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could not have been obtained. Natives, except the 

 class before alluded to, do not save ; and besides the 

 saving-s of the Government civil and military Ser- 

 vices, there is no Capital in the North Western 

 Provinces of India, available for investment in un- 

 dertaking's for the development of the resources of 

 the country. Lord Canning", when he advocated the 

 cause of the independence of the Services, in regard 

 to the employment of their private means, was pos- 

 sibly aware of this fact ; but in the official documents 

 I have seen on the subject, this point is not dwelt on. 

 When we consider, however, the peculiarity of our 

 position in India, it comes to be a matter of con- 

 siderable importance to take advantage of every 

 possible means to compensate for the drain on the 

 Capital of the country that it necessitates. The 

 Home charges now amount to no less a sum than 

 nine millions sterling", hard Eupees, which are 

 withdrawn from India, to be expended in England. 

 Last year, it is true, that this amount, or nearly so, 

 being' required for Railway expenditure, it was 

 simply transferred on paper j yet had it not been 

 required, an equal amount of Railway Capital must 

 have been sent into India. But taking- the annual 

 Home charges for salaries, pensions, payment of 

 troops, &c., at four millions sterling-, it is clear that 

 during' the current century, an amount of capital, 

 not less than 248,000,000, has been collected from 

 / the ryots of India, and spent in England. We have 

 to add, moreover, to this very large sum, the amount 



