The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-29 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we have re-
ceived files of papers from Calcutta to the 22d of
February, and from Hongkong to the 15th of
February.

THE REVENUE.
The following is from a letter dated Calcutta,
February 22 :
The following is the latest statement of revenue,
receipts, and expenditure for the years 1856-7,
1857-8, 1858-9, and the estimates for the years
1859-60 and 1860-61 :—The total revenues and re-
ceipts for the year 1856-57 amounted to £33,499,980,
including £121,954 from railways; in 1857-58 to
£31,860,582, including £153,806 from railways ; in
1858-59 to £36,293,153, including £232,365 from
railways; in 1859.60 to £38,127,332, includ-
ing £330,700 from railways ; and in regular esti-
mate for 1860-61 to .09,952,791, including
£443,160 from railways.

" The total expenditure for the year 1856 57
amounted to £33,974,188; for the year 1857-58 to
£40,251,224 ; for the year 1858-59 to £50,480,770 ;
for the year 1859-60 to £46,417,462 ; for
1860-61 to £46,630,888 ; showing a deficiency
for the year 1856-57 of £474,208 ; for the year
1857-58 of £1,390,642 ; for the year 1858-59 of
£14,187,617; for the year 1859.60 of £8,290,130;
and for 1860-61 (regular estimate) a deficiency of
£6,678,097.

" This is the third version of the Budget for the
current year, and it shows a deficit of £6,678,097,
including the payments for the Mutiny Compensa-
tion. This amount is nearly half a million in
excess of Mr. Wilson's Estimates of last June.

THE FAMINE.
The accounts from the scenes of desolation
become daily more "horrible and heartrending ;"
and although private benevolence is exerting itself,
although Calcutta has contributed £lO,OOO, and
Bombay a larger sum—although in every station
subscription lists are established, and the Maharajah
of Burdwan has set a munificent example to his
countrymen, the fact still remains that misery is on
the increase. One writer from the North-West
describes a scene in which a swarm of famished
villagers were seen contending with the crows and
vultures over the starved carcase of a cow, the
sacred character of the dead animal being altogether
forgotten in the craving for food. The Mysore
Princes, to whom Sir Charles Wood proposes to
make a present of half a million sterling, have
contributed just £BO to the relief of their dying
countrymen and co-religionists.
THE INDIGO DISTRICTS.
The indigo districts continue in a very unsettled
state. At Kishnagur and Jessore the ryots have
refused to pay rents. In one instance, the arrears
amount already to upwards of £12,000. At Fur-
reedpore the ryots do not confine themselves to
not paying rent, as will be seen by the following
extract from a private letter :—" A factory ser-
vant, named Bhyrubdas, got a severe thrashing
on the 14th from the ryots of Belashur, who way-
laid him at Sangoera, cutting his nose and one of
his ears, but not right off. They took away his
clothes, and otherwise grossly assaulted him, and.
he had to walk stark naked for some time, until
some ryot took compassion upon him, and gave
him a rag to wear. The joints of his arms and
legs have been pounded, and he dragged over clods,
the villains in their sport saying that they were
noising (harrowing) the lands for indigo."

THE KOOXEES.
Of our little wars the last we have heard is, that
Captain Raban has returned to Chittagong, after
killing a few of the Kookees, and burning a thou-
sand rupees' worth of their property.

EXCHANGE.
A moderate amount of business has been done for
this mail in bills on London. The Banks have
been the chief sellers at 2.1, and in some instances
at 2-OZ. Credits have been in very limited supply
at 2-11, and documentary at 2 11d.