Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-29
VaIua of Indla ia EnnIard


India comprises an area half as largt
as all the States and territories OF th'
American Union, with a population
five times a. large. That is its ares
Is ] SOC, 900 square miles, and its pop
ulation nearly 100000, 900. OF thi
vast area $50, 929 square miles il
known as British India, and contains
a population, according to the last In
dia Blue Book, of 15l 146, sig souls
Not belonging to British India, buI
more or less under the control of the
British Government in India, are
number of native States, covering an
area OF 646 ,147 square miles, and con
taing 1926, SSS souls. This popula.
ton embraces Europeans, lndo-Euro.
peans, Armenians, Jews, Greeks, AT
rieans, Asiatics, Chinese, Parsees,
HindoOs, and Mussulmen. More
than eighty languages are spoken be.
tween Cape Comorin and the Hims-
layes. In the North and down the
valley OF the Gauges the Hindoo prop
er is found. They are the most nu-
merous, and were before MOhammed.
an occupation, the dominant race.
Their laDguages-Bengali, Hindi,
Hindustani, GeoTgeratia, Mahratti,
with several of minor importance
are outgrOwths from or rather the re-
suits of the disintegratiOn of the clas-
sic Sanskrit, spoken by the HindOO
5000 years ago, and still the sacred
language Of the Brahamins, the most
perfect, flexible and euphOniou5 Ian
guage which was eve spoken or writ
ten. From the highly cultivated Hin
doc of the North to the d graded Alb
0rigine5 of the Neigherrey hills every
phase, from an advanced civilization
to the most degraded savagery, may
be found. From her Indian possess
ions Great Britain derives no direct
revenue for the imperial treasury. AL
the taxes, imports and customs duties
raised in India are spent in India and
for the benefit Of India. The q 'tual
revenue for 1S69-70 was s52 942, 1872,
the actual expenditure $50, 1874, S19,
the budget for 1901 Esq, 32S, 1855 and
the estimated expenditure e55 226,-
613. The value of Indie to Great Brit
ain consists in its export and import
trade with the mother country. The
total imports by sea in the financial
years of 1862. 0 were s46 So, 1876, and
its total exports s53, SIS, 727.
The tonnage OF all vessels entered
and cleared was 6,274,560 tons. India
affords an outlet for British
surplus capital. From the beginning
of railway construction In 1851 to 1870
eS6, 900, 600 had been expended on In.
dian railways. More than 1900 miles
are open to traffic, and nearly 1000
more in process OF construction. More
than 17,0O0,0 600 passengers were car
ried during the year. On the capital
invested in these railN avs the govern
ment guarantees five per cent. with
the right to purchase within a speci-
fed time. Exclusive of state outlay |
on guaranteed works, the govern
nent expended &C. $3.50 0S2 on pnblie
works in 1S69-76-military buildings,
civil buildings, and public improve
nents. In the same year 74,014 miles
Of telegraphic communication were
open. Calcutta is now in communi-
,ation by rail and telegraph with
Bombay, and with PeshaWur-all eX-
,ept a few miles of railway uncOm-
and the system is so arranged
hat all the available force of India
1uu NC lIIuNh Oli q llACdLCuCA pDlul 1
the shortest possible notice. Du-
ing the last year S3,032,9 75 letters and
newspapers were carried by the mails,
,ver 50,S78 miles. This it is which is
Ireaking down the system of caste in
1t is interesting to read such
b0okas the autobiography OF Lutiul-
ah, himself q native of IndD, and a
and find fleeing its
way through prejudice OF race and re-
igiOn the recognition of what Eng
and Is doing for India. There are
ga schools and colleges, belonging
o, aided or maintained by the British
'Overnment in India, at an expendi-
ure Of sl,070,6S5. This Is the great
dependency which England regards
Inside OF her home dOminions as the
rightest jewel in her crown. From
his she gets over 5000, 600 pounds of
be cotton which she uses, of the value
( els, 340, 900; e2,309. $50 worth of in
igO, e. 24,3 1893 worth of jute, and
2 07S,256 worth Of rice. ThithW her
apital flows; there her surplusN pu.
alton finds employment and wealth,
nd nowhere on the face OF the earth
!; more even-handed justice admins
cred between man and man. Official
eculatiOn and plumber are unknown.
he country has doubled in wealth
within twenty years. To the poor,
specially, has British occupation
cen a blessing. Serfdom no longer
xists, oppressive taxes abolished, Sc
urity In life and property to the peas.
ut and the noble, railways open,
aiety in travel, markets furnished,
averted by irrigation and
ransportation of supplies. This, too, :
the country which Russia covets as
luch as the possession Of the Golden
iorn. With a view to meet this not
Improbable contingency, the system
railways has been built and the !
rmy maintained on s footing which
surprise impossible. A new {
"a has dawned upon the earth, high
!; culture, a nobler religion, CONNER
al enterprise, agricultural activity, =,
| material and civilizing Influences !
hich make men better and happier. :