The people of the Cachar (in Assam) have for some time considered themselves aggrieved with the assessments in the land revenue, To them, Lord Curzon explained that it is no more improper for Gover ment to raise the assessments of revenue than it is for a landlord to raise the rent of his house, if the value of it has increased. But Lord Curzon has promisee them before long that Government would issue on this subject a " broad, statesmanlike pronouncement of policy." This ought to allay the fears of those who like to imagine that the British Government is pt to be hard on the trot, though no one ye perhaps a travellinye M. P.) serious ks that. the eyot is unduly burdened land assessment. The ryot is constantly debt,. but any one knowing the inner workings of India knows what is the real reason of this deplorable sts things. It is the r (money-who bleeds the Tt is not Government that he is ground down, but by his own people. Not only does tive Arlend money at 75and 100 per cent terest, but he forces the ryot to sell him grain on the floors of the ta be (the swear) sells it in the Tu times of scarcity, again, car who buys.up. all the yrain available and stores it up, refusing to sell though the people may hundreds around him in his own village. He keeps this up "sub rosa "until. grain has se risen 1 price that he cam sell it at two to three times its original vs Lord Curzon in Manipur.
Lord Curzon was most enthusiastically received at Manipur, all civil and military officers not on duty being present at the Railway station to receive him. Later a full-dress Durbar was held in the Palace Throne room. Manipw 7 in the N.E. of India, overlooking the As-We were brought into direct relations with this State in 1 at the commencement of the Burmese War, when the British Government, for the second time, came to the assistance of the Raja and helped him to repel the Burmese from Assam and Manipur, A treaty was formed and a British Political Manipur to aly administration. In 1891, it will be remem-heted, our eyes were anxionsty turned to this little the scene of an ugly revolt resulting in the murder of the Political Agent. Colonel 0 Lis wife and two officers escaping with their lives after many perilous adventure of weary marehin fnaged 16 reach British pro zon pointed out that valt- the State, according to the became forfeited to the British Government, but that in this ease the Government bad been particularly lenient it, and. the: shown vausual ok temporarily, until Rajah should be able 3 the affairs of adm zon said that his reason for vis in, Man-pur was that be wanted to bring every
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