... It sounds almost a truism to say that in this country, but It is not a truism as regards Indian finance. The expenditure on civil building* has increased by no less a sum thah £1,200.000 under the Government of Lord Ripon, driving the total cost under that ...

... he compared the fignres of 1375 with those of 1384 85. His lordship then briefly alluded the n»w opium am»ng?m«nt*. the resettlement of the laud revyaue, the conservation of forests, the development of the railway system ; and concluded follows There is ...

... choose for economy between expenditure on works which were absolutely necessary for the security of the empire and that on civil buildings, roads, &c, they were bound to take the latter rather than resort to extra taxation. (Hear, hear.) We did not want ...

... have as yet reaped but a tithe of the evil consequences of t h. Riponian policy. Th. Secretary of State's to measures f resettling the Indian land revenue is somewhat obscure. Possibly it is the Bombay revenue laws that are to be reformed. The committee ...

... 12r Laolls. t'o dema;nds woro per- ei-ed in, mo-ncx would be ?? wxherebv a1 p 3 ?? tne Parlia1ent, representigi a pratutilq- united poutIa, would imlpose ti vceo {tt ?? J;'ieh were faalM : tenos to o. a ?? oF t¼e - ro cl the proaae:;t o. the peoplo. i ...