"To
"Pundit Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar,
"Beersingha
"Sir,
"I have been instructed by the Secretary to the Government of Bengal under order of the 20th instant to express to you the warm acknowledgement of Government for your generous exertions in relieving the poor during the recent scarcity in the Hoogly District.
"I have the honour to be,
"Sir,
"Your most obedient servant
(Sd.) "C. T. Montrisor
"Commissioner, Burdwan Division."
Vidyasagar's third brother, Sambhu Chandra, says:—
"In the meantime, Babu Hem Chandra Kar, Superintendent of the feeding Camp at Garbeta, and his brothers appealed to my eldest brother (Vidyasagar) for help. He sent through my hands 100 rupees,—50 rupees for food, and 50 rupees for cloth. Besides this, some gentlemen came to him praying for aid towards the celebration of the Sraddha of their deceased parents. He gave to some of them 50, to some 100, and to the rest 200 rupees. A separate feeding camp was opened on the 28th Sraban, which was closed after the feeding on the 1st day of Paush. But the helpless poor of distant places stopped there up to the 8th
