68 
Miscellaneous Notices . 
[Feb. 
the workmen come to clay. In both cases the water is procured by driving a stake 
into the bottom of the well. In the divisions of Ekwari and Karaugja most of the 
wells are of this nature.” 
X . — Miscellaneous Notices. 
1 . — Population of Madras. 
To our last contribution in Indian statistics, the population of Benares, we have 
now to add the following, and trust that the publication of these papers will induce 
some of our correspondents to favor us with a similar statement of Calcutta and 
other of our principal Indian cities. 
Population of Madras in 1823, from a census made by the Government. 
Black Town, and the Villages 
No. 
c 
o 
within the Jurisdiction of 
Madras. 
of the 
Houses. 
• 
a 
g 
o 
fca. 
w 
V. 
o 
• 
in 
Total. 
rs 
K* 
CP 
O 
Black Town, 
• 
14093 
33789 
45720 
21305 
19832 
120646 
Chindatripettah, 
• 
59 7 
5207 
7083 
3821 
3343 
39454 
Perya Metto, 
• 
897 
4605 
4834 
3260 
3088 
15787 
Erroongoonnam, 
Rosspettah, Narrainpolyam, a 
• 
315 
1699 
2222 
1524 
1380 
6825 
Paramboor, Peterpettali, 
Vyasarvady, and Casapettab, ' 
1940 
7926 
8999 
7603 
7 193 
31721 
Porsavaukum, 
0 
611 
3604 
3878 
2415 
2405 
12302 
Egraore, 
• 
271 
1138 
1500 
1124 
725 
4487 
Poodoopettab, 
• 
169 
423 
628 
363 
342 
1756 
Com alas weren Covel, and 
Mannarsawmy Covel, 
[ 
308 
2710 
3736 
1713 
I 1727 
9886 
N oongu mpanku m , 
Priplieane, Trenetuseurumpet, ^ 
• 
90 
957 
1205 
560 
559 
3281 
Poodoopauk, Vallabagraram, S 
3769 
22550 
24236 
15318 
14824 
76928 
Cliapauk, & Narasingapooram, * 
Mylapoor Kistnapettah, 
Royepetali, Meersaibpet, Al- 
varpet, 
Tanampet China Taunampet 
and Paracliarry, . . . . ^ 
Washerpettah, Sunjivcrayen- i 
pet, Careapet, Tondiarpet ; 
r 
2056 
16819 
19735 
13342 
12817 
62713 
Royapoora, and Paraclierry, j 
1673 
7819 
21140 
7644 
13362 
49965 
Houses, Varandas, Huts, of] 
26786 
2826 
109246 
0 
144916 
79992 
81597 
415751 
Khandans and their servants, ^ 
- 
0 
0 
0 
46300 
29612 
109246 
144916 
79992 
81597 
462051 
2.- 
SlR, 
To the Editor of Gleanings in Science. 
In the 13th _vol. of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, p. 37 7, is given a short 
account ot this tree, which is undoubtedly the king of the vegetable tribes It is 
r°' d , r tt “ ? ,m0St imperishable, whether free, .he 
for Z°Lt ** ^ated, -and it is partly 
f . . ... . UISCCIS. 1C 
(Octobe? 1825 ) ZIufT®?" ' UatI S^ote. — 1 that several plants were Viren 
tyctober 1825,) giowmg both m England and Scotland. ^ ■' ~ 
IIJ P B S 1TTO rA in fhn nvbrtv.ifi,.^ _ . tt . 
* ° ~ u,, “ “* anu ocouana. Of these the finest sneci- 
mens were ,n the arboretum at Hopetoun House, the seat of the Earl of SeK. 
deIer7frr s eeds com ?« V* Mr - S, “ ith - " i5 Lordship’s intelligent ffar- 
of the Vc mens at SS y ' < ? ov;in ’ ,he “ »f Suharunpore.” The largest 
produced s 6 i.S“ H T ™ sthen (132*) 3 feet 9 inches high, and had 
«d by a mat from the north whuls. tW ° Wlnters Mr * Smith kept them shelter- 
