26 JANUARY 1867, Page 2

What with the famine in Orissa, the cry for irrigation,

and the break-down in Bombay, where Sir Bartle Frere, believing in the bubble, plunged Government into all manner of expenses, the Indian Government has been obliged 'to raise a loan of 600,0001. It was taken at 1 per cent. premium. The income tax is also to be reimposed, probably in a less scientific, but more efficient form. People will be divided into three classes by the Commissioners, and taxed on three rates. If you accept your class, there is an end of inquisition ; if not, you must show your boo)t