PORBANDAR  , a native

state of India, in the Kathiawar political agency, Bombay, extending along the S.W. coast of the peninsula of Kathiawar . Area, 636 sq. m.; pop . (1901), 82,640, showing a decrease of 4 °,o in the decade . Estimated gross revenue, £65,000; tribute, f3,233 . The chief, whose title is rana, is a Jethwa Rajput . Limestone is largely exported to Bombay . This limestone is used for buildings in Porbandar without mortar, and is said to coalesce into a solid block under the influence of moisture . The town of PORBANDAR is the maritime terminus of the Kathiawar railway system . Pop . (1901), 24,620 . A large trade is conducted in native boats as far as the east coast of Africa .