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review of the position of India, when he modestly 

 expressed the hope that from a period of stress and 

 labour had perhaps emerged an India " better equipped 

 to face the many problems which confront her, stronger 

 and better guarded on her frontiers, with her agricul- 

 ture, her industries, her commerce, her education, her 

 irrigation, her railways, her army, and her police 

 brought up to a higher state of efficiency — with every 

 section of her administrative machinery in better repair, 

 with her credit re-established, her currency restored, 

 the material prosperity of her people enhanced, and 

 their loyalty strengthened." ^ 



With courageous and far-seeing statesmen at the 

 helm, backed by the heart and feeling of the British 

 people, inspired by a true appreciation of the respon- 

 sibilities of a world-wide Empire, the ship of State, 

 v^hose ensign flies as the emblem of civilisation, peace, 

 and justice on every sea, may be trusted to steer 

 safely through the storm-tossed waters of the Eastern 

 hemisphere. 



1 Speech on the Indian Budget, March 1904. 



