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 MEMBERS OF THE BAREILLY MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE. (124)

O. 1. , Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector and Secretary to the Municipal Committee.—This gentleman is distinguished for his loyalty to om* Government. He was formerly in the army, and has seen a good deal of service. He was educated at the Bareilly College.

No. 2. .—A Khutri. Fomierly an inhabitant of Delhi, and now the head of a large banking firm at Bareilly. He was educated at the Bareilly College, and speaks and writes English.

No. 3. .—Is descended from Hafiz Rehmut Khan, the former ruler of Rohilcund. Neamut Khan remained loyal when his cousin, Khan Buhadoor Khan (afterwards hanged for murder during the revolt), rebelled against the British Government in 1857.

No. 4. .—Khayet. A large landholder in the Bareilly district.

No. 5. .—Is of the same caste, and is also a considerable landholder.

No. 6. .—A Bunnnea by caste, and a large sugar manufacturer and banker of Bareilly.

The admission of respectable native gentlemen to a share in the local government of their own towns was one of the remarkable and beneficial acts of the administration of Lord Dalliousie, and has in most instances been attended with great advantages. The Municipal Committees have charge of the local town police, and of the conservancy and the expenditure and application of town funds; and while these offices give them a certain rank among their fellow-townsmen, they relieve the executive of many minor duties and details, which it was hardly possible to carry out in an efficient manner. The admission of natives of India to a share in their own government is being extended, as far as possible, by gradual steps, and by carefully watching results; and among other measures, that of the establishment of municipalities holds a deservedly high place in public estimation.