APPENDIX X.-RATES of CUSTOMS IMPORT DUTY in BRITISH
INDIA, and GROSS AMOUNT received in 1878.
1 By Act XI. of 1878, the maximum duty levied on arms, etc., imported for private use, is 10 per cent. The rates leviable on such articles imported for other purposes are fixed by a schedule (Rs. 50 for each firearm, Rs. 15 for a pistol, etc.).
2 Grey Mule Twist No. 32, and lower numbers, and Grey Water Twist No. 20, and lower numbers, free from 20th March 1878.
3 T cloths under 18 reed, jeans, domestics, sheetings, and drills, free if containing no yarn higher than thirties. Grey cotton piece-goods, howsoever designated, containing no yarn higher than thirties, free from 15th March 1879.
RATES OF CUSTOMS IMPORT DUTY in BRITISH INDIA, and GROSS AMOUNT received in 1878-continued.
1 Precious stones and pearls unset are free.
2 If for use in arts, manufactures, or chemistry, 10 per cent.
3 Ginger ale free, 16th July 1879.
5 Current coin and bullion are free.
Iron-ore and kentledge, free.
6 Free, if imported for private use by persons in the public service.
Cocum and slush fat are free.
8 Musk is free.
Perfumed spirits taxed as spirits, if in wood or bottles containing more
RATES of CUSTOMS IMPORT DUTY in BRITISH INDIA, and GROSS AMOUNT received in 1878-continued.
1 The duty on salted fish imported from foreign ports or from British Burma is 12 ánnás per cwt.
2 Including dried fruits, etc.
3 Reduced to this rate by notification of 31st July 1878, for all parts except in Bengal, where the duty is Rs. 3, 2 ánnás per maund, and in British Burma, where it is 3 ánnás per maund. Salt was exempted from duty, if imported at Calcutta, and issued to manufacturers of glazed stone. ware, 14th July 1877. In the Finance accounts the receipts from salt are not included with Customs.
• Excluding paper, pasteboard, and millboard.
Aboriginal criminal tribes, 86.
Aboriginal or non-Aryan
69-88. For details, see Table of
Contents.
Abu, Mount, in Rájputána, sacred to the
Jains, 156.
Adil Shahí, Muhammadan dynasty in
Southern India (1490-1636), 232.
Administration of India (British), 328-
369. For details, see Table of Con-
tents.
Afghánistán, History of, under the
Duránís (1747 - 1826), 308; early
British dealings with, 308, 309;
dynastic quarrels, 308; installation of
Shah Shujá and occupation of Kábul
by a British force, 309; rising of the
Afghán people, murder of the British
Envoy and Political Envoy, and
massacre of the British army on its
retreat to India, 309, 310; the army
of retribution, 310; Lord Ellen-
borough's proclamation, 310; second
Afghan war (1878-81), 326, 327; mur-
der of Sir L. Cavagnari, the British
Resident, 327; occupation of Kábul,
327; Sir F. Roberts' march from
Kabul to Kandahár, and defeat of
Ayub Khán, 327.
Agra, East India Company's Agency at
(in 1620), 276.
Agra Canal, 422.
Agricultural stock, 411-413, 414.
Agriculture and products, 380-431. For
details, see Table of Contents.
Ahams, tribe in Assam, formerly the
ruling race in the Province, 175.
Ahmednagar, Muhammadan kingdom of
Southern India (1490-1636), 232.
Akás, an aboriginal hill tribe in Assam,
73.
Akbar the Great, founder of the Mughal
Empire (1556-60 A.D.), 235-242;
chief events of his reign, 239; con-
ciliatory policy towards the Hindus,
236; reduction of Rájput chiefs, and
extension and consolidation of the
Empire, 237-239; his religious faith,
239; army, judicial, and police reforms,
239, 240; his revenue survey of India,
240, 241; revenues of his kingdom,
241, 242.
Alá-ud-dín, the second king of the Khilji
dynasty (1295-1315 A.D.), 225, 227;
his invasion and conquest of Southern
India, 225, 226; massacre of Mughal
settlers, 226.
Albuquerque, second Viceroy of Portu-
guese India (1509), 267; capture of
Goa, and death there, 267, 268.
Alexander the Great, his expedition to
India, and campaigns in the Punjab
and Sind (327-325 B.C.), 158-161.
Ali Vardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal
(1740-56), 284.
Aligarh, Battle of, 300.
Alíwál, Battle of, 312.
Almeida, Francisco de, first Viceroy of
Portuguese India, 267.
Altamsh, the third monarch of the Slave
dynasty (1211-1236 A.D.): invasion by
Mughals, 223.
Ambála darbár, The, 325.
Amboyna, Massacre of, 276.
Amherst, Lord, Governor-General of
India (1823-28),
Burmese war (1824-26), 305; capture
of Bhartpur, 306.
Andaman islanders, The, 70, 71.
Antimony, 493.
Arab expeditions to Bombay and Sind
(636-828 A.D.), 213.
Architecture, Ancient Indian, 120, 121.
