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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
