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Rh "XV. In May one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five defendant Iswara Chunder Vidyasagar, on behalf of himself and the other defendant, proposed to**Khagendra Nath Mullick as the plaintiffs agent to have the matter settled by arbitration or by the opinion of the Advocate General. The said Khagendra Nath Mullick did not agree to this proposal, and demanded the payment of rupees five hundred on account of rent. The defendants refused to pay any money on account, and the defendant Iswara Chunder Vidyasagar wrote the following letter to the plaintiff:—

"Babu Khelaf Chandra Ghose

"Dear Sir,—I am sorry that I cannot pay you five hundred rupees as a payment on account of the rents of the house occupied by the Metropolitan Institution. I am prepared to pay all arrears at the rate of fifty rupees a month, and shall make the payment on your sending me your bills at that rate.

"Calcutta, 13th May 1863,

(Sd) "Isvar Chandra Sarma

"Honorary Secretary for the Institution."

We again take the following from the first-named pamphlet:—

"12. It appears from the written statement that dispute had been going on for a long time before the institution of the aforesaid suit. And it is said that Babus Ramanath Tagore, Hiralal