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brethern back into caste-as evidenced in the case of a Brahmin Barrister in Bangalore. This itself showed that belief and prejudice however strongly grounded must give way to the in- finences of time and circumstances. The major portion of the population in the Nizam's Dominions was Hindu-and Govern- ment should be memorialised to show consideration to the claims of this portion, to encourage them educationally and in other ways, to give them opportunities of being serviceable to the State, such opportunities as those of proceeding to England in view to education. With these words, he called upon Mr. Krishnamachari to "move" his proposition.

Mr. V. Krishnamachari, B. A., B. L., said: The chairman had said all that he might have said on the important question of Hindus making Sea-voyage. And he would not weary the meeting with any repetition. The Nizam's Government had sanctioned a number of scholarships for the benefit of Hydera- badee youths desirous of prosecuting their studies in England. And they had entrusted the decision of the question of Hindus going to England to a number of men very orthodox and as such adverse to Hindus going to England. This was a mistake and it needed to be corrected. Then he moved that the Nizam's Government be memoralized in the matter of sending Ilindu students to England for purposes of education.

Mr. P. Ramachandram Pillay, a member of the local bar, rising to second the proposition, said: He had been for many years resident in Secunderabad, in His Highness the Nizam's Dominions, and had always taken interest in things affecting the welfare of the people. Not being a high functionary in the State, he had not done much. But whatever it had been possible for him to do he had not left undone. Recently he had advised a Hindu lad of his acquaintance to put in his application for being permitted to compete for one of the scholarships esta- blished by the Government for enabling deserving Hyderabadees to prosecute their studies in England. The advise had been carried out-but the application had been rejected on the score