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Speeches Delivered by his Excellency the Right Honourable Lawrence John Lumely Dundas Earl of Ronaldshay Governor of Bengal During 1920-21

1921

His life thus covered the sack of Calcutta the recovery of the town by Clive the defeat of the Nawab at'PlaSsey the subsequent revolution in Bengal..the campaigns of Adams and Munro culminating in the Battle of7 Buxar the grant of the Diwani the subsequent expamsimi of the Company's area of administration and the dark clays before 1772 the periods of office of Warren Hastings of Lord Cornwa [...] In the beginning1711 of the present century with a view to effectively improve the sanitary condition of the town we formulated two schemes—one for the introduction of filtered watesupply and the other for the regular drainage of the town. [...] As the present ondition of the important roads of the Muncipality will necessitate the imme.diate outlay of a substantial portion of the general fund to the improvement thereof we be humbly to approach Your Excellency for an additional grant from the Provincial Revenue to enable tis to succesAfullv17i tackle the question of protecting the Strand Road without which the town which is soon desti [...] 6. The people of the town and in fact of the whble district are much concerned at the report of the contemplated abolition of the degree classes from the Hooghly College in pursuance of the recommendations of the University Commission. [...] We know that the question of ameliorating the condition of the vast tract of Country lying within the flood zone has been under the consideration of the Government for a large nu tuber of years and we acknowledge with gratitude that some khals on the lower reaches of the river are being deepened and widened to speedily drain off the flood water; but this will afford some partial relief to a part
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