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444 opened from the current session. Three teachers have been entertained for this special purpose and additions will be made to the instructive staff as the new department will be developed.

"We beg leave to assure the Syndicate that the Metropolitan Institution will be maintained on the proposed footing for five years at least.

On the death of Raja Pratap Chandra Sinha and Hara Chandra Ghosh in 1866, the sole responsibility of the management of the Institution fell on the shoulders of Vidyasagar alone. But he was a man of very broad shoulders, and took up the burden cheerily. At the outset and for some time afterwards, Vidyasagar had to lay out a good amount from his private purse to make the school