Minutes of evidence taken before the Royal Commission upon Decentralization in Bengal, volume 4 ([London?]: [House of Commons?], 1908)

240 INDEX.

Collector or Deputy Commissioner—cont.
Consulting Indian opinion
Extent to which opinion was consulted (J. N.
Mukherjee) 16309-12, 16451-5 (Ranajit Sinha)
16804-6 (McIntosh) 17448-9, 17662 (Dar-
bhanga) 17889.
Means of obtaining names of people to be con-
sulted {Gait) 14399-408.
Opinions in favour of {Gait) 14238 p. 4, 14318,
14324, 14484-6 {McIntosh) 17407 p. 121 {Duke)
17696 p. 133.
Delegation of power to subordinates, question of
(S. Bhattacharjee) 16063 p. 70 (Bompas) 16223
{Lyall) 17286-304, 17366-7 {Duke) 17696 p. 133,
17816.
District Board, Chairman of, see District Board.
Efficiency—Suggestions with regard to getting rid of
incompetent officers (Streatfeild) 14788-90 {Allen)
17934-7.
Municipalities, question of control by Collector
(Bhupendra Nath Basu) 18075, 18116, 18120-2,
18160-2, 18175-7.
Transfer of control to a Local Self-Government
Board, proposed (Baikunta Nath Sen) 18279
p. 161.
Overwork, excessive office work, &c.
Causes, and suggestions for relief {Gait) 14257-8,
14385-6 {Oldham) 14844 p. 26, 14993-4, 14998
.(Ban Bihari) 15100, 151Q3, 15172-3 (K. L.
Goswami) 15401 (Madhusudan Das) 15494,
15503-4 (K. Ghosh) 15940 p. 66, 15968-73 (.S’.
, Bhattacharjee) 16063, 16066 (Bompas) 16225-6
(Ranajit Sinha) 16791 (Sdanath Roy) 16918-20
(Lyall) 17183p. 112 (Lyall) 17306-8 (McIntosh)
, 17407 p. 120, 17443-5 (Ahmad) 17683 (Lyall)
17284-5, 17329-45 (Darbhanga) 17886 (Allen)
17920, 17928-31, 17932-3, 17978-9 (Moti Lal
Ghose) 18398 (Slacke) 18468, 18482-3, 18649
52, 18781-2 (A. C. Mazumdar) 19143 p. 193.
Government of Bengal, views of, App. II.,
p. 199.
Powers and functions, and suggestions in regard
to extension of powers (K. L. Goswami) 15378,
15402, 15467-9, 15477-8 (Gidhaur) 15714
(Tarini Persad) 15801 (K. Ghosh) 15940,15949
(8. Bhattacharjee) 16063 p. 69, 16064, 16097
(J. N. Mukherjee) 16307 p. 78 (Kristo Das Law)
16483 (Lyall) 17183, 17219, 17284-5, 17400
(Ahmad) 17683 (Gooroo Das Banerjee) 18019,
18026-7 (Mali Lal Ghose) 18398 (Macpherson)
18800 (A. C. Mazumdar) 19143 p. 192.
Appointment, power of (Bompas) 16227-8
(Slacke) 18549-51.
Certificate work (Lyall) 17284,17365-7.
Civil Courts, powers in, proposed (Lyall) 17183,
17241-2, 17268-71.
Drainage (8. Bhattacharjee) 16063 p. 69.
Education (K. Ghosh) 15976 (Kilchler) 16643-5,
16730-2 (Ranajit Sinha) 16815-6, 17250
Inspection of schools (Gait) 14421-5.
Secondary education (Gait) 14420 (Bhupendra
Nath Basu) 18172.
Starting a school, question of consulting Col-
lector (Slacke) 18682-3.
Establishment, changes in (Lyall) 17183 (A. C.
Mazumdar) 19143 p. 192.
Estates—Government estates (K. Ghosh) 15968.
Partition work (Bompas) 16253-4 (McIntosh)
17572-5.
Suspensions (Bompas) 16255-7.
Excise (Gait) 14414-6 (K. Ghosh) 15968 (Lyall)
Yl'2AT-9 (Macpherson) 18872-1.
Financial powers (Ranajit Sinha) 16791 (McIn-
tosh) 17407 p. 120, 17427-8 (Duke) 17696
p. 132, 17789-90 (Bhupendra Nath Basu)
18075, 18149.
Allotments for purposes of public nature pro-
posed (Gait) 14238 (Streatfeild) 14709 p. 21
(Oldham) 14844 p. 26, 14880-1 (Lyall)
17183, 17189-93, 17346-8 (McIntosh)
17429 (Sarfaraz Ilosein) 19046, 19119-21.
Government of Bengal suggestions, App. II ,
p. 201.
Budget
Re-appropriation, power for Collector, pro-
posed (A. C. Mazumdar) 19143 p. 192.
Separate budgets, opinions for and against
(Streatfeild) 14709 p. 21, 14738, 14774
(K. Ghosh) 16060.

