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Rh He received addresses of welcome from the people of Venkatagiri, and of Bobbili where he safely returned on the 13th September, 1893.

1894. In compliance with the invitation of the Rajah, His Excellency Lord Wenlock, the Governor of Madras, came to Bobbili on the 4th October, 1894, and was accommodated at the Raj Mahal. At 3-30 p.m. the Rajah accompanied by his son paid a State visit to His Excellency the Governor, who, after a return visit to the Rajah at the palace, laid the foundation-stone of the Victoria Town Hall.

The Governor, after laying the foundation-stone, made the following reply:

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"I feel great pleasure in acceding to the request made by you, to lay the foundation-stone here in commemoration of the visit which you paid to Her Majesty the Queen-Empress when yon visited England the last year. I do not think that you could possibly