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administration authority believe Bill Birch Bombay Bourke British Calcutta Captain Cheers Chief China Chinese commerce communication consideration cotton Countess of Mayo course desire districts Dublin duty EARL OF MAYO effect Empire endeavour England established Excellency Excellency's exist express fact feel Fenian flour foreign Frederick Bruce French Government of India Governor-General of India Hon'ble honor hope House important improvement increase Indian Peninsular Railway interest Ireland Irish Church James Birch labour land learned Gentleman Lord Lieutenant Lord Mayo Lord Naas Lordship Majesty's Government matter Mayo's measures Member ment millions Native never noble object occasion opinion Parliament party persons port present principle proposed province Queen question Railway rebels received regard remarks revenue RICHARD SOUTHWELL BOURKE Roman Catholic Secretary speech success Taepings taken tenant tion trade Viceroy wheat William Somerville
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Page 76 - ... everywhere, throughout the length and breadth of Rajputana, justice and order shall prevail ; that every man's property shall be secure ; that the traveller shall come and go in safety ; that the cultivator shall enjoy the fruits of his labour, and the trader the produce of his commerce ; that you shall make roads, and undertake the construction of those works of irrigation which will improve the condition of the people and swell the revenues of your States ; that you shall encourage education,...
Page 222 - Table annexed, we cannot estimate the number of persons in Ireland out of work and in distress during thirty weeks of the year at less than 585,000, nor the number of persons dependent upon them at less than 1,800,000, making in the whole 2,385,000.
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Page 77 - I am but here for a time; the able and ardent officers who surround me will, at no distant period, return to their English homes; but the power which we represent will endure for ages. Hourly is this great empire brought nearer and nearer to the throne of our Queen. The steam vessel and the railroad enable England year by year to enfold India in a closer embrace.
Page 75 - If we respect your rights and privileges, you should also respect the rights and regard the privileges of those who are placed beneath your care. If we support you in your power, we expect in return good government.
Page 86 - My joy was in the Wilderness, to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Flit o'er the herbless granite...
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Page 33 - Although, as already intimated to you, the British Government does not desire to interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, yet, considering that the bonds of friendship between that Government and your Highness have lately been more closely drawn than heretofore, it will view with severe displeasure any attempts on the part of your rivals to...