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[ 26 ] order and good Government of the Common,vealth in relation to all matters not coming in the classes of subjects by this Act assigned to the legislatures of provinces. " From the above passages it is clear that in the future Government of India the provinces will derive their power from the Central Government, and not the latter from the former. Similarly in Article 30 under heading • • The Provincial Legislatures '• it is stated :-'' There shall be payable to the King out of the revenues of the province for the salary of the Governor an annual sum of. . . . . . . , which, until Parliament of the Common wealth otherwise provides shall be as in Schedule. . . . hereof provided. '' It is apparent from this rule that the Provincial Legislature will be subordinate to the Central Parliament. A still more clear reference is to be found under the head '' Civil Service '' where under Article 81 is to be found :- 4 ' Parliament may also, to such extent and in respect of such matters as it may prescribe, dele gate the power of making rules under the said laws to the Governor-General in Council or to local govem- ments. ' , It is amply clear from the above references that the constitution proposed by the Nehru Committee is one entirely opposed to the united Muslim demand. The Muslims demand a federal type of Government with fully autonomous Provincial Governments, only residuary powers vesting in the Central Government which should administer subjects, transferred to it by the provinces of their own accord, liable under no circumstances to inter vention on the part of the Central Body. It can hardly be gainsaid that without such a form of Government, security for Muslim in India is an impossible dream. The sole consideration underlying the Muslims' demand of