CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BER

57’-84° 24’ E.); bounded N. by Central India and Chota-Nagpur, E. by Bihar and Ori a, Madras, 8. by Haidarabad, W. by Bombay. Surface generally is upland, with two tracts of plain; chief Wardha, and other streams; climate hot; rainy season, June to Sept.; irrigation supplied by tanks in Central Provinces; Berar has ample rainfall; rice, cotton, _ millet, wheat, oil-seeds; minerals includo - coal, manganese; manufactures cottons; chief towns, Nagpur, Jabalpur, Amraoti; in i ste red by chief commi ioner, ap_ pointed by gov.-gen. Great majority of _ inhabitants are Hindus; other religions, _ bad a were annexed by British, 1818, and _ other territories were added later; present prov. formed in 1903 by unica -- of Central Provinces and Berar. Area,