4 OPINIONS. INDIA OFFICE. London, 21st December 1899. FINANCIAL. No. 248. To His Excellency the Right Honourable The Governor General of India in Council. My Lorp, [ have considered in council your letter of the 26th of October, No. 364, proposing that a special pension of Rs. 25 a month should be granted to Babu Dinesh Chandra Sen. 2. Your recommendation is based on the opinion of competent authorities who consider that a work by Babu Dinesh Chandra Sen entitled Banga Bhasha O Shahitya exhibits considerable original research in the history of the language and literature of Bengal. You also state that the labour involved in discovering and collating the manuscripts on which the work is based, has told seriously on the health of the author. 3. Your proposal is sanctioned. I have &c., (Sd.) GEORGE HAMILTON. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS AND REVIEWS. Dr. G. A. Grierson, C. S., C. 1. E., writes from Simla. “It is an admirable and original account of Bengali Literature. It must long remain the standard authority on the subject.”
