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 ELING TO iNDi S87 sections with headings in heavy type. It should be ed by. all M.A. students of economics and be college library. consult- in every Th Agrivultural Probl,s o.f India. By Ra/ Bahsdur G,xqa R,, G.I.E., ..0., M.I.C.E., of Lhore. Siml: Mnzur All, t the Army Press. 1917. pp. iv, 155. The author of this book has already earned s wide reputa- tion throughout Northern India as s bold and successful farmer. On retiring from service in the Irrigation 'Branch of the Public Works Department of the Punjab, he bought a large farm ht a canal colony near Lahore, and has farmed it so successfully for many years with modern agricultural methods and machinery that h is opularly credited with having made profits amounting to lakhs of rupees. Two years. ago he undertook another and mnch larger project, involving pumping of canal water to irrigate an untoreman- ded area in the new Lower Bari Doab Colony, upon terms of which most capitalists and successful agriculturists would have been shy. It is pleasing to find that, in spite of advancing years, his activities are entering on a third phase. After pursuing "enlightened self-interest", and there- by benefitting his fellow countr)unen in strictest accordance with the doctrine of la;ssez faire, he is now becoming an active philanthropist, assisting Department of Agriculture for Benares, and interesting himsel! and social reform. This has led in the development of a the Hindu University at iu novements o[ economic to his writing the book under review which is the outcome o! a keen analysis o! the weaknesses of the Indian economic fabric. Coming from a man of proved ability and experience it commands respect, and will in certain directions have unusual authority. In the Introduction the author immediately str/kes the right note and clearly defines the true line of economic progress in India. The panacea for India's poverty recom- mended by l.[r. Dadsbhai Naoroji and publicists of his school .ss reduction of public expenditure, particularly the Home Charges. "The proposed remedy was, I fear ehin:erieal ' "population will and unprsettesl,' our author replies, increase, civilization w/11 advance, and vith it the obligations of the Government and the needs of the people alike will grow. Where are now the savings effected by Lord Ripoh'S