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that year, despite high official pressure. In 1916 he was elected a member of the Imperial Legislative Council, and in the following year he was selected by Lord Chelmsford to fill a vacancy in the India Council. He came out to India with Mr. Montagu's Deputa- tion in connexion with the Reform Scheme, and rendered valuable service as a member of that Deputation. He was again in India as a member of the Lee Commission, and was, a few months before his death, appointed a member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bengal.

Throughout his life, he was a moderate in politics and consis- tently opposed the cult and creed of Non-Co-operation, which he regarded, with many others, as fraught with peril to the best inte- rests of his country. I hope the day is not distant when Bengal will raise a pantheon dedicated to her great men. Such an institution will be an honour to the dead, and an incentive to the living. In that temple of peace and reconciliation, where all feuds will be forgotten, and where will commingle the spirits of the great dead, Bhupendra Nath Basu will find a high and honoured place.

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