Calcutta, Sept. 15.
Englishmen outside. this country who are accustomed to regard India as a member of the British Empire arg apt to forget that other European countries have _possessions in India until some incident] Tike the recent military revolt in Portuguese India, which I reported recently, serves to remind them of the fact. Now the news that there to be a reorganization of the! administration in French India re~ calls the long established connexion with the country of our: {friends across the English Channel.
This reform is due to the desire for retrenchment and consists of the abolition of the posts of Assistant to the Governor in the French colonies of Pondichery, Chandernagore, Mabe, Karikel and Yanou by the General Council of] French India and the creation of new post of Secretary General in French India, the resolution ém-bodying the latter proposal to be considered at the next session of] the Council. There appears to be considerable difference of opinion, regarding the effect of this reform, however, for it is stated that strong] opposition to the proposal of Secretary General is expected "from those favouring economy in a The abolition of the Assistants to the Governor, of whom there used to be five—one for each colony—drawing salaries of Rs 400 each] 'a month has already been accomplished; and, as regards the new appointment, it is expected that.des-ite the opposition it will be ear-Tied. In this event, Mf. Lagrooa, who acted as Governor prior to the appointment of the present Governor! of Pondicherry, will be the " first Secretary General in French India India House in London Another indication of the hanced status of India is conta' 4 in the proposal to establish India House in London, thus bringing the country into line with the sister dominions, of Canada and Australia, A report regarding the proposal was recently sent to the Government of India by Mr. Lind-ay, the Indian Trade Commission. €x, who stressed the importance of India having a trade centre in Lon don. There seems to be every prot Poet of the fulfilment of the pro-Jeet provided the Indian Legislature favour, the proposal—regarding which there can be no doubt—for it is stated that powerful trading interests in the city of London are greatly interested in the further-Jance of the proposal. Meanwhile a Rosehill meeting and followed it up with Tattersall's Meeting. Revertals of form have already shown themselves. Windbag who is a popular fancy at this early date for the Melbourne Cup won his first race against the hitherto unbeatable filly Valicare. This fly is the same breed Herole and Manfred, two more horses well to the fore in the backing {for the Cups. In Melbou has shown first-class form Doth his races easily, the last one woen opposed to Manfred who is on the heavy side and not yet properly wound uj be won by a couple of Jengths. Thi {ford Stakes, The Hill Stakes at the Rosehill meeting on Saturday will only add to the difficulty of the punters for the two speed merchants. The Hawk, holder of the six furlong, land the mile record will be opposed Valicare and the result is awaited with interest. "Rapine, a New Zea-and horse with a rare burst of speed over here to pick up some of the plums and, The Banker, another New Zealang horse owned by the Sydney sportsman Mr. Otway. Falkiner being heavily backed for the double: with various Melbourne Cup can didates. The scratching of Heroi for the Caulfield Cup plainly shows which is to be his important outing this year. Experts consider that] the is a better horse to-day than at any, other period of his career." He certainly has commenced. the: seasor in, tmilliant fashion. but.: s0. did Windbag only to fall: to. hurst extra.apeed from. the second.-fancy] Limerick: ton at the Sheffield Chamber'of Commerce should act asa powerful fillip to the success of the proposal, His Lordship pointed out that though no nian could foretell exactly in what way Indian trade would develop, the growing pros Iperity of the country could not fail to bring new demands into existlence in the country. besides enlarge jing existing ones. Earl Winter~ ton rendered a useful service to British trading interests in India when he pointed out the weakness of bad representation in India. As [Earl Winterton put it, "It cannot be sufficiently emphasized that the day has gone by when all you have to do is to say, 'These are British goods,' dump them dawn in the country and expect them to sell." Imow ong wealthy Sikh merchant whose entire trade consists of import and export trade with Ger-any and there must be many ike
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