Excerpt from The Administration of Bengal Under Sir Andrew Fraser, K. C. S. I: 1903-1908 In considering these proposals, Sir Andrew Fraser kept two considerations steadily in View. He agreed that, under the altered circumstances of the country, the territory under his control was too large for a Local Government to admin ister properly, and he held that the primary, object to, be aimed at was to improve administration in Bengal by reducing its area. The next object, he urged, was to select the districts to be transferred in such a manner as to secure the best interests of the people and efficiency of administration. Holding. These Views, he was unable to accept the proposals of the Government of. India in their entirety. He was, Opposed to the transfer of Ganjam and the 'agency Tracts from Madras, because the Uriya element in these tracts was comparatively insignificant, because strong ties of interest and administrative expediency bound them' to Madras, and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.