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Bengal under the Lieutenant Governors; Being a Narrative of the Principal Events and Public Measures During Their Periods of Office from 1854 - 1898

1901

III pogo 1 69"INTRODUCTION XIII in the intern ximanagement of the whole of the administration the Governor of Bengal is unfettered by the necessity of any reference to the Government of India. [...] Although the Governor-General may select the Deputy-Governor from the Members of Council in practice it has become the custom to consider the appointment the right of the senior Member and be has invariably been appointel The consequence is a constant change in the holder of the office In 12 years up to 185o the reins had been held by 9 successive Governors or Deputy Governors Tice present Depu [...] After another Minute„ of Clio tab of Vebritary 854' from Lord Dalhousie the"the sorce file is missingINTRODUCTION XiX tration previously tinder the authority; of the Governor of Bengal and that the territorial jurisdiction of the LieutenanGovernor was co-extensive with the jurisdiction exercised by the Governor of Bengal on the pretNous 28th April with the exception of the Tenascrim Pr [...] All that the survey professes to do is to record the boundaries of estates and villages the natural features of the country „ the area and the extent of 'cultivation the pro-- dints of particular distiicts the extent of :the pressure of the Government revenue on each acre-- --and. [...] The purport of Gordon_this Despatch which has been so momentous in its consequences to Bengal was summarised in the 'report of the Education Commission of.1882 (Sir W. W. Hunter's) as follows :- The Despatch of 1855 commends to the special attention of the Government of India the improvement and far wider extension of education both English and vernacular and prescribes as the means for the a
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Pages
605
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144350
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i C.E. Buckland view
Preface
i-xxx C.E. Buckland view
Chapter I. Sir Frederick James Halliday K.C.B. 1854-59
1-162 C.E. Buckland view
Chapter II. Sir John Peter Grant K.C.B. G.C.M.G. 1859-62
163-271 C.E. Buckland view
Chapter III. Sir Cecil Beadon K.C.S.I. 1862-67
272-397 C.E. Buckland view
Chapter IV. Sir William Grev K.C.S.I. 1867-71
398-481 C.E. Buckland view
Chapter V. Sir George Campbell M.P. K.C.S.I. D.C.I. 1871-74
482-571 C.E. Buckland view

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