The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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... less than his . " We are not surprised at such argu- ments being advanced ; but we are surprised at " the Governor determining " to be guided by them . If it was determined to make but two broad distinctions between all lands in their ...
... less than his . " We are not surprised at such argu- ments being advanced ; but we are surprised at " the Governor determining " to be guided by them . If it was determined to make but two broad distinctions between all lands in their ...
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... less than a permanent gang of thieves fixed on the country , amounted on the lowest scale to 40,000 men . After all the reductions made , the ex- penses of collection in Scinde amounted to not much less than fifteen per cent . on the ...
... less than a permanent gang of thieves fixed on the country , amounted on the lowest scale to 40,000 men . After all the reductions made , the ex- penses of collection in Scinde amounted to not much less than fifteen per cent . on the ...
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or less - a custom most objectionable . But the system was injurious to the country . As much coin , as could be gathered , was thrown into the Treasury : but not a pice ever left in it , for which a grain equivalent could be given ...
or less - a custom most objectionable . But the system was injurious to the country . As much coin , as could be gathered , was thrown into the Treasury : but not a pice ever left in it , for which a grain equivalent could be given ...
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... less efficiency . Thus the facility for fraud , by the use of the heaped mea- sure , early met discovery ; and a strike measure was sub- stituted with great advantage . The original measure had been , as observed in a former note , the ...
... less efficiency . Thus the facility for fraud , by the use of the heaped mea- sure , early met discovery ; and a strike measure was sub- stituted with great advantage . The original measure had been , as observed in a former note , the ...
Page 37
... less evil resulted than might have been expected - yet that the Police in the villages did commit many overbearing acts ; that men were kept in the stocks , were sent as prisoners long distances to the nearest Ma- gistrate on frivolous ...
... less evil resulted than might have been expected - yet that the Police in the villages did commit many overbearing acts ; that men were kept in the stocks , were sent as prisoners long distances to the nearest Ma- gistrate on frivolous ...
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Affghan Affghanistan Agra amongst appears army attack Bala Hissar battalion Bengal Bombay Brahmans brigade British Buddhist Cabul Calcutta Captain Cawnpore character Chiefs civil Clive Collectors command commenced course Court cultivation Diamond Harbour district ditto Dost Mahomed duties earth effect Emperor enemy English Envoy European existed fact favour feeling force former Fund Ghiljies Government Governor-General guns hand Herat Hindi Hindu honour Hungary India influence interest Judson Kalhana Kashmir Khan labour land language Lord Macnaghten Madras matter means measures ment military mind Moohummudun Namuh native nature Nawab never North Western Provinces object officers pass period Persian Police portion possessed present proprietors Provinces Rajput reason received record regard remarks render respect revenue rupees Sanskrit schools Scinde Scindians Shah Shah Shuja sipahis spirit thing tion troops Urdu village whilst whole Zeila