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152 LIFE OF DR. RAM LALL CH PC KEB BUTTY. tisfactory which attracted, the notice of Government. His reputation as a very good physician spread far. and wide throughout the Rohilkhund Division so much so that the semi-independent chief of Rampore often availed himself of Ram Lall's services and when he was leaving for Benares he expressed his eager desire of retaining him in his employ on a high salary. But Ram Lall could not be induced to give up Govern- ment service. How did Ram Lall won the love of the people of Moradabad will appear from the fol- lowing extracts : — | The Pioneer of the 3rd September 1877 wrote as follows on the public meeting held there in his honor. A largo meeting of the native gentry of Moradabad was held on the evening of the 18th August in the Moradabad Mission School hall, to present an address and some handsome presents to Assistant Surgeon Ram Lall Chuckerbutty, who has been transferred to Be- nares. The European Civil Surgeon occupied the chair. Baboo Bam Lall induced the people of Moradabad generally to adopt the English mode of medical treatment, and the systems followed by the native practitioner [hakims and baidas), which so long had a firm hold upon the natives of this place, have been nearly abandoned. EXTRACT FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF A MEETING HELD AT MORADABAD, ON THE OCCASION OF RAM LALL CHUCKERBUTTTS TRANSFER TO BENARES. We have assembled here this night to present you this address on the occasion of your leaving our city for Benares. ' In presenting yon this, we do nothing more than what we believe is our duty. You have, during this short space of 12 months, done so much good for us, that the impression produced by it upon oar minds is not to be easily obliterated. The details of the benefits for which we stand indebted to you trs too many to be enumerated here.