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Journal of the House of Lords
… considerably in different Parts of the Country; but in the District I had charge of I sold Six Estates during the Year … apprehend they were Landholders of other Estates. It is a District that borders on Calcutta. In the Cases you mentioned … on without Notice on the Part of the Collector of the District? I am afraid in One or Two Instances the Collectors …
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… was the chief Produce of that Part of the Country? The District of Allahabad, at the Confluence of the Rivers Ganges … know; I should suppose it was not all consumed in the District. You were at one Time a Member of the Board of … the Districts North of the Ganges than in those Districts South of the Ganges. [95] Is there so much Religion attached …
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… laying Claim to them. But the whole Tract of Forests South of Subramanny is claimed, and I have no doubt is the … particularly enjoined to specify to the Collector of the District the Day on which his Regiment will reach at certain …
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… to China? I think not great. We have lately found the South American Ports sending out Ships well armed; and our …
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… and increasing their Number. The Number of the Zillah or District Courts were also decreased in 1816. And, as far as … which the Country is cultivated is so different in the South-west Monsoons and the Southeast that there is a much … the Cultivation under One Monsoon than in the other. The South and South-east Provinces of Bengal may be said to …
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… should take place without Notice to the Magistrate of the District, so as to enable that Magistrate to assure himself … held without such Communication with the Magistrate of the District? No; I have no Reason to believe that in any Case, …
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… the Presidency of Madras. [148] In what Manner do the District Munsiffs discharge their Duties, principally? I … whole very satisfactorily. There are Village Munsiffs and District Munsiffs. Do they all discharge their Duty … little is known of what Quantity of Work they do. But the District Munsiffs, who have a more extended Jurisdiction, are …
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… unacquainted, I think they certainly would be. Was the District you inhabited peaceable during the Time you resided … appeared. What was the Nature of the Tenure of Land in the District? Generally held by Zemindars in chief, and by them … and bore very differently in different Parts of the District. Taking it upon the whole, I should think it was …
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… with the Ryotwar Settlements? No; I have never been in a District where they prevailed. You do not know the Advantages … aware of it; but there is a certain Species of Slavery in South Bahar, where a Man mortgages his Labour for a certain … Slaves have been sold? It has, certainly, in Ramgur, in South Bahar, where they would probably pass with the …
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… I think that there is good and bad from almost every District of India. Does any large Quantity of Silk come from …