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STATISTICAL ABSTRACT

FOR

BRITISH INDIA.

FOREWORD.

The second issue contained figures up to and including the year 1921-22. And it is intended that this publication should appear annually and that each successive issue should show the figures of one year later than the previous issue. But in order to bring the publication up to date figures for the two years 1922-23 and 1923-24 have been added in this volume.

In the statistics of agriculture and co-operative societies the year runs generally from July to June. All the other tables relate either to the fiscal year (April to March) or to the calendar year, and where the latter is the case it is clearly indicated in the tables.

The undermentioned table shown in the 2nd Issue of the Abstract has been omitted:

No. 135. Currency Notes in circulation and held in Government Treasuries in each Circle in India.

C. G. FREKE,

Director General,

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

AND STATISTICS, INDIA;
July 15, 1925.

(142) Wt. 15072/508 1,125 12/26 S.E.R., Ltd. GP. 56

TABLE NO.

1. India, British Territory and Indian States, Area, Population, etc.

2. Variation in Population since 1901

3. Density of Population according to Administrative Divisions

4. Towns and Villages classified by Population

5. Main statistics for Cities (including Cantonments)

6. Population of Principal Towns

8. Variation in Distribution of the Population by Religion since 1901

9. Distribution of Christian Population by Race, etc.

PAGE.

2-5

6-7

9

10-11

12-13

14-15

16

17

10. Territorial Distribution of Christians

18

11. Distribution of Population by Residence, Sex and Civil Condition

19-20

Religion, Sex and Civil Condition

Residence, Age and Sex

Religion and Education

Residence and Education

21-22

23

24-27

28

29-32

Divisions and Number of Officers exercising

Appellate or Original Jurisdiction

Justice-Number of Cases decided in, and

Receipts and Charges of, the Courts

27. Civil Justice--Number and Description of Civil Suits instituted

Number and Value of Civil Suits instituted

General Results of Trial of Civil and Revenue

Cases in Courts of Original Jurisdiction, Civil Suits

Miscellaneous cases

Civil Appellate Courts-Appeals from Decrees

Age

54

55-58

TABLE NO.

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55.

56.

JUSTICE,

POLICE AND

PRISONS-Contd.

54. Prisons, Working of the Mark System

Convict settlement of Port Blair

Offences committed by Convicts and the Punishments

inflicted on them in Port Blair

PAGE.

110

112-113

114-115

REGISTRATION

57. Number and Description of Documents, and value of Property

transferred

116-117

WILD ANIMALS.

FINANCE

58. Number of Persons killed by Wild Animals and Snakes. Number

of Wild Animals destroyed, and Expenditure on Rewards for

their Destruction

59. Abstract Statement of

60. General Statement of

against Revenue or

Revenue, Expenditure and Public Debt of

British India, in India and in England

Gross Revenue and Expenditure charged

Capital, Aunual Surplus or Deficit, and
Cash Balances, in India and in England

61. General Statement of the transactions in India and England and

of the balances of the different Provincial Governments.

62. General Statement of the Revenue in India and England

63. General Statement of the Expenditure charged against Revenue,

in India and England

64. Distribution between voted and non-voted Expenditure

65. Expenditure (charged against Revenue) and Receipts in England,

118

119

120-121

122-123

124-127

71. Quantity and Value (excluding duty) of Salt produced

72. Balance (available for Consumption) of Issues and Imports over

Exports of Salt

73. Quantity of Salt (in maunds of 82 lbs. each) sold in each

Province

74. Rate (per maund) of duty and Selling Price (that is the Price

which Government charged for Salt in addition to the Duty)

75. Opium Revenue and Expenditure

76. Number of Chests of Opium sold for Export and issued to Excise

and Medical Departments and number of chests paying duty

77. Auction average price per chest of Bengal (Patna and

Benares) Opium at each monthly Government Sale, the Average

of the year and the Number of Chests sold in each Calendar

year

78. Area of Cultivation, Total Production and Production per Bigha

of Bengal Opium

79. Quantity (chests) of Bengal opium made, charges thereof, net

and average cost per chest of Provision Opium, and average

weight to each chest

80.

and Value of Opium sold by Government direct to

Colonial Governments, etc., under agreement

81. Amount of Land Revenue and Charges

82. Details of Land Revenue and Charges

83. Amount of Excise Revenue and Chargos

84. Details of Excise Revenue

85. Number of Shops licensed for sale of Liquors and Intoxicating

Drugs, Receipts from license fee, duty and other items of Excise

Revenue, and Incidence of Excise Taxation per head of

Population

TABLE NO.

87.

88.

Details of Stamp Revenue and Charges

Forest Revenue and Charges

89. Details of Forest Revenue and Charges

90.

91.

92.

175

ib

176

Forest Capital Expenditure not charged to Revenue.

