Enumerations to ascertain the religious creed of the inhabitants of India were taken in the various provinces during the years 1868 to 1876-in Berar and the Punjab 1868, in Oude 1869, in Ajmere and Coorg, 1871, and in the remaining provinces from 1872 to 1876. A verification of all these returns with the results of the general census of India furnished the following classification of the leading creeds in the provinces under British administration : The following table shows the number of Hindoos, Mahomedans, Buddhists, and Christians, in each of the provinces of India under British administration: The British-born population in India, exclusive of the army (for number of which see p. 685), amounted according to a census taken June 15, 1871, to 64,061 persons. Of these, there were 38,946 of the male, and 25,115 of the female sex. The largest number, at the date of the census, was in the province of Lower Bengal, namely, 16,402, comprising 10,625 males and 5,777 females; the next largest number in the province of Bombay, namely 10,921, comprising 6,786 males and 4,135 females; and the next largest number in the North West Provinces, namely 6,910, comprising 3,843 males and 3,067 females. In the Central Provinces there were, at the date of the census, only 276 British-born subjects, namely, 173 males and 103 females. In the three capital cities of India the number of British subjects was as follows at the census of June 15, 1871:— British-born population The ages and conjugal condition of the British-born subjects in India were as follows at the census of June 15, 1871 : : The occupations of the British-born subjects in India were as follows at the census of 1871, under the six classes adopted by the English Registrar-General : At the last enumerations there were in British India 44 towns with over 50,000 inhabitants, as follows: The occupations of the adult male population of British India, calculated to number 57,508,150, were classified as follows at the last enumerations: In the North-Western Provinces and Madras the foundation has been laid of a national system of education; while public instruc tion throughout the whole of India has made great progress in recent years. Three universities, at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, were incorporated by Acts of the government of India in 1857. In the year 1875-76 there passed 838 candidates for admission at Calcutta, 662 at Madras, and 434 at Bombay. Trade and Commerce. The total value of the imports and exports of the Indian empire, including bullion and specie, was as follows, in each of the ten fiscal years ending March 31, from 1867 to 1876: Divided into merchandise and treasure, that is, bullion and specie, the imports in each of the ten fiscal years 1867 to 1876 were as follows: The exports in the same ten years, classified as merchandise and treasure, were as follows: |