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made to insist on such modifications in the Reso- 

 lution as were conscientiously believed to be 

 essentially necessary for the protection of the in- 

 terests of the State, or for the good of the country, 

 the' act would have been criminal. Many of the 

 arguments, moreover, brought forward in England, 

 against these modifications, as being applicable solely 

 to countries very differently circumstanced, lose all 

 their force when brought to bear on India. 



It is not competent to me, however, to discuss this 

 portion of the subject. Nor is it necessary. The 

 question which was agitated, is decided the cause 

 which was tried, has been gained ; and henceforth 

 Englishmen can come and buy as much of the 

 waste and unoccupied land of India, as they choose 

 to pay for, at whatever rate, over 55. an acre, 

 the market of the day shall decide them to be 

 worth. Time will satisfy all parties as to the quan- 

 tity, out of the tea distrits, they will take. 



My own opinion on the general question, viewing 

 it both from the settler's or self interest stand-point, 

 and from a higher point of view, is, that the sale 

 of all the waste lands in India was altogether 

 unnecessary, that the agitation for it was mischiev- 

 ous, and that its concession, was inexpedient. 



I think that the sale of these lands in fee-simple, 

 was unnecessary, first, because, as regards security 

 of title and right of property, the only essential 

 points involved in the question, all the advantage 



