The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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... Observations on the Indian Post Office , and sugges- tions for its Improvement ; with a map of the Post Office Routes , and an appendix of the present Postal rates and regulations . By Captain N. Sta- ples , Bengal Artillery . London ...
... Observations on the Indian Post Office , and sugges- tions for its Improvement ; with a map of the Post Office Routes , and an appendix of the present Postal rates and regulations . By Captain N. Sta- ples , Bengal Artillery . London ...
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... observed that the data connected with Scindian affairs are few and scattered ; nor has the local Press done anything towards collecting them . An attempt has been made ; but freedom of speech was not a characteristic of Scinde ; and ...
... observed that the data connected with Scindian affairs are few and scattered ; nor has the local Press done anything towards collecting them . An attempt has been made ; but freedom of speech was not a characteristic of Scinde ; and ...
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... observation and natural ability ; and , it may be asked , why men , whose sug- gestions were not considered worthy of notice , were yet left in charge of districts with scarcely any check ? But the evils , aris- ing from the want of ...
... observation and natural ability ; and , it may be asked , why men , whose sug- gestions were not considered worthy of notice , were yet left in charge of districts with scarcely any check ? But the evils , aris- ing from the want of ...
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... observed , this decree remained a dead letter . Its import was not understood : and it was certainly too much to expect from inexperienced revenue officers , that they could carry out measures connected with such weighty and important ...
... observed , this decree remained a dead letter . Its import was not understood : and it was certainly too much to expect from inexperienced revenue officers , that they could carry out measures connected with such weighty and important ...
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... observed , viz . the system of accounts ; and here , as might be expected , was much confusion . The complicity of the collec- tions at every stage , of itself , rendered a clear account impos- sible ; nor was it known in the offices ...
... observed , viz . the system of accounts ; and here , as might be expected , was much confusion . The complicity of the collec- tions at every stage , of itself , rendered a clear account impos- sible ; nor was it known in the offices ...
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Affghanistan Affghans Agra amongst army attack Bala Hissar Bamian Bengal Brahmans brigade British Cabul Calcutta Candahar cantonments Captain Hervey Cawnpore character Chiefs civil Clive Collectors command course Court creation cultivators detachment district ditto Dost Mahomed duties earth effect Elphinstone enemy English Envoy European existed fact favour feeling force former Ghiljies Government Governor-General guns hand Herat Hindi Hindu India influence instruction Kalhana Kashmir Khan Khiva labour land landholders Lord Lord Auckland Macnaghten Mahomed Akbar matter means measures ment military Mohun Lal Namuh native Nawab North Western Provinces object occupation officers pass Pergunnah period Persian political portion position possession present proprietors Provinces Rajput reason received regarding regiment render respect revenue rupees Sale Sanskrit schools Scinde settlement Shah Shuja Shah's sipahis tion tribes troops Urdu village whilst whole Yar Mahomed Zeila