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442 Sil, and Ramgopal Ghosh, who were on terms of friendship with the plaintiff, and wished to have the dispute amicably settled by yielding to his demand, retired from the management of the school on account of their proposal of amicable settlement being disapproved by the Pundit and the other members. These three gentlemen, however, do not appear to have taken any active part in the management of the school; but two of them, namely, Babus Ramanath Tagore and Ramgopal Ghosh, who were Members of the Senate, countersigned the application for affiliation stated above.

"13. In 1866, Raja Pratapchandra Sinha died, and in 1868, Rai Harachandra Ghosh Bahadur died, and in consequence Pundit Isvarachandra Vidyasagar became the sole surviving Manager of the said Institution.

"14. The surplus assets of the Institution were invested in G. P. Notes in the name of Rai Harachandra Ghosh Bahadur, and the said Notes were, after his death, endorsed over by his legal representative to Pundit Iswarachandra Vidyasagar the surviving Manager of the Institution.

"15. The account of the Institution in the Bank of Bengal, in the joint names as stated above, was allowed to lapse in 1871, as there were only a few rupees deposited there."

Under Vidyasagar's exceptionally able management, the school made rapid progress, and every