11 NOVEMBER 1905, Page 2

The Prince and Princess of Wales landed in Bombay on

the King's birthday, and met with a very cordial reception. Replying to a Municipal Address, the Prince observed that he inherited both from his father and Queen Victoria a love for India and Indians. From his youth be had associated the name of India with qualities of kindness, loyalty, courtesy, and bravery, and the only drawback attaching to his present journey was that " time was too short to see everything, and to tell every one who has joined in greeting us how heartily grateful we are." The reception gained lustre from the presence of a remarkable gathering of the great feudatory Princes of the Indian Empire, including the Maharajah of Kohlapur and many chiefs of the noblest Rajput lineage.