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596 effect of calling upon a Professor of Literature, Philosophy or Mathematics in the Presidency College, who may have attended Law lectures but who has not made law his special study, to fill the chair of Law in addition to other duties; I have no doubt that the legal profession would scout such an idea, and yet this is exactly the arrangement proposed for giving instruction in Hindu Law in the Sanskrit College. I have high respect for the attainments and scholarship of Pundit Mahesh Chandra, but I fear that the union of so many duties in his hands will not only result in a falling off in the study of Law but also of those branches, which he is prominently qualified to teach. His Honor observes, 'it was and is intended that the teaching of Hindu Law shall be fully maintained', but as I have endeavoured to show above His Honor's intention will be but ill-fulfilled by the arrangement proposed. I would therefore earnestly and respectfully solicit His Honor to consider this part of his recent orders. The saving which the absorption of the chair effects is so small, viz. Rs. 100 a month, that I earnestly trust that His Honor will see the propriety of making this concession to the Hindu community, particularly as His Honor has shown a commendable spirit of moderation and conciliation in these orders.


 * "As it might be inferred from the tenour of the Government letter referred to that I have advised