Author: Norton, John Bruce [1815-1883]
Title: A Letter to Robert Lowe... from John Bruce Norton, Esq. on the Condition and Requirements of the Presidency of Madra
Description: Madras, Messrs. Pharoah & Co. 1854. half-leather. x,325 pp, 21x13cm, Recent [late 20th-Century] binder's half-leather. Several colored-pencil underlinings & notations to page margins.. Some pinhole woming to page margins. Good. ¶ Several neat small rice-paper repairs to reverse of title-page and margins of. Some spots and stains to binding. Contents: Introduction: England Must Admit Her Neglect; Exaggeration; Channel of Communication Must Be Kept Open; Difficulty of Getting at Facts; Civil Engineers, Best Authority; Our Ignorance of India; Prejudiced Witnesses; Conflict of Testimony; Fallacy of Judging by English Standard; Condition of the People: Physically: Wealthier Ryots; Poorer Ryots; Labourers; Morally: Education; One Government School; We Have Made the People What They Are; Condition of the Country: As to Irrigation: Old Works Out of Repair; Returns From Repairs; Returns from New Works; Godavery Anicut; Prime Cost to Government, Nothing;Colonel Cotton's Prediction; Distinction Between Madras & Bengal; Moral Obligation of Government; Prevention of Famine; Madras & Port Philip Contrasted; As to Works of Communication: State of Our Roads; Effect of Such a State on the Country; Public Works Report; Government Minutes; " Made Roads"; Instances from Public Works Report; Parallel Cases; Four Districts Better Off; Conclusions; Land, How Far Saleable: Instances; The State of Cultivation: Waste, How Brought Into; How the Land-Tax Affects Produce; Cotton, Rice; Compulsory Cultivation; The Land Revenue: Revenue Stationary; No Re- Distribution of Industry; Exports; Export Duties Should be Abolished; This Presidency the Most Heavily Taxed: Compared With Other Territories; General Results; Note on Justice; Ryotwaree Must be Studied: Campbell's " India As It May Be"; Ryotwar Defined; Surveys; Classification

Keywords: Indian Colonial History, Government India, South Asia Politics, British Colonialism, Madras Presidency, Economic Economics, Political Economy, Social Tamil Nadu, Agriculture Revenue