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SPECIAL INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS.
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(2)

'My Dear Pundit, –

"I am sorry you have not been able to induce P. C. Sarbadhicari to withdraw his resignation, because I feel sure it is a step which he will regret, and I am always sorry to lose the services of good officers, especially if it be for an inadequate cause.***

"As to the fitness of the room for the reception of the Sanskrit Mss. I will make enquiry.

"Believe me yours sincerely,
(Sd). "Cecil Beadon."
(3)

"My dear sir,

"As I am inclined to suspect that he may have also represented the matter to you in the same light, I beg to assure you that I had no hand whatever in inducing Babu P. C. Sarbadhicari in forming his resolution. On the contrary, as I was under the impression that the severance of his connection with the Sanskrit College would be injurious to that institution, I tried my best to make him withdraw his resignation, though without the desired effect.

(Sd.) "Isvar Chandra Sarma"
(4)

"My dear sir,

"You may be quite sure that if I had had the least suspicion that Babu P. C. Sarbadhicari had acted under your advice in resigning his appoint-