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 Zemindaris, as also the Estates Land Act in its present form.

(3) His public and private charities were very many, in addition to those already mentioned under visits of Governors, Coronations and War. First in the series comes the donation of one lakh of rupees in 1885 for the construction of the Victoria Gosha Hospital in Triplicane, Madras, which institution has ever been doing very good work in restoring health to women. The second is his handsome donation of Rs. 8,000 to the Madras Gymkhana for the construction of a building in the Island. He gave Rs. 20,000 for the building, and invested Rs. 50,000 as permanent Fund for the Venkatagiri Rajahs' High School, Nellore. Rs. 25,000 was given to the Hindu University, and Rs. 10,000 for the formation of the Telugu Academy. Besides Rs. 38,700 distributed among the distant members of his family at the time of the Coronation in 1911, and