The British Crown exercises a real and despotic dominion over the larger portion of this vast country, and has a governor–general stationed at Calcutta, governors at Madras, Bombay, and in Bengal, and a lieutenant–governor at Agra.

在这个幅员广大的国家里，英国政府实际上只能控制一部分。它在加尔各答设有全印总督，在马德拉斯、孟买和孟加拉都有地方总督，在亚格拉还有一个代理总督。