Russia, disastrous rule of, 320 Russian bureaucracy, Tilak’s criticism of, 73 Rustamji, Kersasp, Minister at Baroda, 319 Ryot, burden on, 78; “The Indian Ryot,” by Sir William Wedderburn, 83; amiability of, 93; life of, 94; robbed of forests and grazing lands, 96; protection of, 98; grievances, 99; memorial, 99; income of, 100 Ryotwari (peasant tenantry) in Madras and Bombay, 91 Salem district, memorial from, 100 Salimulla, Nawab of Dacca, 16; on Council, 191 _et seq._ Salisbury, Lord, taunts Indian, 30; on land tax, 84-85 Salt tax, revenue from, 4; reduction of, 34 Sandhurst, Lord, apology to, 35 _Sandhya_ (“Evening”), policy of, 219; violence of, 228 _Sanjibani_ suggests boycott, 178 Sanyasi Order, rebellion of, 127 Saraswati, Dayananda, founder of Arya Samaj, 292 _et seq._ Sawhny, Dr. Hansraj, at Rawal Pindi Meeting, 18 Schoolmaster threatened, 21; communal, 101-102 Schools deprived of grants and scholarships, 15 Scinde, plague in, 53 “Sedition!”, 147 “Seditious,” meaning of, 230 Seditious Meetings Act, 25, 130; protested against, 36-37; ignored, 74 Segregation in Poona, 49-50 Self-government, Colonial, 41; preparations for, 223; at Congress, 239; increased demand for, 329 Serajganj, schoolboys punished at, 15; spies at, 203-204 “Servants of India,” founder of, 34; rules of, 38 _et seq._; value of, 300 “Settlement,” meaning of, 83-84; working of, 84; officers, discretion of, 85; duty of, 87; camps, 140 Shillong, summer residence of Viceroy, 160, 173 Shishir Kumar Ghose (editor of _Hindu Spiritual Magazine_), 211 Shiva, temples of, 32, 269; festival of, 106, 110 _et seq._; legend of, 207 Shivaji, Peshwa, heroism of, 69, 246 Sikh regiments and colonization, 17; representative on Viceroy’s Council, 25; soldier’s dismissal, 303 Simla, Partition proclaimed from (Sept. 1, 1905), 12; Curzon’s farewell speech at, 13; reforms proposed at, 22, 44-45; Council at, 25; isolation of, 160 Singarh, fortress of, 65, 69 “Sinn Fein,” universal Swadeshi, 221 Sita, wife of Rama, 93, 269 Small-pox, 186 Spinoza and Monism, 106 Spies, use of, 203-204; abolition of, 334 Starvation, official report on, 139; deaths from, 144 _Statesman_, 230 Statistics of Indian life, 79 _et seq._ Sugar, foreign, destroyed, 185; failure, 279 Surat, chosen for Congress, 70, 183, 233 _et seq._; Christmas Day in, 236; decrepitude of, 237; Provincial Conference at, 242 Surendra Nath Banerjea, influence, 215 _et seq._; refused hearing, 247; at Congress, 256-257, 262