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
