The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 - India |
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... censure , which must be passed , sooner or later , upon narrow - minded , ill - judged expedients , teeming with error and evil . : We therefore again eschew all reliance on paper Government , 2 BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE . ૭.
... censure , which must be passed , sooner or later , upon narrow - minded , ill - judged expedients , teeming with error and evil . : We therefore again eschew all reliance on paper Government , 2 BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE . ૭.
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... evil was the constant change of officers . There were five collectors of Upper Scinde in the first eighteen months , succeeding the annexation of the country ! Instances occurred in some districts of seven deputy collectors within five ...
... evil was the constant change of officers . There were five collectors of Upper Scinde in the first eighteen months , succeeding the annexation of the country ! Instances occurred in some districts of seven deputy collectors within five ...
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... evil in the old system , the discarding of all that was useful , and adding much evil of our own ; whilst experience and bonesty were exchanged for inexperience in the superintendence , and fraud and oppression in the subordinate ...
... evil in the old system , the discarding of all that was useful , and adding much evil of our own ; whilst experience and bonesty were exchanged for inexperience in the superintendence , and fraud and oppression in the subordinate ...
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... evil . The most common was the use of that degenerate class of men - informers . Low - born rascals , of infamous character , with cringing , buttered manner , spread their influence , like a foul and noxious vapour , over the length ...
... evil . The most common was the use of that degenerate class of men - informers . Low - born rascals , of infamous character , with cringing , buttered manner , spread their influence , like a foul and noxious vapour , over the length ...
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... evil . In all these attempts at improvement , the Collectors were left to their own resources , and each adopted his own views of the case ; so much so , that from the system in force in each district we might without difficulty or ...
... evil . In all these attempts at improvement , the Collectors were left to their own resources , and each adopted his own views of the case ; so much so , that from the system in force in each district we might without difficulty or ...
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