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ment, declared that he had ' directed the attention of the Govern- ment of India very earnestly to the question whether considerable economy might not be carried out in the military expenditure.'

Population.

The total area and population of India are as follows, according to official returns of the year 1870: —

Presidencies and Provinces under the Administration of —

Area in English sq. miles

Population

Governor-General of India in Council

Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal

Lieutenant-Governor of North-West Provinces

Lieutenant-Governor of Punjaub

Chief Commissioner of Oude

Chief Commissioner of Central Provinces .

Chief Commissioner of British Burmah

Governor of Madras

Governor of Bombay . . Commissioner of Sind .

46,738 200,724 83,690 95,768 24,060 82,839 93.879 141,113 87,639 54,403

6,285,593 40,352,960 30,086,898 17,593,946 11,220,747

7,987,476

2,392,312 26,539.052 11,093,512

1,795,594

Total under British administration .

910,853

155,348,090

Not belonging to British India, but more or less under the control of the Indian Government, are a number of Native States, covering an extent of (140,147 English square miles, with upwards of 46 millions of inhabitants. They are : —

Area in

Native States under —

English

sq. .miles

Population

Government of India ......

385,296

27,716,352

Bengal .....

79,156

2,139,565

North-West Provinces

5,390

1,2S4,691

Punjaub .....

43,877

5,086,502

Central Provinces

28,399

1,095,275

Madras .....

31,953

2.371,333

M Bombay ..."....

Total Native States

72,076

6,552,170

646,147

46,245,888

There has never been a regular census of the whole of India under British administration, but enumerations, more or less re- liable were made in the North- Western and in the Central Pro- vinces in the vears 1865 and L866. The census of the North-West Provinces, taken January 10, 1865, showed that this division of India had increased in prosperity within the decennial period

1856-65 as reckoned by the number of houses and extension of