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supervision the institution flourished in no time and spread its branches in different quarters of Calcutta. Students flocked from all parts of the province and the classes were always full. The teachers drew the highest salary they could expect anywhere, the students received the best kind of instruction available in Bengal, the guardians had the satisfaction of seeing their boys progressing steadily, the public with admiring eyes watched his career with an interest which never slackened for a moment, the Government paid homage to merit by granting certificate and title of honour, and the founder enjoyed supreme peace and bliss emanating from conscientious discharge of duty. It is pleasing to record that the college has ably maintained its fair fame and upheld its salutary traditions to this day.

No less intimate was his connexion with the success of the Bethune School, reference to which has already been made in general terms. It has been seen how he acquitted himself with credit and distinction as hono-