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 his lace as a leading merchant of estern India. In the early sixties he was appointed one 0! the Directors of the Oriental Spinning and Weaving Company and several other Joint Stock concerns. He tool: the initiative in starting the Royal Siinning and Weavin Mills. In 1870 c. with Mr. J. A. orbes. established the ﬁrst local Fire Insurance Company in Bombay.

The Government of Bomba soon began to appreciate his we and worthy qualities. and he was created a Justice of the Peace in x855 and a Fellow of the Bombay University in 1867. In 1868 he was nominated by the Government of Bombay an Additional Member of the Bombay Legislative Council. and on the expiry of his ﬁrst term in 1870 was renominated for another term, an honour which, in those days. was very uncommon. His career in Council was marked by intense devotion to the interests of the public and great solicitude for the Welfare of the people. Some of the legislative measures in the discus- sion of which he took an active part were the Cotton Frauds Act. the City Survey Act. the Toll Fees Act. the Act lor levying Towmduty on Grain. and the Caste Festival Tax Bill. In r876 Her Majesty the late Queen Victoria was leased to cooler on him the Gompan onehip of the Most Exalted Order ol the Star at lndia. Sir Philli ) Wode- houro. the then Governorol ombay.

nted him with the insignia ol he Order at a specild Durbar held at Govornment Home, Pare]. on the roth April. He was one at the few leading citizens ol the Bombay Presidency who were honoured by the Government ol India with an invitation to take. rt in the Cere- monial Durbar o the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi on the assump- tion by Her Mujcslt‘y Queen Victoria of the title of the ' mprese ol India. and was presented with the Durbar Medal by His Excellency Lord Lytton.

Mr. Emmi“ was one at the largest (led proprietors in the Presidency. Besides several valu- able groper-ties in Bombay. and mogul cent country houses com- mending beautiful situations at Random. Mathemn. Khandnla and Poona. he owned seven villa in Saleem. in the Thane D trict.

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about 12 miles lrom Bombay. These villages comprise extensive tracts of land. the area of which is about 24 square miles. being equal to the area of the Town and Island at

Bumbag.

Mr. yramjee was very lond of living at his country houses; betoolt a delight in being always surrounded by a large number of friends. his hospitality beingproverbial.

But it is not so much lor his poli- tical and commercial activities as for the rinoely muniﬁcenoe and the attho icity of his many charities that Mr. Byramjee's name is still cher- ished. The cause of charity and education was never pleaded before him in vain. I-Ie liberally endowed the Government Medical Schools at Ahmodabad and Poona. the High School at Thana and the Anglo- Vernacular School at Bhiwandy. and the Government of Bombay have. in recognition of his mnniﬁcence. directed that these {out schools should bearhis name. The beautiful little hospital at Hatheran is also the outcome of his lar-sighted Ehilanthropi; and is named alter

im. He 0 gave generous dona- tions to numerous other institu- tions. the principal amongst which are the Gujarat Provincial College. the Puma Girls‘ Schools Associa- tion. the Bombay Native General Libra .thc Alexandra Native Girls' Englis Institution. the Victoria and Albert Museum. the Albert Edward Institute (Poona). the Parser Maternity Hosﬂ'tal. the Pinirapole. the Pursue ligious Funds (in Bombay. Poona. Abmedabad and Calcutta). Some ol these also are named alter him.

In memor‘yi of his wile. Bat Maneclrbui. r. Byramjce estab- lished a charitable dis nary at Mehmedabod, and also ounded in connection with the University 0‘ Bombay. a Prize to he awanled in Science. His last but not the least act ol benevolence was the laund- ing ol the Byramjee eeieebhoy Charitable Institution. 1: August 1890 he created a Trust whereby he made over Government Paper of rupees three lakhs and ﬁfty thousand to the Trustees for the establishment at an educational institution lor the education 01 the children at his poor co-reli- gionists in order to enable than to earn a respectable living [or

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themselves. The Trustees at once started a High School in a house ssituatcd op ite the Man's; Lines ration. at t e ' ys or the lintriculatieligirairtlring School Final Examinations ol the Bombay Uni. versity. but they early realized the neCcSSity of a change. They saw that the ﬁelds of the liberal profes- sions were overcrowded. and that the doors of the merchant's oﬁce were practically barred against men whose whole education was received within the College walls. and whose only credentials were their ability to solve diﬁicult problems in the differential calculus or trigonometry or to handle abstruseBoo questionsAin metaphysics. k-keepi. c- countancy. Banking and subjects they thought would make better business men than Kc let's Laws or Euler's Theorem. the Trustees were righteously to carry out the intentions of the donor, they had to make the change they did. The provisions of the Trust Deed were elastic enough to them lree action. and they conce vcd the scheme for total the insti- tution into a school 0 commerce. Six years have elapsed since then. and the Institution has now grown halo ﬁollcg oi (Airtime-rec. under t c a ' nee 0 ts Trustee. r. P. N. Wadia. ‘ t2: pioneer ol Commercial Education in Western India." wbodhumthe sympathetic sup rt an rty covopcration ol tl: Chairman. Ilr. Rustomjee Byramjee Jeeicebhoy. and his other colleagues. This In. stitution will soon be housed in a magniﬁcent pile ol buildings which are about to be erected on the n's Road near the Charm d Station. The Principal at the Institution. llr. K. S. Aiyar. n.A., t..r.. who is a distinguished "43de Graduate ol consﬁcuous ability and long experience ol Coin. mercial Education. has approached the Bombay University. asking the authorities to introduce a Faculty of Commerce side b ' side with the Faculties ol Art. w. ledicine. and Civﬂ ' ring; and it is to be hoped t their cﬁorts will be crowned with success. The lunde ol the Institution have grown. bﬁ the liberal contributions at llr. ustomjee Byramjee Jee- jeebhoy. the grandson of the donor and the Chairman oi the Trustees.