"is not at all satisfied that the information in the 

 " Board's possession is such as to support their 

 u confident opinion that such importation is unne- 



" cessar 



4. " With reference to paragraph 8, 1 am to request 

 " the Board will furnish the Eelief Committees with 

 '* general instructions for the disposal of the money 

 " placed in their hands, to furnish weekly statistical 

 a returns of the number of people relieved at each 

 "station ; the quantity of food distributed ; the labour 

 " performed, and other useful particulars ; so that the 

 " Board may know what is being done, and be in a 

 " position to furnish a comprehensive report, when 

 ' the necessity for further relief has ceased." 



Apart altogether from considerations of humanity 

 in the present under-populated state of India, the 

 disappearance off the face of the earth of a million of 

 people, most of them cultivators of the soil, is a loss of 

 wealth to this country, and a loss of revenue to the 

 State, that years of prosperity and plenty will not 

 replace. But this is a view of the case, which the 

 lie venue authorities probably could not comprehend, 

 and which, until this rich and wealthy country has 

 the benefit of a Minister of Commerce and Trade, 



