Sir George Birdwood has furnished the follow ing list of the acquisitions of territory : 1757, 20th Dec., the Twenty-four Parganas, from the Nawab of Bengal.
1759, 14th May, Masulipatam, from the Nizam.
1760, 27th Sept., Bardwan, Midnapur, and Chitta gong, from the Nawab of Bengal.
1765, 12th Augt., Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, from the Emperor of Dehli.
1765, 30th Augt., Chingleput, from the Nawab of Arcot. 1766, 12th Nov., the Northern Circars, from the Nizam. 1775, 21st May, the zamindari of Benares, from the Vizir of Oudh.
1776, 22d Slay, Salsette island, from the Mahrattas. 1778, 17th June, Nagore, from the Raja of Tanjore, 1778, 18th Sept., the Guntur Circar, from the Nizam. 1786, Penang island, from the King of Queda.
1792, 17th March, Malabar, Dindigul, Salem, Bara Mahal, from Tipu Sultan.
1795-96, Ceylon, from Holland ; in 1801, made a colony. 1799, 13th July, Coimbatore, Canara, Wynad, Neil gherry hills, from Tipu Sultan.
1799, 25th Oct., Tanjore, from Raja of Tanjore.
1800, 12th Oct., the Ceded Districts, from the Nizam. 1801, 31st July, the Carnatic, from the Nawab of Arcot. 1801, 10th Nov., Gorakhpur, Lower Doab, Bareilly, from the Vizir of Oudh.
1802, 31st Dec., Districts in Bundelkhand, from the Peshwa.
1803, 17th Dec., Cuttack and Balasore, from the Raja of Berar.
1803, 30th Dec., Upper Doab, Dehli territory, etc., from Sindia.
1805, 21st April, districts in Gujarat, from the Gaekwar. 1815, 2d Dec., Kamaon and part of Terai, from Nepal. 1817, 13th June, Saugur, Huttah, Dharwar, etc., from the Peshwa.
1817, 6th Nov., Ahmadabad farm, from the Gaekwar. 1818, 6th Jan., Kandesh, etc., from Holkar ; Ajmir, from Sindia • Poona, parts of the Konkans, and Southern Mahratta country, from the Peshwa ; districts of the Nerbadda, Sumbulpore, Patna, etc., from the Raja of Berar.
1820, 17th Dec., Southern Konkan, from the Raja of Sawuntwaree.
1822, 12th Dec., Bijapur and Ahmadnaggur, from the Nizam.
1824, 2d Aug., Singapore, from the Raja of Johore. 1825, 9th Aug., Chinsura and Malacca, from Holland, in exchange for Bencoolen.
1826, 24th Feb., Assam, Arakan, Tavoy, Tenasserim, from the King of Burma.
1832, Cachar, lapsed.
1834, Coorg, from the Raja of Coorg.
1839, Aden, captured.
1841, Bhutan Dwars, from the Raja of Bhutan. 1843, Sind.
1845, The Jullundur Doab ; Serampur and Tranquebar. 1849, The Panjab and Satara.
1849, Jeitpur, Bundelkhand.
1850, Sumbulpur, S.W. Frontier.
1850, Bughat, Cis-Sutlej. .are 1852, Part of Sikkim. the 1852, Oodeypur, S.W. Frontier. in lat.
1852, Part of lands of Mir Ali Murad. o is 465 1852, Pegu.
s of the 1853, Part of N. Cachar.
1853-54, Nagpur and Jhansi. Crowds 1856, Oudh and Tanjore. mks. Its 1865, Boodawal in Kandesh. ore and in The statistical abstract, also, shows, ichinopoly, the increments in the area and and 1839-40: and Year. Sq. 1111s. Year. Sq. 311s. 1839-41 618,000 147'99 1850-51 773,000 igated 1841-43 628,000 149'44 1851-52 779,000 lu the 1843-46 670,000 151'18 1852-53 806,000 16:o in 1846-47 688,000 155'83 1853-54 830,000 1847-48 694,000 156'94 1854-55 834,000 172'81 1848-49 768,000 166'73 1855-66 858,000 184'04 1849-50 769,000 166.84 1866-82 860,000 184'13 Boundaries.—British India is enclosed on its north, its west, and its east by mountain range, amongst which are to be found the highest summita in the world. The seaboard on the south extends from Cape Monze, in lat. 24° 50' N., and long. Cti° 43' E., to the Pakchan river in the Mergui district of Tenasserim.
The inland boundary, on the west, extends from the Arabian Sea to the Himalaya, running north ward from Cape Monze along the Hata, the Suliman, and the Safed Koh mountains, up to the Kabul river ; thence it skirts the lower slopes of the Himalaya along the plain of Peshawur up to the river Indus, and, crossing this great river, the boundary penetrates the Himalaya up to the north-western extremity of the British district of Ilazara, in lat. 35° 2' N., and long. 74° 9' E., separating Kashmir from a group of independent tribes, up to the Chinese province of Ili or Yar kand. The passes through the enclosing moun taius are not numerous, and are all difficult, par ticularly those on the north and on the west. On the north-west are the Khaibar, 3373 feet, and the Kuram, leading into Afghanistan ; and on the west are the Gwalari near Dera Ismail Khan, the Tal near Dera Ghazi Khan, and the Bolan, which at top is 5800 feet. The districts on the British side of this western frontier are occupied by many tribes, under the administrative control of the Commissioner of Sind and the Lieutenant-Governor of the Panjab ; the foreign side being occupied by similar Baluch, Brahui, and Pathan tribes under democratic constitutions.