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Rh In the month of December the Maharajah paid his respects to Lord Curzon, the Viceroy, at Madras, and endowed a bed in the Caste and Gosha Hospital, Madras, in the name of Lady Havelock. He was present at the assumption of the Governorship by Lord Ampthill, and to bid farewell to Sir Arthur Havelock when he left Madras.

1901. On the morning of the 23rd January a telegram was received conveying the very sad news of the demise of Her Majesty, the Queen Empress Victoria, the Great and Good. All the Offices and the High School were closed; all the usual items of music, even those of the Temple, were stopped, and a salute of 31 guns was fired. From that day to the day of Her Majesty's funeral, the flag was half masted, all the daily items of music in the palace were stopped, and no one was allowed to come to the palace wearing any sort of head dress as a