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53 THE EMIGRANT.
" interlopers" came to an end, and the door was opene'
to the free ingress of persons who chose to make India
the scene of their exertions. The result has heen ad-
vantageous to the country in the more general diffusion
of European intelligence, especially as practical and
legal freedom has heen given to the press, and the
natives have received in a large degree the advantages
of education ; and something has been done to evolve
the agricultural resources of India by the application of
European capital and energy to the cultivation of the
soil. But, on the whole, the removal of restraints
■upon the resort of Englishmen to India has not been
attended by all the results contemplated by the advo-
cates of the abolition of the trading charter, nor, at
the same time, have any of the fears of the enemies of
colonization been realized. A wide field still exists
for the profitable employment of industry, intelligence,
and capita], and there can be little doubt that when rail-
ways have been established, practical roads formed to
facilitate communication with the fertile districts of
upper and central India, and the Government become
convinced of the importance of employing Europeans
instead of Natives in their police and revenue depart-
ments, a greater number of Englishmen will find their
way to the country.
The best advice which, under present circumstances,
can be given to persons desirous of emigrating to India,
for the purpose of obtaining an independent existence)
or of improving their means, is, that they should carry
•with them letters of introduction to men in authority,
or a sufficiency of capital to obtain shares in, if not
exclusive possession of, indigo, sugar, or coffee planta-
tions, saltpetre manufactories, &c. Through the letters
of introduction, if sustained by a fair share of talent
and a good address, a young man may obtain employ-
ment as a clerk, superintendent, deputy collector or
magistrate, assistant to a planter, sub-editor of a news-
paper, reporter, mate or master of a river steamer, and
" interlopers" came to an end, and the door was opene'
to the free ingress of persons who chose to make India
the scene of their exertions. The result has heen ad-
vantageous to the country in the more general diffusion
of European intelligence, especially as practical and
legal freedom has heen given to the press, and the
natives have received in a large degree the advantages
of education ; and something has been done to evolve
the agricultural resources of India by the application of
European capital and energy to the cultivation of the
soil. But, on the whole, the removal of restraints
■upon the resort of Englishmen to India has not been
attended by all the results contemplated by the advo-
cates of the abolition of the trading charter, nor, at
the same time, have any of the fears of the enemies of
colonization been realized. A wide field still exists
for the profitable employment of industry, intelligence,
and capita], and there can be little doubt that when rail-
ways have been established, practical roads formed to
facilitate communication with the fertile districts of
upper and central India, and the Government become
convinced of the importance of employing Europeans
instead of Natives in their police and revenue depart-
ments, a greater number of Englishmen will find their
way to the country.
The best advice which, under present circumstances,
can be given to persons desirous of emigrating to India,
for the purpose of obtaining an independent existence)
or of improving their means, is, that they should carry
•with them letters of introduction to men in authority,
or a sufficiency of capital to obtain shares in, if not
exclusive possession of, indigo, sugar, or coffee planta-
tions, saltpetre manufactories, &c. Through the letters
of introduction, if sustained by a fair share of talent
and a good address, a young man may obtain employ-
ment as a clerk, superintendent, deputy collector or
magistrate, assistant to a planter, sub-editor of a news-
paper, reporter, mate or master of a river steamer, and