employment to the people.  A long reference is made in the Dewan’s address of 1890, to the endeavours made by the Government to open up the iron wealth of the province, and it was then in correspondence with a native gentleman who had proposed to start iron works in the Malvalli Talook of the Mysore district.  The Government, it appears, were prepared to grant most liberal concessions as regards the supply of fuel.  But I regret that I have no information as to whether these proposed works have or have not been started.  For the information of those who might be inclined to embark in this industry I may mention that a copy of the Dewan’s annual addresses always appears in the “Mysore and Coorg Directory,” which is a most valuable compilation on all points of importance relating to those provinces.  These annual addresses are admirably drawn up and are most interesting to read.  The attention shown to the many various points treated of is most remarkable.  Nothing seems too great and nothing too small for notice by the Dewan, and it is this even attention all along the line that shows the fine administrator.  As one instance to the point I may mention that when attending as a member of the Representative Assembly at Mysore in 1891, I happened to meet the Dewan and some of his officers in the veranda outside the great hall where our meetings were held, and his attention was attracted to a coffee peeler—­the invention of a native who thought this a good opportunity for introducing his machines to the notice of the public, and had some cherry coffee at hand to show how they worked.  The Dewan at once inspected the machine, saw the coffee put through, and himself turned the handle, and was so satisfied that he ordered some of the machines to be bought and sent for exhibition to the head-quarters of the coffee growing Talooks, or counties, and in his address of 1892 he reports that the machines had been found to be much in favour with the planters who had used them.  The state of the box is the best evidence of the goodness of the gardener.  But it is time now to draw this chapter to a close.  I must, however, find room for a few remarks which will show those who might be inclined to settle in India that their interests are sure to be well attended to by the Government.

During my long Indian experience I have had occasion to represent grievances and wants to Government officers, from district officers to high Indian officials, to officials at the India office, and to more than one Secretary of State for India, and am therefore able to testify directly to their admirable courtesy, patience, and consideration.  In the ordinary sense of the word, the planters in the various parts of India are not represented, but as a matter of fact their interests are most efficiently represented, for the officers of the Government, whether civilians or soldier-civilians (and when Mysore was under British rule I had practical experience of both), are distinguished by an amount