~Lahore~ lies in the Bari Doab to the south-west of Amritsar. It is a much larger district, though, like Amritsar, it has only three _tahsils_, Lahore, Kasur, and Chunian. 76 p.c. of the cultivated area is irrigated, 23 from wells and 53 from canals. There has been an enormous extension of irrigation from the Upper Bari Doab Canal in the past 30 years. Accordingly, though the rainfall is somewhat scanty, the crops are generally secure. The principal are wheat and gram. The district consists of the Riverain on the Bias and Ravi, the latter extending to both sides of the river, and the plain of the Manjha, largely held by strong and energetic Sikh Jats. In the Ravi valley industrious Arains predominate. Railway communications are excellent. Trade activity is not confined to the city of Lahore. Kasur, Chunian, and Raiwind are important local centres. [Sidenote: Area, 21,361 sq. m. Cultd area, 8099 sq.m. Pop. 3,353,052; 87 p.c. M. Land Rev. Rs. 50,43,587 = L336,239.] The ~Rawalpindi Division~ occupies the N.W. of the Panjab. It is in area the second largest division, but in population the smallest. Five-sixths of the people profess the faith of Islam. It includes six districts, Gujrat, Jhelam, Rawalpindi, Attock, Mianwali, and Shahpur. This is the division from which the Panjab Musalmans, who form so valuable an element in our army, are drawn. [Illustration: Fig. 103.] [Sidenote: Area, 2357 sq. m. Cultd area, 1369 sq. m. Pop. 784,011. Land Rev. Ra. 887,220 = L59,148.] ~Gujrat~ lies in the Jech Doab. The two northern _tahsils_, Gujrat and Kharian, have many of the features of a submontane tract. In the former the Pabbi, a small range of low bare hills, runs parallel to the Jhelam, and the outliers of the Himalaya in Kashmir are not far from the northern border of the district. The uplands of these two _tahsils_ slope pretty rapidly from N.E. to S.W., and contain much light soil. They are traversed by sandy torrents, dry in winter, but sometimes very destructive in the rains. Phalia on the other hand is a typical plain's _tahsil_. It has on the Chenab a wide riverain, which also separates the uplands of the Gujrat _tahsil_ from that river. The Jhelam valley is much narrower. Above the present Chenab alluvial tract there is in Phalia a well tract known as the Hithar whose soil consists of older river deposits, and at a higher level a Bar, which will now receive irrigation from the Upper Jhelam Canal and become a rich agricultural tract. 26 p.c. of the cultivated area is irrigated from wells. Jats and Gujars are the great agricultural tribes, the former predominating. The climate is mild and the rainfall sufficient. The chief crops are wheat and _bajra_. [Sidenote: Area, 2813 sq. m. Cultd area, 1162 sq. m. Pop. 511,575; 88 p.c. M. Land Rev. Ra. 752,758 = L50,183.]