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I would not have it supposed that my project could 

 not be carried out by any other machinery. I merely 

 suggest what I consider best ; but so confident am I 

 that the Government will find it to its advantage to 

 give the scheme a trial, that I would recommend the 

 appointment of a few native overseers, with one con- 

 trolling officer (European), rather than that the mat- 

 ter should be allowed to drop. The only points which 

 I consider absolutely essential to the fair conduct of 

 even a preliminary experiment are two. In the first 

 place, the men engaged, whether Europeans or 

 natives, should devote themselves entirely to this 

 work ; and in the second place, a European Superin- 

 tendent-in-Chief is a sine qua non. 



35. The question of transport is one of consider- 



cost of transport able importance in connection with the ex- 

 requires careful 



consideration. p ense O f an y undertaking. This is some- 

 times so heavy as to necessitate the abandonment of 

 what might otherwise have proved a profitable busi- 

 ness. The stalks of the American maize, which, for 

 years past, has been known to be better material for 

 paper than straw, was for a long time rendered value- 

 less purely on account of the cost of exporting it ; 

 but recently we hear of the material being brought 

 over at a cheap rate as ballast, and utilized for paper 

 by C. Townsend Hook and Co., of Snodland, Kent. 



36. Should Her Majesty's Secretary of State for 

 The superin- India and the Indian Government decide 



tending officer 



SS d IMS upon adoptingmy views, I would beg leave 



British maim- ,/v> i i i j i i 



factories. to oner one more suggestion, which is, that 

 the officer selected for the development of the project 



