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 SUPPLEMENT 151 Ghose, Svama Churn, Rai Saheb, Sub-Engineer, Public Works Department, engaged in the Lower Ganges Bridge works, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his public services. Address: Sara Ghat, Bengal. Ram Lal, b. a., Rai Saheb, retired Honorary Assistant Engineer, Public Works Department, was born on 13th Feb- ruary, 1856, and educated at Aligarh High School, Agra College and Thomason Engineering College, Roorkee, He belongs to a very respectable family of Agarwals of Khurja; his grandfather, Lala Prabha Singh, was a well known Banker and Indigo Merchant. Lala Ram Lal had difficulty in obtaining his education, as even the Government Anglo- Vernacular School at Khurja had to be closed owing to lack of interest in education in those paits. His father, however, took steps to remedy this, and the lad succeeded in equipping himself for his future career. He passed the Assistant Enigneers' Examination in 1881 and entered the Public Works Department in the United Provinces, in which service he had a long and honourable career. He was awarded a certificate of merit at the Agra Durbar in 1909, and his services to Government and the public were further recognized at the Coronation Durbar of 191 1, when he recived his title. He is a Trustee and Member of the Managing Committee of Agra College, also of the Khurja High School, and was a Member of the Building Committee of the M. A.-O. College, Aligarh, for a time. Club: Indian Club,. Naini Tal. Address: Khurja, Bulandshahr District, U. P. GANGA Prasad, Rai Saheb, Subordinate Agricultural Service, Superintendent of the Aligarh Agricultural Station, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his services to the public. Address : Aligarh, U. P. #