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. 1863 Excerpt: ...with jbeels, capable of being drained, or if they are tracts requiring expensive artificial means to make them productive. Her Majesty's Government will then be enabled to afford to applicants in this country an amount of information respecting the facilities offered to persons proposing to settle in India for ...
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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. 1863 Excerpt: ...with jbeels, capable of being drained, or if they are tracts requiring expensive artificial means to make them productive. Her Majesty's Government will then be enabled to afford to applicants in this country an amount of information respecting the facilities offered to persons proposing to settle in India for agricultural purposes, which they are not now in a condition to furnish. All such applicants will, of course, be required to make their arrangements with regard to the occupation of land with the local authorities.' On receipt of these orders, information was immediately called for from the different Governors and Lieuts. of Provinces by the Governor General. The local Governors, again, called for reports from all commissioners of Revenue and other officers of experience under their authority, and a variety of opinions, with details of considerable interest, were collected, and submitted to the Supreme Government for consideration. In the mean time, a second despatch from the Secretary of State sanctioned the commutation of annual payments by one payment, and the terms were notified in the ' Gazette.' By this measure that the Home Authorities had taken up the question, was noised abroad. An extraordinary excitement followed. From the thousands of square miles in Pegu and Jubbalpoor--from the millions of acres in Arracan, in the Tenasserim Provinces, in Chittagong &c., it is true, not a sound was heard: and the demands of the tea planters of Darjeeling, and the coffee planters of the Wynaad had been satisfied. A small yoice spoke in the Doon of Dehrah. But for the rest, the great wastes of India were silent, or if their stillness was broken, it was but by the roar of the tiger, which proclaimed them untenanted by man. In Calcutta, however, ja cry wa..
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