898 



INDIA. 



UU in Kngland, expressed in a resolution of the 



of Commons, though against the judgment 



ng military officer* ami surgeons. 



An array sanitary conimi' ^ established by 



statistic* n .In-. rease 



/ion and nlM.luiiiii of the 

 and prot. 

 Hamilton, in a di^it.-!. 



M. nd.-d that the cant. .HIM. -n( rules appl; 



t!l|H.\. diplith- -h.'uhl be 



sij-j.li..l t<> all contagious an. I infectious diseases, 

 in. -hiding venereal disease, and that, while tin -re 

 shoul .-iMralion or licensing ..f pr..-i . 



nor any periodical and compulsory examination. 

 women* wl : to attend hospital should be 



d to leave the cantonment. The new rcgula- 

 t :!!- -t"p -hort of compulsory inspection, although 



oramendi 

 Ihi- nir.li. -al faculty mid official authorities. When 



M-dical oAeer in charge 'f a cantonment hos- 

 pital has reason to l..-li.-\,- that any person in the 

 cantonin. nt b suffering from ooDtaij h< 



may Munition such person to bo examined, may dc- 

 tain the case till there is no danger of spreading 



:<n. and may treat refusal to attend mi .-um- 

 m-n- AS an admi--ion that disease exists. Any p.-r- 

 son refusing to submit to the summons or ignoring 

 it m.f. .led from tin- cantonment and not 



permitted to return without the medical officer's 

 leave. Th - irj of state for India approved, 

 further, a medical ins|>ccti<>n of soldiers who have 

 been in hospital for these diseases, and punishment 

 of xt, di men as conceal the fact of their contagion. 

 A lull giving effect to the new policy of the 

 eminent in the matter of contagious diseases afT< < t - 

 in_' ttie Briti-h garrison was passed on July 22 by 

 the legislative Council. 



( ommcrcc and Production. Th. total im- 

 port* in 1890 amount..! t.. Rx M;. ::<}. 7::!). includ- 

 ing Rx 69.316.895 of men hat. i>. K\ :: .;-jn.:{r>8 of 

 Ooveniment stores, and I: Wt of pi- 



niftaN. The total exports were Rx 118,594,549, 

 comprising l.'x 109,545,161 of domestic men -han- 

 "" of Government inerchandisr. li\ 

 4.71T.!7! of fon-ign merchandise, and MX 4.259,811 

 of precious metals. Of the merchandise imports 

 H\ l7.Hil.484 came from Great Britain. Rx 6,441.- 

 988 fn.m British |>osscssions. and Rx 15.71. 

 from foreign countries. Of the dome-tic exports 



.-! went to Great Britain. K\ 21,185 

 to Hriti^h possessions, and Rx L to foreign 



countries. The.values of the principal iminn- 

 domestic consumption were: Cotton cloth, Rx 

 22.785.000; machinery and railroad material, Rx 

 4.816,000: iron ami steel goods, Rx 4,780,000; m 



104000; cotton Tarns. Hi 2.J7i.iMn : p,tr.,leum. 

 Rx 2.!Mi7,000; copper goods, Ri 1,809,000: silk faU 

 rica. Rx 1.704,(JO; do thing, et<-.. Rx 1,456.000; 



woolen doth. R X 1.446.000; coal. K\ I. 

 hosiers, etc.. R* 1.^4,000; raw silk, Rx 1.238.000; 

 l.-juors, Rx 1.69532- B 946J210; dyeing 



and tanninir subetances, Rx 85H.sji:j : K \^ 



salt, Kx 653/226; spi . i, U\ r,.v..:;-j!: - 

 Rx 400.088; umbrellas, Rx -rain and 



pul-. Kx lll.oii. 

 The large* exports and their values were as fol- 



:\ 1 I.O!MI.1) 



880; raw jute. Rx 9.717.i::2: opim, 

 cotton manufacture*. Kx 8.84 t 

 880; seeds. Rx 9.717.}. and skins, Rx 



7,680,478: indigo. R x 5.:',54.511 : jute mannfac- 



! 13.896; coffee. 

