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Hyderabad, 28th November 1891.
The party in power is, as a friend remarked the other day, "very wise," and the Nawab Vicarul-ul-mulk pre-eminently so among its members. His Highness the Nizam was willing, with his wonted liberality, to give away up to Rs. 30,000 H. S. for the furnishing of the house "presented" to the Nawab. But the Nawab) would not consent to having, for the purpose, more than the small sum of Rs. 6,000. If he could not afford to build for himself a palatial house, he could much less think of spending over furnishing the would-be domicile of his son more than Rs. 6,000 out of His Highness' money. To one at first, this would seem a piece of self-denial on the part of Nawab Vicaral-mulk worth recording for the benefit of sneli as do not think anything of wasting money so long as it comes out of other's pockets. But it is a profitable piece of self-denial-and therein is shown wisdom that calculates upon something more valuable than what the self-denial has cost him now. It will make upon the Nawab's Sovereign au impression of loyal concern-and that, you know, is certainly worth much more than the Rs. 24,000 foregone.
One cannot help smiling at the ingenuous way your contemporary of Mail "butters the bread" for "A fortunate official" our Assistant to the Monster. He conjures up "the green-eyed Minister Jealousy" to account for all that is said as well as thought against the official, Jealousy is the failing of dis-up. pointed aspirants to favour, and can only pervade a very narrow circle. But since the feeling against the Nawab Viearul-mulk is widespread, more popular than relinquish, we must look for the cause of his unpopularity elsewhere The Nawab has done very excellent service as Revenue Secretary, we are told. Yes, I say but only where the interests of his party were not at stake, and the interests of the obnoxious Hindus were not concerned. And that is not saying much. The degradation of some of the oldest Hindu families in the State, the disgrace of some of the best men in the service, the pitch-forking of good-for-nothing favour-
