In fact, he was well acquainted with it; for he has declared it to be his opinion that forty lacs was an overrated calculation, and that the country could not continue to pay this tribute at the very time he was imposing it.
Burke points out the contradiction in Hastings' understanding of the financial capabilities of the country he ruled.
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