India

ve states that are, to a greater or less degree, controlled by the English Government. It is divided into ten political districts, each under the jurisdiction of a Lieutenant-governor or Commissioner ; but subject to the aiithority vested in the Governor-general, who acts under the orders of the Hecretary of State for India, and he also appoints the various Lieutenant-governors and Commissioners for the several Presidencies and Provinces.The Provinces of Hyderabad, Mysore, and Coorg, are under the direct administration of the Governor-general. These cover an area of forty-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-one square miles, with a population of six million three hundred and eighty-nine thousand seven hundred and ninety- two. The others are governed by the following functionaries: Lieutenant-governor of Bengal, two hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hundred and ninety-one square miles, population thirty-five million nine hundred and seventy-five thousand two hundred and seventy four; Lieutenant-governor of Northwest Provinces, eighty-three thousand eight hundred and seventy-five square miles, population thirty million eighty-six thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; Lieutenant-governor of the Punjaub, one hundred and two thousand and one square miles, population seventeen million five hundred and ninety-six thousand seven hundred and two; Chief-commissioner of Oudh, twenty-four thousand and sixty square miles, population eleven million two hundred and twent...