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 130 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES

Of the Christians the following are the chief sub-divisions (1911 census): —

Denomination

1

1 Persons

Denomination

Persons

Roman Catholics.

. 1,490,864 •

Congregationalist.

135,264

Anglican

. 1 402,317

Salvationist ....

52,407

Presbyterians

. 1 181,128

Other Protestunts.

45,874

Baptists

. i 336,59(5

Syrian (Roman)

413,142

Lutheran, &c.

218,499

Sjrian (others)

315,1(52

Methodists.

. 1 171,754

Armenians, Greeks, <fec.

2,8(57

Instruction.

The foUomnff statistics are those of the census of 1911

—

Able to read and write

16,938,668 1,600,763

Unable to read and write

Total

Males Females

143,480,620 151,397,030

294,877,650

160,419,288 152,997,793

18,539,431

313,417,0811

1 This number falls short of the total population of British India by 1,739,315 persons enumerated in tracts where literacy was not recorded.

The following was the educational expenditure in certain j'ears, more- than half from fees and provincial resources, the rest from local rates, municipal funds, endowments, &c. : —

1905-06

1906-07

1907-08

1908-09

1909-10

1910-11

£

3,528,558

£

3,734,207

£ 4,018,764

4,397,552

£

4,588,082

£ 4,791,200

There are the five Universities of Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Allahabad, and the Punjab, which, though merely examining bodies, have numerous affiliated colleges. There are normal schools in every province, and inspectors visit all departmental schools. Medical colleges furnish a limited number of graduates and a larger number of certificated practitioners. There are eight art schools.

The following table shows the number of students in each of the provinces in British India who matriculated at the five Universities in the vears named : —

Province

1904-05

1905-06

1906-07

1907-08

1908-09

1909-10

Burma

150

71

105

164

244

157

Eastern Bengal and

Assam

135

655

1,121

1,367

2,161

1,035

Bengal

2,546

1,045

2,012

2,308

3.515

2,648

United Provinces

— 1

1,257

772

889

721

685

Ajmer-Merwara.

48

26

51

39

25

15

Punjab

1,280

1,178

1,427

1,230

1,227

1,509

North-west Frontier

Province.

94

111

117

87

93

114

Bombay

1,492

1,604

1,888

1,121

1,173

1,638

Central Provinces and

Berar

197

123

304

304

184

169

Madras

2,485

2,163

3,078

1,528

2,5.34

1,373

Coorg ....

6

4

5

3

S

a

Total.

8,433

8,237

10,880

9,040

11,&S5

9,348

1 As the Allahabad University examinations were postponed till May and July, 1905, the iniry is left blank