Salute of eleven guns—­
  Agaigarh, the Maharaja of. 
  Baoni, the Newab of. 
  Bhaunagar, the Thakur Sahib of. 
  Bijawar, the Maharaja of. 
  Cambay, the Nawab of. 
  Chamba, the Raja of. 
  Charkhari, the Maharaja of. 
  Chhatarpur, the Raja of. 
  Faridkot, the Raja of. 
  Gondal, the Thakur Sahib of. 
  Janjira, the Newab of. 
  Jhabua, the Raja of. 
  Jahllawar, the Raj-Rana of. 
  Jind, the Raja of. 
  Gunagarth, the Newab of. 
  Kahlur, the Rajah of. 
  Kapurthala, the Raja of. 
  Mandi, the Raja of. 
  Manipur, the Raja of. 
  Morvi, the Thakur Sahib of. 
  Nabha, the Raja of. 
  Narsingarh, the Raja of. 
  Nawanagar, the Jam of. 
  Palanpur, the Diwan of. 
  Panna, the Maharaja of. 
  Porbandar, the Rana of. 
  Pudukota, the Raja of. 
  Radhanpur, the Newab of. 
  Rajgarth, the Raja of. 
  Rajpipla, the Raja of. 
  Ratlam, the Raja of. 
  Sailana, the Raja of. 
  Samthar, the Raja of. 
  Sirmur (Nahan), the Raja of. 
  Sitamau, the Raja of. 
  Suket, the Raja of. 
  Tehri (Garhwal), the Raja of.

The Viceroy has a veto over the acts of the native princes as he has over those of the provincial governors, and can depose them at will, but such heroic measures are not adopted except in extreme cases of bad behavior or misgovernment.  Lord Curzon has deposed two rajahs during the five years he has been Viceroy, but his general policy has been to stimulate their ambitions, to induce them to adopt modern ideas and methods and to educate their people.

Within the districts are municipalities which have local magistrates and councils, commissioners, district and local boards and other bodies for various purposes similar to those of our county and city organizations.  The elective franchise is being extended in more or less degree, according to circumstances, all over India, suffrage being conferred upon taxpayers only.  The municipal boards have care of the roads, water supply, sewerage, sanitation, public lighting, markets, schools, hospitals and other institutions and enterprises of public utility.  They impose taxes, collect revenues and expend them subject to the approval of the provincial governments.  In all of the large cities a number of Englishmen and other foreigners are members of boards and committees and take an active part in local administration, but in the smaller towns and villages the government is left entirely to natives, who often show conspicuous capacity.

The policy of Lord Curzon has been to extend home rule and self-government as rapidly and as far as circumstances will justify.  The population of India is a dense, inert, ignorant, depraved and superstitious mass of beings whose actions are almost entirely controlled by signs and omens, and by the dictation of the Brahmin priests.  They are therefore not to be trusted with the control of their own affairs, but there is