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IN MEMORIAM
10. Rai Bahadur Lala Paras Das, Government Treasurer of Delhi belonged to a family which held the Government Treasury even in pre-British times, He was greatly interested in Jain Bibliography, and has left a handsome, valuable and useful library of books bearing on Jains and Jainism.
11. B. Kishori Lal Patni of Calcutta was an active worker, who never spared himself or his purse in furtherance of all philanthrophic activities.
12. Sriman Seth Puran Shah of Seoni made his name memorable by the great Pratishtha at Shikharji, and the construction of a splendid temple there.
13. Seth Jaya Kumar Devi Dass Chaure, vakil of Akola, was a social reformer and an unostentatious worker. His labour of love in the long drawn litigation between Swetambars and Digambars in respect of Shri Antareeksha Parshwanath Tirtha can never be forgotten by the Digambar Jain Community.
14. Seth Kesri Mal of Gaya was a devoted Jain and a generous donor. The Bihar Jain Provincial Committee has suffered a serious loss by his death.
15. Singhai Seth Gokul Chand, Vakil of Damoh. We have already adverted elsewhere to the loss we have suffered by his demise.
16. Babu Nawal Kishore Vakil of Cawnpur was a worthy son of a worthy father, the illustrious Jain Jati Bhushan Munshi Champat Rai, one of the pioneer workers who started the work of organisation and consolidation in the Jain Community. He continued to be the treasurer of the Jain Mahasabha, after his
