would require to be conducted under the auspices 

 of Government." 



The question was treated by the Government 

 of Bengal, from the outset, as one of labor and 

 capital, instead of one of Colonization, into which 

 the relation of these elements, from the Government 

 point of view, did not enter at all. It is the more 

 singular that this error should have been com- 

 mitted ; because it would seem that the Government 

 of Bengal was fully alive to the circumstances of 

 the province in January 1860; and in the extract 

 from the published correspondence given above, 

 (p. 331) the position is so very clearly described 

 as similar to that in which even antiquated econo- 

 mists admit that the magnitude of the interests 

 to the nation are so great, and the consequences 

 resulting to society and posterity from the errors, 

 misconduct, or incapacity of individuals, may be 

 so serious, that interference is necessary, that it is 

 difficult to reconcile the opinion that, "it is not for 

 Government but for those interested in- the tea plan- 

 tations of Assam, to apply themselves to this, as to 

 other requirements of their position," not merely with 

 the pledged faith of Her Majesty's Government to 

 encourage and assist those who relieve it of the duty of 

 developing the resources of the Country, but with an 

 acquaintance with the true functions of Government. 



There are many parts of the world in which large 

 and rich countries, are without inhabitants many 



