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trust the l)!itt;i.lioii may ;ilw,-iys have ,-i Commander as sympathetic and cn-rful 

 of their well-being ;is MA.IOI; (!ONI>ON was. 



The prosperity of Baroda is a very sincere wish in my heart, ,-nd I truM 

 lh;it His If]<iiixKss TIIK MAHARAJA GAKKXVAI: may ]<in- he spared to ouide its 

 destinies upon the path of enlightenment and social and material progre 

 may the great reforms he has at heart come early to fruition and maintain 

 Baroda'.s well-founded claim to be the most enlightened self- governing State in 



India. 



.JAMES 1IOKNEU, 



MADRAS, AjrrU 10th, 1909. 



