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Among Indian Rajahs and Ryots. A Civil Servant’s Recollections & Impressions of Thirty-Seven Years of Work and Sport in the Central Provinces of Bengal

1911

On the conclusion of the labours of that Commission I was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal and gave the last five years of my service to that province.4 EARLY DAYS To return to the old days the somewhat lofty Adeas that I }field regarding the Service which I had joined wea:6 dissipated to a certain extent when I found myself gazctted as a magitrate of the third class the greater part [...] The great majority of the cases which I had to try when I first joined the Service in Jubbulpore had to be tried in a small room where I sat at a table without even the dignity of a dais and had in front of me the parties the witnesses and the counsel all talking in the vernacular. [...] The prevalence of English in our courts is undoubtedly due in part to the pressure of work and to the not unnatural desire of officers not well acquainted with the vernacular to get through their cases more easily and more quickly ; but it is also undoubtedly duce to the reluctance of members of the Bar to address the court in the vernacular. [...] There is no doubt a difficulty now that the age for entrance into the service has been raised in giving a two years' course of probation ; but I am very far from thinking that the raising of the age for the Competitive Examination and the reduction of the period of probation have secured a better class of men from the point of view of the interests of India than the system under which I ente [...] The personal acquaintance with an honourable upright and able member of the Bar the private intercourse with him the acquisition of hfs was Of looking at questions Involving the principles of law and justice and the communication by him of the high traditions of the English Bar were of very great advantage.
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Pages
421
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.141884
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xv Andrew H.L. Fraser view
Chapter I Early Days
1-12 unknown view
Chapter II European Officers of my Province
13-24 unknown view
Chapter III More About Central Provinces Officers
25-36 unknown view
Chapter IV Indian Officers of My Province
37-46 unknown view
Chapter V Judicial and Executive Functions of Our Officers
47-59 unknown view
Chapter VI Some Indian Friends
60-74 unknown view
Chapter VII The Indian Peoples
75-93 unknown view
Chapter VIII Indian Ladies
94-110 unknown view
Chapter IX Grain Riots in the Nagpur District
111-125 unknown view
Chapter X The Khond Rising in Kalahandi
126-138 unknown view
Chapter XI The Feudatory States of Chhattisgarh
139-149 unknown view
Chapter XII Christmas with Wild Elephants
150-163 unknown view
Chapter XIII With Tigers and Big Game
164-178 unknown view
Chapter XIV The Agricultural Community and Debt
179-192 unknown view
Chapter XV The Financing of Agriculturists
193-204 unknown view
Chapter XVI Local Inquiries
205-220 unknown view
Chapter XVII The Police
221-239 unknown view
Chapter XVIII Education
240-259 unknown view
Chapter XIX Christian Missions
260-276 unknown view
Chapter XX Indian Unrest : Its Causes
277-289 unknown view
Chapter XXI Indian Unrest : Its Limitations
290-301 unknown view
Chapter XXII Measures of Repression and Reform
302-311 unknown view
Chapter XXIII The “Partition Of Bengal”
312-326 unknown view
Chapter XXIV The Ameer of Afghanistan
327-338 unknown view
Chapter XXV The Humours of Administration
339-353 unknown view
Chapter XXVI The Last
354-363 unknown view
Index
364-368 unknown view
Backmatter
1-16 unknown view

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