The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 26
... native officers , their low pay and want of respectability were not the only objections to them . They were mostly paid in grain . Now this gave them vast opportunities of extortion . The receipt of money from the farmers could never be ...
... native officers , their low pay and want of respectability were not the only objections to them . They were mostly paid in grain . Now this gave them vast opportunities of extortion . The receipt of money from the farmers could never be ...
Page 36
... native governments , was freely adopted in Scinde , viz . that of granting provisional orders , that , if the Kardar on enquiry should find so and so to be the case , then he should do so and So -a practice , which was tantamount to the ...
... native governments , was freely adopted in Scinde , viz . that of granting provisional orders , that , if the Kardar on enquiry should find so and so to be the case , then he should do so and So -a practice , which was tantamount to the ...
Page 37
... native character , will attempt to deny that a man on seven , or even ten , rupees per mensem , placed in a village far from controul , with extensive powers , will abuse those powers , and do as little active work as may be . Now , it ...
... native character , will attempt to deny that a man on seven , or even ten , rupees per mensem , placed in a village far from controul , with extensive powers , will abuse those powers , and do as little active work as may be . Now , it ...
Page 39
... masters led to similar misunderstanding amongst the subor- dinate native officers . Scinde , from first to last , was a com- pound of parties . The Scinde Police has been upheld by some on account BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE . 38.
... masters led to similar misunderstanding amongst the subor- dinate native officers . Scinde , from first to last , was a com- pound of parties . The Scinde Police has been upheld by some on account BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE . 38.
Page 41
... Native agency too might have been more extensively employed , and local native experience . We should like to dwell at greater length on this important subject : but we have not space to do so in this article , and moreover we would not ...
... Native agency too might have been more extensively employed , and local native experience . We should like to dwell at greater length on this important subject : but we have not space to do so in this article , and moreover we would not ...
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