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82 considerable sums of money; and he discharges them with a judicious care that often entitles his decisions to the respectful acceptance of both parties. The department over which Mr. Pestonji presides is, in many respects, the most difficult, and it certainly could not be in better hands. In the course of the year under review the Settlement Department is reported to have disposed of 1,067 cases, some of them involving immense labour and judicial acumen.

This gentleman, a Parsi also, is a protégé of the British, under whom he has occupied several judicialposts. He has a very respectable knowledge of English law, and is a fine Márathá scholar. He is a slow, shrewd, and competent officer, and at present occupies the important office of "Chief Justice" of Baroda. He presides over the Varishtá Court, and transacts business in relation to original and appeal suits with much discrimination. Mr. Cursetji Rustomji is assisted as Puisne Judge by