This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...a very limited accommodation. It was built by Lord Wellesley; and not the least stately of its rooms is the council-chamber, used every Friday morning when the Viceroy is in residence at Cal cutta. Last spring, the discussions of the Council, under the presidency of Lord Dufferin, were animated by proposals for an ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...a very limited accommodation. It was built by Lord Wellesley; and not the least stately of its rooms is the council-chamber, used every Friday morning when the Viceroy is in residence at Cal cutta. Last spring, the discussions of the Council, under the presidency of Lord Dufferin, were animated by proposals for an increased duty upon the importation of salt and petroleum. Eloquent, altogether, they were not; the set speeches are merely read; but, if the opinion may be expressed without presumption, they more than mastered the situation in perspicuity and learning. The Council unanimously agreed that the unwelcome tax should be imposed, in order to counteract the steady diminution which has recently affected the revenues of India. The temporary causes of this deficit are, more especially, the deterioration of the rupee, and the newly-started Chinese competition in opium. In addition to these the annexation of Upper Burmah, though highly profitable and advantageous in the future, has for the moment augmented the expenditure of the empire; and lately, too, a considerable outlay has been incurred in the North-West Provinces. The Council argued, with convincing force, that indirect is far better suited to India than direct taxation, on the ground that it is not easy to arrive at the amount of native fortunes, and that the collection of an income-tax in India is in itself a costly incident. The council-chamber is a high room, hung round the doors and windows with tall red and gold curtains. Two long side-tables for the members of the council are joined at the top by a cross-table, at the centre of which sits the Viceroy; and at the further end of the room two rows of chairs are intended for the public. On the Viceroy's right sits the Commander-in-Chief in India, ...
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