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the view that this Institute should have its home in
or near our city. I know that there are difficulties
connected with the locating of the Institute in our
congested island and that certain financial losses
might be incurred through a change m the location
proposed. It would be foolish to allow mere
sentiment to interfere to the prejudice of an Institute
intended for all India, but if expert opinion should
pronounce itself as not opposed to the placing of the
Institute in Bombay, I feel sure that our city would
worthily endeavour to make good any loss that
might arise from sacrificing those advantages which
Mysore has, with a praiseworthy enterprise and fore-
sight, offered to the Institute in the event of its being
placed in Bangalore. If the question, of location is in
the opinion of experts an open question the decision
would lie with the public of Bombay. In such an
event I trust Bombay would not be found wanting.
But I have said enough. I have sought to show
cause for the appointment of this Memorial Com-
mittee and I trust that the reasons given have served
to confirm the impressions, which you yourselves,
many of yon with ampler opportunities for judging,
have already formed. The life that has passed from
among us claims this recognition at your hands.
Mr. Tata was not a public man in the narrower
acceptation of the term. He moved in and out
among you with quietness and with modesty, but his
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