'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.' [‎23] (54/481)

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rate of payment by Government for labour in this country
must be injurious to the interests of the State.
Whatever stimulates the industry, and adds to the
productive power of the people, must undoubtedly in like
proportion directly add to the public revenue.
Sind is capable of yielding ten times the revenue it now
pays: the revenue is now low, because the people
are poor, and are without the capital necessary
for cultivating the ground.
As the people become rich, and when they feel free
to use their labour and wealth as they please,
cultivation will extend, and population increase. Every
rupee paid to the inhabitants of the country for their labour,
above the amount necessary to purchase their mere sub
sistence, will be returned to the soil, and ultimately be
restored with large interest to the Government treasury.
But the foreign labourer will take with him out of the
country all his surplus earnings; none such will return to
the ground, but the profit will be entirely transferred to
other countries.
It is abundantly certain that the most natural, most
simple, most healthy, and most economical method of
obtaining labour, is to pay whatever may be necessary to
command the required supply in the open market: all
good authorities are agreed on this head.
Private persons, if left freely to themselves, generally
know their own interests much better than does any
government. Labourers will speedily flock to a field where
they are highly paid and fairly treated. There is no need
to "import" them : they will, if there be a natural want of
their services, soon come of themselves.
It is undoubtedly the truest economy for Government to
abstain from interfering with market prices.