Act XI. of 1836 (the 'Black Act'), - III. of 1884, agitation in connection changes made by, 155-157 for the better government of India, 'Acts,' distinguished from 'Regula- Administration, civil, 256; employ- Agori Panth, sect of, 318note Agricultural department, 245, 247, - departments, establishment of, 170- ARM A griculture, superstitions connected Aitchison, Sir Charles, on the relations of Native States with the British Ajmir, Mayo College at, 180-181 Akbar, 249 BER Berar, assignment of, to British Go- vernment, 301, 326 Bernier, his estimate of land revenue under Aurangzeb, 81 -area and population of, 298 note, - misgovernment in, 317-318 Bills, Secretary of State's, 115 Blanford, Mr., on Indian Meteorology, Bombay, army, 55-57, 59, 62 assessment of land revenue in, 79, average incidence of land revenue, contrasted with Calcutta, 332 increase in wealth of agricultural Máratha Bráhmans of, 355 Bondi, the Rája of, 311-312 numbers of, 216-217, 286 - of Bengal, 354-355 - readiness of, to accept Moham- Buck, Sir Edward, his reforms in the on the agricultural system, 240 CIV Canals, 127-133, 234 expenditure on, 133-135 Canning, Lord, his confiscation of land - his orders as to subordinate on Bengal Rent Act of 1859, - on education of nobility and upper - reforms in procedure of Govern- Careri on revenues of Aurangzeb, 83 Caste among Mohammedans, 218, - a social not a religious institution, - divisions and subdivisions of, 216 - number of different castes, 216 Castes, criminal, 294-296 Cautley, discovery of fossil remains Central and Southern India, irriga- Central Provinces, Government of, 37 Chefoo Convention, the, 87 Codes of substantive and adjective Codification of civil law, 157–159 - criminal law, 146-149 progress of, 147 Collector, the, 264-268 the, in North-Western Provinces, Mr. Thomason on, 266, 267 College, Mayo, 180-181 Sir Syad Ahmad - Khan's at attitude of nobility and upper - character of collegiate instruc- first establishment of, in Bengal, Colvin, Mr. John, 125 Sir Auckland, on the results of Commander-in-Chief in India, 34, 58 Commissioners of Divisions, 276 Cornwallis, Lord, 143 - and the Bengal zemindars, 337 Cotton duties, measures towards their Council for Presidency of Bengal, 31 ELP Education, collegiate instruction,171- - -- - 172 compulsory, not possible, 182 department of, 277 - disregard of Oriental literature, - English, its effect on Native cha- in Bengal, effects of, 351-353, 335– existing system of, 167-168 first establishment of colleges in Government and aided institutions higher, in Northern India, 273-274 private institutions, 172 - Lord Macaulay on, 165–166 medical and Lady Dufferin's Asso- - neglect of Indian subjects in Go- its numerical results, 186-188 - primary, 181-183 neglect of, 166 in North-Western Provinces and -scientific, need and neglect of, 190- - secondary, 181 Sir Syad Ahmad Khan and his small number of educated men, small progress of, 186-188 special colleges for nobility and - study of English language and lite- - - system laid down by Lord Halifax, - technical, 170 - universities, 169, 170 work undertaken by missionaries, Elliot, Sir Henry, his Races of the |