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UQ 254 NAIVANAGAR TOWN-NAWASHAHR. Bedi for the three years ending 1879-80 was £166,772, and of the exports, £45,323. Nawánagar.-Old town in Thána District, Bombay Presidency. Situated to the east of KALYAN railway station, a little beyond the new District bungalow. Nawashahr.--South-eastern tahsil of Jalandhar (Jullundur) District, Punjab, lying between 30° 58' 15" and 31° 17' 15" N. lat., and between 75° 49' 45" and 76° 19' E. long. Area, 294 square miles, with 1 town and 282 villages; number of houses, 12,287; number of families, 42,583. Total population (1881) 183,458, namely, males 99,546, and females 83,912. Average density of population, 624 persons per square mile. Classified according to religion, the population consists of-Hindus, 98,900; Muhammadans, 60,149; Sikhs, 24,249; Jains, 158; and Christians, 2. Of the 283 towns and villages, 157 less than five hundred inhabitants ; 8 1 from five hundred to a thousand 35 from one to two thousand ; 9 from two to five thousand; and i upwards of ten thousand inhabitants. The average annual area under the principal crops for the five years 1877–78 to 1881-82 is returned as follows:---Wheat, 61,305 acres; joár, 21,764 acres; Indian corn, 17,370 acres; gran, 6086 acres; moth, 6012 acres; barley, 5266 acres; sugar-cane, 8766 acres; and cotton, 3011 acres. Revenue of the tahsil, £30,741. The administration is in the hands of a tahsildar and 2 munsifs, who preside over i criminal and 3 civil courts; number of police circles (thánás), 2; strength of regular police force, 61 men; with a village watch or rural police of 316 chaukidárs. Nawashahr.–Town and municipality in Jálandhar District, Punjab, and head-quarters of Nawashahr tahsil. Lat. 31° 7' 30" N., long. 76° 6' 30" E. Founded by Nausher Khán, an Afghán, during the reign of the Emperor Bábar. Population (1881) 4960; namely, Hindus, 2891; Muhammadans, 1978; and Sikhs, 91. Number of houses, 328. Municipal income (1883-84), £184, or an average of 9d. per head. Nawashahr is a thriving town, with paved streets and substantially built houses. It carries on a large trade in sugar, and a considerable manufacture in lungis and other cotton goods. The public buildings consist of the usual tahsili courts and offices, post-office, middle school and girls' school, and sarai or native inn. Nawashahr. - Town and municipality in Abbottabad tahsil, Hazára District, Punjab ; situated in lat. 34° 10' N., and long. 73° 18' 45' E., on the road to Thandiáni, about 3 iniles east of Abbottábád town. Population (1881) 4307; namely, Muhammadans 3251, and Hindus 1056. Number of houses, 768. Municipal income (1883-84), 4,157, or an average of 8 d. per head. Khattri local traders, allied with those of Balakot, carry on a brisk business in salt from the Jehlam mines, and in English piece-goods, which are exported to