Collector or Deputy Commissioner—coni.
Powers and functions, &c.—cont.
Forests (Bompas) 16247-52 (McIntire) 1695.(1,
17013-20.
Income-tax assessment (8. Bhattacharjee) 16080,
16107-12 (Bompas) 16260.
Irrigation (8. Bhattacharjee) 16063 p. 69.
Land Revenue (Bompas) 16258-9 (Lyall) 17203-4,.
17358 (Duke) 17696 p. 132 (Macpherson.) 18800..
Pay of subordinates (Lyall) 17183.
Police (Bompas) 16230-6, 16242 (Lyall) 17245-6,,
17277-83.
Public Works (Gait) 14417, 14419 (K. Ghosh)
15940 p. 65, 15950 7, 15968, 16059 (Bompas)
16243-6, 16304-6 (Lyall) 17351 (Duke) 17696
p. 132.
Santhal Parganas, special powers in (Bompas)
16127-30.
Stamps (Bompas) 16222, 16261-2.
Wards, Court of—Existing position, opinions for
and against increased powers (Streatfeild)
14709 p. 21, 14732-6, 1.4831-6 (Ban Bihari)
15139-40, 1.5207 (K. L. Goswami) 15394 (Mad-
huswlan Das) 15494 (K. Ghosh) 15968 (Duke)
17696 p. 132 (Baikunta Nath Sen) 18279 p. 161.
(Slacke) 18511-4 (Macpherson) 18800 (A. C.
Mazumdar) 19146-8.
Relations between Executive Officers and people,
see that title.
Relations with Heads of Departments (McIntosh)
17407 p. 1.21, 17434-42.
Reports and Returns
Condensation into one annual administration
report, opinion, in favour of (McIntosh) 17468.
Criticism of, by Board of Revenue instead of by
Commissioner, proposed (Lyall) 1.7260, 17330.
Status and influence of Collector (Gait) 1.441.2-3
(Streatfeild) 1.4709, p. 21 (Macpherson) 18866-7.
Government of Bengal suggestions, App. II.,
p. 199.
Tours, time spent in, transport, &c. (Gait) 14396
(Serajul Islam) 15683 (8. Bhattacharjee) 16063,
16065-6 (McIntosh) 17407 p. 120 (Slacke) 18689-90
(Macpherson) 18920-2, 19024-31.
Transfer, see Transfer of Officers.
Vernacular, knowledge of, see Vernacular.
Commissioners of Divisions
Abolition of Commissioner’s office, opinions in
favour of (K. L. Goswami) 15378, 15401-5,
15421-2 (A. C. Mazumdar) 19143 p. 192.
Reorganization of constitution, scheme for, see
Provinc al Government.
Appointment to Commissionership
Age at which men become Commissioners (Ban
Bihari) 15209.
Appeal, opinion in favour of, for officer passed
over (Streatfeild) 14791.
Selection v. Seniority, see Appointments.
Conferences
Advantageous if system were made permanent
(Gait) 14315-7.
Commissioners, conference of—Non-official ele-
ment, &c. (Gait) 14308-12, 14482-3 (Slacke)
18622-5, 18797.
Divisional conferences (Gait) 14313-4 (Slacke)
18627-31.
Government of Bengal, opinion of, App. II.,
p. 201.
Consulting Indian opinion
Extent to which Commissioner consulted Native
opinion (Ranajit Sinha) 16806 (McIntosh)
17662 (Darbhanga) 17889.
List of persons who would be satisfactory
advisers, question of providing (Ban Bihari)
15188-91.
Delegation of powers to subordinates, question of
(8. Bhattacharjee) 16095-7 (Duke) 17710-3.
District Boards, powers of Commissioner in regard
to, see title District Boards.
Executive Council to Government, conversion of
Commissioners into, proposed (Ahmad) 17683.
Knowledge of division, question of (K. L. Goswami)
15398 (Duke) 17698-705.
Personal Assistant for Commissioner, question of
(8. Bhattacharjee) 16071-6 (Duke) 17806-8.
Powers and functions of Commissioner and sugges-
tions with regard to extension of powers
(Ban Bihari) 15178 (M. C. Nandi) 15268
(Madhusudan Das) 15494-5 (Gidhaur) 15714