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Saheb was also kind enough to send for the services of - Major W. M. Houston, M. B., D. P. H., Agenoy Surgeon, Kathiawar and to order a medical officer of the State to accompany the patient to Bombay, No words can adequately express the most sincere gratefulness of the family for all that His High. ness who is so well known for his kindness and generosity, was pleased to do on behalf of the patient. But in spite of all these efforts the illness went on increasing and Lallubhai had to be removed to Bombay, where he was at the pressing request of Mr, Motichand G. Kapadia, B. A, LL. B., Solicitor, lodged and nursed in his own house. Sheth Narottamdas Bhanjee, Mehta Chatrabhuj Bhaichandbhai, the Hon. Mr. Lallubhai Samaldas, C. I. E, and the Hon. Mr. Justice L. A. Shah and others had the kindness to call upon the patient from to time to time and to inquire about his health. The highest medical authorities were consulted and their advice was availed of. Finally a surgical operation was performed by Colonel A. Street, M. B., I. M. S., Senior Surgeon, but all this unfortunately proved of no avail. The cruel hand of Death ultimately triumphed and Lallubhai succumbed to his mortal illness on 4th December 1912.
The funeral ceremony of the deceased was attended by a host of friends and sympathisers, Condolence letters and telegrams from highly eminent personages poured in very large numbers. The Mahajan of Umarala, the leading citizens of Botad, Sihor and Bhavnagar, all the officials of the State as well as Mr, Ranchhoddas V. Patwari (Dewan of Gondal), Sheth Jamanadas Bhagubhai of Ahmedabad and others were good enough to personally call upon the family and to express their sorrow for the sad bereavement,
Lallubhai's marriage had taken place in 1894. He died leaving behind him his aged parents, widow, son and daughter to mourn his loss. But it is an additional instance of the cruel irony of fate that the only son of the deceased who
