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These are handwritten manuscripts of the statistical surveys undertaken by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton within the districts of Dinajpur (Bangladesh and India), and Puraniya (Purnia), Shahabad, Bhagalpur , Runggopur, Patna and Gorakhpur in India. Each survey consists of 2 or 3 foolscap volumes. These were rebound in the 1990s.

The Statistical Survey of the District of Behar and the City of Patna consists of 2 volumes. The first contains:

• Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Behar and Patna (470 pages)
• Book II: People of Behar and Patna (257 pages)

The second volume contains:

• Book III: The Natural Production of Behar and Patna (167 pages)
• Book IV: State of Agriculture in Behar and Patna (211 pages)
• Book V: An Account of the Commerce in Behar and Patna (1198 pages)
• Index to the Map (137 pages)
• Index of native words of Behar and Patna (74 pages)

The Statistical Survey of the District of Bhagalpur consists of 2 volumes. The first contains:

• Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Bhagalpur (314 pages)
• Book II: People of Bhagalpur (208 pages)
• Book III: The Natural Production of Bhagalpur (246 pages)

The second volume contains:

• Book IV: State of Agriculture in Bhagalpur (295 pages)
• Book V: State of Arts and Commerce in Bhagalpur (132 pages)
• List of hills in Bhagalpur (35 pages)
• Index to the Map (117 pages)
• Index of native words of Bhagalpur (93 pages)

The Statistical Survey of the District of Dinajpur consists of 2 bound volumes. The first contains:

• Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Dinajpur (222 pages
• Book II: Peoples of Dinajpur (160 pages + 20 pages of appendices containing lists and tables
• Book III: The Natural Production of Dinajpur (122 pages)

The second volume contains:

• Book IV: State of Agriculture in Dinajpur (299 pages). Inserted between pp. 20-21 is a photograph with the label "Doorway at Dinajpur said to be from Bau-nogor".
• Book V: State of Arts and Commerce in Dinajpur (232 pages)
• List of all the Market places in each division Expressing for its situation to the corresponding Numbers in the Map.
• Alphabetical index of most of the native names of person, places & things having the manner in which there are written in the Native Characters.

The Statistical Survey of the District of Gorakhpur consists of 2 volumes. The first contains:

• Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Gorakhpur (339 pages)
• Book II: People of Gorakhpur (291 pages)
• Book III: The Natural Production of Gorakhpur (190 pages)

The second volume contains:

• Book IV: State of Agriculture in Gorakhpur (204 pages)
• Book V: State of Arts and Commerce in Gorakhpur (196 pages)
• Index to the Map (43 pages)
• Index of native words of Gorakhpurr (186 pages)

The Statistical Survey of the District of Puraniya (Purnea) consists of two bound volumes and some loose material. The first volume contains:

• Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Puraniya (224 pages)
• Book II: People of Puraniya (333 pages
  *) Book III: The Natural Productions of Puraniya(103 pages)

• Book IV: State of Agriculture in Puraniya (308 pages)

  The second volume contains:

• Book V: State of Arts and Commerce in Puraniya (137 pages)
• Book VI: An account of part of Nepal (131 pages)
• Index or Key to the Map of Puraniya (100 pages)
• Index of Native Words used in the account of Puraniya with the native characters annexed (197 pages).

The loose material consists of:

• A further copy of Book 3: An account of the natural productions of Purinaya (127 pages). This was presented by H.T. Colebrooke on 4 November 1826. There is a loose cardboard front cover and the sewn binding of the manuscript has disintegrated. .

The Statistical Survey of the District of Runggopur consists of 3 volumes. The first contains:

• Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Runggopur (269 pages)
• Book II: People of Runggopur (217 pages + appendix of 29 pages with lists and tables)
• Book III: The Natural Production of Runggopur (246 pages)

• A List of the Specimens of Wood from Goyalpara to Calcutta by Doctor Francis Buchanan"(3 pages)

  The second volume contains:

• Book IV: State of Agriculture in Runggopur (247 pages)
• Book V: State of Arts and Commerce in Runggopur (123 pages)
• Appendix concerning the nations bordering on the Ronggopur district (182 pages)
• Index to the Map (52 pages)

• Index of native words of Runggopur

  The third volume contains further copies of:

• Book III: The Natural Production of Runggopur
• Book IV: State of Agriculture in Runggopur

There is also a further loose manuscript of "A List of the Specimens of Wood from Goyalpara to Calcutta by Doctor Francis Buchanan".

The Statistical Survey of the District of Shahabad consists of 2 volumes. The first contains:

• Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Shahabad (295 pages)
• Book II: People of Shahabad(167 pages)

The second volume contains:

• Book III: The Natural Production of Shahabad (142 pages)
• Book IV: State of Agriculture in Shahabad (199 pages)
• Book V: State of Arts and Commerce in Shahabad (100 pages)
• Index to the Map (48 pages)