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Rh Lord Ampthill who took so much interest in protecting these estates from partition.

His Excellency the President in his concluding debate said:—

"It may be said that the present legislation only affects a small fractional number of the Zemindari Estates in the Presidency. That is quite true, but it affects the Estates which are most important and the families which are most ancient and respected, the estates and families which ought to be an example to the rest. We look to those land-holders who will be secured in their rights and freed from the anxieties and disadvantages of which they have complained, to set an example to the rest of their class and lead the way along the path of progress and reform.

"The enlightened noblemen who form the Land-holders' Association are, I know, deeply interested in the question of the education of