Notes on Indian Affairs/Volume II

by Frederick John Shore

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

Number Page
XXXV. On the Injustice of compelling the People of India to adopt a Foreign Language and Character • 1
XXXVI. On the Proceedings of the Civil Courts .... 7

XXXVII. On the Prospects of English Settlers .... 26

XXXVIII. On the Necessity for a Commercial Code ... 57 / XXXIX. On the Policy of Interference in the Internal Admi- nistration of the Native Powers . . . .71

/^ XL. On the Intercourse between the English and the Natives 106

XLL On the Character of the People, — General Observations . 121

XLIL Same subject, continued, — Falsehood, — Forgery, — Perjury 160

XLIII. Same subject, continued. — Litigiousness, — Litigation, &c. . 187 XLFV. A slight Sketch of the Administration of Lord William

Bentinck 216

XLV. Suggestions for the New Government. — Qualifications of

a Grovemor-General 228

XL VI. Suggestions for the New Government .... 245

XLVII. Present State and Future Prospects of Oude . . .260

XLVIII. On the Mode of Administering the Government of Oude,

when it shall fall into the Possession of the English . 280

XLIX. On the Usury Laws 290

^ ^L. On the Ruin to Trade caused by the existing System of

British-Indian Customs 296

U. Character of the People. — Ingratitude,— Domestic Servants 310

LII. Same subject, continued. — Honesty, — Morality . . . 324

LIII. Same subject, continued. — Miscellaneous Observations . 335 l^^-LIV. On the Landed Tenures, and Expediency of introducing

a modified Law of Primogeniture among the People . 353 IV CONTENTS.

Number Pfege

LV. On the Gaols in India 371

LVI. On the Police 378

LVII. Propriety of Interfering with some of the Native Customs 385

LVIII. On the Native Army 414

LIX. Vakeels, or Native Lawyers 444

LX. On the Conversion of the People • 463

LXI. On Caste • 470

LXII. Intercourse between the English and the Natives • 470

LXIII. Miscellaneous Observations 507

Conclusion 516

APPENDIX.

A. Narrative of Peer Buksh 532

B. Character of a Commissioner 536

C. Occurrences regarding the Temple of Snigrampoor . . 538

D. The Noozeed Afiair 541

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