DEDICATION. 
May I presume to add that the Dedica¬ 
tion of this Work is peculiarly due to Your 
Majesty, inasmuch as the materials for it 
were collected in the service of the British 
Government in India, where a comparison of 
the condition of the people of the British 
territories with that of the subjects of the 
surrounding States, is sufficient to show the 
beneficial power of the English Constitution, 
even in its remote and faint influence ; and 
to awaken sanguine hopes of the blessings 
which await your Indian subjects, when the 
benefits of that Constitution shall be fully 
and directly imparted to them, under your 
Majesty’s paternal administration. 
I have the honour to be, 
Sire, 
Your Majesty’s faithful Subject, 
John Crawfurd. 
