INDIAN FAMINES - Institute for Social and Economic Change

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provide for a month at least beyond the time
when plenty may be expected to have returned
to the land. But should the rains have only
been a partial failure, then the doubtful elements
increase. There is the possibility of a
favourable spring harvest to compensate for
previous losses; and until this time has passed
the period of scarcity cannot be calculated. In
fact, generally speaking, the question would be
determined to a great extent by circumstances.
Nos. 6 and 7 are matters which need not
be discussed here; but they are disturbing
influences in the calculations which should 110t
be lost sight of.
Before leaving the subject of administrative
management to notice press criticisms, there
are three topics whiCh it will b~ more appropriate
to express an opinion upon here
than elsewhere. On the first of these topics,
I feel that a preface is necessary, or it may
be that even an apology is required for the
tone of the queries, as they were made in
perhaps not an altogether judicial frame of
mind. The questions were suggested by the
reading. of sorne articles in the papers on the