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officers, 39. The native army comprised : Artil- 

 lery, 33 European and 26 native officers, and 

 3,752 noncommissioned officers and privates 

 total, 3,811 ; cavalry, 362 European and 626 na- 

 tive officers, and 22,439 noncommissioned offi- 

 cers and privates total, 23,427; sappers and 

 miners, 56 European, and 63 native officers, and 

 3,706 noncommissioned officers and privates- 

 total, 3,825 ; infantry, 1,119 European and 2,043 

 native officers, and 110.530 noncommissioned 

 officers and privates total, 144,755. Measures 

 are progressing which will enable the Imperial 

 Government to draw from the various feudatory 

 states contingents of well trained and equipped 

 troops to take place in line with the regiments 

 of the regular Indian army. These special con- 

 tingents, which are known as imperial service 

 troops, numbered, at the beginning of the pres- 

 ent year, 17,038, of which 9,510 were infantry, 

 7,218 cavalry, and 300 artillery. At the end of 

 July, 1893, over 48,000 magazine rifles had been 

 distributed to the British infantry, while 29,- 

 000 were held in reserve, and 44 batteries had 

 received 12-pounder guns. 



Commerce and Production. The following 

 table gives, in tens of rupees, the values of the 

 leading imports and classes of imports during 

 the year ending March 31, 1892 : 



IMPORTS. Value. 



Cotton manufactures 28,689,472 



Metals, hardware, and cutlery 6,894,067 



Silk, raw and manufactured 8,014,698 



Suo-ar, raw and refined 2,561,996 



Woolen goods 1,762,031 



Liquors 1,442,095 



Railway plant and rolling stock 1,484,173 



Oils..... 2,685.955 



Machinery and millwork 2, 1 11 ,596 



Coal. 1,250,493 



Provisions 1,771,798 



Apparel 1,398.027 



Salt. 627,953 



Spices 797,196 



Glass 728,203 



Drugs 650,425 



Paplr 470,839 



Umbrellas 414,942 



Grain and pulse 215,590 



The total value of the merchandise imported 

 during the year on private account was Rx 66,- 

 587,457, against Rx 69,034,900 in the preceding 

 year. 



The values of the principal exports of private 

 merchandise of Indian production during the 

 year ending March 31, 1892, are given in the 

 following table : 



DOMESTIC EXPORTS. Valne. 



Rice 13.885,971 



Wheat 14380,462 



Cotton, raw 10,754,312 



Cotton, manufactured 7,035,036 



Opium 9,562,461 



Seeds 12,208,458 



Hides and skins 5,186,002 



Jute, raw 6,848,493 



Jute, manufactured 2,513,100 



Tea 5,968,129 



Indigo 3,214,076 



Other dyes and tans 764,710 



Coffee 1 ,998,659 



Wool, raw 1,013,864 



Wool, manufactured 94,788 



Spices j 408,978 



Lac 751,224 



Sugar, raw and refined 508,417 



Raw silk and cocoons 518,627 



Silk, manufactured 13,957 



Oils 583,811 



Wood 609,463 



Provisions 776,531 



Saltpeter. 365.618 



The total value of the domestic exports for 

 the year was Rx 103,550,831, against Rx 95,902,- 

 193 for the preceding year. The value of the 

 foreign merchandise exported during the year 

 ending March 31, 1892, was Rx 4,485,179. 



The distribution of the foreign trade among 

 the principal countries is shown by the follow- 

 ing table, which gives the values, in tens of 

 rupees, of the imports and exports of merchan- 

 dise for the year ending March 31, 1892 : 



The following table shows, in tens of rupees* 

 the imports and exports of specie and bullion, 

 both on private and Government account, for 

 five fiscal years : 



The imports of silver during the year ending 

 March 31, 1893, amounted to about Rx 15,000.- 

 000. and continued unusually heavy throughout 

 the calendar year. 



The total imports of merchandise and treas- 

 ure, including those of the Government, during 

 the year ending March 31, 1892, reached the 

 value of Rx 84,155,045, and the total exports 

 amounted to Rx 111,460,278. Imports of mer- 

 chandise to the value of Rx 54,706,516, and ex- 

 ports to the value of Rx 67,237,583, passed 

 through the Suez Canal. 



The foregoing figures are for the sea-borne 

 traffic, and do not include the transfrontier land 

 trade, the value of which, for merchandise only, 

 for three years ending March 31, is given in 

 tens of rupees, in the following table : 



Navigation. The total number of entries of 

 vessels at British Indian ports during the year 

 'ending March 31, 1892, was 5,686, aggregating 

 4,308,375 tons. Of these, 2,325 were British, 

 aggregating 3,563,678 tons; 953 were British 

 Indian, aggregating 146.659 tons : 721 were for- 

 eign, aggregating 507,944 tons ; and 1,687 were 



