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\n\t\t\tLetters Written as a Probationer <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tin the Indian Civil Service, 1892<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTo Lord Kimberley <\/b><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

[1] <\/p>\n

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To <\/p>\n

the Right Hon the Earl of <\/p>\n

Kimberley <\/p>\n

Secretary of State <\/p>\n

for <\/p>\n

India. <\/p>\n

6 Burlington Rd <\/p>\n

Bayswater W <\/p>\n

Monday. Nov. 21. 1892 <\/p>\n

May it please your Lordship <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI was selected as a probationer for the Indian Civil Service in 1890, and after the two years probation required have been
\nrejected on the ground that I failed to attend the Examination in Riding. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI humbly petition your Lordship that a farther consideration may, if possible, be given to my case. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI admit that the Commissioners have been very indulgent to me in the matter, and that my conduct has been as would
\nnaturally lead them to suppose me negligent of their instructions; but I hope your Lordship will allow me to lay before you certain
\ncircumstances that may tend to extenuate it.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI was sent over to England, when seven years of age, with
\nmy two elder brothers and for the last eight years we have been thrown on our own resources without any English friend to help
\nor advise us. Our father, Dr.. K. D. Ghose of Khulna, has been unable to provide the three of us with sufficient for the most necessary wants, and we have long been in an embarrassed position.   <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tIt was owing to want of money that I was unable always to report cases in London at the times required by the Commissioners, and to supply myself with sufficiently constant practice in Riding. At the last I was thrown wholly on borrowed resources
\nand even these were exhausted.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIt was owing to difficulty in procuring the necessary money,
\nthat I was late at my appointment on Tuesday Nov 15. I admit that I did not observe the exact terms of the appointment; however I went on to Woolwich by the next train, but found that the Examiner had gone back to London. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIf your Lordship should grant me another chance, an English gentleman,
\n\t\t\tMr.. Cotton, (editor of the Academy) of 107 Abingdon
\nRoad, Kensington. W. has undertaken that want of money shall not prevent me from fulfilling the exact instructions of the
\nCommissioners.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIf your Lordship should obtain this for me, it will be the
\nobject of my life to remember it in the faithful performance of my duties in the Civil Service of India. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI am <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tYour Lordship’s obedient <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tservant <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAravinda. Acroyd. Ghose <\/p>\n

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[2] <\/p>\n

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6 Burlington Rd <\/p>\n

Bayswater W <\/p>\n

Monday Dec 12 1892<\/p>\n

May it please your Lordship<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAs the Civil Service Commissioners have decided that they
\ncannot give me a Certificate of qualification for an appointment to the Civil Service of India, I beg to apply to your Lordship for
\nthe remainder of the allowance that would have been due to me as a Probationer. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI am fully aware that I have really forfeited this sum by my failure in the Final Examination but in consideration of my bad
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pecuniary circumstances, I hope your Lordship will kindly listen
\nto my petition.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI enclose the required Certificate as to residence and character at the University. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tI am <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tYour Lordship’s obedient <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tservant <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tA. A. Ghose   <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

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