CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



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Of sound Principles of Trade, as applied to Agricultural 



Experiments in India . . ,1 



CHAPTER II. 



Of certain Peculiarities in the Circumstances and Condi- 

 tion of India, not found in the countries of Europe 12 



CHAPTER III. 



Of the Millions of Acres of Culturable Land that now 

 lie waste in India ; how to bring them into Cultiva- 

 tion . . . . .56 



CHAPTER IV. 



Of the Rights of the People of India in the Soil ; Rights 



of Occupancy . . . .98 



CHAPTER V. 



Of the Rights of the State, or the Community in the Soil, 



and their Sale or Commutation . . 129 



CHAPTER VI. 



Of the Population of India, and the erroneous opinions 



which prevail regarding it . . 191 



CHAPTER VII. 



Of the enormous "Wealth of India, and the absence of 

 Capital available for works of public or private enter- 

 prise ..... 227 



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