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230 ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION tuted upon a more oligarchic model by raising the money qualifications and reducing the numbers. In India, the Governor-General and Council were estab- SIMLA, THE SUMMER SEAT OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. lished for Bengal (the first appointments to be made by Parliament) with a general authority over the three Presidencies, under a rule whereby a majority of votes in the Council determined all disputed questions. And