A History of Assam c23.35

c23.35

The earlier British administrators of Assam included several men of great ability and energy; and the preliminary arrangements which they made for the government of the country were excellent. But as time went by, and the people settled down contentedly under British rule, the administration was allowed to run in a groove. The district officers, as we have seen, were in almost all cases military officers transferred from the local regiments to civil employ, and, so long as their orders were not openly flouted and the revenue was collected with fair punctuality, they left most things in the hands of their subordinates and troubled themselves but little with the details of district work.