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Nizam himself, to succeed to the Paigah of the late Mohtashim-
ud-Dowlab, his brother, the revenues of which are, in part,
enjoyed by Sir Kurshedjah according to the first Salar Jung's
decision.
Rumour has it that there is to be a vacancy created in the
High Court shortly by the retirement of one of the Judges.
If this is true, I hope the Nizam's Government will see its way
to nominating a Hindu to the place. Roughly speaking,
Hindus form nine-tenths of the population in these Dominions.
That their claims to be represented on the High Court bench
should be overlooked is, to say the least, great injustice.
In acknowledging the memorial sent on the 2nd instant,
by the local Hindu Social Club to the Governor-General
in Council, praying for the "age of consent" being raised to
14, Colonel J. C. Ardagh, Private Secretary to the Viceroy,
writes:-I am desired by the Viceroy to say that the representa-
tions therein contained will receive due consideration by the
Gyernor-General in Council.
"The Malwala Sabha" which owes its existence to the
Rajah Murli Manohur Bahadur is doing a lot of good work in
the City. One of its essential objects seems to be to preach
to the people on the advantages of education and thus to clear
the path of all prejudices. To judge by the large number of
meu present at a meeting of the "Sabha" I had the pleasure
of attending sometime ago, the loud applause that the lecturer
of the evening, the Rajah Murli Manohur Bahadur, was every
now and then greeted with by them-the weekly lectures of
the Sabha are very much appreciated in the city. Mrs. Shaventi-
bai Trimbak Canaran, one of the lady delegates to the Bombay
Congress on a short visit here-addressed one of the
meetings of this Association recently on "Female Education."
I wish the "Sabha" all success.
I have to acknowledge with thanks, the receipt of a copy of a pamplet on "The proposed Poorhouse and Orphanage for the City" by the Rajah Murli Manohur Bahadur.
