CENSUS, NICOBAR ISLANDS
| Islands. | 1901. | 1886. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villages. | Huts. | Men. | Women. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Foreigner. | Villages. | Huts. | Population. | ||
| Total | 146 | 1297 | 1996 | 1838 | 1148 | 980 | 5962 | 201 | 158 | ... | 5935 | |
| Car Nicobar | 13 | 748 | 1126 | 999 | 704 | 622 | 3451 | 181 | 13 | ... | 3500 | |
| Chowra | 6 | 130 | 172 | 178 | 100 | 72 | 522 | ... | 5 | 94 | 690 | |
| Teressa | 11 | 112 | 179 | 165 | 158 | 122 | 624 | ... | 8 | 109 | 571 | |
| Bompoka | 2 | 18 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 78 | ... | 2 | 15 | 86 | |
| Camorta | 30 | 98 | 170 | 164 | 85 | 69 | 488 | 7 | 26 | 106 | 359 | |
| Nancowry | 13 | 48 | 93 | 86 | 24 | 21 | 224 | 7 | 14 | 78 | 222 | |
| Trinkat | 4 | 25 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 102 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 85 | |
| Kachal | 34 | 64 | 104 | 109 | 31 | 37 | 281 | 1 | 37 | 66 | 183 | |
| Great Nicobar | 15 | 25 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 87 | 1 | 23 | 45 | 138 | |
| Little Nicobar and Pulo Milo | 15 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 67 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 74 | |
| Condul | 3 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 27 | |
From these figures it appears that, on the whole, the population has remained fairly stationary since the last census. With regard to Chowra, I am inclined to believe that the decrease is due not only to the fact that many of the natives have migrated to Camorta and other islands of the group, but to the number of the children now on the island having been understated to the enumerators. Much of the increase shown in the central group and Teressa is attributable to immigration, and very probably also to incorrect information having been furnished to the enumerators, either at this census or the last one. As to the Shom Peṅ, it is still impossible to ascertain their numbers.—E. H. Man—Supp., And. and Nic. Gazette, March 2, 1901.
APPENDIX I
TRADE ARTICLES AND THEIR VALUE IN THE NICOBARS
List of the principal articles imported by the traders for sale to the Kar Nicobarese:—
| Price in Coconuts. | ||
| Nickel-silver soup-ladle | 500 | pairs. |
| " long spoon | 500 | " |
| " table spoon and fork | 500 | " |
| " dessert spoon and fork | 300 | " |
| " tea spoon and small fork | 120 | " |
| " mustard spoon | 200 | " |
| Tumblers | 20-40 | pairs, according to size. |
| Decanters | 60-80 | " " " |
| China plates | 40-80 | " " " |
| " bowls | 40-80 | " " " |
| Enamelled plates | 40-80 | " " " |
| " cups | 40-80 | " " " |
| Matches, packet of 12 boxes | 24 | pairs. |
| Needles, 1 dozen | 12 | " |
| Thread, 1 dozen balls | 12 | " |
| Chinese tobacco, 1 packet | 40 | " |
| Tobacco, 1 bundle | 100 | " |
| Red cloth, 1 piece | 1200 | " |
| " 1 piece (Turkey) | 1600 | " |
| White calico, 1 piece | 800 | " |
| Chinese black cloth, 1 piece | 600 | " |
| Madras handkerchiefs, 1 piece | 800-2000 | pairs. |
| Fancy coloured chintz and saris | — | |
| " Bombay handkerchiefs | — | |
| Rice (1 bag of 2 maunds, Calcutta) | 300-500 | pairs. |
| " (1 bag of 3 maunds, Burma) | 500-600 | " |
| Chattis and pots | 10-40 | " |
| American knives | 80-120 | " |
| " " clasp | 20-60 | " |
| Burmese dáos | 40-200 | " |
| Table knives | 40-160 | " |
| Two-anna pieces | 8 | " |
| Rupee | 30-50 | " |
Wooden and tin clothes-boxes, looking-glasses, sugar, camphor, Epsom salts, Eno's fruit salt, turpentine, castor oil, cabin biscuits, etc.