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but that they should ever be permitted to slip 

 altogether from the hands of the Sovereign, is an 

 idea that could not, with safety to the best interest 

 of the Country, be entertained. The real remedy 

 for this difficulty, however, is not the leavening of 

 the Indian services from England ; but the con- 

 terse the employment or apprenticeship of some 

 members of the Indian services in England. But, 

 strange to say, against this plan, simple and inexpen- 

 sive as it would be, theHome authorities have ever 

 set their faces. Yet we have living instances of the 

 success of the plan. Sir Charles Trevelyan served 

 a twelve years' apprenticeship in India. Why \ve 

 should not have many such very able and useful 

 public servants, I cannot see. 



But to return to my subject. In regard to a 

 permanent settlement of the land revenue of India, 

 it is obvious that, in principle, it is precisely the same 

 as redemption, the only difference being, that in the 

 one case the income is distributed over an indefinite 

 term of years, and in the other it is capitalized. In 

 both cases the income is fixed for ever. For in- 

 stance, if A buys a house worth 1,000, and 

 B buys a house of the same value ; but the house 

 that A buys, bears a ground rent of 5 a year, and 

 the land on which the house that B buys is held 

 in fee simple, A will onl}' pay for his house 1,000, 

 while B will have to pay 1,100; or 100, more 

 than A, supposing the normal rate of interest for 



