Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 29
... control ; but the other departments of the admin- istration were entirely confided to him . His own stipend amounted to near a hundred thousand pounds sterling a year . The personal allowance of the WARREN HASTINGS . 29.
... control ; but the other departments of the admin- istration were entirely confided to him . His own stipend amounted to near a hundred thousand pounds sterling a year . The personal allowance of the WARREN HASTINGS . 29.
Page 30
... thousand pounds a year , passed through the minis- ter's hands , and was , to a great extent , at his disposal . The collection of the revenue , the admin- istration of justice , the maintenance of order , were left to this high ...
... thousand pounds a year , passed through the minis- ter's hands , and was , to a great extent , at his disposal . The collection of the revenue , the admin- istration of justice , the maintenance of order , were left to this high ...
Page 40
... thousand miles from the place where their orders were to be carried into effect , they never perceived the gross ... thousand pounds a year to half that sum . The Company had bound itself to pay near three hundred thousand pounds a year ...
... thousand miles from the place where their orders were to be carried into effect , they never perceived the gross ... thousand pounds a year to half that sum . The Company had bound itself to pay near three hundred thousand pounds a year ...
Page 44
... thousand men into the field . Sujah Dowlah had himself seen them fight , and wisely shrank from a conflict with them . There was in India one army , and only one , against which even those proud Caucasian tribes could not stand . It had ...
... thousand men into the field . Sujah Dowlah had himself seen them fight , and wisely shrank from a conflict with them . There was in India one army , and only one , against which even those proud Caucasian tribes could not stand . It had ...
Page 45
... thousand pounds sterling , besides de- fraying all the charge of the troops while employed in his service . " I really cannot see , " says Mr. Gleig , " upon what grounds , either of political or moral justice , this proposition ...
... thousand pounds sterling , besides de- fraying all the charge of the troops while employed in his service . " I really cannot see , " says Mr. Gleig , " upon what grounds , either of political or moral justice , this proposition ...
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