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ryots who are in immediate contact with me. To 

 the extent of my leases, I have secured to the revenue 

 of the country the invariable payment of its demands; 

 to the tenant I have been a fostering father, and have 

 rescued him from a tyranny not to be endured. I have, 

 in short, nurtured the growth of numerous blessings in 

 the tract in which I have settled, and some considera- 

 tion should be shown me for these and other reasons." 



The arguments of the interloper are in many res- 

 pects similar to those of his opponent. The in- 

 terloper pledges himself to do as much for the tract 

 of land he cultivates and its population, as may have 

 been accomplished by the earliest settler. 



Some of the prominent causes which have led up 

 to this new source of friction amongst the members 

 of the Indigo body corporate, are as follow : 



I. Crowding out, the result of oversupply. Of late 

 years the numbers of boys sent out from Home to 

 " try their luck in indigo " have increased beyond all 

 reasonable limits. The Home market is glutted, and 

 it behoves parents of a certain social status to seek 

 employment for their sons abroad. They turn their 

 eyes upon our great Indian empire and find that 

 even in that vast country the well-born young man 

 must choose his career absolutely either in indigo, 

 tea, or an office in one of the Presidency-towns. 

 This young person may or may not have been 



