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his Secretary's (the Honourable Ashley Eden's) letter 

 of the 28th May last : 



2. a It will be seen from the accompanying* copy 

 " of a telegram from the Superintending 1 Engineer, 

 " Cuttack, received under endorsement from the Public 

 " Works Department of this Government, No. 76 T, 

 " dated the 26th instant, that, in that officer's opinion, 

 " it is rice that is wanted in Orissa, not money , and I 

 (< am to request that the Board will be good enough 

 " to consider the question of importation with reference 

 " to the price of rice, and the possibility of importing 

 " it at a cheaper rate than it can be purchased on the 

 " spot, and not with any reference to the propriety or 

 " otherwise of Government interference, or to the fear 

 " of underselling- local dealers. 



3. " With reference to paragraph 6, I am to say 

 "that if the possibility of a renewed failure of the 

 " crops has any effect in maintaining present high 

 " prices, this is an additional reason for alleviating 

 " present distress by the application of means provided 

 u by private charity. I am therefore to request that 

 " the Board will give renewed and immediate attention 

 ff to the question of importing rice in the distressed 



" districts, and to add that the Lieutenant-Governor 



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