Census of India, 1911 .. . istics is very defective, and thereal number of deaths from this disease was far in excess of the 78,000 actuallyrecorded during the decade. There has been a considerable industrial develop-ment in recent years, and a marked improvement is said to have taken place inconsequence in the material condition of the labouring classes. This, however,has not sufficed to counteract the effect of bad crops and plague. The presentpopulation of the State as a whole is only 18 per cent, greater than it wasin 1872. The one division which is really progressive is Navsari, which has
Census of India, 1911 .. . istics is very defective, and thereal number of deaths from this disease was far in excess of the 78,000 actuallyrecorded during the decade. There has been a considerable industrial develop-ment in recent years, and a marked improvement is said to have taken place inconsequence in the material condition of the labouring classes. This, however,has not sufficed to counteract the effect of bad crops and plague. The presentpopulation of the State as a whole is only 18 per cent, greater than it wasin 1872. The one division which is really progressive is Navsari, which hasgrown by 39 per cent, in the same number of years. 122. The first census of the Central India Agency taken in 1881 leftmuch to be desired in point of accuracy and completeness. The growth of 94iper cent, recorded ten years later was thus due largely to improved enumeration. CENTRAL INDIA—COCHIN—HYDERABAD. 77 RErCRtHCESIGWAUOn RCSID£NC> ••5 BMOPAL AGCNCY4 MALWA5BH0B^WAR ..eBUNDELHHAND •7BAGMELKMAND •. During- the ensuing decade lliere Avere two seAxre famines. That of 1897 affectedmainly the States of Buudelkhand and Eaglielkhand in the eastern part of theAgency. The famine of 1900, which Avas far more severe, caused a terriblemortality throughout ]\[alwa, and esjiecially in the hilly tracts along theA indhya aiul Sat])ura ranges. In consequence of these visitations thepopulation of the Agency in 1901 showed a decrease of 1G2 per cent. Thesubsequent period has, on tlie whole, been one of i-ecuperation ; but the processhas been retarded by several virulent plague epidemics. These were specially severe in urban areas. Map oj the Cetitral India Agency showing variations in the A^ital statistics for the popvlation since 1901. i i « whole Agency are notavailal)le, but thosemaintained in some ofthe toAvns show howappalling the mortalitymust have been. InIndore city the epidemic of 1901? killedoil T) ])er cent, of theinhabitants. The factthat in spite of this t
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