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which really exists here, no one can doubt who looks duly at the state of the gardens ; we were yesterday disappointed of a proposed visit to the farm, but Major Crewe has 'kindly promised to accompany me this evening, and I hope to give it a careful inspection. All that I have hitherto seen, leads me to suppose that this would be the very place I have been so anxious to find out ever since I had an opportunity of looking into the real state of the AND NEILGHERRY HILLS. 21 community in India, where we might establish an agricultural settlement under the authority and direction of the government. I am sure that all classes of society in India would benefit by the advantages which must follow upon such a plan, if well conducted. I shall beg permission to lay before you, some- what in detail, the views I entertain upon this subject, and if they obtain your approval, I would afterwards submit them to the Governor General, and the President of the Board of Control. There is another project which is very much in my mind, in reference to the future condition of the natives who reside on the hills, or who are brought hither with a view to employment.

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