A hundred years ago
From the.!Spectator', 22 August 1868—So popular are the new furlough rules in India that the rush of applications .has alarmed the Government, and the grant of civil leave has been suspended, under a clause reserving that power to the State. This difficulty will work itself clear in a year or two, and, on the other hand, the rules will, when once understood, greatly increase the attractions of Indian service. . . . Under this system there is scarcely a better career in the world for an able youngster without capital than the Civil Service. The work is governing, the pay is an average 2,000!. a year, and the exile is not more constantly absent than a post captain in luck. The man who can live on an average of 1,200/. a year may come back at forty-eight an experienced statesman, with a pension of 1,0001. a year and 15,0001. of his own, to try any career he pleases. Is not that as pleasant a prospect as waiting for briefs, or livings, or dead men's shoes?
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