 :x 1.833.601; dyes and tan 

 872,688; w...-l. |; x 1.355.108: provisions. !; 



wnml. Rx - -.707; salt; 



iw silk arxl ..... -. I;--. ;: 

 sugar, Rx 574,745; spices, Rx 489,509; silk manu- 



factur. -. i;\ 1S3,399; wo-.len manufactures, llx 



The trade of u itijuri..u-ly affected in 



the I.. ..f the year lv famine and plague. 



The import-, for the rear were U\ J.'.I'.KHMMI 

 than in t!.. . -.IMIO 



less. i] qnantin . xp-::. \] 



96,000 tons, again >t 500,000 ton- in the preceding 

 The e\i a, cottiin. \arn. and jute 



were larger. In the famine'and the i 



lence. India al- l -old an. 



."(to ,,f silver in w\ '97. Th.- total vu 



the impof 



amounted to II\ 1^>I.188. 



Out of 5 s in British India which 



i- dealt with in <!o\ernmeiit r.p.-rt-. 151.033.160 

 are waste lands not available for cultivation. 1)]),. 



. cultural. lc v, 



est, 80.336.208 are fallow, and UMi.WHMiw 

 under cultivation in 1^.:.. Tii. i. 



under ri. "S under wheat. 



under other f I gr.. , 'H7 under other 



crops. -J.Ti; I. r,:,i; under pug .nder 



il") under colt. .n. 2/.'75.:;i( und.-r jute, 

 indcr imligo. 1.I71.->1 under to! 

 and 414.3US under oil seed-. The area cr 

 more than once during the year was 

 acres. There were nearly 74,800 s(juare nn 

 forest demarcated and reserved by the (io\, n. 



The average annual cotton crop \va~ 

 bales, of 400 pounds, from isi;:; to iss;{ : inth- 

 four years it has b. . 00 l.ale^. and ii 



it was about 3,0(H).(MK) bales. The quantity shipped 



trope was - Jes, of wh; 



sent to the Continent. \\'hile the Chinoe demand 

 dwindled for many years and has practically 

 .Japan took :!7:{.(MK) bales in 1M'7. and 

 bales were used in the Indian spinning mill 

 sides which 4i:i.OOO bales were taken for local con- 

 sumption. The plague enabled .lapan to sell j 

 in the Chine-e market- formerly supplied by the 

 Bombay mills. Notwithstanding 

 per cent, in the production of cotton yarn it 

 in Bombay, where 71 per cent, of the Indian j 

 were produced, the total production of India was 

 11 ;.:'.!)8,935 pounds, again si -i:;5.l 1U.515 pounds in 



The area irrigated in U 8,478,205 



yielding a revenue of |;\ :;.-.' ir,..V.M. Major works 

 irrigated 6,259,870, and minor work- 

 Then- v- : -.int-toek compani- 

 engaged in banking, in-urance. manufacturing, 

 trailing, planting, mining, brew ing. etc.. with a paid- 

 up capital of I; 



invented in lit cotton mills, with 84.161 lo,,m-. 

 and :J.711. <>;! spindles. cni|iloying 1 

 28 jute mills and 1 heinii mill, with HUl^ . 

 and 201.217 spindle-, employed 7.">.1">7 person^: ami 

 s woolen mills, with 5:si loom.- and 17.- 



J I 1 -pindles. The coal raised in 2o3 mines was 



ons, valued at R\ 1.152.084. 

 Navigation. The number . ntered at 



Indian |,..rl- during ls!ij was 5.2215. of 4.12 



of which 2.1 15. of ::.:!H.H5 tons.wi n- British : 

 l',riti-h Indian: r.'.i::. of (XU .r,<i7 

 and 1.550. .,( ns, native. 



The number cleared was 5,071, of 4.0!i.\5r,l t. : 

 whi. 



>l tons. British Indian: 

 M : and 1.1 - :7 ton-, native. 



Railroads. The railroad- in operation on March 

 ^JKJ. had a total length of UMJ7* miles, of which 

 8,979 miles were state lines worked by eomp 

 - miles state lines worked by tin- state. 

 miles lines of guaranteed companies, 

 lines of assisted companies, 146 miles lines of native 



