Colonial Administration, 1800-1900: Methods of Government and Development Adopted by the Principal Colonizing Nations in Their Control of Tropical and

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Excerpt from Colonial Administration, 1800-1900: Methods of Government and Development Adopted by the Principal Colonizing Nations in Their Control of Tropical and Other Colonies and Dependencies, With Statistical Statements of the Area, Population, Commerce, Revenue, EtcCaldecott, commenting upon British methods as contrasted with those of other countries, says: Again, as conquerors, no right is claimed by us. We do not hold India by the title of conquerors in the sense that the Spaniards held Mexico. We subject it to no tribute, we impose upon it no restrictions in order that profits may be artificially diverted for our benefit. We are there as rulers, the right upon which we rely as a reasonable justification for being there is the right of doing good by ruling.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.