The Indian Empire: Its Peoples, History, And Products
The book The Indian Empire: Its Peoples, History, And Products was written by author Hunter, William Wilson, Sir, 1840-1900 Here you can read free online of The Indian Empire: Its Peoples, History, And Products book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Indian Empire: Its Peoples, History, And Products a good or bad book?
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195,787 is credited to the State railways; percentage of gross expenses to gross receipts, 50 '04, varying from 34 "9 7 in the case of the East Indian main line to an average of 78-27 for all the State lines. These figures showed i mile of railway to every 109 square miles of area in 1878, as compared with the area of British India, or to 180 square miles, as compared with the area of the entire peninsula. The average cost of construction per mile was almost exactly Rx. 14,000. The guaranteed r...ailways, embrac- ing the great trunk lines throughout India, are on the ' broad gauge ' of 5 feet 6 inches ; the State lines follow, as a rule, the narrow or metre gauge of 3 '2 81 feet. The total extent of railways open for traffic in India on 31st Railway December 1891 was 17,209 miles, of which 8182 were State jggj ' lines worked by companies, and 4623 State lines worked by the State — total State lines, 12,805 miles; 2 588 J miles were worked by ' guaranteed ' and 380 miles by ' assisted' companies — total companies' lines, 2968^ miles; 593 miles, belonging to Native States, were worked by companies, 124 miles by State Railway Agency, and 718J by the Native States them- selves — total lines belonging to Native States, 1435I.
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