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BENGAL under the
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS;

BEING

A NARRATIVE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS AND PUBLIC MEASURES DURING THEIR PERIODS OF OFFICE, FROM 1854 TO 1898.



BY
C. E. BUCKLAND, C.I.E.,
OF THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE.


"The position of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal has become by much thee moat important of any under the Supreme Government."

Sir G. Chesney, "Indian Polity;" p. 199.

"The fact is that the Bengal Government is in every way a great charge—far the greatest Local Government In India."

Sib G. Campbell, "Memoirs," Vol. II: p. 199.


In Two Volumes;

(With 14 Illustrations.)

Vol. I.


CALCUTTA;
S. K. LAHIRI & Co.,
1901.