II2. EvENTS OF HIS ITFE. duties that for above six years he has so faithfully and efficiently discharged.' And the District Judge Mr. E. Grey gave him a certificate in which he said, “Babu Gooroodas Banerjee has bc.cn a pleader in my court for the poriod during which I have hold the office of Judge of this district (nearly four years ). During that time he has invariably conducted his duties in a thoroughly efficient manner and I consider that the court will be a great loser by his departure.' He obtained the Dogtoo of IDoctor in Iaw in 1877. He was appointed Tagore IProfessor of Law in 1878, the subject of his lectures being the Hindu Law of marriage and stridhana. Ho was appointed a Follow of the Calcutta University in 1879, and an Honorary Presidency Magistrate of Calcutta in 1886. He was elected a commissioner of tho Suburban Municipality in 1886. In 1885 he was appointed a member of the commission to determine the boundaries of Calcutta. He was appointed a member of the Bengal Legislative Council in 1887. Along with Babu Kalinath Mitra, he unsuccessfully opposed several of the stringent provisions of the Calcutta Municipal Bill and Sir Steuart Bayley, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal in summing up the debate when finally putting the Bill before the Council spoke of the opposition in these words:- "Before I sit down I trust I may be permitted to bear testimony to the indomitable perseverance and unfailing courtesy with which the losing side have fought their uphill battle.” (Proceedings of the Bengal Council for 1888 p. 458.)
