The Jama Masjid, Bombay

It was some time before the Konkani Sunnis became at all reconciled to the orders of the Government or consented to assist in carrying them out. They first presented a petition to the Governor of Bombay, His Excellency replied on the 29th of March that it was evident that the petition had been drawn up under a very serious misconception of the objects the Government had in view in appointing the Committee, and of the manner in which it was proposed to attain them. These objects and methods were then carefully explained. On the same day a deputation of the Konkani Sunnis waited on General Gatacre and protested against house-to-house visitation and segregation of the sick in hospital. General Gatacre replied that the circumstances made it impossible to permit any attempt to segregate the sick in their own houses. After a protracted discussion the deputation accepted this view, and consented to provide hospitals and segregation accommodation for their community. But on the 2nd of April a mass meeting of the opposition party was held in the hall of the Jama Masjid at which several resolutions were passed, of which the following was the first and most important : —

It was some time before the Konkani Sunnis became at all reconciled to the orders of the Government or consented to assist in carrying them out. They first presented a petition to the Governor of Bombay, His Excellency replied on the 29th of March that it was evident that the petition had been drawn up under a very serious misconception of the objects the Government had in view in appointing the Committee, and of the manner in which it was proposed to attain them. These objects and methods were then carefully explained. On the same day a deputation of the Konkani Sunnis waited on General Gatacre and protested against house-to-house visitation and segregation of the sick in hospital. General Gatacre replied that the circumstances made it impossible to permit any attempt to segregate the sick in their own houses. After a protracted discussion the deputation accepted this view, and consented to provide hospitals and segregation accommodation for their community. But on the 2nd of April a mass meeting of the opposition party was held in the hall of the Jama Masjid at which several resolutions were passed, of which the following was the first and most important: