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Rh sending, from the region of clouds, long unheard peals of thunder accompanied by rain, as if the report of our 101 guns fired is not loud enough to proclaim the happy event.

"In conclusion, I with the full consent of the meeting, once more voice my own sentiments as well as theirs, of hearty congratulation on our Emperor's Coronation, and of our devoted loyalty to the Throne as well as the secret prayer of our heart of hearts to the Almighty God for the long life and continuously prosperous reign of His Majesty; and I propose three cheers to His Majesty the King-Emperor, and three more to Her Majesty the Queen, Empress."

The Rajah, who, in intelligence, capacity and fixed purpose, is in no way inferior to his predecessors, has undertaken what he considers as the most important duties of his exalted position, in the establishment of educational institutions, and in the introduction of scientific methods of cultivation. He is a nobleman of great promise with fine feeling, generous sympathies and an excellent and resolute character. We give the following from what Mr. Caldwell expressed in his history of the Tinnevelly District about the Etaiyapuram Samasthanam:—

"This lucid and most interesting history of Ettaiyapuram Zemindari, the most important Zemindari in Tinnevelly District may be said to form an Epoch in the literary history of the Presidency of Madras and even of Southern India, as it is not only the first connected history of an Indian Zemindari which has appeared, but is in itself a model which other Zemindars would do well to follow. The Zemindar instead of giving himself up