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ites into high positions, the aggrandisement of self-these are among the essential features of the work he has done as the Revenue Secretary and the Minister's "confidential adviser." The "Telingana Settlement" has been ascribed wholly to him by those who do not know of Hyderabad before his time. A settlement on a larger scale, for the whole of the Dominions, suggested itself to Sir Salar Jung I. And the Telingana Settlement was chalked out, and even in part worked out during the second Salar's time. What Vicarul-mulk did was to carry out what had been begun before his time and could not be carried out because of the untimely and unfortunate close of Salar Jung II's public career. And that does not mean that he did it all himself- does it? Again the writer in the Mail tells us that the "present" of the house to the "fortunate official" was a recognition of his services to the State. Few know outside Hyderabad how the house came to be presented. The Nawab aplied to the Minister for a Government house for his son and his English daughter-in-law to live in and the Minister referred him to His Highness. And hence the presentationa. One needs to be biassed in sooth to regard this as a recognition on the part of the Nizam, of the services of the Nawab Vicaral-malk. This the Mail had no opportunity of knowing. But it was easy for him to see that one in the position of the Nizam could not be expect- ed to study the comforts of his servants to such au extent as to present to Vicarul-mulk overything he wanted, at the very nick of time.
A friend, returned from the Districts about three days ago, confirms the statement I made in these columns several weeks ago about the state of the roads therein. "It is all ups and down, stones and ruts all the way from Patonehern to Bedar" he said; and this description applies to most roads in the Districts. Somebody must be hanged for this state of things to be sure But who is that somebody? is the question that needs to be auswered by the authorities concerned.
The Mahomedans seem to have entered upon the work of preaching and prosclytising in right earnest. A Moslom, who
