Notes on Indian Affairs/Volume II
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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