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 SUPPLEMENT 49 BARUA, DANDADHAR, Rai Saheb, Member of the Gola- ghat Local Board and Education Sub-Committee, was born on 20th January, 1855, and educated at Sibsagar High School and Calcutta. He is descended from a good Assam family, members of which held the post of Superintendent of Gold Mining under the Ahom rulers of Assam. On the establish- ment of British rule, his grandfather, Kamduram Barua, was appointed Mauzadar of Khumtai ; this office was subsequently held by Kantiram Barua, the father of the Rai Saheb, for forty-one years. At his death in 1892 Dandadhar Barua was appointed Tahsildar of Golaghat, in which tahsil Khumtai lies. He first entered Government service in 1873, and in the following year opened the Government Observatory at Sibsagar ; he served in various departments till his appoint- ment as Tahsildar. He retired on pension in 1905 and was then appointed to the ancestral office of Mauzadar of Khum- tai. He took a great part in the establishment of a charitable dispensary at Khumtai, of which he is Secretary, and at his instance the local authorities have taken measures to stamp out the disease " kala azar " from the district. He owns a considerable amount of landed property. His title was con- ferred on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his services to Government and the public. Address : Khumtai-Lete-Kujan, Golaghat, Assam. CHAUDHURI, Pr A MATH A NARAYAN, Rai Saheb, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his public services. Address : Bharenga, Pabna District, Bengal. Das, Girish CHANDRA, Rai Saheb. Sub-Assistant Surgeon in charge of Tezpur Lunatic Asylum, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his public services. Address : Tezpur, Assam.