'The views and opinions of Brigadier General John Jacob, CB. Aide-decamp to the Queen; Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India, &c. &c. &c.; late commanding in chief the British forces in Persia; at present commanding the Sind Irregular Horse, and Political Superintendent of the North-West frontier of Sind.' [‎17] (48/481)

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It is not less pay, but more English mind (which is
cheap at any price), which is required for India. The
underpaid oflirial will, if he feel himself not fairly appre
ciated by Government, assuredly not remain in the
country, or, if he do continue to hold his appointment, he
will probably be of an inferior stamp of mind, and will get
through his duty with stolid listlessness, which will cause
everything to stagnate around him.
In introducing European honesty, energy, perseverance,
knowledge, high principle, and ability, into this country, we
are, in fact, importing so much life; every single human
creature within the range of such influence becomes a
higher order of being, and possibly ten-fold more productive,
as respects the public wealth, than before.
On the other hand, to employ the listless, indifferent,
and unintellectual European in the revenue, magisterial,
or, indeed, in the performance of any civil duties, is
bringing in deatli—is to dry up, as it were, the very
sources of natural wealth, and to destroy the public reve
nue.—(1856.)
SHOULD OFFICERS UNABLE TO PASS IN THE LAN
GUAGE OF A DISTRICT BE REMOVED FROM
OFFICE ?
I would on no account fix a time within which an officer
on civil employ must pass an examination in the language
of the district.
All such rules operate, I think, injuriously to the public
service. It often happens that the officer most highly
qualified for the work entrusted to him, and most able and
willing to perform the duties of his appointment efficiently,
is, under the proposed rule, excluded, because unable to
satisfy a committee as to his knowledge of a language, an
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