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acting as mere Supervisors (without clerical work). Only from the commencement of my administration these people have been gradually taken into the office and induced to read at the High School. Among this class, only one, the late Remilla Ramarow Garu, has acted in full accordance with my wishes. I hope the present set will gradually become prosperous.

MENIAL SERVANTS AND OTHERS.

"In comparison with the loyalty and ability of their forefathers, those qualities in the present generation are gradually deteriorating. If men are at all well off, they do not care for service. Neither do they care when they are dismissed, because they are sure to get billets in the Police, Salt, Local Fund., or Railway Departments. I wonder how one who cannot behave well under a single master, is able to serve satisfactorily in those departments which are governed by many masters. I cannot understand how departmental officers