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=Abbottabad Town=

Head-quarters of Hazara District, and also
of the Abbottabad tahsil, North-West Frontier Province, situated in
34 degree 9' N. and 73 degree 13" E. Population (1901), 7,764. The head-
quarters of the District were fixed here in 1853, and the new canton-
ment was named after Major James Abbott, first Deputy-Commissioner
of Hazara, 1847-53.

The town is picturesquely situated at the southern
corner of the Rash (Orash) plain, 4,120 feet above the sea. The garri-
son consists of four battallons of native infantry (Gurkhas) and four
native mountain batteries. The municipality was created in 1867.

The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 14,900,
and the expenditure Rs. 14,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 22,300,
chiefly derived from octroi; and the expenditure was Rs. 18,100. The
receipts and expenditure of cantonment funds during the ten years
ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 7,300.

The chief public institutions are
the Albert Victor unaided Anglo-vernacular high school, a municipal
Anglo-vernacular high school, and a Government dispensary.

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Pdewan at 23:03, 3 May 2014

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THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLAR..."