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DISASTERS AND TROUBLES.
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having filed an agreement relinquishing his title and claim to a share of the Sanskrit Press and the Book Depository connected with it, and having declared that any such claim in future either on his own part or on the part of his heirs should be considered null and void, further investigations and proceedings are unnecessary. In the presence of both parties, it is therefore,

'Decreed

'That the plaintiffs claim be dismissed and a copy of this judgment and decree be supplied to each party. 18th October 1868.

Sd. 'Dwarka Nath Mitter

Sd. 'Doorga Mohun Dass,'

When Dinabandhu first gave out his mind to lay his claim to the property, Vidyasagar expressed his willingness to divide it into six equal shares among the four living brothers and their parents; but Dinabandhu would not be content with such a small share. It is said, that having failed in his attempts to substantiate his claim to the property, Dinabandhu was greatly displeased with his elder brother, and refused to receive monthly allowances from him. Vidyasagar saw the pecuniary difficulties of his brother, and used to pay the money to his sister-in-law (brother's wife), cautioning her, at the same time, not to let her husband know it. Vidyasagar was a lover of mankind; he loved his brothers and relations very dearly, and always tried to make them happy. He had to spend a deal of