who was sent out by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, a letter
expressing his amazement on finding that in the interior of India an
Englishman was hardly known, unless he now and then made his appearance
as a tax collector. The following Return shows in what small numbers
Europeans resort to India:--

'British-born subjects in India not in the service of the Queen
or the Company:--

Bengal 6,749
Madras 1,661
Bombay 1,596
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10,006

'In the interior of the country, engaged in agriculture or
manufactures--

Bengal 273
Madras 37
Bombay 7
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317'

I cannot believe, if the United States had been the possessors of India,
but that where there are tens of Europeans now in that country there
would have been, not hundreds, but thousands of the people of America.
The right hon. Gentleman spoke of the exports to India, and wanted to
show how large they were. Certainly they have increased very much,
because they started from nothing at all. Before the opening of the