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372 NORTH-IVESTERN PROVINCES AND OUDH. Jews, 101; Buddhists, 103; Brahmos, 6; and Sikhs, 3644. Distributed by caste, the Hindus are thus sub-divided — Bráhmans, 4,655, 204 ; Rájputs, 3,027,400; Baniyás (traders), 1,204,130; Ahírs, 3,584,185; Chamárs, 5,360,548; Kahárs, 1,209,350; Kúrmís, 2,075,026; Lodhs, 1,000,599 ; Pásís, 1,033,184; Telís, 685,123 ; Sonárs, 247,485; Málís, 236,355 ; Ahars, 257,670; Barhais, 497,207; Bhangis, 426,243; Bhars, 349,113; Bháts, 129,921 ; Bhuinhars, 188,080; Bhurjis, 301,086; Dhanuks, 119,341; Dhobis, 518,872; Doms, 176,615; Gadárias, 860,220; Gosáins, 118,259; Gújars, 269,036; Játs, 672,068; Kachhís, 1,941,663 ; Kalwárs, 345,365; Kathiks, 152,030; Káyasths, 513,495; Koris, 843,422; Kumbhárs, 633,989; Lohárs, 496,547; Lonias, 378,619; Mallahs, 612,905; Náis, 639,957; Tágas, 101,615; Tambulís, 209,777; other Hindu castes, 1,981,690. As regards the four great Hindu caste divisions, the Bráhmans are most numerous in the Benares, Allahábád, and Agra Divisions, their proportion being lowest in Jhansi. The Rajputs are found chiefly in the Benares and Agra Divisions. The Baniyás or trading caste reside chiefly in the Upper Doáb, Agra, Meerut, and Allahábád; they confine themselves to the towns and large villages, where they act as shopkeepers, bankers, and petty money-lenders. Among the low castes, the Chamárs, formerly serfs and now the lowest menial class, rank first in point of numbers, with 5,360,548 persons, The Ahirs, cultivators and herdsmen, were returned at 3,584, 185; the Kúrmis at 2,075,026; the Kahárs at 1,209,350 ; and the Játs at 672,068. Nearly three hundred less numerous castes find separate mention in the Census Report; and many of these are again minutely sub-divided into clans and minor divisions. The Musalmáns muster strongest in the Rohilkhand, Benarcs, and Meerut Divisions, which contain more than half (3,383,971) the entire Muhammadan population of the Lieutenant-Governorship. In the Allahábád and Agra Divisions they are also numerous, forming a proportion of 10'5 and 9:6 per cent. respectively. In the Jhansi Division, however, comprising the wilder parts of Bundelkhand, the proportion sinks to 47 per cent. The Hindu religion has everywhere left its impress, not only upon the aboriginal tribes and castes, but also upon the invaders; and it frequently happens that the descendants of Muhammadan converts, who may have embraced the faith of Islám at the cdge of the sword, retain many Hindu customs, and adhere to purely Hindu observances and ceremonies. The converse is also true, and many low-caste Hindus embrace the usages if not the tenets of Islám. Among the Muhammadan population by race, as apart from religion, are included the following-Rajputs, 122,055; Gújars, 39,838; Játs, 10,401 ; Tágas, 20,070; and Mewátís, 26,666. The Christian population of the North - Western Provinces and Oudh numbered (1881) 47,664, of whom 26,613 were Europeans,