The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 14
... considered worthy of notice , were yet left in charge of districts with scarcely any check ? But the evils , aris- ing from the want of experience of all the officers of Govern- ment , were increased by other circumstances , unavoidable ...
... considered worthy of notice , were yet left in charge of districts with scarcely any check ? But the evils , aris- ing from the want of experience of all the officers of Govern- ment , were increased by other circumstances , unavoidable ...
Page 23
... considered them unadvisable innovations , but because they were partially unfeasible . With regard to the first , it is an undoubted fact , that there are vast tracts of uncultivated land in Scinde , for the most part the hereditary ...
... considered them unadvisable innovations , but because they were partially unfeasible . With regard to the first , it is an undoubted fact , that there are vast tracts of uncultivated land in Scinde , for the most part the hereditary ...
Page 26
... considered by those , who have seen only partial statements , to have been at all events cheap . But , on the contrary , they were not only inefficient , but exorbitantly expensive . A number of ill - paid , and con- sequently untrust ...
... considered by those , who have seen only partial statements , to have been at all events cheap . But , on the contrary , they were not only inefficient , but exorbitantly expensive . A number of ill - paid , and con- sequently untrust ...
Page 31
... considered - the character of the Governor . Sir Charles's energy and admirable habits of business enabled him to undertake a task , which most men would have shrunk from , with far fewer duties of other descriptions to occupy them ...
... considered - the character of the Governor . Sir Charles's energy and admirable habits of business enabled him to undertake a task , which most men would have shrunk from , with far fewer duties of other descriptions to occupy them ...
Page 37
... considered him innocent . These acts are not to be laid to the policeman , for he had no contrary instructions , whilst vast power was left in his hands : and it would be absurd to sup- pose that the men , who formed the Scinde Police ...
... considered him innocent . These acts are not to be laid to the policeman , for he had no contrary instructions , whilst vast power was left in his hands : and it would be absurd to sup- pose that the men , who formed the Scinde Police ...
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