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chap, v.] MERITORIOUS SERVICES.
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also to explaining the grounds upon which the Legis-
lature has been induced to accede to their wishes.
In this connection he desires to acknowledge that he
is chiefly indebted to the valuable report of Sir Joseph
Arnould's Commission, and that he has, in great part,
adopted the very language of that admirable docu-
ment.
Before we conclude this chapter it is but right to
record here what the author believes is the general
feeling of the entire Parsi community, that the suc-
cessful result of the efforts of the Parsis in obtaining
their laws from the Government was chiefly owing to
the zealous and disinterested exertions of the late Mr.
Manakji Nasarvanji Petit, the first president of the
Parsi Law Association ; and afterwards of his successor
in that office, the venerable Mr. Framji Nasarvanji
Patel; of Mr. Hirjibhai Hormasji Sethna, the vice-
president ; and, more particularly, of the two able and
zealous honorary secretaries Messrs. Naorozji Fardunji
and Sorabji Shapurji Bengali, both well known and
respected in the community for their unceasing efforts
in everything affecting its welfare. Both these latter
gentlemen, it is gratifying to observe, have recently
been honoured in recognition of their public worth by
Her Majesty the Empress of India by being enrolled
as Companions of the order of the Indian Empire.
279
also to explaining the grounds upon which the Legis-
lature has been induced to accede to their wishes.
In this connection he desires to acknowledge that he
is chiefly indebted to the valuable report of Sir Joseph
Arnould's Commission, and that he has, in great part,
adopted the very language of that admirable docu-
ment.
Before we conclude this chapter it is but right to
record here what the author believes is the general
feeling of the entire Parsi community, that the suc-
cessful result of the efforts of the Parsis in obtaining
their laws from the Government was chiefly owing to
the zealous and disinterested exertions of the late Mr.
Manakji Nasarvanji Petit, the first president of the
Parsi Law Association ; and afterwards of his successor
in that office, the venerable Mr. Framji Nasarvanji
Patel; of Mr. Hirjibhai Hormasji Sethna, the vice-
president ; and, more particularly, of the two able and
zealous honorary secretaries Messrs. Naorozji Fardunji
and Sorabji Shapurji Bengali, both well known and
respected in the community for their unceasing efforts
in everything affecting its welfare. Both these latter
gentlemen, it is gratifying to observe, have recently
been honoured in recognition of their public worth by
Her Majesty the Empress of India by being enrolled
as Companions of the order of the Indian Empire.