The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-23 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

By the arrival of the Bombay nail we have
received files of papers from Bombay to the 27th of
June, and Calcutta papers to the 16th of June.
We take the following summary of news from
the Bombay Gazette of the 27th of June :
The English mail of the 3d of June arrived in
Bombay on the 24th of June.
Rain has been general and abundant over nearly
the whole of the famine district. Intelligence from
the very heart of the district states that the vil-
lagers seem cheerful, and every bullock and
plough has been brought into requisition.

The Famine Relief Committee at Lahore have re-
solved to remit 11 lac of rupees in equal proportions
to Delhi, Hissar, and Cis-Sutlej, for the purchase of
cattle and seed grain.
Colonel Baird Smith, commissioned on the special
duty, has published his report on the famine defin-
ing its boundaries, and reviewing the system of
relief. By relief houses, relief works, and employ-
ment of ordinary public works, not fewer than half
a million of the population have been directly bene-
fited. The spontaneous relief sought in emigration
has influenced nearly half a million more. Many
tribes have struggled on without accepting other
relief than that from public demands on account of
land revenue. The whole body of sufferers can
scarcely be less than from one and a quarter to one
and a half millions.

Our Finance Minister, Mr. Laing, left Calcutta
on the 9th inst. in the mail steamer for England on
sick leave. It is believed that his labours in this
country are at an end.
The report of the Director of Public Instruction
in the Bombay Presidency for 1859-60 has just
been published. Under the present Educational
Administration the number of schools has increased
from 29 in 1855 to 761 in 1860 ; and the number
of pupils from 23,681 to 47,166. This marvellous
increase has been made under almost every possible
disadvantage.

A proposal of the Great Indian Peninsula Rail-
way Company, to have a line surveyed for a railway
from Sholapore to Hyderabad, has received the
sanction of the Bombay Government ; and a refe-
rence to the Secretary of State for India will be
made by this mail for the purpose of obtaining
guaranteed interest at 5 per cent.
The annual report of operations on the Great
Indian Peninsula Railway for 1860-61 shows that
the total receipts for passengers and goods were
11,04,548 r. from January to June, 1860; and
10,39,023 r. from July to December, 1860—the
former amount on 329,174 miles run, and the latter
on 318,551 miles. The expenditure from January
to June, 1860, was 6,50,801 r., and for the latter
half-year 6,46,099 r. The percentage of expenditure
on gross receipts was 58.92 and 62.18 for the two
half-years respectively; the gross cost of open line
being £2,523,711 and £1,584,214 respectively. The
net revenue for the two half-years was 4,53,746 r.
(£41,593) and 3,96,923 r. (£36,018) respectively,—
the equivalent to—per cent. per annum, being
£3-5-11 and £2-15-9 respectively.
The annual report of operations on the Bombay,
Baroda, and Central India Railway shows the re-
ceipts for the year from passengers to be 51,033 r. ;
from goods, 5,314 r. ; the number of passenger miles
run was 27,578, and no goods miles, as there is no
goods traffic on this railway. The total expendi-
ture was 46,558 r., and percentage expenditure on
gross receipts was 70.97 ; the net revenue was
19,790 r., or £1,813, being equivalent to 0.61 per
cent, per annum.
The Nawab of Furruckabad, an arch rebel
against the British Indian Government, and exiled
to Mecca for his rebellion, is producing a great
impression on the pilgrims by prophesying that in
five years the empire of India will be regained by
the Moslem.

BOMBAY.—The rainy season is progressing very
favourably. We have had in Bombay upwards of
20 inches. The season set in very quietly—we had
no thunder and lightning.
The amount of income-tax collected by the Com-
missioner for the town and island of Bombay. is 3
lacs ; that collected by the Special Commissioner is
3. Lacs ; making in all 61 lacs, £65,000, which is
half the estimated sum for Bombay.
Arrangements will soon be completed for the
transfer to the Bank of Bombay of the business of
the General Treasury, and the circulation of the
Government paper currency.
The health of the city and island is considerably
better than the average of the past ten years at
this season. There is no epidemic prevailing to any
alarming extent.

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