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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 79, 23 September 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)

A picture of the now India was presented to the House of Commons recently by Mr. Montagu in liis explanation of the Indian Budget. The coming cliinination of the. opium traffic lie balanced with the wonderful growth of modern industries. The census just concluded, he said, indicated an increase of 21,000.0(10 of population in ten years. Here were the fisriivps: —lOOl 204,000.000, 1011 315.000.000.' Incidentally, Mr. Montagu explained bow the number of people was ascertained. Tn certain cases tribes were convinced that the enumeration was preliminary to their sale as slaves, and the officials found it necessary to dispel the idea. They explained (hut a bed. bad been made between the Empress Victoria mid the Czar of Tiussia as to. which had the larger number of subjects. The reputation of the Empress was at stake, and every tribe ought to return its full number of people. The tribes responded to the anneal and the fiiruivs came in HO people; now there were 232 lying 230.000. At. present in 100,000.000 people were at work. Indian agriculture was going to be largely helped by the western system of cooperation. Tn three years the number of co-operative, societies had increased from IfiO.ODO to 231,000. The movement was benefiting 1,000.000 people.