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non-representative Government to dispose of the 

 property of the Community in the Soil, and viewing 

 the question as one simply of policy, nothing more 

 should be wanting to prove, that the present is the 

 least opportune time that could possibly have beeu 

 chosen, for attempting the introduction of a measure 

 of such fundamental importance in the philosophy 

 of government, as the transfer of the property 

 of the Community, or the Crown, in the soil, to 

 individuals. The outline of things above sketched 

 certainly indicates that there is great room for 

 profitable speculation in land but for such, capital 

 is required, and notwithstanding Middlemen, which 

 a few short years ago were considered the curse 

 of Ireland, are thought by some to be required 

 in India, I doubt very much whether the transfer 

 of estates from ancient and noble families to native 

 money-lenders and English Capitalists, is a policy 

 that would tend to ensure those political advantages 

 considered of so much importance. The present sale 

 laws for arrears of revenue, though possibly not more 

 stringent than is necessary, have undoubtedly not 

 made the people more attached to the Government of 

 their Rulers. Indeed it is an admitted fact, that if 

 the arm of the la\v were restrained to-morrow, every 

 such new proprietor would be ousted by the people, 

 and the property restored to its hereditary possessor. 

 That the immense wastes of India should be 

 brought under cultivation is, certainly, most desira- 



