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students, a provision was made, however imperfect, for teaching 

 some little smattering of the language and learning of the West. 



The toles of Nuddea receive at present an annual pension from 

 Government of Rupees 1,200. The history of this grant appears to be 

 as follows : — 



The Committee of Revenue found in 1784 that the Rajah of 

 Nuddea used to grant an allowance to the Padooas (/sf^^l) or Sanskrit 

 students of the toles, and in September 1784 they appear, to a certain 

 extent, to have sanctioned an annual grant of Rupees 1,200 to this 

 object. It was paid from the Treasury of Nuddea, and distributed to 

 the students by a person on the part of the zemindars.* 



On the 18th May, 1787 (further enquiry having been instituted) the 

 Board of Revenue directed the Collector to continue the payment of 

 the pension for the present, and to charge the same under the head 

 of ' Pension.' On the strength of this order it was regularly paid 

 to the students at the rate of Rupees 100 per mensem. In 1829, 

 at the request of the Collector of Nuddea, the Civil Auditor 

 (April 6th) made a reference enquiring as to the authority on 

 which the pension was granted. The Board on the 6th June 

 quoted their letter of the 18th May, 1787, and at the same time 

 stated thus — " There is no mention whatever of this allowance on 

 the accounts or correspondence relating to the decennial settlement ; 

 and if the payment has been continued without enquiring on the 

 authority, it ought to be immediately suspended and a full ex- 

 planation of the irregularity furnished by the Collector." The 

 allowance was in consequence discontinued, but a remonstrance 

 from the Nuddea students was received with the recommendations 

 of the Moorshedabad Commissioners, dated 22nd January, 1830, 

 and was submitted to Government on the 12th February. 



Meanwhile the late Professor H. H. Wilson (then Junior 

 Member and Secretary to the General Committee of Public In- 

 struction) had visited the toles and reported on their state ; and 

 in a letter dated 3rd August, 1830, Government sanctioned the 



* Professor Wilson in his Report describes this distribution as it existed in 

 his time, 1829. It was given to the bidesi students, i. e., those who came from 

 places more than three days' journey from Nuddea, and it allowed them from 

 twelve annas to one rupee per mensem. 



