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B. 



Schools in the Colombo District. 



1. Galkisse, In 1725 well advanced. 1721 the master's 



salary increased to 2 Itix Dollars per month. The 

 Washermen complained this school was too far for 

 them. 



2. Mor otto school. 



3. Pantura school with 2 masters. 1713 and 1722 well 



advanced. 



4. Caltura at the river. 



5. Caltura within the Gravets, 1721 ; one boy rewarded on 



the examination with a Singhalese writing style. 



6. Ramoekene school, 1713, well advanced; 1721 orderly. 



7. Tlorrene school. 



8. Waduwe school with two masters, 1721 children well 



taught. 



9. Oedeware, 1722 a good school. 



1 0. Diagam, the master complained of a new moorish mosk 



being a nuisance to the school, broken down by Go- 

 vernment order. 



1 1 . Milagre school. 



12. Nagam, 1714 with two masters. 1727 a bad master. 



13. Macoene, formerly a Malabar now (1721) a Cinghalese 



school. 



14. Alican 1721, a very large school with three masters. 



1727, instruction and discipline bad, the inhabitants 

 Chalias. 



15. Petuancare with two masters. 1718 children answered 



well. 



16. Weroalle\12\ orderly. 1727 very bad. 

 ] 7. Inderoeice school. 



18. Payagalle, with two masters. 1722 gave little satis- 



faction. 



19. Barbaryn school. 1722 gave little satisfaction. 



20. Bcntotte school. 



21. Wolfendahl school. 1721 one boy rewarded at the ex- 



amination with a silver Cinghalese writing style. 



22. Mutwal 1721, noisy ; the master said he dared not cor- 



rect the children to enforce attendance for fear of 

 the parents. 



23. Colombo Malabar school. 1721 bad. 



24. Slave Island school for slave children with 2 masters, the 



progress was slow, the excuse being that the children 



