This experiment was conducted to study the multiplication and spread of bacterial population in water exuded through the hydathode of infected leaf of Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae in resistant and susceptible rice cultivars to bacterial leaf blight. The results obtained are summarized as follows. The bacterial multiplication in resistant cultivars was almost constant from three days to twelve days after inoculation with population of 10$^3$-10$^4$cfu/$ extrm{cm}^2$, but the multiplication was increased as days after inoculation extended in susceptible cultivars. The speed of bacterial multiplication and the number of bacteria spread above and below the inoculated position were closely related with the resistance of rice cultivars to bacterial leaf blight. The bacterial multiplication and spread were observed throughout the all growing stages including seedling, maximum tillering and flag leaf stages. The bacterial populations in water exuded through the hydathode were dependent on the multiplication and spread, and the populations were also closely related with the resistance of rice cultivars.