V9R · ९-2द्भि প্ৰদান করিতেছি। আমাকে এই স্কুলের পৃষ্ঠপোষক হইবার জন্য অনুরোধ করা হইয়াছে, আমি অত্যন্ত আনন্দের সহিত সে প্ৰস্তাবে সম্মত হইতেছি। আমার আন্তরিক ইচ্ছা এই যে, স্কুলটীি বিদ্যমান থাকিয়া বালক বালিকাগণের শিক্ষা প্ৰদান করুক এবং যে দুই উদারহৃদয় ভদ্রলোক ইহার প্রতিষ্ঠা করিয়াছেন। তঁহাদের স্মৃতি অক্ষুন্ন রাখুক।” (দীর্ঘআনন্দধ্বনি) "Ladies and gentlemen, . . . . .I must say that I rise on this occasion with an unusual amount of trepidation. I thought that I was coming to this school rather in the position of a country gentleman who visits a village school in his neighbourhood & distributes the prizes, than in that of a public character. When entered this room I found myself in the presence of most formidable assembly. My eye first fell upou my Hon’ble and learned friend, the Legal Member of...Council, and by his side I saw a yeb more formidable individual, the president of the Education Commission, and then which was more alarming still, I observed in a corner of the room, the representatives of the Calcutta Press (laughter). This, I must say, took me altogether aback, and instead of this being, as I expected, a quiet gathering in a country school, I find Members of Council, representives of the Press, of the Foreign office and other public departments assembled here to meet me; and then, beyond that, I have been called upon to discharge one of the most difficulb duties which can
