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ingham Canal in Madras, and in making the main branches of 
Irrigation Canal systems navigable, from which little or no 
direct return is obtained. What the indirect return may be, 
or what addition to the general assets of the country is made 
by such works, it is hard to say. 
The questions raised are wide and complex, and I can 
make no attempt to answer them. I think, however, that it is 
desirable to be cautious in applying to India methods which are 
recommended solely, or mainly, on the ground that they have 
been adopted with apparent success in Europe or America. 
If we think of what has been done in India in the last fifty 
trade which have been given. A change of this extent in the 
are rather given, as a people, to consider that we are past 
masters in the art of self-government, but, when we think of 
by the people themselves, we must confess that we have 
to learn as well as to teach. The general rise in the price 
wi 
should not mind if we are reproached with lagging behind 
enone or America, and that our motto should be ‘‘ Festina 
ente,’’ 
