He raises the possibility that not all the chiefs would appreciate the binding nature of the treaties into which they had entered. He stresses the need for more extended military support than could be easily contemplated, more extended occupation of territory than initially envisaged, and a stricter exercise of authority, observing that no sober politician would contemplate adding another empire comparable in size to the Indian Empire, which had been acquired, not by any deliberate system, but by repeated acts of necessity imposed on authorities opposed in principle to the course they were driven to adopt. He defines the problem with which they were faced as whether they could limit the range of their activities, not for financial reasons alone but to assure other counties that Britain's purpose was to begin and end with establishing free trade without impairing the efficacy of the means employed, the establishment of factories at selected points, and protection from the sea for those establishments. He claims that, if a mere quarter of the benefits Buxton expected ensued, no cost ought to be counted.