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THE Hon’ble Mian Fazl-i-Hussain and the Hon’ble Lala Harkishen Lal, Ministers in the Punjab, have, in the course of an interview given recently to a representative of the “Civil and Military Gazette,” stated that they have been contemplating the introduction of certain Bills calculated to improve sanitation, education, development of municipalities and small towns and the grant of powers to the rural people to settle petty litigation and generally manage local affairs. These ministers have been in office long enough to be able to formulate certain proposals that are likely to give some measure of satisfaction to the people that the Reforms are not a “delusion”. Moreover, the ministers, who are selected from among the best men representing the popular view, have, to justify their selection, to give proof of their efforts to introduce reforms on popular lines. Ministers in Bengal, United Provinces and Bombay have already taken steps to introduce popular changes in the