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

INDEX.

251

Municipalities—emit.
Finance—Extent of control, and suggestions with
reference to increased powers, &c.
Aid from Provincial Government—Opinions and
suggestions (Oldham) 14936-7, 14941-2
(J. N. Mukherjee) 16404-5 (Baikunta Nath
Sen) 18305-6 (Moti Bal Ghose) 18412-3
(A. C. Mazumdar) 19143 p. 193, 19156,
19222-4.
Borrowing powers (Bhupendra Nath Basu) 18125,
18163, 18263-9.
Budget—Opinions and suggestions'with regard to
relaxation of official control, reappropriation,
&c. (Oldham) 14857-8 (M. C. Nandi) 15263
p. 42,15289-94,15327 (If. L. Goswami) 15416-7,
15491-2 (Tarini Persad) 15788, 15834-9 (J. N.
Mukherjee) 16406 (McIntosh) 17615-9 (Bhupen-
dra Nath Basu) 18075, 18116-22, 18159-62,
18174-83,18187-8 (Baikunta Nath Sen) 18296-8
(Sarfaraz Hosein) 19059-61, 19090-2, 19110-1,
19127-9, 19140-2 (A. C. Mazumdar) 19143
p. 193, 19153-5, 19157-61, 19167, 19191-6,
19214-8.
Extension of financial powers, question of (J. N.
Mukherjee) 16323-6 (Ranajit Sinha) 16791,
16810 (Sarfaraz Hosein '19069-73, 19082,
19112-3, 19124-6,(A. C. Mazumdar) 1^58-60.
Funds
Inadequacy of—Means of raising additional
funds (j. N. Mukherjee) 16370-2 (Bhupendra
Nath Basu) 18225-31 (Sarfaraz Hosein)
19074-5 (A. C. Mazumdar) 19221.
Source of funds (Oldham) 14931-5 (J. N.
Mukherjee) 16401-4 (Baikunta Nath Sen)
18304 (Sarfaraz Hosein) 19064-8, 19100,
19106.
Resources of municipalities larger than those of
District Boards (Oldham) 14936-40.
Grading of municipalities—Lower class of muni-
cipality with more elementary functions proposed
(Duke) 17696 p. 133, 17795.
Maladministration by municipalities—Powers for
Government to compel performance of duty, pro-
posed (Sarfaraz Hosein) 19096 (A. C. Mazumdar)
' 19239-42.
Number of municipalities, increase in, proposed
(A. C. Mazumdar) 19143 p. 193.
Powers and functions of Chairman of municipality
(Sarfaraz Hosein) 19059,19099 (A. C. Mazumdar)
19154 (Bhupendra Nath Basu) 18124.
Powers and function! of municipalities, and sugges-
tions with reference to increased power’s (Gait)
14426, 14429 (Oldham) 14844 p. 26 (Peary
Mohan) 15211, 15224-5 (M. C. Nandi) 15263
p. 42 (K. L. Goswami) 15408 (Madhusudan
Das) 15508 (Aldur Rahman) 15632 (Gidhaur)
15714 (Tarini Persad) 15841-3 (S. Bhattach-
arjee) 16095-7 (J. N. Mukherjee) 16322, 16396
(Ranajit Sinha) 16791, 16878, 16882-4 (Lyall)
17183, 17216 (McIntosh) 17612-4 (Duke) 17696
p. 133, 17725-6 (Darbhanga) 17891 (Baikunta
Nath Sen) 18299 (Sarfaraz Hosein) 19046,
19097-8 (A. C. Mazumdar) 19143 p. 192.
Appointments and dismissals (Tarini Persad)
15840 (K. Ghosh) 15979-80 (J. N. Mukherjee)
16398-9 (Ranajit Sinha) 16868-71 (Bhupendra
Nath Basu) 18180-1 (Baikunta Nath Sen)
18380-1 (Sarfaraz Hosein) 19114-7.
Drains, streets, &c. (Baikunta Nath Sen) 18387.
Education
Cost of—Municipal contribution (Strealfeild)
14803 (Sarfaraz Hosein) 19077-80.
Existing conditions (J N. Mukherjee) 16440-8,
16466-9 (Kiichler) 16588-97, 16605-8,
16622-7, 16639-40, 16747-52 (Ranajit Sinha)
16827-9,16872-6 (Lyall) (Bhupendra
Nath Basu) 18169 (Slacks) 18679-80.
Extension of powers, opinions for and against
(K. Ghosh) 15974-6 (Kiichler) 16597-604,
16628-36, 16735 (Bhupendra Nath Basu)
18170-1 (Baikunta Nath Sen) 18287, 18385-6
(Moti Lal Ghose) 18414-5 (Slacke) 18679
(Sarfaraz Hosein 19081.
Supervision by Government inspectors, opinions
for and against (J. N. Mukherjee) 16375-8
(Bhupendra Na,th Basu) 18237
Government of Bengal suggestions, App. II.,
p. 201.
Holdings, assessment of (Peary Mohan) 15211.

