...forty-five shillings sterling) a-year, and although we are not prepared to pledge ourselves to the absolute accuracy of a calculation of this sort, it is sufficiently accurate to justify the conclusion that the tax -paying community is exceedingly poor. — Indian Council's Letter, 19 Sec,, 1881. a payment of...

...is not more than rupees 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...and if it ' were possible, would be unjustifiable." " "Journal of the East India Association," Vol. ix., pp. 268 — 278. f I make not more than rupees...

...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...that the tax-paying community is exceedingly poor." I understand that the calculation by which this result was brought about was done by yourself? —...

...India is not more than Rs. 27 a year ; and, though I am n6t prepared to pledge myself to the absolute accuracy of a calculation of this sort, it is sufficiently...derive any very large increase of revenue from so p00r a population as this is obviously impossible, and if it were possible would be unjustifiable."...

...remarked in 1883, March 18tb by Sir E. Baring in his Budget-speech: "... .The tax-paying community was exceedingly poor. To derive any very large increase...is obviously impossible, and, if it were possible, 1) Brook Adam's Law of Gvilisation and Decay. pp. 259 — 263. See for reference Digby's "Prosperous"...

...1882, in his financial speech for the year he said that — "The tax-paying community in India wa<> exceedingly poor, to derive any very large increase of revenue from so poor a population would be unjustifiable." " Men whose income, at the best, is barely sufficient to afford them the sustenance...