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et স্বাক্ষচন্দ্র মিত্র হইতেই রামচন্দ্র মীটন-সোসাইটির সম্পাদক নিযুক্ত হইয়াছিলেন। sv७० ॐहैदिकञ्च भां6 भाग वांझा छन इeब्लॉग्न छिनेि uरे श्रृंङ्ग ठाश्न করিতে বাধ্য হন। বঁটন-সোসাইটির ১৫ মার্চ ১৮৬৯ তারিখের অধিবেশনে সভাপতি রেঞ্জারেও আলেক্জাণ্ডারডফ, রামচন্দ্র সম্বন্ধে ক্ষে প্রশস্তি করেন, নিয়ে তাহা উদ্ধৃত করিতেছি – ...tbe President rose to express his deep sorrow and regret at the cause of the absence of their Honorary Secretary, Babu Ram Chandra Mittra, For some time ast he had been suffering from various ailments which. had beon superinduced by hard and unceasing labour At length he was constrained to ask for and obtatn six months' leave of absence from his professional office in the Presidency College. He (the President) could not allow the occasion to pass, without expressing, however feebly and inadequately, his own sense of the Babu's great merits and important services to that Society. as its Honorary Secretary, Persons ignorant of its duties might reckon the office of Secretary a mere sinecure. He had now from his position as President, good reason to know the contrary. It was an office which made heavy demands on the time, attention and patience of the Secretary ;. and involved duties the right discharge of which, required special tact and aptitude. His friend, Babu Ramchandra, whom he had known for nearly thirty years, was possessed of the needful qualifications in a high degree. Pistinuished by superior talent and scholarship, he endeared himself to all by his bland and amiable manners. Gentle and unaffected in his address, he was yet remarkable sit his keen discernment of character, and unfailing stock of masculine good sense and good feeling. When differences of opinion arose, and coplanations had to be given, he was the man fitted for the task. He proved himself preeminently a peacemaker. To the promotion of the best interests of the Society he was devoted in no ordinary degree. When others had forsaken, or had threatened to forsake it, he clung to it with more resolute tenacity. In expressing, therefore, their sympathy with him in