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2 or influence is perceptible ; that no discontenf. is kriown to prevail any
3 where; that while a section of the upper classes, artificially created by
4 the Native rule, and still propped up by the British, is sinking into
5 inevitable decay, yet, the middle and lower, classes, the merchant, the
6 husbandman, and the laborer, are growing in substantial prosperity.
7 214, The above resumé of results is not put forth in a boastful spirits
8 but with the solemn consciousness that a brief record of what has been
9 done should only serve as a stimulus to renewed and increased exertion,
10 in respect to the moral advancement, the internal economy, the social
11 condition, the material comfort, and the administrative regulation of the
12 country. The Chief Commissioner can only trust that the general issue -
13 of affairs may prove in some degree satisfactory to the Right Hon'ble
14 the Governor General in Council. The Administration during the period
15 reviewed was conducted under the supervision and direction of His
16 Lordship’s predecessor. The Chief Commissioner is bound to offer the
17 expression of his high obligations to the Marquis of Dalhousie for sup-
18 port and guidance, which, firm and considerate from the first, were
19 equally extended to the last, and proved essential to the success of the
20 Administration ; and the Chief Commissioner has also now to tender to
21 the present Head of the Supreme Government an assurance that no
22 ‘ effort shall be spared to pursue the course which has been begun, and
23 to promote improvement, in all branches of the Administration, and for
24 all classes of the people.
25 215. The Chief Commissioner acknowledges with pleasure the
26 cordial and able assistance which he has received from many Officers,
27 during the period under review. Two more zealous and gifted. co-ad-
28 jutors than Mr. R. Montgomery, the Judicial Commissioner, and Mr.
29 D. F. McLeod, the Financial Commissioner, it would be difficult to find.
30 He is also under great obligations to Mr. R. Temple and Major J. D.
31 Macpherson, his Secretaries, for their zeal and devotion.
32 The Commissioners of Divisions, whose merits entitle them to par-
33 ticular acknowledgment, are —
34 ” Services of Civil Of Mr. E. Thornton.
35 Mr. C. Raikes.
36 Lieut.-Colonel H. B. Edwardes, C. B,
37 Mr. G. C. Barnes.
38 Mr. M. P. Edgeworth,