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Instead of acquiring something less than a smattering of such 

 subjects as these, it would have been far better had we all been 

 bundled out to India and placed in harness at once, in order to 

 become familiar with the vernacular.* 



But there is no use in crying over spilt milk now. The old East 

 India College, with its attendant nepotism, t shortly after my time 

 came to an end. It had been weighed in the balance and, according 

 to some critics, found wanting ; Civil Service appointments were 

 accordingly thrown open to the public, and all that remained for 

 Canon Melvill, our Principal, when he addressed us on our gala 

 boat-race day, was to express a pathetic hope that the " old boat " 

 would not be beaten by the " new." % 



Those who were at the head of the Terms at Haileybury, as a 

 rule distinguished themselves in India, so I have nothing to say 

 against the most forward lads being put into the Indian Civil Service 

 now. But so far as my experience goes, much valuable time is spent 

 in studying other subjects, at the expense of the Oriental spoken 

 languages, for some of the cleverest men are painfully weak in the 

 vernacular, and a thorough knowledge of the language of those we 

 are called on to govern, is much more important than the theoretical 

 length of a syphon, or the heliocentric place of a heavenly body. 



Unfortunately, the subjects for examination appear to be chosen 

 by those who have not been behind the scenes in India, and who 



* Since writing the above, I take the following from the Daily News of April 6th : — " The home question of 

 Welsh-speaking judges for Wales seems to shrink into utter insignificance when we hear of the embarrassments 

 of Anglo-Indian judges who are expected to be conversant with the native languages and dialects. Mr. Luttman- 

 Johnson, an Indian judge, observes that if a judge remained in one district all his service he might acquire 

 such a knowledge of the language as would enable him to charge juries efficiently ;" and the Hon. J. Jardine, 

 of the Bombay Court, in The Asiatic Quarterly, says, " I suppose every judge finds it no easy task to explain 

 correctly to the jury the definitions, explanations, and exceptions which the Penal Code uses about murder and 

 grievous hurt." 



t My uncle, who was a Director of the old East India Company, besides putting me into the Civil Service 

 gave cavalry appointments to my four brothers, 



Colonel J. C. Lockwood (late 20th Hussars). 



Captain H. Lockwood (Aide-de-Camp to Lords Elgin, Lawrence and Mayo). 



Captain R. Lockwood (who died from the effects of an overland journey, in company with 

 Colonel Macgregor, through Beloochistan to India. 



S. D. Lockwood (who subsequently left the Service, and at present is Rector of Kingham). 

 At one time all five brothers appeared on the Indian Official Register together. 



_ { Among the more distinguished rowers in the old boat, when I was in it at Haileybury, I may mention 

 Sir James Gordon, Sir Alfred Lyall, Sir J. B. Lyall, Sir Stewart Bayley, Sir Edward Jenkinson, Sir Aucland 

 Colvin, Sir Charles Bernard, Sir G. D. Pritchard, Sir Charles Grant, Val Prinsep, A.R.A., H. Rivett 

 Carnac, (Hon. Aide-de-Camp to the Queen), J. C. Colvin (the Arrah hero). 



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