Dacca College. NINTH YEAR. Local Committee on the 30th September 1851. 1. R. H. MYTTON, ESQ., C. S.,....... 2. C. T. DAVIDSON, ESQ., C. S., 3. C. TOTTENHAM, ESQ., C. S., 4. R. HAMPTON, ESQ., C. S.,... 5. 6. R. ABERCROMBIE, ESQ., C. S.,.. 7. SYUD ABBAS ALI KHAN BAHADOOR,.... 8. REVD. H. R. SHEPHERD, 9. J. P. WISE, ESQ. 10. J. C. SARKIES, ESQ. 11. N. P. POGOSE, ESQ. ......... Commissioner of Revenue. Collector. Abkarree Commissioner. Civil Surgeon. Principal Sudder Ameen. Zemindar. Zemindar. Zemindar. Zemindar. Babu Prosono Koomar Surbadhicarry having resigned his office of third master of the junior school Changes in the department at the commencement of the Establishment. session, Babu Ram Sunkur Sein, the most distinguished student of the Dacca College, and the third on the general list of the best students of all the Colleges of Bengal for last year, was appointed by the Council of Education to succeed him, on the strong recommendation of the Principal. Mr. J. Lefevre, the eighth master of the same department, having also resigned, Babu Muddun Mohun Bysak took his place; and Babu Bharrut Chunder Mitter accepted the office of supernumerary master, vacated by the latter about the middle of the session. 4618 23622 28240 23046 English Teachers, 18987 7 9 Statement of the number of Students and Average 1851, Number on the Rolls, beginning of Session, Number on the Rolls, end of Session, September } 0 0 0 327 ... ... This statement shews an increase, during the session, of fifty-six pupils, several of whom joined the College from private schools at Pubna, Noakollee, Burisaul, Sylhet, Bauleah, Furreedpore, Mymensing, Mr. Pogose's school at Dacca, and from other parts; illustrating the re-action upon the College of its influence on the private schools in its neighbourhood, of which a brief account is given at the end of this report. Statement, exhibiting the number of Students studying different languages in the Dacca College, on the 30th September 1851. Sanscrit. Arabic and English. Urdu. Bengali. Remarks. 383 383 English and Bengali are the only languages taught in the College. The great existing demand in this district is for English, though schools in which Bengali alone is orally taught, are pretty numerous. Indeed, a knowledge of reading and writing in Bengali, with a little arithmetic, is very general in this direction; but the study of Sanscrit, of Arabic and Persian, and Urdu would seem to be almost discontinued. The amount realized during the session, by the collection of fees paid by pupils for instruction, is rupees four Fees. thousand, six hundred and eighteen. The following is a Statement of the Annual Collections of Fees, and the number of Pupils paying them, since 1846. End of End of End of End of End of End of 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. Statement, exhibiting the number of Scholarshipholders and Pay and Free Pupils of the Dacca College, on the 30th of Sept. 1851 All the scholarships of the College, both senior and junior, are, therefore, taken up, and occupied. Of those holding junior scholarships, four were proved at the last examinations, qualified for senior scholarships, to which they would have been promoted had a sufficient number been available. The amount in 1850 was increased by three extraordinary fees, of one hundred rupees each, for the whole session, from wealthy ex-students who attended only particular lectures, which were not realized this session; so that the excess of this year over last year's collections is not two hundred and nine rupees, as would appear from the above, but five hundred and nine rupees, virtually. |