed with walls. 
No. of fixed na- 
tive inhabitants. 
. 
oo 
t* 
V 
bn 
_o 
o 
o 
S5 
Total iuhubi- 
tun ts. 
Islampoor, 
20 
276 
321 
71 
604 
2513 
3117 
24 
6586 
2659 
9245 
Sultangung, 
12 
14 
12 
0 
18 
1927 
1945 
0 
4459 
50 
4509 
Poorubdarwaza, .... 
19 
139 
45 
2 
192 
1674 
1866 
10 
7673 
826 
8499 
Soojaitpoor, 
11 
28 
18 
1 
53 
541 
594 
6 
2716 
290 
3006 
Naraindeeah, ...... 
18 
133 
113 
2 
238 
1749 
1987 
29 
8008 
718 
8726 
Surafuigung, 
16 
13^ 
127 
6 
259 
1169 
1428 
4 
4957 
1492 
6449 
Girdgilnh, 
31 
221 
1001 
4 
1225 
2110 
3335 
10 
6775 
1301 
8076 
Dacca Sherry, 
10 
66 
35 
2 
112 
694 
806 
14 
3017 
497 
3514 
Nuwabpoor, 
17 
IJ-i 
153 
12 
212 
1558 
1770 
20 
8756 
1287 
10043 
Imleegda, 
24 
139 
85 
4 
251 
4028 
4279 
36 
4320 
280 
4600 
Total, ....... 
178 
1253 
1910 
104 
1164 
17963 
21127 
153 
57267 
9400 
66667 
Besides the buildings included in this statement, are the ruins of the palace erect- 
ed by Azimushan towards the end of the 17th century, compared by Bishop Heber 
to the Kremlin. 
also 
2 
Gateways. 
158 
Musjids or Mosques. 
109 
Mugburalis or Mausoleums. 
12 
Sunguts or Hindoo monasteries. 
52 
Akrahs. 
55 
Kalee Barees or Temples of Kalee. 
4 
Christian Churches. 
3 
Kutras or Caravanseries. 
Table 
III. 
Average price of Articles of Food at Dacca , , from 1820 to 1830. 
Years. 
A D. 
1820-1 
21-2 
22- 3 
23- 4 
24- 5 
25- 6 
26- 7 
27- 8 
28- 9 
29-30 
Rice. 
Fine. 
sr. ch. 
31 4 
35 
37 
23 
22 
31 
0 
8 
0 
4 
4 
33 12 
33 0 
35 10 
30 8 
Average, 31 5 
Coarse. 
sr. ch. 
33 0 
39 0 
43 0 
28 0 
27 12 
36 4 
41 4 
36 ■ 8 
38 14 
36 6 
36 0 
Salt. 
sr. ch. 
8 12 
8 8 
6 
8 
8 
8 
7 
7 
8 
8 
8 
0 
4 
2 
0 
4 
4 
6 
7 14 
Oil. 
Ghl. 
Jagri. 
Turmeri 
sr. 
ch. 
sr. 
ch. 
sr. 
ch. 
sr. ch 
5 
0 
2 
8 
9 
0 
9 0 
5 
8 
2 
8 
9 
8 
8 0 
4 
8 
2 
2 
11 
0 
8 8 
5 
8 
1 
8 
11 
4 
10 8 
6 
4 
2 
0 
9 
12 
12 2 
5 
1 
1 
12 
8 
12 
15 4 
3 
8 
2 
0 
10 
8 
16 6 
4 
15 
2 
8 
11 
8 
20 4 
6 
5 
2 
8 
13 
5 
18 0 
5 
12 
2 
0 
10 
4 
8 0 
5 
4 
2 
2 
10 
8 
12 9 
*rr i • p » native marketing system, the weight of each 
‘ “ T,r and chuttacks ’ P rocura ble for one Rupee. The value of seer, or 
thatch A, Seere ’. 18 , n °f ex P ressed - for our English readers we may remark, 
that the bazar seer >s a little more than 2 lbs. avoirdupois. 
