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as have enabled them to improve their holdings and 

 attain a small degree of prosperity ; have they built 

 houses for them, drained, or bunded their laud, 

 or in any way cared for their comfort or welfare ; 

 finally have they shown a particle of that enterprize, 

 energy and activity of character, which, in other 

 countries, tend to divert the surplus wealth of one 

 section of the people into channels from whence all 

 derive advantage, and to which England owes her 

 fine roads, her many railways, her mighty steam com- 

 panies, her mining, iron-working, and other com- 

 panies? They have done none of these things. 



How then has this vast accumulation of wealth 

 been expended into what channels has it per- 

 meated ? Has it found its way back to the soil, to 

 fulfil the ordinance of the Creator, to increase many 

 fold the Earth's produce to reproduce fresh wealth 

 which all might enjoy, and of which the King, as 

 trustee for the Community or the State, might 

 receive his just share ? It has not. 



The bulk of this wealth has been squandered 

 in notches, poojas or festivities in honor of my- 

 thological Gods and Goddesses, marriage and other 

 ceremonies, feeding Brahmins &c. ; some has been 

 hoarded; much has been put into gold and silver 

 ornaments, jewels, brocades, shawls; and considerable 

 sums have been expended in barbaric splendour.* 



The Rajah of Paohete has about 100 elephants, the keep of which 

 cannot cost him less than 3000 per annum. 



