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After obtaining the B.L. degree, he established himself in the United Provinces, with a view to practising as a lawyer; but he soon exchanged the Bar for the Bench and joined the Judicial Service. In early life he had been a staunch adherent of the Brahmo-Samaj, when Calcutta was seething with excitement under the eloquence of Keshub Chunder Sen; but when | saw him at Agra in 1877 he had gone back to the old faith. But whether as a Brahmo, or as a Hindu, he was one of the finest of men and one of the most agreeable of companions. His brilliant career on the Bench was prematurely cut short but his memory is still cherished with affection by those who knew him, and he will be remembered as the worthy father of a still more famous son, the late Dr. Satis Chandra Banerjee, whose early death Bengal and the United Provinces mourn. We met after a long time. and revived the memories of olden days. The whole plan of campaign we settled there.

It is worthy of attention that in those days Government servants were permitted to attend political meetings and to take an interest in political affairs. At the Bankipore meeting held in connexion with this question, the young Maharaja of Cocch-Behar, then a ward of the Government, attended, and Major Hidyat Khan Bahadur, C.S.J., a military officer, seconded one of the resolutions. But with the development of public life and the growth of public spirit in the country, the attitude of the Government has changed. Under recent orders public servants may attend political meetings, but they are not to take part in them. As a matter of fact, they usually do not even attend; for, whatever the published orders may be, the settled official attitude towards all public efforts is one of suspicion, if not of mistrust, and the subordinate officers take their cue from those in authority over them. I use the expression ‘all public efforts’ advisedly, for even the Ramkrishna Mission, a mission of benevolence and philanthropy without a tinge of politics in its aims or aspirations, was the subject of jealous watchfulness by the Criminal Investigation Department. Under the Reforms, however, the authorities are beginning to have a more rational outlook upon political and public demonstrations.

At Agra the Civil Service Memorial, which I had taken with me (it was the Calcutta Memorial) was translated into Urdu and lithographed. It was decided that I should proceed at once to Lahore and hold the first public meeting in the capital of the Punjab. It was felt that a demonstration there would be far more impressive