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From the table it would appear that in four years 3664 original suits were deter- 
mined by European agency, and 310,509 original suits by native agency; the former 
giving a per-centage of 1-17, and the latter 98°83 per cent. There were 1664 appeals 
from the European agency, or 45-4 per cent. of the original suits decided, but only 25 
per cent. of them were reversed. The appeals from the decisions of the native judges 
were 12,790, or 4.1 per cent. ; the reversals were 4309, or 83:8 percent. ‘The Euro- 
pean judges only [with the exception of the principal Sudder Ameens] deal with ap- 
peal cases, and the greater number of appeals against their decisions in original suits 
is probably owing to the greater amount at stake upon which they decide, than in the 
suits before the native judges. During the four years there were only three farmers 
in jail at the instance of government for arrears of land-tax, 
On the Prevalence and Mortality of Cholera in the Indian Armies. 
By Curusert Fincu, MOD. RELCS. 
Dr. Finch prefaced his paper by remarking that there exists in this country very 
exaggerated opinions as to the frequency and fatality of spasmodic cholera in India. 
The scope of his paper was to show that the disease was neither so frequent nor so 
fatal in the East as is generally believed in this part of the world. With this view 
Dr. Finch had prepared tabular statements of the absolute number of sick and deaths 
from cholera and per-centages of sick and casualties from this dire disease to strength, 
and to sick from all other diseases, and to deaths from all other causes in the Madras 
and Bombay armies for the year 1847, drawn from the latest returns received in this 
sunhy, The returns for 1847 from Bengal have not yet been received at the India 
ouse. - 
From these tabular statements, it appeared that in the Madras Presidency in 1847— 
Of European troops the strength was . .- « + » + + + + 11,429 
Cases of sickness from all other diseases . . + τ + + « 18,585 
Cases of sickness from cholera . . + «+ + + + © © @ + 31 
Deaths from all other diseases . . - - + + + + + + + 828 
Deaths from cholera . . . + - + + sj atberestht aise 
Per-centage of cases of cholera to strength . . . τ τ + + 21 
Per-centage of deaths tostrength . . . «τυ + 192 
Per-centage of cholera to all other diseases ΣΑΤΟ ἢ ᾿ 
Per-centage of deaths from cholera to deaths from all other causes 6°81 
Of native troops the strength was . . . . ἢ τ + + + + 67,950 
Cases of sickness from all other diseases . . . . . + + + 51,728 
Cases of sickness from cholera . . . - τὸν τ ee e227 
Deaths from all other diseases . - .- - τ - «© «© + + + ~ 805 
Deaths from cholera . . . 
Per-centage of cases of cholera to strength pie We wise Juratoneaae 
Per-centage of deaths from cholera to strength , . . - . . 14 
Per-centage of cases of cholera to all other diseases. . 4188 
Per-centage of deaths from cholera todeaths from all other diseases 9.689 
In the Bombay Presidency, during the year 1847— é 
Of European troops the strength was . . . . τ «. - - » 8,786 
Cases of sickness from all other diseases . . . . . . ~~ . 18,509 
Cases of sickness from cholera . . . - - «+ «© © + «+ 45 
Deaths from all other diseases . . . τ τ - « = + «= = 285 
Weaths from -eholeracg tow ase ys ye ss ἐν πον eel ws 24. 
Per-centage of cases of choleratostrength . . . . . . . ‘O15 
Per-centage of deathstostrength . . . . . . .... ‘274 
Per-centage of cases to all other diseases. . . . . . + - 249 
Per-centage of deaths to deaths from all other diseases . . . 9°199 
Of native troops the strength was . . . . . . . . - ~ 49,900 
Cases of sickness from all other diseases . . . . . - τ. 49,910 
Cases of sickness from cholera. ἡ. . . 1. τῳ τὸν κι e208 
Deaths from all other causes. . 2. 2 1 1 ew we 369 
Deaths‘from cholera ©.» δεν 90% δο ας πὶ ς 0 τς 
Per-centage of sick of cholera to strength. . . . . . « + 0 
1850. M 
