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 Settlement ol Bengal. His lather. Samhhu Chunder Ghose. was on the recommendation oi Mr. Long- ueville Clark. (a imminent barrister ot the time.) appointed a Deputy Collector in 1837. and was one 01 the earliest of such oﬁicers a point- ed bv the Government at ngal. )lr. Tarini Kurnar Chose was born on the 28th January 1848 at Burd- wan. where his lather was then Hanger oi the Estates of the Haharaia. Passing the Entrance (Matriculation) Examination from the Maharaja's School at Bord- man at the age oi fourteen. he tool: his degree of BA. with distinco tion, at eighteen.trom the Presi- dency College. Calcutta. In 3868. Sir William Grev. Lieutenant- Governor at Bengal. ordered that an examination, combi ' nomina- tion with competition, he held for admission to what has been since knownasthe Provincial Civil Service. Theexaniinationwasonly held once. and was afterwards lit. Ghose obtained a nomination for the examination and stood secondin order of merit amonga large mtth of candidates. He was Went? appointtglla Deputy agistrate and ptlt)’ o- lector. and he joined his ﬁrst ap- gintment at the age at twenty. at boa. on the 3rd Julr 1868. He afterwards served in the same capacitv at Birhhum. Raishah'L Decca. )lalda. llurshidahad. Nadia and Allpnr tnear Calcutta). He held charge at two SubDivisions. Khulna and Baraset. While at Allpnr. he was in charge for about eight tears of the im mint and diﬂicult work of acquiring lands tor the Calcutta Municipality. and also [or the E. B. S. Railway in three districts (M-Parganas. Hahn and Faridpur). and was publicly com. mended by Sir Charles Elliott. Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. in his speech at the opening oi the liarcus Square Recreation Ground on We 13"! December 1895. lie was ap 'nted to his present onthe thApril moo hySir ohn Woodburn. Lieutenant-Governor out anht‘l3 has been twice a 9m 0 ' Bengt“ Legisla' tive Council. ﬂat on the recommenda- tion of Sir John Woode m Into on that of Sir James Boer. dillon. He has recentlv. with the approval at the Local Government

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and the sanction oi the Secretary oi at State. reorganized the R stra- tion Department. considerah y in- creasing the status at the lar body otregisteringodicerspostedt rough- out the Province. and introducmg system where tormerly it was wont. ing. in the Report on the Admin- istration ot Bengal tor 1903-04. his scheme [or the reorganization oi the Registration ment was mentioned ht' Government as like- ly to have “lat-reaching ranks." Mr. ﬁlms: has been in Govern- ment Service for the last thirty-five vents. and the connection of his iamily with Government Servicc trill probably not cease with him as his Son. lit. Sarat Kumar Chose. B.A.. who took his degree from Trinitv College. Cambridge, and

successfully intothe Indian Civil Service. has recently begun his oﬁcial weer as an Assistant Xagistrate in Bengal.

llr. ROBERTGEORGEGIRARD (Ca ar'rrrslBalLCekullal'd Riﬂcst. Co or of Income Tax. Calcutta. born in 1859 and educated at the Bedtord Grammar School. came out to india at the end at 1875 and. alter serving in the Military Accounts Department lot a period of re years, was transferred in 183 to the Civil Department and plac in charge of the Stamp Revenue De nt. in 18¢» he was ap- pornted Collector ol Income Tax. Calcutta. and this appointment he still holds. Hr. Girard rendered good service in the Stamp. Excise and income Tax Itepartmontr. as the enormous increase at ret'enuc under those heads durin the per- iods of his tenure. will Mr. Girard has always so ported very enthusiasticallt‘ thel’ nntecrmovr- ment. aodholds the ranlt of Captain in the tst Battalion of the Calcutta Volunteer Riﬂesdn which corps he basses-veil torso us. He is a and: riﬂe shot. onone occasion took up a team of his corps to the great open ride meeting at Mcerut and returned with the Inter-Regi- mental tro y. He is also a keen sportsman th at large and small game. but most at his leisure time now is spent in gardening—a pursuit In which he is very practical. and he takes a very great interest in institutions connected with hospi. tal work and charity.

JOHN PHILIP GREANY. ED" “In. 1.. nt.. l.M.S.. Surgeon-General with the Government at Bombay. was born in july 1851 and educated at Queen's College. Cork. and Rotunda Hospital. Dublin. gradu- ating from the Pueen’s University (now the Roya Irish Universit') in 1874. He came to India it Sovernber 1875. was posted on

enornl dutv and attached to the ﬁcculdas ‘l'ejpnl Hospital. Bom- bay. Among the many civil and military appointments which have been held by him, those ' 0! notice are. his connection wi 10th. 18th and 24th Bombay Native Infantry Regiments. the Civil Snrgeoncics oi Kaladgi. Kain. Satan, Belganm. Dhnrwar and Poona; at the last-named place he Was also Superintendent oi the Byramji eejeehhoy Medical School. He was cputy Sani ' Commis- sioner, Southern Division. trom 1878.79 and next year acted as Superintendent of the Yerrowda Central Jail. Poona. Before act' as Secretary to the Surgeon-Gen with the Government at Bombay in :883-84 he held the post ot the Superintendent of the Colaha Lunatic Asylum, 1882.8. In :90: he was rctrnnsterrcd to e Military De iartmenl and de uted to Aden on in the year allowing to Karachi. in both of which districts he was the P. M. 0. He assumed charge at the ofﬁce at Surgeon- Goneral with the Government at Bombay in May 1905. Surgeon- (ieneral Greany was thanked by the Government and received six months' [n-nsionnble service as a reward (or work done in connec- tion ' with the [amine of 1877. He is a member of the British Medical Asmciation; the lriah Medical Graduates Association : the Association at Military Surgeons of the United States at America. and the Bomha - Medical and Phyairal Association.

Major CHARLES ROBERT MORTIMER GREEN. F.R.C.S.. (En land).D.P.ll. (Cam ). l.hl.S.

aior Green is the third son at the Rev. E. P. Green, M.A.. oi Boe- comhe. England. He was horn in 2863 and educated at ltereer's school. London. He commuted his medical career in the London Hospital. Was a priaernan in Sur-