82 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The civil and political charges which absorbed nearly 10 per cent. of the revenue can hardly be said to be recuperative in their effect. This part of the expenditure again was not shared by the native population which bore its burden. As a result of conquest the natives naturally came to occupy a secondary position; but the conquest had done more than merely degrade their status. It had engendered a certain sense of distrust for the natives in the minds of Englishmen. Conquered and distrusted the natives since the commencement of British rule had come to be excluded from the higher administrative posts of the country. [1] It was to remove this injustice that Parliament in the Act of 1833 provided
“that no native of the said territories, nor any naturalborn subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall, by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour or any of them be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment under the said Company” (sec. 87).
| Col1 | NATIVE | Col3 |
|---|---|---|
| Details | Total | |
| OfÀ cers 26 Europeans … … 20 Natives … … Staff and … … Establishment Command and other … allowances Men 140 N.C.O.s. … … 1,000 Sepoys … … Charges … … Total | Rs. As. Ps. 9,861 2 1 940 0 0 1,209 1 4 1,517 5 2 1,780 0 0 7,000 0 0 826 14 0 | Rs. As. Ps. 13,527 8 7 9,606 14 0 |
| 23,134 6 7 |
It is evident from this table that if we deduct the salary of 26 European officers and command and other allowances shown under the heading “Native” which amounts to Rs. 11,378 7. 3. we shall find that 1,104 Europeans drew Rs.
47,778 10. 7. while 1,160 natives drew only Rs. 11,755 15. 4.
1 Before 1833 the very meagre scale on which they were employed is disclosed by the following figures :—
| Native Civil Servants of the 1st Class attached to the Secretariat of the 3 Precidencies Receiving per Month Salaries of :— | Bengal | Col3 | Madras | Col5 | Bombay | Col7 | Total | Col9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Total Salary Drawn | No. | Total Salary Drawn | No. | Total Salary Drawn | No. | Total Salary Drawn | |
| Rs. 500 and upwards Rs. 400 ” Rs. 350 ” Rs. 300 ” Rs. 250 ” From Rs. 250 to 200 From Rs, 200 to 150 From Rs. 100 to 150 Below Rs. 100 Total | 5 2 4 3 5 17 10 5 6 | 2,700 800 1,400 900 1,250 3,460 1,590 550 470 | … … 1 … … 5 4 5 1 | … … 350 … … 1,155 682½ 525 87½ | 5 1 1 2 1 1 … 5 2 | 2,500 400 350 600 250 200 … 330 140 | 89 | 20,690 |
| 57 | 13,120 | 16 | 2,800 | 16 | 4,770 |