Tributes from Indian States in each Province

Net Revenue Receipts of State Railways, Charges against them

and net Gain or Loss to Government.

93. General Results of Irrigation, Navigation, Embankment and

Drainage Works. 178-179

94. Capital Expenditure on the Construction of Railways and Irri-

gation, Navigation, Embankment and Drainage Works

95. General Results of the Post and Telegraph Department

97. Expenditure on Famine Relief

98. Distribution of Expenditure on Famine Relief .

99. Military Expenditure in India and England

100. Contribution to the Central Government by Provincial Govern-

ments to provide for the deficiency of Central Revenue as

compared with Central Expenditure

Classification of Public Debt and Distribution of Interest

105. Government Promissory Notes enfaced for Payment of Interest

196

in London

197

FINANCE-Contd. 109.

106. Prices of Principal kinds of Indian Government Stock

107. Unfunded Debt and Interest paid thereon

108. Sinking Funds for Central and Provincial Rupee Loans

Railway Sinking Funds created pursuant to certain Acts of Parlia-

ment and the application thereof

ib

198

198-200

201-202

ib

112. Loans and Advances by Government

113. Council Bills and Telegraphic Transfers drawn on India by the

Secretary of State.

114. Sterling Bills and Telegraphic Transfers drawn on London by the

Government of India.

115. Council Bills and Telegraphic Transfers drawn on Calcutta,

Bombay and Madras.

Transfers paid in Calcutta,

Bombay and Madras.

116.

117. Sales by Secretary of State of Bills and Transfers on India in

each month. 207-208

by the Government of India of bills and transfers on London

in each month

118.

119. Cash Balances at the close of each year

120. Minimum and Maximum Price in London of Standard Silver per

ounce in each month

209

210-211

121. Exchange on London, Bank of England Rate of Discount and

Bank of Bengal Rate of Interest

122. Price of Sovereigns and Uncoined Gold in India in each month

123.

Gold in London and Bombay at the end of each half

month

-

212-213

214-215

216-217

218-219

220

221

124. (including import duty) of Bar Silver in Bombay

125. Rate of Exchange between Bombay and Hongkong in rupees per

100 dollars for each month

126. Imports into and Exports from British India of Gold and the

amount received and the amount coined in the Mints

Silver and the

amount received and the amount coined in the Mints

128. Quantity (in ounces) of Gold and Silver imported into and exported

from British India from and to Foreign Ports

127.

222

TABLE NO.

AGE AND

RRENCY-

td.

129. Coinage at the Calcutta and Bombay Mints

130. Old Government of India Rupees (including small silver coins)

received into the Mints for re-coinage, and silver coinage in each

Mint

131. Coins other than the Government of India Rupees received into

the Mints for re-coinage

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224-239

240

ib

241

242

ib

ib

132. Number and Value of Government Currency Notes of each deno-

mination in circulation on the 31st March in each year

133. Value of Notes in circulation and composition of the Paper

Currency Reserve on the 31st March in each year

134. Created Securities in the Paper Currency Reserve and Appropria-

tions for their reduction

135. Receipts, Charges and net Profits of the Paper Currency Depart-

ment

IS

136. Progress of Banking Capital in India

137. Proportion per cent of Cash to Liabilities on Deposits of the

several classes of Banks on 31st December of each year

243-244

244

ICIPALITIES.

138. Population and Constitution of Municipalities with Income and

Expenditure

139. Income of Municipalities

140. Expenditure of Municipalities

246-247

248-251

252-253

141. Name of each Municipality containing Population of 50,000 and

above, with Income and Expenditure

146. Classification of Colleges and Schools and Number of Scholars

attending them

147. Number of Colleges and Schools and of Scholars attending them,

by Provinces

148. Stages of Instruction in Recognised Schools for general education

149. Number of pupils in each stage of instruction, classified according

to Sex, Race or Creed

150.

151.

male and female Scholars in Recognised and

260

261

262

Unrecognised Institutions, by Provinces

1278

University graduates and under-graduates

279

152. Results of prescribed Examinations.

280-285

UCATION

153.

University, College and School Examinations, number

obtaining each Degree or passing the prescribed tests

286-293

154.

294-297

Examinations in Arts and Science of Indian Universities.

155. Number of Recognised Educational Institutions under manage-

ment of Government and Local Bodies and under private

management; also of Unrecognised Institutions, Number of

Scholars.

156. Total Expenditure from all sources on each class of Educational

Institutions in British India

157

in different Provinces

158. Expenditure on Education in each Province

159. Distribution of Expenditure on Education

298-299

300-305

306-313

314

316-317

160. Sources of Expenditure on Education in British India

161. Total Expenditure on Public Instruction in different Provinces

162. Classification of Pupils in Schools for General Education according