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 after seven years to take up practice as a pleader. He has been a member of the local Municipality ever since its incep- tion, and when the Government of Bombay suspended the Municipal body he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Management. Mr Nilkanth is a member of a number of Societies and Associations, social, political and educational, and is the author of numerous pamphlets on various questions, in the Vernacular, being in addition editor of a monthly journal called " Jnan Sudha." His title was conferred on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. Club: Gujarat Club. Address: Oliphant Road, Ahmedabad.

Shirgaonkar, Vishnu Jagannath, l.m. & s., Rao Baha- dur, received his title on the occasion of the recent Corona- tion Durbar, in recognition of his public services. Address: Belgaum, Bombay Presidency.

MOGHE, RAMCHANDRA Daji, Rao Bahadur, Deputy Examiner in the Office of the Controller of Military Supply Accounts, Western Circle, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar in recognition of his excel- lent service. Address: Poona.

Paranjpe, Shridhar Ganesh, b. a., Rao Bahadur, Extra Deputy Conservator of Forests, was born in Septem- ber, 1864, and was first educated at his native village of Ada, in the Ratnagiri district of Bombay Presidency, whence he was brought by his cousin, Pundit Vasudeorao Paranjpe, to Nagpur, where he studied in the High School. He finished his studies at Jubbulpur College, Canning College, Lucknow, and the Dehra Dun Forest School. He belongs to a good family well known in Government service. His grandfather served in the army of the Peshwa, and his father was a police officer under the Bombay Government. Mr Paranjpe entered the Forest Department of the Central Provinces in 1887, as Sub- Assistant Conservator; he was appointed to his present grade in 1909. He rendered great service in the famine of