896 



INDIA. 



Amending the law regulating the admini-t ration 

 of tru-t- liy tru-t compni. 



To enable corpora; ales and c.. tin- 



tries to lend money in Illinois, t enf.-r- e their 

 tie*, and Mqdfvtftb i<> real estate as security 

 the same a> pmtidcd for corporations orgm 

 under the Stale law. 



matrons 



ntmcnt 

 in .-in.-- nf 16.000 inhabitanU and o\. r. 



tiro escapes shall be placed on all 

 buildimr- which are four r MI-TV stone- in I 



.r.- u--d for prrnite 



i\e!\. l-iit iiK-lixiinu' Hats uiid apart in. nt 



11 building* more than i\v> 



ktorirs high u-d fr manufacturing purposes, 



rmilories, schools. seminaries. l,,,., 

 oras>lums. one fire escape shall be proridad for 



IM'n imiliT the 



\i-ion of ihr jii-tiraiiec department I In* wine 

 uer assessment - 



Inerea-m:; the salaries of the Supreme Court 

 et 1 0*7.000 a vear. 

 .ing a Stair Boftld of Pardon*. 

 Prohibiting tin- employment of children under 

 fourteen years of age in factories, workshops, laun- 



Kequiriiii: tl ..f alcoholic stimnlnnts 



upon tin- human system to be taught in tin- public 



Amending the parole and indctcrininate--en- 

 aet and j release of prisoners under 



it* provisions in the hands of the new Hoard of 

 Pan! 



Amending the act against trusts by providing 

 that in the mining, manufacture. or product ion of 

 articles of merchandise, the cost of which is mainly 

 made up of wage-. it shall not be unlawful for p.-r- 

 sons, firms, or oorponHooi doing business in this 

 :ter into joint arrangements of any sort, 

 the principal object or effect of which is to main- 

 lain or increase wages. 



Making it unlawful to manufacture butu-rinc. 

 that is colored in imitation of butter. 

 ;.ealing the libel art 



Authorizing city councils to grant franchises for 

 fifty years, instead of twenty, and l.'^ali/in- the 

 operation of -uch railways by electricity. 



T.d ,t i.al.-Will.am K. Mason was ele,-ted Tnited 

 States Senator at the joint session of the linn-nil 

 Assembly on .Ian. 'J'J. 1M>7. for a term ; 

 beginning Man-h 4. 1HJ>7. On the final ballot Mason 

 I and .John I*. Altgcld 77. 



Local elections for county ami municipal offices 

 were held on April 6, April 20. and 



I MM \. an emi.ire in southern Asia, subject to 

 Great Britain and govi-rncd under general acts of 

 the British Parliament bv a Governor General in 

 consultation with and under in-truetions from it,,- 

 SeCTt' - .' fi.r India, a member of tin- lirii- 



fahCal*inet. Th<- Govenmr General is ad \i-ed by 

 a Council, which frames the laws fc.r the -nv.rn- 

 mplre. The S-cretary ..f State a!-. 

 has a Council. <-on*iting of retired' Indian func- 

 tionaries, whom- dun,-, an- to conduct the busi- 

 ness transacted in the Cmt.-d Kingdom in relation 

 rnment of India and to examine the 

 expenditure* of the Indian administration. The 

 Earl - ,.ceede,l U,,. Marquis of LHII-I- 



as Governor General in Oetubf-r. IHI:J. The ordi- 

 nary memliersof the Couneil ,,f the (i,,v. -rnor 

 era! are Sir James West land. Sir .1. Woodburn. M. 

 Sir K. H. H.Collni.and \. 

 -vith Sir \N . S. A. I.,-.khnrt. the .-,,,- 

 mander in chief of the f.r-s. The^- membprs are 

 reinforced by additional memlH r- appointed by 

 the Governor General, part of them on the rccom- 



nieii.! ial council-, to form the I.e^is- 



lative Council, which frames regulations i 

 submittnl to the Go\i rn and dra" 



laws that he forwards to the < i'\ nmu nt in Lon- 

 don. t<. IK- laid before Parliament. Th. 



r India in the Cabinet of Lord Salisbury 



:; Hamilton. 



Viea and I'opulalion. The Indian Mi 

 \\itli the protected states, ha- an 



:'. -jiiare miles. Tin- area under the di- 



loll of tin (io\enior ( i IK-IM! is IMio.- 



uare miles. The area and population .,f ih,. 



British provinces, according to the census of 

 are gi\cn in the following table : 



NCKS, 



.1 

 Xrt I 



m< t-suml < >u, II. 

 I'nnjab 



assan 



i - ami Mer 



Madras and !,.< 



Bombay and Bind 



Aiii-n and r 



(Vnlral ]'r.-\ 



imvs 



I{-rar. 



I'.nrriiali. 

 l"|i|M-r Ittirrnah. 

 An-liiiiiaii 



tab... 



Total 



1.M..M.' 



i:.ivi 

 80 



sin 



M.I: 

 12 



'...,-,.(.;, 



4,808,401 



',.:;-.; .:{..! 



18,875 



MM 



10H 



I 



5^66,1 



i.i... -,..-:, 



ft,ltt,83] 



L400 



. 



The area and population of the tributary and 

 protected >ta!es are .diown in the following table: 



NATIVE STATES. 



Beoeal states .... 



N..rMi\\--f l'r-.\ inr.-v 



llinjnh states 



Madras states ; 



Bombaj 



(ritral 



Rajputt 



Central liuliu 



HanKla 



ilMMl 



Mysore 



Cashmere . . 

 sikkim 



Lujai nnrl Kaeliin . . . 

 Shan stales 

 Andaman and Ni.-.i 

 liar trilM-s 



British BelacbJMaii 



Aftrhnn Inirdi-r irihes 



Chitrnl and Iardn- 



tan 



Aden d'|.-li, 



(-t orates.. 



' 

 Kocotra... 



T(tal 



8.VHS4 



mjut 

 tijnt 



BMH 









:, ::,.. vv 





i,9s9,ia 







4J8&JM 



4,048,604 



1,700,000 



500,000 

 8BBJOO 



70^08,000 



The final f.r the 



.ike the total receipt- I ,' \ 08,870,167, in- 

 cludn .H'.'J in KiiL'land. and tin- tota 



pen.! -'..I ,!. inclurling l;\ 



in Knglatid. Of the re.- jpt-. the land tax furni-hed 



the opium impost, l;>. 



the salt monop,,|y. I; mps, l;\ : 



excise. I,'-- L7; provincial 



: . ; 



i*!: forests. Hx l.r,r;o..vu : registration, i:\ 

 ;<:tribut- ;o] : inter, 



posts, telegraphs, and mint, Kx 2,840,35b; lcgi>lu- 



