National  education,  India,  143.
Native  banker,  18.
Native  Bar,  India,  96.
Native  Princes,  India,  during  war  of
mutinies,  75.
Native  Princesses,  historic,  139.
Native  States,  India,  36,  55  ;  number
of,  54  ;  description  of,  175  ;  their
position,  176  ;  their  troops,  177  ;
their  progress  and  loyalty,  176,
177.
Natives  of  India  under  British  rule,
79  to  89  ;  some  share  in  adminis-
tration, 80 ;  promotion  in  public
service,  184 ;  litigious  dispositions,
95  ;  general  conduct,  80  ;  religious
tendencies,  183, 187  ;  acquiescence
in  British  rule,  81  ;  how  far  loyal,
192.
Naval  squadron  Indian  waters,  87  ;
cost  defrayed  by  India,  87.
Navy,  Chinese,  antiquated,  313,  314  ;
attempts  at  reform,  417  ;  failure
in  action,  423  ;  present  insignifi-
cance, 459.
Navy,  Indian,  under  company,  61.
Navy,  Japanese,  259 ;  new  organisa-
tion, 260 ;  tested  by  war  with
China,  262  ;  patriotic  result,  263  ;
present  strength,  283  ;  Lord
Charles  Beresf  ord's  testimony,282.
Neill,  General  India,  72.
Nepal,  on  Chinese  frontier,  298  ;  in
Himalayas,  55  ;  present  condition
of,  175.
Nerbudda,  river,  India,  5.
Nestorians  in  India,  149.
New  Chwang,  port  of,  441  ;  position
of,  442  ;  politics  of,  442.
Nichiren,  Booddhist  preacher,  209.
Nicholson,  General  John,  India,  71.
Nienfei,  rebellion  (China),  896  ;  sup-
pressed by  Li  Hung  Chang,  396.
Nikko:  in  Japan,  198.
Nilgiri  (Neelgherry)   Hills,  India,  25.
Nippon,  or  Dai  Nippon,  see  Japan,
196  ;  main  island,  197.
Nizam,  of  Hyderabad,  10,  25 ;  his
position,  55,  176  ;  his  contingent,

Northbrook,  Earl,  famine  policy,  108  ;

Governor-General,  195.
North-Western  provinces,  India,  48,

49.
O.
Oath,  Charter  by  Emperor  of  Japan,
249  ;  to  constitution,  253.
Ochterlony,  Sir  David,  Nepal,  28.
O'Conor,  at  Peking,  on  opium,  345.
Okubo  of  Japan  murdered,  253.
