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Lord Roberts. Frederick Sleigh Roberts, V.C., Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford (born at Cawnpore 1832), Com- mander-in-Chief in India 1885-93, Field- Marshal 1895. To the centre of the west side of the Red Road, facing east. Eques- trian. Cast from guns. By H. Bates, R.A. Unveiled by Lord Elgin, 2 March, 1898. Allegorical figures of Victory and War embellish the front and back, and there are other strikingly attractive decorative fea- tures. He served with distinction during the Mutiny; and his march from Kabul to Kandahar is a matter of history. A cast of the statue is in the Crystal Palace at Syden- ham. Vanolel, his favourite charger, is said to have stood for the model of the horse.

Roman Caesars. Twelve large and im- pressively attractive marble busts arranged along the eastern and western walls of the State Dining-room of Government House. The circumstances accounting for their presence in India are unknown, but con- jecture points to their having been captured from a French man-of-war on the high seas early in the nineteenth century. Pos- sibly they may be part of the spoil from Chandernagore after the taking of Fort Orleans in 1757. It is almost certain that they were once the adornments of the Assembly Room of the Court House de- molished in 1792. Their history is lost in obscurity, and they are only included in this list by a stretch of editorial courtesy, in the hope that if publicity is given to the general lack of knowledge concerning their origin, some definite information respecting them may be obtained. They will in all likelihood be removed in the near future, with other Imperial property, to Delhi.

P. C. Tagore. The Hon. Prosunno Coomar Tagore (1801-68), Lawyer, Publicist, and Author. White marble. Seated, on red granite pedestal, at the entrance of the University Senate House. College Square.

R. N. Tagore. Maharaja Rama Nath Tagore, Bahadur (1801-77). White marble. Seated, in the lower vestibule of the Town Hall. By E. Geflowski. It bears inscrip- tions both in English and the vernacular. Erected by fellow-citizens. " The Ryot's friend."

Victoria (Queen). Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India (1819-1901). White marble. Representing the youthful queen. On the upper landing at the head of the grand staircases of the Indian Museum,

Chowringhee. By Marshall Wood. Pre- sented by Mahatab Chand, Bahadur, Ma- haraja Dhiraj of Burwand, to commemorate the assumption of the Imperial title at Delhi on 1 Jan., 1877. The pedestal (presented by Aftab Chand Mahatab, Bahadur, a later Maharaja Dhiraj) contains a bas- relief depicting the Delhi assemblage.

Victoria (Queen-Empress). Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India (1819 1901). Bronze. Seated, on green marble pedestal. By Sir George Frampton, R.A. Unveiled by Lord Curzon 19 March, 1902. A statuette of St. George, originally orna- menting an orb held in the right hand r was stolen in 1906, and has not been replaced. Throne and pedestal are elabor- ately adorned with appropriate figure sub- jects and other ornamentation. Erected by public subscription made prior to Her Majesty's death to commemorate the second Jubilee of the reign, it temporarily stands to the left of the city end of the Red Road going north, but was originally intended for a commanding site which would have been created by the demolition of the present south gateway of Government House a somewhat unassuming entrance to that colossal pile. An ambitious design for the new approach, with arcades and other embellishments, was practically approved ; but on Her Majesty's death occurring, it was ultimately deciSed to erect the still more conspicuous memorial in the Cathedral Avenue on the maidan. The statue will eventually go to the Victoria Memorial Hall, now in course of erection, where a companion statue of the King- Emperor, Edward VII., will also be placed.

/. C. Vidyasagar. Pundit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar( 1820-91). White marble. Seated, on the west side of College Square facing the Senate House. From being a pupil he became Principal of the Sanskrit College. He is described as scholar, author, reformer, and philanthropist. It was removed to its present position in 1907.

WeUesley. Richard Colley Wellesley, Mar- quess Wellesley, second Earl of Mornington (1760-1842), Governor-General of Fort Wil- liam in Bengal 1798-1805. White marble. In the vestibule of the Throne Room of Govern- ment House. By John Bacon, jun., 1809. Its inscription shows that it was erected by the British inhabitants of Bengal. He built Government House, and planned and com- menced a palace in Barrackpore Park at a cost of 34 lakhs (of which, however, no traces remain). "The glorious little man";