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INDIA. 



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000 bad boon expended in its erection, and its 

 >nal property und appliances were valued 

 at $54,525. On tbo 1st of December, 1868, 

 t hero, were 1,162 convicts confined within its 

 \viilld, and their support since the opening of 

 tlu- institution bad cost $403,569.60. On tho 

 1st of December, 1870, the number of inmates 

 \v.-n 1,839, an increase of 177 in two years. 



The election occurred on the 8th of Novem- 

 ber. The total vote for Treasurer was 

 317,189, and Erostus N. Bates, the Republi- 

 can candidate, had a majority of 23,661 over 

 Charles Ridgeley, Democrat. The total vote 

 for Congressmen at large was 816,496, of which 

 John A. Logan, Republican, received 168,862, 

 William B. Anderson, Democrat, 144,190, and 

 J. W. Nichols, Prohibitionist, 8,4-44, making 



Logan's majority over Anderson 24,672. The 

 other State officers chosen were the Republi- 

 can nominees. In the thirteen congressional 

 districts, Republicans were elected to Congress 

 from tho first, second, third, fourth, sixth, 

 seventh, and twelfth, and Democrats from tho 

 lit'th, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and thir- 

 teenth districts. The Legislature of 1871 stands 

 thirty-one Republicans and nineteen Demo- 

 crats in the Senate, and ninety-three Repub- 

 licans and seventy-eight Democrats in tho 

 House. 



The population of Illinois, according to tho 

 last Federal census, is 2,529,410. The follow- 

 ing table shows the number of inhabitants in 

 each county, and furnishes a comparison with 

 the result of the preceding enumerations : 



The population of Chicago, which has risen 

 to the rank of the fifth city in the Union, is 

 298,983. In 1860 it was 109,260, and in 1850, 

 29,963. The other important cities are Peoria, 

 25,787; Quincy, 24,053 ; and Springfield, 17,365. 



INDIA, BRITISH, a dependency of Great 

 Britain in Asia. The following information 

 concerning its area and population is given by 

 the statistical department of the India Office, 

 in the " Statistical Tables relating to the Colo- 

 nial and other Possessions of the United King- 

 dom, 1867: London, 1869." 



According to the "Finance and Revenue 

 Accounts" presented to Parliament in 1870, 

 the total net revenue for the year ending 

 March 81, 1869, amounted to 40,012,925, and 

 the total expenditure to 44,157,568. The 

 estimates of the net income of India, for the 

 year ending March 31, 1870, were 41,095,259; 

 expenditure (including an extraordinary out- 

 lay for public works of 2,618,047), 44,276,- 

 801. In regard to the excess of expenditure 

 over income for 1868-'69 the following expla- 

 nation is given : In India there was an actual 

 local surplus of 5,859,668; but the net ex- 

 penditure in England was 8,303,841 ; adding 

 to this the net guaranteed interest on railway 

 capital in India with 1,709,470, there was an 

 excess of expenditure over revenue of 4,144,- 

 643. In order to produce the much-desired 

 equilibrium in Indian finance, some large re- 

 ductions were proposed, including 784,551 

 in the army budget, and over a million in the 

 ordinary outlay on public works as compared 



