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ton — then, I believe, a new thing — was to be done by 

 the Director- Greneral or his immediate subordinates. 

 The prices in Europe and elsewhere of important arti- 

 cles of Indian produce in which no trade already existed, 

 were to be carefully enquired into by the Director, 

 and published from time to time, and, if necessary, ex- 

 perimental shipment of articles in which a profitable 

 trade seemed probable, undertaken. As the scheme 

 developed itself, Government revenue oflBcials were to 

 be instructed to use their utmost endeavours to lead 

 the landholders of each district to constitute Agricul- 

 tural Associations ; they were to be urged and encou- 

 raged to send some of their relatives to the schools. 

 Exhibitions were to be held, prizes given, and every 

 effort made to give dignity in the eyes of the- natives 

 to the pursuit of agricultural science. But nothing 

 of this was to be attempted until some distinct suc- 

 cess had been achieved which could be pointed to as 

 proof that we had really something to teach, which it 

 would pay to learn. 



There were a great many other details, but these 

 do not call for recapitulation here, even were this pos- 

 sible. The above sufficiently indicates the main out- 

 lines of Lord Mayo's original scheme. 



All experience in other branches of the administra- 

 tion, in Forests, Post Offices, Telegraphs, Education, 

 Surveys, leads irresistibly to the conclusion that Lord 

 Mayo's first idea was the right one, and that until some 

 such distinct and thoroughly homogeneous organisa- 

 tion is here created for this express purpose, no very 

 perceptible or remunerative improvement in Indian 

 agriculture can be looked for. 



