¹ This is worked out on the basis of Hunter's statement on the last page of his book that at the moment he was writing those lines the “infamous” meat supplier, MuḤammad Shāf'ī, was giving evidence at the Patna Sessions Court against his former compatriots. Shāf'ī was 47th of 113 witnesses examined by the Sessions Court in the case Queen v. Ameer Khan and others and he gave his evidence on 13 June 1871 which was reported in detail in the Englishman, Calcutta,Google Scholar on the following day (see the “Englishman's” Overland Mail, 17 June 1871).Google Scholar The book was therefore completed in mid-June. Moreover, the dedication page at the beginning of the first edition of the book records that Hunter dedicated the work to Brian Houghton Hodgson, on 23 June 1871. This also shows that the book was completed before that date. Evidently Skrine's, F. statement (Life of Sir William Wilson Hunter, London, 1901, 199) that the book was completed on 29 June 1871 is not quite correct.Google Scholar

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³⁹ See mainly D.P.I, to Principal, Calcutta Madrasa, 10 Feb. 1864, Bengal Education Proceedings,March 1864,Google Scholar No. 28. The controversy between the D.P.I, and t he principal is reflected in their lengthy correspondences of the time, contained in Collection to Education Despatches to India, 1870–1871, Vol. 13.Google Scholar

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⁷¹ ibid., 24 April 1871.

⁷² ibid. The reference is to Act XXI of 1850 which enabled a native convert to Christianity to inherit his paternal property. This Act had produced great commotion in the Hindu community. See for details Ali, M. M., The Bengali reaction to Christian missionary activities, 1833–1857, Chittagong, 1965, 117–36.Google Scholar

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