4. Examination of system necessary from conflicting views

of authorities..

ib.

5. System adopted by Board founded on views of Court of

Directors

3

masses

..

16. Inquiry as to upper classes of India

17. Upper classes of India..

18. Brahmins, the most influential..

6. Authoritative decision of Bombay Government on the

medium of superior education

...

7. Views of Court of Directors on Oriental literature

8. Views of Court on the expediency of educating the up-

per classes

9. Retrospect of principal educational facts during the last

ten years necessary

10. A uniform system developing itself spontaneously both

in Bengal and Bombay

11. Statistics of Education in Bombay

14. Conclusion that no means exist for educating the

15. Views of Court of Directors as to the best method of

operation with limited means..

..

ib.

4

5

6

ib.

7

9

...

19. Poverty of Brahmins

20. Wealthy classes will not at present support superior

12

Paras.

24. Classification of Government Schools considered

25. Vernacular Schools do not correspond to the primary

Schools of Europe

26. Demarcation between Vernacular and English Schools

too strongly drawn ..

Page

15

...

ib.

16

..

17

27. Change of system taking place both in Bombay and

Bengal..

28. Oral instruction must be through the Vernacular, but

the advantages of English as an instrument of self-

education pointed out..

..

29. Amount of encouragement to be given to Vernacular li-

..

ib.

31. Inability of Board to improve system without assistance
from Government

32. Strong appeal for additional pecuniary grant..

33. Education may also be promoted by additional Govern-

34. Also by admitting to office only educated Oomedwars..

35. Immediate steps for improvement requiring funds..

36. Attempts to introduce self-supporting system in Mofus-

sil hitherto fruitless..

37. Self-supporting system manifesting itself in Bombay.. ib.

38. Attempt by the Board to develope it, with results ..

39. Successful results of year in superior education refer-

red to, and Board's views on Engineer Class..

45. English Composition, History, and General Literature..

ib.

Esquire.

46. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy

47. Chemistry and Botany..

49. Assistance from Revd. A. G. Fraser, and R. X. Murphy,

50. Increase to Educational Staff

88

...

IV. Circular relative to extending Education on the Island
of Bombay; and Report of Sub-Committee

Nos.

V. Letter from Commission on Public Works relative to

the late Engineer Class, and Board's reply

VI. Scholarship Examination Papers

...

Page

... 100

...

VII. Letter from Government, forwarding the Report of the

Government Examiner of the Grant Medical Col-

lege.

VIII. Reports of Native Libraries at Ahmedabad, Ahmed-

nuggur, Baroda, and Poona

103

...

135

...

143

IX. Return of Government Vernacular Schools in the

Mofussil ...

...

X. Report of the Elphinstone Institution for 1850.

XI. Reports of the Grant Medical College for 1849-50

XII. Letter from Government in reply to Report...

153

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