History of the Parsis : including their manners, customs, religion and present position : with coloured and other illustrations : in two volumes

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and energetic Governor of Bombay, was held in the town-hall, when it was resolved to perpetuate his name in connection with some object or institution of public utility, anda large sum, amounting to nearly Rs.40,000, was at once subscribed for the purpose of carrying out that resolution.

The second son, Rastamji, was also well known for his liberal and charitable disposition. During the American war he exported large quantities of cotton to England, and amassed a considerable fortune. It is said that his private charities were as unbounded as his gains had been large. Many of the poor of Bombay, Surat, Navsari, and other places in Gujarat were the recipients of his bounty ; many public works, such as “dharmshalas,” drinking fountains, and roads, bear testimony to his liberality. He established a charitable school and a dispensary at Goa, for which, and for many other benefactions in the Goa territories, he was honoured by the King of Portugal with the dignity of a Count. He gave contributions of thousands of rupees to the charitable funds of the Parsi community ; and on his death, which took place in the year 1872, the Parsis of Bombay raised a sum of about Rs.25,000 in his honour, and made over the same to the Parsi Panchayet.

Sorabji Jamshedji, the youngest of the three sons of the first baronet, was equally benevolent. He gave the Government the handsome sum of