Geographic Notes 



159 



India now numbers 231,085,000 against 

 221,266,000 in i8gi, and the Native 

 States, 63,181,000 against 66,050,000 

 in 1 89 1. It is yet too early to analyze 

 the returns for the Native States, but 

 there would appear to be an excessive 

 decline in the birth rate. 



The following table gives the popula- 

 tion in thousands, the third column 

 showing the percentage of increase or 

 decrease : 



British Territor}'. ! 1901. 1891. 



Ajmere | 



Marwar j 



Assam 



Bengal 



Berar 



Bombay 



Sind 



Adeu 



Upper Burma 



Lower Burma 



Ceutral provinces. . . 



Coorg 



Madras . . 



Northwest provinces. 



Oudh 



Punjab 



Bahichistan 



Andamans 



Percent- 

 age. 



Total. 



476 

 6,122 



74,713 

 1,491 



15,330 

 3,212 



41 



3,749 



5,371 



9,845 



170 



38,208 



34,812 



12,884 



22,449 



810 



24 



231,085 221,266 



542 



5,433 



71,346 



2,897 



15,957 

 2,871 



44 



3,362 



4,408 



10,784 



173 



35,630 



34,253 

 12,650 

 20,766 



* 



15 



Native States. 



Haidarabad ' 



Earoda ! 



Mysore 



Kashmir 



Rajputana \ 



Central India ! 



Bombay 



Madras 



Central provinces. . . 



Bengal 



Northwest provinces. 



Punjab 



Burma 



Total Native States. 



11,174 

 1,956 

 5,538 

 2,906 

 9,841 

 8,501 

 6,891 

 4,190 

 1,983 

 3,735 

 799 

 4,438 

 1,228 



63,181 



-f- 12.67 

 + 4.72 



— 4-99 



— 3-93 

 -f- 11.88 



— 6.48 



+ 14-49 

 + 21.84 

 8.71 



4.28 

 7.24 

 1.63 

 2.40 



7.5S 



+ 56.95 



+ 444 



Total all India [294,266 



11,537 



2,415 



4,943 



2,543 



12,016 



10,318 



8,059 



3,700 



2,160 



3,296 



792 



4,263 



66,050 

 287,317 



-t- 



314 

 19.23 

 12: 



14.24 

 18. 1 



17-5 

 14.49 



13-23 

 8.19 



13-33 



.91 



4.12 



— 4-34 

 + 2.42 



No comparison possible. 



GEN. FOSTER ON MEXICO 



HON. JOHN W. FOSTER has been 

 contributing to the JVew York 

 Ti'ibune a series of very pointed papers 

 on the condition of Mexico of today. 

 General Foster began his distinguished 

 diplomatic career in 1873 ^s the United 

 States Minister to Mexico, where he 

 represented his nation for seven 5'ears. 

 Until this winter he had not revisited 

 the country in the twenty years since his 

 recall. In the meantime he has been 

 the United States minister to the courts 

 of Russia and Spain, and held the high- 

 est diplomatic office in the United States, 

 that of Secretary of State. 



Instead of geographic isolation, Mex- 

 ico is now bound to the United States b}^ 

 the iron ties of four railroads, while many 

 steamship lines ply between Vera Cruz 

 and foreign ports. Security of life and 

 property is now assured. The evidences 

 of progress and prosperity are seen on 

 every hand. Mexico, the capital cit^-, 

 has doubled in numbers, and in its con- 

 veniences and wealth-bringing attrac- 

 tions may vie with the great cities of the 

 continent. 



In its foreign relations Mexico has 

 risen to a position of dignity and gained 

 the respect of all nations. "A marked 

 feature of the recent diplomatic rela- 

 tions of Mexico has been the extension 

 of these relations to the Far East. Sev- 

 eral years ago a treaty of amity and 

 commerce was effected with Japan, and 

 missions are now maintained at the two 

 capitals of both governments. Last year 

 a similar treaty of a very liberal charac- 

 ter was signed at Washington by the 

 Mexican Amba,ssador and the Chinese 

 Minister. By it Chinese laborers are 

 admitted into the countr}^ and they are 

 already coming, especially to the Pacific 

 Coast, in considerable numbers, and by 

 their industrious and persistent habits 

 are making themselves felt as an impor- 

 tant element of the country." 



To the able management of affairs by 



