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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

=Bally =
{Bali). — Town in the head-quarters subdivision of Howrah
District, Bengal, situated in 22 39' N. and 88° 21/ E., on the right
bank of the Hooghly. The population increased from 13,715 in 1872
to 14,815 in 1881, 16,700 in 1891, and 18,662 in 1901. Bally is a
flourishing town, containing paper- and bone-mills. It is a station on
the East Indian Railway, 7 miles from Calcutta, and a place of call for
a daily service of steamers between Calcutta and Kalna. The Bally
Khal, which forms the main drainage channel of the Dankuni marshes,
here debouches into the Hooghly, and along its right bank is a very
large brick-making industry. Bally was constituted a municipality in
1883. The income during the decade ending 1901-2 averaged
Rs. 20,000, and the expenditure Rs. 18,000. In 1903—4 the income
was Rs. 32,000, half of which was derived from a tax on houses and
land ; and the expenditure was Rs. 29,000. The municipality main-
tains 15 miles of metalled and 13 miles of unmetalled roads.
Ballygunge. — Suburb of Calcutta. See Calcutta.

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OXFORD, AT THE CLA..."