BOOKS IN THE SINDHIAN CHARACTER. 149 



the Arabic alphabet to the sounds and peculiari- 

 ties of the SIndhee dialect. The indigenous 

 schools of the province afford instruction in 

 Arabic, Sindhee, and Persian, to a large num- 

 ber of the children of both sexes. In the city of 

 Hyderabad there are twelve private schools, 

 and one supported by the municipality, with an 

 attendance of nearly 900 scholars, of whom 34 

 are girls : 20 schools, having 550 scholars in this 

 collectorate, are either private or supported con- 

 jointly by Government and the municipalities. 

 Numerous elementary works on geography, 

 mensuration, arithmetic, or on general litera- 

 ture, have been translated into, and published 

 in, the new Sindhee character. An engineer 

 class has been established at Kurrachee. A 

 system of industrial education has been estab- 

 lished in the principal jails throughout the pro- 

 vince, where the prisoners are taught to manu- 

 facture carpets, coloured and plain cloths, and 

 execute various kinds of carpenters' and turners' 

 work. All this has been accomplished under 

 the direct management of the local aulhorities, 

 aided by Government to the extent of 10,000 

 rupees per annum, with additional grants for 

 educational buildings. Educational inspectors 



