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498 to abide by the decision of the umpires. Their third brother, Sambhuchandra, cousin Pitambar Bandyopadhyay, who was the Printer of the Sanskrit Press, and Vidyasagar's friends, Raj Krishna and Shyama Chafan, and Giris Chandra Vidyaratna were cited as witnesses. Vidyasagar had at this time two more brothers living, besides Dinabandhu, namely, the third Sambhuchandra, and the sixth Isan Chandra, the fourth, fifth, and seventh brothers having already died; but they laid no claim to the property in dispute. It is said that for fear of appearing and deposing in the witness-box, Sambhuchandra requested his second brother to surrender his title. However that might be, Dinabandhu at last renounced his claim. On the 17th day of October, 1868, he submitted to the arbitrators a deed of relinquishment to the following effect:—

"On the 11th October current, I filed an agreement and a plaint with a list of witnesses; but I see that it is quite unjust to enter into dispute with a brother on account of a small property. I therefore hereby declare that I relinquish the claim that I laid to a share of the Sanskrit Press and the Book Depository attached to it. In future if I myself or my heirs should lay any claim to it, that shall be null and void. 17th October 1868.

Sd. "Dinabandhu Bandyopadhyay."

The umpires passed the following judgment:—

"The plaintiff, Dinabandhu Bandyopadhyay,