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 governments lt speeches in the chamber and to their constituents to stir up weatthy men of sit ciasaeS in the province to assist in its economic deveiopment. Appeais wouid be made for funds for s psrtieuisr scheme of irrigation or ro&ds ete. each year; and persons owning property in the ioeaiities to be benefitted would doubtices do yessing to aid the uccess of the stimuiste their friends and to subscribe., much voittntary loan, and neighbors ea!- wouid who had_ money Fgnane b!; Loca Bodge The question next arises as to how far iooal authorities shouid take part in economic deveiopment and themseives be assumed that roads the provineiai works, wili always governments; but bridges and feeder roads, raise money by ioans.. It m major irrigation works and msiti be constructed and maintained by embankments minor irriaation and drainage works might often or usuaiiy be entrusted to divisional councils (as proposed in the United Prb- vinees), district boards and municipalities. I think it will be premature to transfer much responsibility to such bodies within the next twenty years: in fact, in many parts o! India, more responsibility than they are fit for has already been thrust upon them. However', so far as such local bodies are expected to carry out minor public works they should bs given adequate resources for the purpose, both in revenue,raising powers needed to create security for borrowifig, and by loans being freely granted to them by the provit- cial government. 8ueh bodies should bs given the right of borrowing directly from the public wheueVer they have the opportunity of doing so advantageolsly, subject only to supervision by the proineial gOetl, mt o1 lines similar to the control mtuoised by 