Be just to India, by a member of the Cotton supply association [H. Ashworth.].1861 |
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Sivu 22 - We declare it to be Our Royal Will and Pleasure that none be in any wise favoured, none molested or disquieted by reason of their Religious Faith or Observances; but that all shall alike enjoy the equal and impartial protection of the Law...
Sivu 25 - ... walls of this House to find a head bronzed by an Indian sun equal to the ablest heads of those who adorn its benches. And in every part of India we all know that it would be an insult to the people of India to say that it is not the same. There are thousands of persons in India who are competent to take any position to which the Government may choose to advance them.
Sivu 25 - India who are competent to take any position to which the Government may choose to advance them. If the Governor of each Presidency were to have in his Council some of the officials of his Government, some of the non-official Europeans resident in the Presidency, and two or three at least of the intelligent Natives of the Presidency in whom the people would have some confidence, you would have begun that which will be of inestimable value hereafter —you would have begun to unite the government...
Sivu 7 - ... of America or Australia, as a home for the labouring emigrant. Nothing more strongly impresses an inquirer into the foundation and progress of our Indian Empire than the contrast which, as regards British residence, it presents to our other dependencies. While free settlement, as in the neighbouring Island of Ceylon, has formed the basis of our colonial system, and the cause of its prosperity, the exclusion of free settlers has marked the origin and the progress of our Indian Government. Statesmen,...
Sivu 12 - In such districts where large tracts of unreclaimed land are to be found absolutely at the disposal of the State, rules have already been promulgated, under which settlers can obtain allotments on very easy conditions, and for long terms of years ; but in no case, I apprehend, extending to a grant in perpetuity. In such cases I desire that you will take such steps as may seem to you expedient for the purpose of permitting grantees to commute the annual payments stipulated for under the rules (after...
Sivu 14 - Be it enacted, That after the day of , it shall be lawful for any person, of whatever nation, to acquire and hold in perpetuity, or for any term of years, property in land, or in any emoluments issuing out of land, in any part of the territories of the East India Company.
Sivu 20 - ... be provided for by means of smaller balances than before. Private transactions of all kinds would be greatly facilitated, and the paper would be in permanent increasing demand. I must not conclude without briefly adverting to that measure of " good administration," which is the security for all the others. To select persons for every employment without reference to any consideration, except that of superior fitness, is so important a part of good government, that it may almost be said to be the...
Sivu 7 - ... usages, languages, and religions are strange, and repulsive to the English labourer. For these reasons, and in accordance with the testimony laid before them, your Committee are of opinion that India cannot compete with the boundless regions of America or Australia, as a home for the labouring emigrant. Nothing more strongly impresses an inquirer into the foundation and progress of our Indian Empire than the contrast which, as regards British residence, it presents to our other dependencies....
Sivu 5 - But who can fail to perceive, that the system of revenue administration has much to do in arresting the progress of improvement? Will industry be called into action when the demand of the tax-gatherer keeps pace with its...
Sivu 20 - Trevelyan (Madras) expressed this opinion : — " Moreover, I am convinced from a long and large experience of Indian affairs, including a •close observation of what has taken place since the commencement of the great catastrophe in Upper India, that the present financial exigency might be overcome in two or three years, by reduction of expenditure combined with various measures of good administration.