This statement seems almost like sarcasm to a reader who knows what manner of men well-paid Inspectors of Police commonly are, and how they are regarded by the non-official population. They are not usually reverenced as 'protectors of the poor'.

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1144

The reader who is not practically acquainted with the work of administration in India will probably think that the magistrate who allows such intrigues to go on must be very careless and inefficient. But that thought, though very natural, would be unjust. The author was one of the best possible district magistrates, and yet was unable to suppress the evils which he describes, nor have the remedies which he advocated, and which have been adopted, proved effectual. The Thānadār now has generally to pay the Inspector and the people in the District Superintendent's office, in addition to 'the native officers of the magistrate's court'.

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1145

We have already seen how mistaken the author was concerning the army.

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1146

This statement requires to be guarded by many qualifications. The author's following remarks only illustrate the well-known fact that in India official rank is ardently desired by the classes eligible for it, and carries with it great social advantages.

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1147

Rāmpur is the small Rohilla state within the borders of the Bareilly District, United Provinces.

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1148

This description of the class of officials alluded to is somewhat idealized, though it applies to a considerable proportion of the class.

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1149

These propositions were, doubtless, literally correct in the author's time, but they are not at all fully applicable to the existing state of affairs.

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