The Minneapolis journal., 1901-02-19
How India Is Governed.

now lnO1a Is GOFerned.
The secretary of state for India is the rep
reesentative of her majesty government. He
has absolute control of all foreign policy af-
fecting India. He also controls the expendi-
ture of the Indian revenues and in all mat
ters he impose his orders upon the In
dian government. All the higher government
appointments require his approval
He is assisted by council, consisting of
ten members nine of f,whom must have served
in India for the ten years Immediately pre-
ceding their appointment. They hold Office
for ten years and must not be members of
either house Of the British parliament. Sub
ject to the control of the secretary Of state,
the supreme executive authority in India is
1.-The governor general in council''-in which
name all acts of the government of India
run. He is appointed directly by the sover-
eign and holds Office for five years. The gov
ernor general or ''viceroy," as he is COM
monty called has the power of veto in all
| matters, whether executive or legislative. He
unites in his person the attributes OF con
stitutional monarch and the powers of pri-
vate minister. The governor general is
sisted by the executive council, composed of
five members, with the addition Of the COM
mander- -in-chief Of the forces in India The
governors of provinces are ex-ofacio mem
bers OF the council whenever it meets within
the several administrations. All the high Of
fcials must be Of British nationality. This
council is really sort of cabinet of the vice.
roy. The matters principally dealt with are:
First, affairs connected with foreign policy;
| second, direct administration; third. authori-
zation Of business to be transacted by the
legislative council.
The legislative council consists of ten to
twenty members-ofilcial and non-offcial
British and natives are alike eligible. Its
| functions are generally the making of laws
and regulations, the supreme direction Of rev.
| enue and expenditures and legislation in gem
| eral. It's acts are published in the Gazette
| of India.
| The central bureau so-called. is the Sec
retariat of the supreme government OF India.
| The seven secretaries are, respectively:
House, foreign, revenue and agriculture,
trade and commerce, military affairs. public
works and the legislative council. From it
! issue orders to regulate administration and
! to it are made reports from the provinces
| Government of the Provinces.
British India is divided into thirteen prov
| inces or administrations Madras and Bonn
bay, whose governors are appointed by the
| secretary OF state; Bengal, northwest with
Oudh the Punjab and Burma, which have
lieutenant governors appointed by the gov
ernor general in council; Assam, Coorg,
l Beluchistan, Berar, Ajmere Merwara, the
Central province and the Andaman islands
are under chief commissioners appointed by
the governor general In council"
/ All these functionaries have provincial
councils constituted like the supreme council.
| They enjoy considerable amount OF admin
istrative and financial independence and deal
| directly with all provincial and local affairs
under the sanction of the governor general
| in council
| Certain native states are attached to each
OF the provinces or administrations.
/ Under the direction Of the provincial coun-
ellis local government is in operation in near
on the Staked Plain-along with an angel like
| Stella-maybe his mother would do.
"Give him six months Of health up in that