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Speeches of Lord Curzon

1905

The leading Princes of India represent the historic families, Hindu and Mohammedan— rivals or allies of the Company in the period which ended with the suppression of the Mutiny, and the deposition CPT the Moghul King of Delhi. [...] In the Calcutta session of the following year the chief place in the programme of legislation was given to the Assam Labour Bill ; abuses which had grown up in connection with the labour traffic were corrected, and the position of the coolie was distinctly improved. [...] He frequently had occasion to dwell on the importance of a sound currency policy and stability of exchange as the basis of economic progress ; on the necessity for the c nployment of capital on a large scale—if possible, British and Indian capital in com-INTRODUCTION xxxi bination ; on the community of interest between Government and those engaged in developing the resources of the covltry; on the [...] He improved the departmental working of the Government of India by releasing its officers from the tyranny of the pen ; the number of obligatory reports was considerably reduced ; and the practice of the secretariat was somewhat simplified. [...] They were unanimously of opinion that the tendency of the scheme was to concentrate military authority in the hands of the Commander-in-Chief, and to subvert the supremacy of the civil power by depriving it of independent military advice.
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Pages
641
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100014
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
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Introductory
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General
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Administrative and Financial Progress
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Agrarian Legislation
169-181 unknown view
Archæology and Ancient Monuments
182-203 unknown view
Art
204-209 unknown view
Burma
210-215 unknown view
Chiefs and Princes of India
216-241 unknown view
Chiefs' Colleges and Education
242-264 unknown view
Commerce and Industry
265-288 unknown view
Delhi Coronation Durbar
289-309 unknown view
Education
310-361 unknown view
Eurasians
362-374 unknown view
Famine
375-404 unknown view
Foreign Affairs
405-408 unknown view
Frontier Policy
409-434 unknown view
Game Preservation
435-438 unknown view
Historical Memorials
439-448 unknown view
Irrigation
449-461 unknown view
Military Administration
462-473 unknown view
Mohammedans
474-479 unknown view
National Development
480-499 unknown view
Persian Gulf
500-507 unknown view
Plague
508-512 unknown view
Planters
513-516 unknown view
Queen Victoria Memorial
517-547 unknown view
Temperance
548-554 unknown view
Valedictory
555-590 unknown view
Index
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