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 Krishnagar and Sanskrit Colleges from the first to the second grade, thinking that public opinion did not demand colleges of higher grade. The opening of primary or indigenous schools cannot be a sufficient reason for curtailing high-class education. Next, by abolition and absorption of certain professorships he wanted to make a monthly saving of Rs. 650 from the establishment charges of the Sanskrit College. With this view he invited the opinion of Vidyasagar and other leading men. Vidyasagar opposed the revolutionary measures but while publishing a notice in the Calcutta Gazette of May 1872 regarding the proposed changes, the Government stated that Vidyasagar had been consulted. From this people naturally argued that he had given his support to the policy of retrenchment. He requested His Honour through the Private Secretary to remove the erroneous impression from the public mind. In reply he received a letter from the Private Secretary in which he was completely exonerated. Nothing beyond