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452 1879, the Institution was made a first grade college, and in 1881 students were first sent up to the B. A. examination. Sixteen students came out successful in the first year, and obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The names of the 16 graduated students are given below in Alphabetical order:—Bandyopadhyay Annada Prasad, Kalipada, Kumudnath, Nanda Lal; Bhattacharya Akshay Kumar, Siva Prasanna; Chakravarti Jadunath, Kunjavihari, Purna Chandra; Chattopadhyay Gopal Chandra; Datta Jogendra Nath, Nabin Chanda; Mandal Pran Krishna; Maitra Hem Chandra; Ray Jagnesvar; Ray Chaudhuri Asutosh.

In the space of 12 years from 1881 to 1892, 498 students of the Metropolitan Institution obtained the B. A. degree, and 33 youth obtained the M. A. degree. Since 1885, the honours course has been introduced into the B. A. class instead of the M. A. class. In the 8 years from 1885 to 1892, 86 pupils of this Institution obtained the gree of honours with B. A. In 1882, the Metropolitan Institution was affiliated to the University of Calcutta for the instruction of the Law Course. In the next ten years 513 youths obtained the B. L. degree. Out of this number three topped the list in 1883, 1885, and 1886, and won a prize of 100 Rupees each. This must be considered a most satisfactory result for a private institution under native managers and Indian professors. Such an