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236 to lay down rules which might once and for all put an end to disputes between landlord and tenant, reducing such disputes to single issues and laying down equitable principles for their decision. To maintain the general principles of the act, an application was allowed in any case of dispute between landlord and tenant to determine incidents of a tenancy, while the clauses which relate to records of right and settlements have had wide-spread effect in determining the position of both parties.

Honours came fast to Jotindra Mohan during these busy years. In 1879 he was created a Companion of the Order of the Star of India, being raised to the dignity of a Knight Commander of the same Order three years later. In 1890 the title of Maharaja Bahadur was conferred upon him as a personal distinction, and in the following year the title was declared hereditary. Having no son of his own he adopted the son of his brother, Raja Surendra Mohan Tagore, who has now succeeded to his hereditary honours and, known as the Maharaja Sir Prodyot Kumar Tagore Bahadur, is so worthily following in his adopted father's footsteps. In 1890 Sir Jotindra was chosen President of the Reception Committee formed on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales, a grand fete on the maiden and illuminations being arranged in his honour. The Maharaja was also a Fellow of the Calcutta University, one of the governors of the Mayo Hospital,