RESULTS OF AN ENQUIRY RESPECTING THE 



VI. 



RESULTS OF AN ENQUIKY 



RESPECTING THE 



LAW OF MORTALITY, 



FOR 



BRITISH INDIA, 



DEDUCED FROM THE REPORTS AND APPENDICES OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY 

 THE BENGAL GOVERNMENT IN 1S34, TO CONSIDER THE EXPEDIENCY OF A 

 GOVERNMENT LIFE ASSURANCE INSTITUTION; 



By captain H. B. HENDERSON, 



Asst. Mily. Audr. Genl., Secretary to the Committee. 



From the enquiries set on foot during the operations of the Committee 

 appointed by Government to enquire into the state of Life Assurance in 

 India, a variety of curious and interesting documents have come to hand, 

 and possibly a greater number of statements tending to elucidate the rate 

 of Mortality of British India, than have been before accumulated. To 

 consolidate or abstract the results of the information thus obtained, it is 

 hoped the following will not be unacceptable. 



With respect to the Natives themselves of the vast regions under the 

 British Rule in India, there are few general tabular statements available, 

 and no extensive or sure data in our possession of a nature to exhibit the 



