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to carry out some works entrusted to him according to the agreement he had entered into with the Department according to mamool, and Mr. Marett's own orders on one occasion. This became conduct unprofessional-so unprofessional indeed as to prove Mr. Mancherjee's unfitness for discharging the duties of a District Engineer. Then again, Mr. Mancherjee had circulated the rumour that he had been sent directly by Iis Exceliency Sir Asmanjah Bahadur at the suggestion of Khan Bahadur Mahomed Sidik, Divisional Engineer, Eastern Division, to put Public Works matters right in Aurangabad. And this, which by the way, rests wholly on the authority of Mr. Marrett, was tantamount to an attempt to bully the Divisional Engineer. Such and similar were the charges that secured the District Engineer's suspension. A few days after the order of suspension lead been sent to Mr. Mancherjee, Mr. Guantlet, Superintending Engineer went over to Aurangabad to inquire into the charges brought against him. He put up with the hospitable Mr. Marret, and after cogitating under his roof for a few days, sent off a report on the affair to the head-quarters-without, (will you believe it?) so much as hearing a word of what the defendant had to say for himself, or what the Nawab Mukhtidar Jung Bahadur who as Subedhar of the Division is in a way, the head of the Public. Works executive on the spot had to say in the matter. What the nature of the communication made by Mr. Gauntiet to Mr. Palmer, Chief Engineer and Secretary to Government in the Public works Department, is, it is not difficult to guess; but all the same, we should wait to see what the result of it will be.
The above is a plain, unvaruished statement of the treatment that Mr. Mancherjee has received; and if it does not show that the Department sadly needs a careful looking-into, and better heads than it, at present, can boast of, one might well ask what else can?
The Prize Distribution of "the Nizam's College and Madrasa-i-Aliya" came off on Friday, the 21st instant. This event to which a great deal of importance is attached here, it
