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116 unquestionably the financial management of John Lawrence that made it so prosperous. Sir Henry, under Dalhousie's orders, created the military defence of the frontier; inaugurated the local force, of which the example was the corps of Guides, that did such noble service in later days; inspired the development of the natural resources of the country, and furthered its material improvement by the construction of roads and canals and other engineering work, supervised by Colonel Napier, afterwards Lord Napier of Magdala. Even in the matters of the more distinctly civil administration organized by his brother, Henry's influence not less than John's tended to simplification of procedure. That administration formed a model of the Non-Regulation system. It has been described succinctly in the volume of this series dealing with the career of Lord Lawrence. Sir Henry's own special aims and efforts were directed towards effecting the conciliation and creating the goodwill which he regarded as of paramount necessity to the welfare of the Empire.

The remarks which have been made respecting John Lawrence when Henry was Resident show the regard in which he held his brother, and how strong the bond and unity of purpose was between the two. But, in the more detailed administrative work of the Board, differences of views naturally developed. There was only one, however, that led to actual friction, and that was the treatment of the old jágírdárs.

Before dealing with it, however, two other dif-