The Fifty-Sixth Annual Report of the Committee of the British Indian Association for the Year 1907-08

The I fon'tyle the Chief justice and the fudges of the Caiciitta High Court moved the Government of India for the amendment of the law regarding the prevent ion' of breaches (5f peace in connection with disputes relating to Chair land. and more particularly with reference to Section 145 of the Code of Cwiminal Procedure Act V of 1898. [...] Neither the Ruling Chiefs nor the territorial Magnates of whom the Imperial Advisory Council would be composed could be expected to adequately represent " the needs and sentiments of the masses of the people." In order that the Council might be really usefal persons of culture and experience fully capable of acting as interpreters between the people and the Government should be introduced in [...] The Government of Bengal furnished the Association with a copy of the tour-programMe of the Commission and of the beads of enquiry for the guidance of witnesses. [...] I venture to think that the Committee' of the( 35 ) Association should aisproach Government with a memorial praying for an enquiry into the effect of land assessment on the economic condtion of the cultivators the extent of the pressure of taxation upon the cultivating and labouring classes and the causes which have tended to raise the price of food grains to famine rates th'roughout the count [...] The next in point of importapce from the Zemindary stand-point-Avere the contemplated amendment of the Revenue Sale Law the framing of the rules under the Bengal Tenancy Act the suggested amendment of the Coiart of Wards Act and those of general importance to the community as a whole Were the appJintineat of the Royal CoMmission( 37 ) on Decentralisation and the recasting of some of the Indian