. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . even in normal seasons every shipment has its quota of Indians whohave been suffering from want in India. In this Province, Indian immigrants are divided broadly into Madras and Calcutta,according to the ports they sail from, but they come from numerous districts. Those comingfrom the Madras agency are mainly from the following districts :—Chingleput, N. Arcot, S. Arcot,Salem, Coimbatore, Tanjore, Trichnopoly, Madura, Godavari, Ganjam, Guntoor, Kistna, Nellore,Cuddapah, Kurnool, Bellary, Annantapur, and others. Those sent out by the

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. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . even in normal seasons every shipment has its quota of Indians whohave been suffering from want in India. In this Province, Indian immigrants are divided broadly into Madras and Calcutta,according to the ports they sail from, but they come from numerous districts. Those comingfrom the Madras agency are mainly from the following districts :—Chingleput, N. Arcot, S. Arcot,Salem, Coimbatore, Tanjore, Trichnopoly, Madura, Godavari, Ganjam, Guntoor, Kistna, Nellore,Cuddapah, Kurnool, Bellary, Annantapur, and others. Those sent out by the Calcutta agencyare mostly from—Allahbad, Azamgarh, Bahraich, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, Benares, Cawnpur,Fyzabad, Gonfa, Ballia, Partabgarh, Lucknow, Sultanpur, Agra, Ghazipur, Gorackhpur, Mirzapur,Jaunpur, Rai Bareli, and others. The chief castes represented among the Madras Indians are—Vannias, Oddas, Kammas,Malas, Kapus, Balijas, Ediyas, and Parias, etc. From Calcutta we get—Shirs, Lodhs, Kahars, Kurmis, Thakurs, Mussalmans, Jats,Chamars,

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