...government is constantly saying that the "interests of India " (it might be added of Great Britain, too.) " imperatively require the timely " removal of a tax...practical effect, and self-destructive in its "operation," yet the financial officer of the Indian government yearly lias to "regret" that "for reasons similar...

...1876, his noble Friend said — "With regard to the question as it affects consumers or producers, I am of opinion that the interests of India imperatively require the timely removal of a tax wrong in principle, injurious in practical effect, and self-destructive in its operation." The tendency...

...been led to rely will year by year elude their grasp, until it altogether disappears. Whether, then, the question be regarded as it affects the consumer,...practical effect, and self-destructive in its operation. II. Extract from a Speech by Lieut.-Genmil R. Strachey in the Legislative Council of the Governor-General...

...of the first importance should rest upon sound foundations, which there was every reason to believe would rapidly increase, and which ought not to be...self-destructive in its operation." In the following year (July n, 1877), a resolution was adopted by the House of Commons, without a division, that "the duties now...

...duties.' And in 1876 the discussion was closed • Financial by the Secretary of State, who wrote, ' that the interests of India imperatively require the...practical effect, and self-destructive in its operation.' Lord Lytton came to India fully imbued with the wisdom of this policy, and he took the earliest possible...

...And in 1876 the discussion was clowt • Financial by the Secretary of State, who wrote, ' that tfc interests of India imperatively require the timely...practical effect, and self-destructive in its operation.' Lord Lytton came to India fully imbued with the wisdom of this policy, and he took the earliest possible...

...declared that " the interests of India imperatively required the timely removal of a tax which was at once wrong in principle, injurious in its practical effect, and selfdestructive in its operation. " ' If it had been self-destructive in its operation, it could hardly have been injurious in its practical...

...deprived of the revenue upon which it had come to rely, and finally that the interests of India required the " timely removal of a tax which is at once wrong in principle, injurious in its practical effects and self-destructive in its operation. " ' The Viceroy, Lord Lytton, and his Finance l It has...

...not desirable that the Indian cotton industry should grow up under unhealthy conditions. " Whether the question be regarded as it affects the consumer, the producer or the revenue," wrote Lord Salisbury, the Secretary of State for India in 1878, " 1 am of opinion that the interests...

...179,664 800,191 477,756 1,331,531 1872 to 1874 ... Average 604.645 105,969 8,965 271,773 29,840 204,792 % of opinion that the interests of India imperatively require the timely removal of the tax which is at once wrong in principle, injurious in practical effect and self-destructive in...