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the country that increase of population which in- 

 variably follows an increase of wealth in short the 

 material progress of the country and it is to insure 

 the speedy accomplishment of this end, that it is 

 proposed, not to compound for the estimated increase 

 in the value of the property to be disposed of, but to 

 sell it at the present rates, bestowing- the future 

 surplus on the purchasers, in consideration of the 

 improvements it is assumed they will make on their 

 own estates. It is conceded that great prospective 

 gain must accrue to one of the parties concerned 

 the Land-holders. It is conceded, also, that equal 

 prospective loss must result to the other the re- 

 maining*, or the poorer portion, of the Community. 

 And it might be inquired, by what principle of con- 

 stitutional Government the King could justify or 

 sanction an arrangement which involved a sacrifice 

 of the property of one class of the subjects of the 

 State that class the interest of which in this 

 instance it should be his special province to guard 

 in favour of another ? But there is little need to 

 pursue the inquiry in this direction. If the loss to 

 the Community of a considerable portion of their 

 legal share of the produce of the soil were all they 

 had to complain of in such an arrangement, the case 

 of the advocates for the present redemption of the 

 land revenue of India would not be irretrievable. 

 Compensation, in other ways, might be made. 

 When, however, it appears that instead of the 

 poorer portion of the Community being compensated 



