All the three Burmese wars were waged by the Government of India, land the new territories as they were annexed became automatically part of the Indian Empire, For the frst forly years they were treated as part fof Bengal, and from 1862 onwards they have formed a separate province. Administrators are always more or less addicted to Procrustean methods, and the Burmans were made to fi Into a system of government designed suit completely different races, religions, social habits and custom:
"The Indian system is reasonably clastic, as it must be to suit such different races. customs and climates fas are found in the extremes of the Subcontinent, and with the gradual introduction of special revenue rules 1d other local laws and regulations Burma received a form of Government fairly well sulted to her needs anyhow infinitely more honest em cient. than anything. she had fever enjoyed under her own rulers.
"The Burmese kings were complete autocrats, entirely unchecked either by public opinion or even by an Auential upper class. There was no aristocracy either by birth, wealth or fof education, and the only rond to power was flattery or corruption. As 2 result some of the least desirable men in the country rose tot Ihighest otices at the Court, where their first object was naturally to line their own coffers as rebidly as pos sible before they were ousted some other scheme,
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