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who has entire control of the district. There are about
250 of such districts in British India.
In area and population the provinces and commissionerships
 vary from 1583 square miles inhabited by

3. j 5 —Madras Presidency.

178,300 people in Coorg, to'151,453 square miles and a
population of 66,750,500 in Bengal. The administrative
responsibilities of the Andamans (estimated by population)
are even less than those of Coorg, but the area over which
they extend is indefinite.
The governors of the ancient Presidencies of Madras