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into disrepute the branch of the institution, to which they 

 have too long been suffered to belong. 



m Of the 22 candidates for these situations also in the Col- 

 lege, though some of the Hindoos have made considerable 

 advancement, and are likely to prove valuable instruments 

 in our hands, all are deficient in a knowledge of English, es- 

 pecially the Mussulmans ; and many of them are dull men, 

 ill fitted for the situation, upon whom the labour of tuition is 

 a fruitless waste of time. 



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i( Mr. Stevenson states, that experience taught the Bengal 

 Committee the inexpediency of uniting, in the same person, 

 the duty of instruction in both oriental and european learn- 

 ing. This appears confirmed by the failure of the Collecto- 

 rate teacher-class here, which, in addition to the causes 

 above stated, may be also attributed, in part, to a similar 

 error of ours, in attempting too much at first, by aiming afc 



the union of both qualifications in the same individual. 



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" In the English head master, Mr. White, we possess a zea- 

 lous and active man, who to the extent of his own qualifica- 

 tions has ably instructed his pupils. But he is attended by a 

 host of what are called general students, or unpaid pupils, 

 seeking with avidity instruction in English, and some of 

 these, being more distinguished by talents, intelligence and 

 zeal, than the paid Collectorate students, are apt to divert 

 Him from the tuition of the latter. 



" I was particularly pleased with the advancement which se^ 

 veral of these general unpaid students have made in English, 

 Geography, the use of the Globes, Algebra and the first 

 elements of Mathematics, and find that our Secretary, Mr. 

 Rowlandson, with praise-worthy zeal, has devoted one day 

 of the week to the instruction, in these branches of study, of 

 a few of the most advanced English pupils. One young 

 Hindoo, the son of a native military officer, I particularly 

 remarked, who is quite master of English. By zealous study 

 he has acquired so much of the genius of our language, as 

 to have attained a distaste for his own, and though he tran- 

 slated most fluently into English from his own language, no 



