"the most acceptable form of success would be, "that which would be brought about by such an "increase of intelligence among the people as "should show them the wickedness and absurdity "of the practice; next to this, we should rejoice "to see the Abolition effected by influence, and "the co-operation of the higher order of Natives. "It is hardly necessary to add, that measures "for protecting the females from violence, and punishing those who administer intoxicating "drugs, will have our approbation. 66 66 We are, "Yours, &c." [Signed by Seventeen of the Directors.] London, 17th June, 1823. No. II. Annual Amount of the Tax on Pilgrims attending the Temple of Juggernaut, with the Amount of the Annual Expences, from 1812-13 to 1824-25 (estimating the value of the Rupee, as before, at 2s. 6d. English.) |