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Show Inttle Ihe l-eed or K.porta. I . India Is the lend of reports. Ther B fs a monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, I annual plague of them. Thera Is no I country, probably, In which ao many uaeleaa reports ar written and o few read. In on province th chief business busi-ness ef the local government consists la dunning Its officers for statistic and reports, and In compiling from them volumes fur the delusion of the supreme government Mora than 1 one-half of the time and energy of j vry civil officer I taken np In wrlt- Ing. Fortnightly Review. |