The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-08-13
BRITISH fNDrA..lTs POPULATIONS, ngsoun.
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Tho insi'rrcction Of tho nn,ivc troops In India
Inns had the effect Of drawing nut .nnuch ht,rmn.
'on relative to that ost nportadt or nh tho CO.
lonal dependencies of England. Ncnry a mil.
lion and a l,ulf pounds, sterling arc pni-,,nlcss
some ofihem have lnpscd within few yrnrs-in
pensions to conquered native princes The King
OF Delhi (hc MoguD receives annually cI6O, ,UOU;
he Nawab of Bongnl. eI6O,0oo: tho Nuwnb Of
the Carpatic, .fi $3.50; tlle Hnul of Tnnjorc,
1880; and others ON an equally munfccnt
scale. Tho British territory in India IL equal to
she whole of Continental Europe. Russia excepted,
| covering nn area Of ,sGS. IL 13 miles, with popu-
| lation according to the latcst corrected returns,
of 15S,774,OG5, nEd row estimated ut about two
hundred millions. The territory is distributed
into four governments or presidcncies-Bengal,
h1adrs, Bombay and Agra. Bengal is the seat
OF the Governor General and the Supreme Coun-
! Gil, Madras and Bombay have each u Governor
and COUNCIL, and A gra has Lieutenant G ovcr,,-
| or without Council The total military force
ut the disposal of the Governor cncral is about
| $4,000 men. OF these 2OIS0 nre Queens
! troops; 90, 900 Conpany's European troops; 3IO,-
ooo Goinpanys native troops, aud 12 900 arc ma
i've cOntinScnts, commanded by British officers
aud available under treaties. Out of these :;22,-
600 only Al, 900 arc Enplish
| Great works of public Improvement are in
course af construction by the English The
Gauges canal has already cost f722, 800, and he
completed at IN additional cost of some 900. 600
ne whole LENGTH trunk and branches included,
Will be lSU miles. Anothcrcaua, $50 miles lonp
IS IN progress in the Punaub Three great trunk
roads 'nre fat advanced, viz :: from Calcutta to
Pesi'awur ,422 miles from Calcutta to Combay,
,oo2 miles, and from Bombay to Agra, 7:;l miles
! One railroad is built others are projected. A
line OF telegraph, now extending SO miles, will
soon be increased 10 >, SO miles.
| What renders the above figures the more no.
''ccable IS the fact that the income tl-riv c,l y the
! government OF Great Britain from her Indian en-
4 pre- Is much less than the annual expenditure.
But then it affords field of enterprise and activ
i'y Tor many of her population, and is Il fruitful
sourceof national wealth.
Bcsldrs British activity in secular matters in
lnda' her citizens have accomplished great mis-
slonary work there. The Rev Mr. Mullcps. of
Calcutta, after carefully obtaining returns from
missionary stations i'll India, has published tho
following statistics: Missionaries, ll3; native
catcchists, Cos native Christians, cou,niu,, ALI
who have rcnonnccdhcathcnsni, ana placed them
selves under the care of the missionaries ll2.Iyl.
communicates, churc!. members 1910
scholnrs-b"ys, GI, $50; do. glrs. l4,39S. or the.
male pupils above mentioned, I4,0U0 lcrrn Eng.
lIsh; and the girls p 779 are in boarding schools.
The whole Bible has been translated in,o ten
languages, and the New Testament into four oth
ers Toward the expense of these missionary Ia.
bors thirty three thousand pounds s:erlin, are an
nuully raiscdin India.