Arcot, Capture and defence of, by Clive
(1751), 282.
Argaum, Battle of, 300.
Armagaon, East India Company's factory
established at (in 1625-26), 276.
Army of India, its constitution, 361;
the armies of the three Presidencies,
361, 362; strength, 362; health and
vital statistics, 535-541.
Arts and manufactures, 469-485.
details, see Table of Contents.
Aryan races of India, 89-136.
details, see Table of Contents.
Asoka, Buddhist King of Magadha or
Behar (257 B.C.), his rock edicts,
144-147.
Assaye, Battle of, 264, 300.
Astronomy, Bráhmanical system of, 113-
115.
Aswamedha or Great Horse Sacrifice of
Ancient India, 166.
Atharva-Veda, The, 98.
Auckland, Lord, Governor-General of
India (1836-42), 308, 310; Afghán
affairs and our early dealings with
Kábul, 308, 309; Dost Muhammad
and dynastic wars, 309; installation
of Shah Shujá and occupation of Kábul
by a British force, 309; rising of the
Afghán people and massacre of the
British army in its retreat to India,
309, 310.
Aurangzeb, sixth Mughal Emperor of
India (1658-1707 A.D.), 248-254; chief
events of his reign, 248, 249; murder
of his brothers, 249; conquests in
Southern India, 249, 250; rise of the
Marhattá power, 250; Aurangzeb's
'Grand Army,' and twenty years'
guerilla war with the Marhattás, 250,
251; his despair and death, 251; un-
successful expedition to Assam, 251;
his bigotry and persecution of the
Hindus, 251, 252; revolt of Rájputs,
252; revenues of the Empire, 253;
Aurangzeb's character, 254.
Bábar, first Mughal Emperor of Delhi
(1526-1530 A.D.), early life, defeat and
overthrow of Ibráhím Lodi at Delhi,
234.
Bahmaní,
Muhammadan dynasty in
Southern India (1347-1525 A.D.), 231;
subjugation by the Mughals, 232.
Bájí Ráo, second Marhattá Peshwá
(1720-40), 261; conquest of the
Deccan and Málwá, and capture of
Bassein from the Portuguese, 261.
Bájí Ráo II., seventh and last Marhattá
Peshwá (1795-1818), 264; second and
third Marhattá wars, and annexation
of the Peshwa's territories, 264.
Bálají Baji Ráo, third Marhattá Peshwá
(1740-61), 261; expeditions to Bengal
and to the Punjab, 261, 262; defeat
of, by Ahmad Shah Durání at the
third battle of Panipat, 262.
Bálají Vishwanáth, first Marhattá Peshwá
(1718-20), extorts chauth from the
Delhi sovereign for the Deccan, 261.
Balance of trade (India's), 441, 442.
Balasor, East India Company's factory
started at (in 1642), 277.
Balban, the last king but one of the
Slave dynasty (1265-87), his cruelties
to the Hindus, 224; Rájput revolts
and Mughal inroads, 224, 225; his
fifteen royal pensioners, 225.
Bari Doab Canal, 421.
Barid Shahi, Muhammadan dynasty of
Southern India (1492-1657), 232.
Barlow, Sir George, ad interim Governor-
General (1805-1807), 301; mutiny of
Vellore, 301.
Baroda, Marhattá State in Western
India, 263; deposition of the late
Gaekwár for an attempt to poison the
British Resident at his Court, 263.
Bassein, Capture of, from the Portuguese
by the Marhattás, 261; treaty of, at
the conclusion of our second Marhattá
war, 264.
Bears, Different varieties of, 518, 519.
Beast stories and fables, 134.
Bells, Manufacture of, 478.
Bengal, Early English settlements in,
276-279.
Bentinck, Lord William, Governor-
General of India (1828-35), 306,
307; his reforms, 306; abolition of
sati, 306; suppression of thagi, 307;
renewal of Company's charter, 307;
Mysore taken under British admini-
stration, and Coorg annexed, 307.
Bhakta-Mála, the Hindu Acta Sanctorum,
193, 194.
Bhars, The, aboriginal tribe in Oudh,
174.
Bhartpur, Repulse of Lord Lake before,
300; capture of, by Lord Combermere,
306.
Bhils, aboriginal tribe of Khandesh and
Rájputána, 87, 88.
Bhonslá, family name of the Marhattá
State of Nagpur, lapsed to the British
for want of heirs in 1853, 263, 316.
Bhutan war (1864-65), 324.
Muhammadan
kingdom of
Southern India (1492-1657 A.D.), 232.
Bijápur, Muhammadan kingdom of
Southern India (1489-1688 A.D.), 232.
'Black Hole,' The tragedy of the,
284.
Bolán, mountain pass into Afghán-
istán, 29.
Bombay ceded to the East India Com-
pany (1661 A.D.), 277, 278.
Bor-Ghát, mountain pass in the Western
Gháts, 55.
Bore, The, or tidal wave in the Húgli
and Meghna, 49, 50.
Botany of India, 526-528.
Boundaries of India, 25, 26.
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