Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . us makingtheir interest in the government of India more personal,and therefore more in the interest of the country. The Indian empire proper consists of nine great provinces,—Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the United Province of Agraand Oudh, the Punjab, Burma, Eastern Bengal and Assam,the Central Provinces, and the North-Western Frontier Prov-ince—and four smaller provinces. Besides these states thereare the thirteen native, or feudatory states, with a popu
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . us makingtheir interest in the government of India more personal,and therefore more in the interest of the country. The Indian empire proper consists of nine great provinces,—Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the United Province of Agraand Oudh, the Punjab, Burma, Eastern Bengal and Assam,the Central Provinces, and the North-Western Frontier Prov-ince—and four smaller provinces. Besides these states thereare the thirteen native, or feudatory states, with a populationof sixty-two millions. Over these, Britain exercises a controlthrough a political resident, who assists the native native states are free so far as internal affairs are con-cerned; their external relations are wholly directed by thegovernor-general of India. Bhutan and Nepal are indepen-dent, but friendly to Britain. Their princes receive annualmoney grants from the Indian government. The Indian army consists of seventy-eight thousand Britishand one hundred and fifty-eight thousand natives. This 302 HISTORY OF ENGLAND. THE BRITISH EMPIRE 303 army has been brought to a high state of service, and isbeing maintained up to this standard. The entire expenseof the Indian army is paid by the government of addition to the regular troops there are thirty-fourthousand volunteers and an Imperial Service Troop oftwenty thousand men, maintained by the native states. 287. Egypt.—Since 1882 Great Britain has been in practi-cal control of the government of Egypt, as British protectionwas found to be necessary for the peace of that good has already been accomplished in the way ofsettling the finances of the country and in securing orderlygovernment. An immense amount of British capital is nowinvested there; the great Assouan dam on the Nile isfertilizing thousands of once arid acres, and is pro-viding a steady supply of water for thousands of farms t
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