244 NARKELDANGA SIR GOOROO DAs INSTITUTE. subjects are read. There is also a girls' School attached to the institute. The physical side consists of a play My ground and Gymnasium "After the demise of the revered patron of the Institute Sir Gooroodas Banerjee it was decided to associate his name with the Institute and at an extraordinary General Meeting of the Institute held on the 16th April 1921 it was unanimously resolved in accordance with a requisition of 77 senior members of the Institute that the Narkeldanga Institute be named 'Narkeldanga Sir Gooroodas Institute' as a humble tribute of respect of the members of the Institute to the sacred memory of its IPatron. At the same meeting a letter from the President of the Institute was read intimating that Iady Bancrjee, her sons and sons-in-law offered a sum of money for the purchase of a suitable plot of land and to form the nucleus of a fund for the purpose of securing a permanent location for the Institute. The Narkeldanga Sir Gooroodas Institute was registered under the Registration of Societies' Act in May 1921 and with the help of the money contributed by Lady Banerjee, her sons and sons-in-law and many admirers a piece of land measuring more than 3 cottahs was purchased and the present building which is being formally opened to-day has been constructed. The building is a small and modest one but the Committee hope that the revered name which is associated with it will always make it a useful resort to the boys and young men of the locality where our saintly patron was born and lived and that this institution will always be a source of encouragement towards
