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desire to go away from it. They had a strong
domiciliary feeling for the place; and this naturally
evoked in Hyderabadis a responsive feeling of
fellow-citizenship. It was a great gain for the
State of the ' Faithful Ally. ' Mr. Hugh Gough,
the son of Major Percy Gough, was a complete
Hyderabad!. From childhood he was in the late
Nizam's entourage as an English child-compa-
nion. In later life he served the State in the
Police Department and closed his career in it in
1911. After having been in England for some
years subsequent to his retirement, he was called
back to Hyderabad by His Exalted Highness, the
present Nizam, to be with his sons, the Sahibzadas,
as Controller. This showed the feeling that existed
on either side, born of old associations. Mr. Hugh
Gough finally returned home to England in 1938
and carried the affectionate regrets of Hyderabad
people with him.

Sir George Casson Walker

Chief among the British Officers who helped
to raise the prestige of the Hyderabad State
Service was Sir George Casson Walker.* He, as
Finance Minister, may be said to have saved the
State from something like bankruptcy. Sir
George remained with us from 1904 to 1911, and
during all these years he was busy making plans
for improving the financial situation in Hyderabad
and placing it on a firm basis for the future. He
had found the treasury almost empty on his

* K.C.I.E., i-c-s