The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial RecordOriental Institute, 1900 Beginning Apr. 1895, includes the Proceedings of the East India Association. |
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Page 51
... railways , and others — have been executed by means of her own banking credit . Scot- land never had to go beyond her own borders to borrow an ounce of foreign capital . What the Nile is to Egypt her banking system has been to Scotland ...
... railways , and others — have been executed by means of her own banking credit . Scot- land never had to go beyond her own borders to borrow an ounce of foreign capital . What the Nile is to Egypt her banking system has been to Scotland ...
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... railways , or it may be they were adventurers in search of a living . They settled in this country and contracted marriages in some cases with the better class of " East Indians , " and in others with Indian women . Some of them no ...
... railways , or it may be they were adventurers in search of a living . They settled in this country and contracted marriages in some cases with the better class of " East Indians , " and in others with Indian women . Some of them no ...
Page 61
... railways that is gradually spreading over the length and breadth of the land affords employment to thousands of Eurasians , who in large centres form quite a community of their own . But what are the evils which have retarded the ...
... railways that is gradually spreading over the length and breadth of the land affords employment to thousands of Eurasians , who in large centres form quite a community of their own . But what are the evils which have retarded the ...
Page 63
... railway is no secret . A soldier who has taken his discharge is at once engaged at Rs . 60 or Rs . 70 a month to start with , whilst the Eurasian has been doing the same work for years , and has not yet obtained the same remuneration ...
... railway is no secret . A soldier who has taken his discharge is at once engaged at Rs . 60 or Rs . 70 a month to start with , whilst the Eurasian has been doing the same work for years , and has not yet obtained the same remuneration ...
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... railway , when applied to for the post of a guard or driver by one bearing this dubious title , takes good care to satisfy himself as to the identity of the individual . Thus , the Eurasian by posing as an Anglo - Indian does not ...
... railway , when applied to for the post of a guard or driver by one bearing this dubious title , takes good care to satisfy himself as to the identity of the individual . Thus , the Eurasian by posing as an Anglo - Indian does not ...
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Page 86 - We hold Ourselves bound to the Natives of Our Indian Territories by the same obligations of Duty which bind Us to all Our other Subjects ; and those Obligations, by the Blessing of Almighty God, We shall faithfully and conscientiously fulfil.
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