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Advance India!

1913

These chapters were contributed in the first instance in the form of special articles to leading newspapers and reviews in India and are now reproduced in book form at the request of many correspondents and with the kind permission of the Editors of the Times of India the Pioneer Capital the Sind Gazette the Indian Review and the Hindustan Review. [...] The third part of the book gives the text of the Royal Commission on Indianvi PREFACE Finance and Currency issued under the King-Emperor's orders and also the text of a Note collecting in convenient form the author's oft-repeated criticisms of the recent financial activities of the India Office. [...] These are the chief explanations of the miracle of the government of the three hundred and fifteen millions of the great Continent of India by a few thousands of the little islands of Britain. [...] With the rapid development of the country the spread of knowledge the growth of confdence in the ability of Government to maintain order and enforce justice and the enterprise of yearly increasing numbers of Indian Banks this old habit of keeping reserves of money in the possession of individuals is steadily disappearing. [...] The recent publication of the correspondence that passed between the India Office the Treasury and the Government of India in 1899-1902 on the subject of the opening of an Indian Mint to the free coinage of gold brings to light three very interesting and important facts namely (1) that the India Office and the Government of India both endeavoured to give effect to the recommendation of the Ind
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Pages
204
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.146624
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-viii M. Webb view
Part I Introduction
1-16 M. Webb view
Part II Money Power for India
17-96 M. Webb view
Part III Past Mistakes and the Royal Commission on Indian Finance and Currency
97-174 M. Webb view
Part IV Advance India!
175-184 M. Webb view
Index
185-190 M. Webb view
Backmatter
i-vi M. Webb view

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