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102.: The Government of India Bill [1] 15 JUNE, 1868 - John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVIII The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVIII - Public and Parliamentary Speeches Part I November 1850 - November 1868 [1850]

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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVIII - Public and Parliamentary Speeches Part I November 1850 - November 1868, ed. John M. Robson and Bruce L. Kinzer (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1988).

Part of: Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, in 33 vols.

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102.

The Government of India Bill [1]

15 JUNE, 1868

PD, 3rd ser., Vol. 192, col. 1599. Reported in The Times, 16 June, p. 7, from which the variant is taken. Mill spoke during the second reading of “A Bill to Amend in Certain Respects the Act for the Better Government of India,” 31 Victoria (23 Apr., 1868), PP, 1867–68, II, 479–82, following Ayrton, who suggested that twelve years was too long a term for members of the Council

(col. 1598).

mr. j. stuart mill said, he agreed with his honourable Friend in thinking that seven years was a sufficiently long period for the tenure of office in the case of members of the Council; but he would suggest that there should be a power of re-appointment, because, while it was desirable to bring in those whose information was fresh, it would often be a great disadvantage to the Council to lose the services of some particular Member. aThat condition might be satisfied by providing that, insteada of two members being obliged to retire every year, one of the two might be eligible for re-appointment.

[After further brief debate, the second reading was agreed.]

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