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Show -oo HOW INDIA IS GOVERNED, The oxecutivo authority in India Itself It-self Is vested In the governor-general in council. The govcrnor-genornl, or, as ho is more generally called, the viceroy, is appointed by the crown, and holds office for flvo earsj This term is sometimes extended. The salary of tho vlcoioy Is 250,800 rupee a yeai. The rupee Is now worth 1 shilling and 4 pence, or roughly 81 cents; the salary amount, therefore, to about $S 1,000 a ear, but I should be sorry to undertake the Job and to '. pay my expenses but of that bum. The council of the viceroy Consists of six ordinary members besides the commander-in-chier of the army, and they are appointed by tlie orown aud ' hold office for five years:, This ;counel I Is enlarged Into a legislative council I bv the addition or sixteen othev mem-i mem-i bOs dpi" lined 1, the vlrorov uml i ceil in icstru tion 1 Furthci, Italia i divided into Juno provinces: Bombay,' Madras, .Bengal H Eastern Bengal, United Provinces H The Punjab, Central Provinces, North H west Frontier Provinces and Burmaii H The governors of Bombay and Madra H are the most important officials after ' H the viceroy, and are appointed by tnc H crown, ami each carries a salary 1 1 H Jl!0,oao a year. The governors or H Bombay and Madras have an .execu- H live couucil of two nienibejs of, tin i H Indian civil service appointed by the H crown. The lieutenant-governors' of H Bengal, Eastern Bengal, United Pro- H luces, the Punjab and Bnrmah are aj ,' H pointed by the viceroy with the ap- ' H proval of the crown; the chief com H missioncrs of the Central ProvJhce- ' IH and the agent to the governorgen- i H eral who governs the Northwest Fou H tier Provinces jue appointed by tT, H viceroy In council. Of thes division, , H I visited seven and In each I was Irn- H pressed by the enormous amount t , H work being done, by the conscientious H often 1 thought too conscientious H way in which it was done, and by th H dignity aud fearlessness of the men H who wero doing it. If it weie-nof, foi H the interferences from the India office, H and the criticism from ignorant poli- H ticians, who shamelessly play India off H for votes' at home. It would be th H most ideally managed, as lb is tho H most successfully administered, do H pencv in the rorld. Price Collier, iv H Scribuer's aganfee. H -- ' H |