Municipalities—conf.
Powers and functions, &c.—cont.
Leave, pensions and gratuities (J. N. Mukherjee)
16307 p. 79, 16319, 16379-81, 16435 (Sarfaraz
Hosein) 19093 (A. C. Mazumdar) 19236.
Medical relief
Civil Surgeon, relations with municipality
(Macrae) 17130.
Dispensaries (K. Ghosh) 15940 p. 66 (J. N.
Mukherjee) 16373-4, 16462-4 (Ranajit Sinha)
16830-1, 16879-80 (Baikunta Nath Sen)
18389-90, 18393-5.
Pay of municipal officers (Bhupendra Nath Basu)
18176-9.
Sanitation—Existing conditions (Lyall) 17379-86
(Baikunta Nath. Sen) 18310-3.
Taxation (Oldham) 15000-1 (K. Ghosh) 15984-7,
16017 (Ranajit Sinha) 16820 16825 (Sar-
faraz Hosein) 19094 (A. C. Mazumdar)
19235.
House tax assessment (Gait) 14430-1.
Procedure
Committees, work done by—Satisfactory system,
&c. (Ranajit Sinha) 16823 (Baikunta Nath Sen)
18301 (Moti Lal Ghose) 18428-9 (Sarfaraz
Hosein) 19062-3, 19104-5.
English language, reports, &c. in (M. G. Nandi)
15375-7 (J. N. Mukherjee) 16343-6.
Progress made by municipalities greater than that
of District Boards (Darbhanga) 17914-5.
Municipalities, Presidency
Making Presidency municipalities popular and
representative institutions proposed (A. C. Ma-
zumdar) 19143 p. 193.
See also Calcutta.
Murshidabad
Municipal work (Ranajit Sinha) 16822-31,16879-80.
Population (Ranajit Sinha) 16822.

N.
Nandi, Maharaja Manindra Chandra, of Cossimbazar.
Evidence 15263-377.

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Official residences
See Residences for Government Officers.
Oldham, The Hon. C. E. A. W.—Financial Secretary
to Government of Bengal.
Evidence 14844 15004.
Opium Regulations
Government of India control—Opinion in favour
of avoiding reference on matters of detail
(McIntosh) 17565-6.
Orissa
Administrative arrangements — Connexion with
Bengal (Duke) 17696, 17733.
Different conditions from those of Bengal (Madhu-
sudan Das) 15526, 15533.
Legislative Council, representation on (Madhu-
sudan Das) 15534.
Officers with Bengal experience—Difficulties in
Orissa owing to difference of conditions (Mad-
husudan Das) 15528-32 (Duke) 17800-2.
Tenancy Act, application of, too stringent (Duke)
17729-33, 17797.
Area and population (Duke) 17696 p. 133.
Boundaries, enlargement proposal (Madhusudan
Das) 15572-3.
Chief Commissionership, question of (Madhusudan
Das) 15536-8, 15542-8.
Decentralization should aim at bringing Uriya-
speaking tract under one local administration
(Madhusudan Das) 15494, 15535.
Delegation of powers
Harm done by attempting uniformity with other
divisions (Madhusudan Das) 15521-2.
Legislation, question of (Madhusudan Das)
15494.
High Court—Jurisdiction should not be interfered
with (Madhusudan Das) 15494.
Land Revenue
Sales, large number of (Madhusudan Das)
15496-7.