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were honorary, exercised jurisdiction. There were 1,720 civil judges under the sujierior courts. Nearly all the civil judges, and the great majority of the magistrates, in the courts of original jurisdiction are natives of India ; while in Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, the proportion of natives sitting in the appel- late courts is considerable.

The following table gives (in thousands) the number of persons under trial and of those convicted in criminal cases for the years quoted : —

Persons

Tried.

Convicted. Of whom, lined

1891

1892

1893

1894

1,694 815 622

1895

1,740

845 640

1896

1,525 749 572

1,641

795 601

1,671 793 596

1,786 840

625

i

In 1896, 440 persons were sentenced to death, 1,554 to transportation, and 165,080 to imprisonment. There were 1,004 convictions for the crime of murder, 9,539 for cattle-theft, 52,604 for ordinary theft, and 24,365 for lurk- ing house trespass and housebreaking.

The total police of that year were 142,600 in number. Out of this number 53,207 were armed with firearms and 45,862 with swords.

In 1896 there were 40 central gaols, 191 district gaols, and 495 .subordinate gaols and lock-ups. The following table gives the number of prisoners in gaol at the end of the years quoted :-

Prisoners

1891

92,947 3,147

1892

92,139 3,029

1893

92,190

2,862

95,052

1894

93,299 3,012

1895

97,993 3,189

101,182

1890

106,552 3,382

Male. Female

Total.

95,644

95,168

96,311

109,934

Of the total number of convicts (181,984), admitted into gaol during 1896, 16,435 had been previously convicted once, 4,927 twice, and 3,956 more than twice.

Finance. The subjoined table gives, in tens of rupees (Ex.), the total gross amount of the actual revenue and expenditure of India, excluding capital expenditure on public works, and distinguishing Indian and home expenditure, in each of the financial years ending March 31, 1887, and 1892-97.

Years

ended

March 31

llcvcnue

Expenditure

1

In India

In Great Britain including cxcliange

Total Expenditure

1 1

1887 1892 1893 1894 1895 1 1896

1 1897

1

Rx. 77,337,134 89,143,283 90,172,438 90,565,214 95,187,429 98,370,167 94,129,741

Rx.

57,329,672 65,763,836 64,844,035 66,000,101 65,718,671 69,377,831

69,600,508

1

Rx. 19,829,035 22,911,912 26,161,815 26,112,111 28,775,648 27,458,338 26,234,255

Rx.

77,158,707 88,675,748 91,005,850 92,112,212 • 94,494,219 96,836,169 95,834,763