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IMMIGRATION. 



INDIA. 



many (112), England, France, Austria. Painters 

 (total, 138) : from Germany (46), England (21). 

 Weavers (128; : from England (48), Germany 

 (39). Dressmakers and milliners (total, 98) : 

 from British Provinces, Germany, Ireland. 



Among the 31,146 immigrants of various 

 miscellaneous employments, including farmers 

 and laborers, servants, and traders, the largest 

 contingents came from China (7,493), Britisli 

 America (5,482), Germany (4,391), Ireland 

 (3,283), England (2,838), Sweden (1,149), Nor- 

 way (1,099), Italy (1,052). Of the 17,921 la- 

 borers, China furnished 7,448, British Prov- 

 inces 2,048, Ireland 1,811, Germany 1,672, 

 England 1,476, Italy 728, Sweden 634, 

 France 369, Austria 368, Norway 328. Of 

 the 7,268 farmers, 2,229 came from British 

 America, 1,669 from Germany, 755 from Eng- 

 land, 440 from Norway, 390 from Russia, 327 

 from Sweden, 298 from France. Of the mer- 

 chants and dealers, 1,905 in all, 642 came from 

 Germany, 274 from England, 151 from Nor- 

 way, 140 from the British Dominions, 106 

 from France, 91 from Spain. Among the 2,- 

 418 servants were 1,040 Irish, 433 Canadians, 

 196 English, 172 Germans, 134 Swedes. 22,- 

 233 immigrants of no stated occupations make 

 up, with the 3 general classes above men- 

 tioned, of professional, skilled, and miscel- 

 laneous occupations, the sum of the total im- 

 migration for the half-year. This latter class 

 consists almost exclusively of women and chil- 

 dren, the families of immigrants. Out of a 

 total immigration from Germany of 14,338, it 

 amounted to 7,704, or nearly 54 per cent. ; 

 from the considerable influx of mechanics, 

 laborers, etc., from the British-American Prov- 

 inces, amounting in all to 10,926, only 3,526 

 belonged to this class little over 32 per cent. ; 

 of the total English immigration, 8,582, it 

 amounted to 4,218, about 49 per cent ; the 

 Irish immigration, altogether 7,273, included 

 3,283, or 45 per cent., of this class ; the 

 Scotch, in all 1.682, only 642, or 38 per cent. ; 

 among the 7, 656 immigrant Chinese there were 

 only 151 so classified ; among the 2,633 Swedes 

 there were 1,281, about 48 per cent. ; among 

 the 2,197 Norwegians, only 869, or 39 per cent. ; 

 among the 863 Danes, 392, above 45 per cent. ; 

 in the Austrian immigration the proportion was 

 very high 1,515, in a total of 2,394, or above 

 63 per cent. ; in th e Russian total of 1 , 877, it was 

 1,161, nearly 62 per cent. ; among the French, 

 total immigration 2,863, it was only 1,005, or 

 35 per cent. ; among the Italians, total 2,026, it 

 was 34 per cent., 691 souls ; among the Swiss, 

 315, out of 888, about 35J per cent. Out of 

 the grand total, 69,997, there were 28,233 of 

 no stated occupations, giving a mean percent- 

 age of 40 per cent. Of these, 19,156 were 

 females and 9,077 males. In the entire fiscal 

 year 1876-'77 the total immigration was 141,- 

 85792,033 males and 49,824females. Clas- 

 sified, there were 1,885 of professional occupa- 

 tions 1,674 males and 211 females; 21,006 of 

 skilled occupations 20,144 males and 862 fe- 



males ; 55,650 of miscellaneous occupations 

 50,116 males and 5,534 females; 63,316 of no 

 stated occupations 20,099 males and 43,217 

 females. The latter class formed 44 per cent, 

 of the total immigration of the year. In the 

 year 1875-'76 the proportion was about 42 per 

 cent., and in 1874-'75 nearly 47 per cent. 



INDIA,* a British viceroyalty in Asia. Vice- 

 roy and Governor-General of Bengal, Lord 

 Lytton, appointed in 1876 ; commander-in- 

 chief of the army, Sir Frederick P. Haines. 

 The Executive and Legislative Council is com- 

 posed as follows: The Viceroy, the com- 

 mander-in-chief, Major-General Sir E. John- 

 son, Sir John Strachey, Wbitley Stokes, E. C. 

 Bayley, Sir Andrew Clarke, and Sir Alexander 

 J. Arbuthnot. The lieutenant-governors of 

 the provinces are honorary members of the 

 Council, when it meets in their respective 

 provinces. Government Secretaries: For the 

 Interior, A. C. Lyall ; for the Finances, R. B. 

 Chapman; for Agriculture and Commerce, A. 

 O. Hume; for Foreign Affairs, C. V. Atchi- 

 son ; for Military Affairs, Colonel H. K. Burne ; 

 for Public Works, Colonel W. A. Crommelin. 

 The lieutenant-governors and chief commis- 

 sioners of the different provinces are as fol- 

 lows: Bengal, Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. A. 

 Eden ; Northwestern Provinces, Sir G. E. W. 

 Couper, Bart. ; Punjaub, Lieutenant-Governor, 

 R. E. Egerton ; Central Provinces, Chief Com- 

 missioner, J. H. Morris ; British Burmah, Chief 

 Commissioner, A. Rivers Thompson ; Madras, 

 Governor-General, Duke of Buckingham and 

 Chandos; Bombay, Governor-General, Sir R. 

 Temple, Bart. 



The area and population of British India, 

 according to the census of 1872, were as follows: 



The receipts and expenditures for the year 

 1875-'76 were as follows : 



GROSS RECEIPTS. 



Land revenue 21,505,088 



Tributes and contributions 726.1 88 



Public domains. 672.528 



Excise 2,493,282 



Assessed taxes 510 



Duties 2,722.583 



Salt monopoly 6,244,415 



Opium tax 8,471,425 



Stamp tax 2,758,042 



110,4S9 

 763,765 

 809,040 

 796,460 

 84,160 

 280,481 

 108,891 

 661,189 

 749,166 

 764,636 

 Total ordinary receipts 50,148,464 



* For a mil account of the area and population of the dif- 

 ferent provinces, the distribution of the population according 

 to religion and sex, and the population of cities, e ANKUAI 

 CYCLOP-EDIA for Ib76. 



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Education Department 



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