The British Empire Series: India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Hong-KongK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
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... illustrated in the administration of India . No foreign Government in the world is animated by a sincerer desire to effect the good of the people than the Indian Government ; and yet the interests of the people are , as a matter of fact ...
... illustrated in the administration of India . No foreign Government in the world is animated by a sincerer desire to effect the good of the people than the Indian Government ; and yet the interests of the people are , as a matter of fact ...
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... were entrusted , I propose now to give two practical illustrations of the difficulties which ensued . The first is an instance of the perils we once encountered , and might again encounter , if the armies of the Native States were 274 ...
... were entrusted , I propose now to give two practical illustrations of the difficulties which ensued . The first is an instance of the perils we once encountered , and might again encounter , if the armies of the Native States were 274 ...
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... illustration of a class of administrative difficulties inseparable from the proximity of the Native States to British dominions . As I have said , the British Government does not inter- fere directly in the administration by their own ...
... illustration of a class of administrative difficulties inseparable from the proximity of the Native States to British dominions . As I have said , the British Government does not inter- fere directly in the administration by their own ...
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... illustration of our diffi- culties in such a case . In 1870 a Bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly for the prevention in British India of female infanticide . Its published statement of objects showed that in THE NATIVE ...
... illustration of our diffi- culties in such a case . In 1870 a Bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly for the prevention in British India of female infanticide . Its published statement of objects showed that in THE NATIVE ...
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... illustration of how Rs . 400,000 might at once be kept every year in India , which has hitherto gone out of the country , on just one common item of import . Many other such results of the effi- ciency of the teachers and the diligence ...
... illustration of how Rs . 400,000 might at once be kept every year in India , which has hitherto gone out of the country , on just one common item of import . Many other such results of the effi- ciency of the teachers and the diligence ...
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