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INDEX.

Village Organization—coni.
Zamindar—cont.
Position of—Effect of giving increased powers to
village authorities (J/. C. Nandi) 15342-6
(./. N. Mukherjee) 16347 (Campbell) 17871.

w.
Wards, Court of
Beneficial effect in creating a link between Collector
and landowners (Tarini Persad) 15923-4.
Cost of management (Baikunta Nath Sen) 18279
p. 161 (Slacke) 18775-7.
Definition of an estate, modification suggested so as to
take in estates not paying revenue to Government
(Tarini Persad) 15788,45797, 15863-6.
Delegation of powers (Streatfeild) 14767.
Delay and unnecessary correspondence, saving of
(Ban Bihari) 15139-40, 15160-71.
Provisions of Court of Wards Act (Ban Bihari)
15180,15208 (Tarini Persad) 15822-3.
Education of wards (Baikunta Nath Sen) 18279
p. 161.
Officers and authorities connected with Court of
Wards
Collector—Existing position, opinions for and
against increased powers (Streatfelld) 14709
p. 21, 14732-6, 14768-9, 14831-6 (Ban Bihari)
15139-40, 15207, 15209 (K. L. Goswami) 15394
(Madhusudan Das) 15494 (K. Ghosh) 15968
(Duke) 17696 p. 132 (Baikunta Nath Sen)
18279 p. 161 (Slacks) 18511-4 (Macpherson)
18800 (A. C. Mazumdar) 19146-8.
Commissioner ■— Existing position, opinions for
and against increased powers (Streatfelld) 14709
p. 21, 14732 (Ban Bihari) 15139-40, 15159,
15168-9, 15207, 15209 (Sitanath Roy) 16912

Wards, Court of'—cont.
Officers and authorities, &c.—cont.
Commissioner, &r._cont.
(Duke) 17696 p. 132 (Baikunta Nath Sen)
18279 p. 161 (Slacks) 18511-4, 18534,18618-21,
18798 (Macpherson) 18800 (A. C. Mazumdar)
19146-8.
Revenue, Board of—Suggestions with regard to
extension and delegation of powers (Streatfelld)
14709 p. 21, 14732-5, 14763-6 (Ban Bihari)
15139-40 (Madhusudan Das) 15494 (Slacke)
18510, 18534 (Macpherson) 18800.
Powers, extension of—Opinions in favour (Mad-
llusudan Das) 15494 (Sitanath Roy) 16911.
Reconstruction of Court, scheme for (Baikunta Nath
Sen) 18279 pp. 160, 161.
Relations with Provincial Government (Ban Bihari)
15101.
Taking over of estates
Authority conferred by new Act both as to taking
over and retention of estates (/I. C. Mazumdar)
19143 p. 192-3, 19144-5.
Encumbered estates, question of taking over
(Slacke) 18586-91.
Existing system—Opinions and suggestions (Sita-
nath Roy) 16892-3 (Dulce) 17696 p. 132,17714-5
(R. C. Mazumdar) 19143 p. 193, 19144.

Z.
Zamindars
Accessibility to tenants, question of (Sitanath Roy)
16914-7 (Lyall) 17359-60.
Civil and criminal powers, investing zamindar
with (Ranajit Sinha) 16861-6 (Lyall) 17368—71.
Village, extension of powers—Effect on position of
zamindar (M. C. Nandi) 15342-6 (J. N. Muk-
herjee) 16347 (Campbell) 17871.