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158 LIFE OF Da BAH LALL CHUCKJERBUTTY, HIS DEPUTATION TO AJODHYA. In August t886, he was deputed by Government to treat Hon'ble Moharaja Protap NTarain Singh of Mahdowna in Ajodhya. Here he was equally success- ful and his services were remunerated by valuable pre* seats. The following address was given when he 5 was leaving Ajodhya :- — To BABOO RAM LAL CHTJCKERBUTTY, Assistant Surgeon, Bairampore, Hospital, LXJQKJSOW. Doctor Sahib, Before alluding to the great benefit which I bare derived front your treatment, I feel it my boanden duty to offer my sincere thank* to the all-merciful God for His great mercy in restoring me to health. I beg to thank moat cordially, in the next place, His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, the Inspector General of Cm? Hospitals, North -Western Provinces and Oudh, for their kindly lending yonr services to me. To yon, who have been my medical attendant in particular, my best thanks are due for the very great care and attention bestowed on me, as well as for the kind expressions contained in your address to me. I shall always remember with "gratitude and pleasure the benefits which I have derived from your able and skilful treatment. I feel very happy to say, and I trust all present in this Durbar, will fully agree with me, that the many excellencies of your character have won oar admiration. I wish heartily that the rela- tion between yon and me may remain cordial for ever. I take this opportunity of assuring yon that my respected father, Baboo Naraing Narain Singh Bahadur and my other relations, have the same regard for yon as 1 have, and folly concur with me in all that I have said. Ajodhta j Tours very sincerely, The 28<A August 1886. j PROTAP NARAIN SINGH. Taktodar, Mahdowna and Saj Gonda &C. <Lc