A Winter in IndiaCassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 - 196 pages Tour 1881-1882 Bombay, Delhi, Lahore, Agra, Lucknow, Benares, Calcutta, Madras, Poona & trip to Darjeeling; focus on Afghan policy, Indian economy, Christian education. |
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Page 21
... clothes were hurled on the sloppy floor , holding on for dear life was impossible , because there was nothing to hold by . I got up to put the quilt over me , and was banged head foremost against my vis - à - vis . Natives yelled at our ...
... clothes were hurled on the sloppy floor , holding on for dear life was impossible , because there was nothing to hold by . I got up to put the quilt over me , and was banged head foremost against my vis - à - vis . Natives yelled at our ...
Page 98
... clothing and wraps . The scenery on the mountain sides a good deal resembles that at Mentone and Monte Generoso , but on a far more stupendous scale — that is , the declivities are four or five times higher , while the lofty trees un ...
... clothing and wraps . The scenery on the mountain sides a good deal resembles that at Mentone and Monte Generoso , but on a far more stupendous scale — that is , the declivities are four or five times higher , while the lofty trees un ...
Page 191
... clothing , which add to the cost of the necessaries of life . " " Further reductions in the salt duties are , on all grounds , desirable , both for the benefit of the people and of the finances . " " Indian Finance , " by Sir J. and Maj ...
... clothing , which add to the cost of the necessaries of life . " " Further reductions in the salt duties are , on all grounds , desirable , both for the benefit of the people and of the finances . " " Indian Finance , " by Sir J. and Maj ...
Page 199
... cloth , 55 . Wealth Creation . By AUGUSTUS MONGREDIEN . Crown 8vo , cloth , price 5s . Constitutional History and Political Development of the United States . By SIMON STERNE , of the New York Bar . 5s . The History of the Year . A ...
... cloth , 55 . Wealth Creation . By AUGUSTUS MONGREDIEN . Crown 8vo , cloth , price 5s . Constitutional History and Political Development of the United States . By SIMON STERNE , of the New York Bar . 5s . The History of the Year . A ...
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... cloth , 5s . Wealth Creation . By AUGUSTUS MONGREDIEN . Crown 8vo , cloth , price 5s . Constitutional History and Political Development of the United States . By SIMON STERNE , of the New York Bar . 5s . The History of the Year . A ...
... cloth , 5s . Wealth Creation . By AUGUSTUS MONGREDIEN . Crown 8vo , cloth , price 5s . Constitutional History and Political Development of the United States . By SIMON STERNE , of the New York Bar . 5s . The History of the Year . A ...
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200 Original 400 Illustrations Agra anchor beautiful Benares Bombay British bungalow Calcutta carriages Cassell's History Cawnpore Cheap Edition Christianity Church classes cloth gilt Co.'s Volumes Continued Cookery Coonoor crowded Crown 8vo Cumballa Cumballa Hill Darjeeling Delhi Demy 4to Dictionary drove English European Extra crown 4to F. E. HULME F. J. FURNIVALL Fac-simile Coloured Plates feet flowers Four Vols Galpin & Co.'s gardens gilt edges Government House half-morocco harbour Hindoo Hindostan Hotel India inhabitants interest Lahore land library binding lofty London Lord Lord Ripon Ludgate Hill Madras Major Baring Malabar Hill ment miles morning morocco mosque mountains native nearly night o'clock officers Original Illustrations passed peaks Petter picturesque plain plantations Poona population railway remarkable revenue river ROBERT BROWN ship Siliguri station steamers Suez Sunday Sunday Musings temples Three Vols tion town travelled trees Wood Engravings
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Page 194 - It has been calculated that the average income per head of population in India is not more than Rs. 27 a year; and though I am not prepared to pledge myself to the absolute accuracy of a calculation of this sort, it is sufficiently accurate to justify the conclusion that the taxpaying community is exceedingly poor. To derive any very large increase of revenue from so poor a population as this is obviously impossible, and, if it were possible, would be unjustifiable.