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solicitation whatever on my part, could induce him to attempt 

 giving the meaning of English in his own tongue. He said 

 that he disliked his own language, that he spoke it at home, 

 but that, as he did not understand it grammatically, he must 

 decline translation into it. 



" T propose that, if the increase of pay to Collectorate teach- 

 ers, upon qualification, be sanctioned by government, a gene- 

 ral examination be held at the Presidency, to be attended by 

 the whole of the present Collectorate teachers in the interior, 

 and the Collectorate students at the College, and any others 

 who may be induced, by the increased pay eventually to be 

 granted, to become candidates for the situation — that we then 

 proceed to purge this class, by selecting from the whole, only 

 such as possess good natural talents,and are most distinguish- 

 ed by a knowledge of English, augmenting the class gradually 

 hereafter as far as 100 — that, in addition to our present Eng- 

 lish establishment, we apply to government to obtain from 

 the Honourable the Court of Directors the nomination of a 

 Professor on 12,000 rupees, and a deputy on rupees 4,200 per 

 annum, as general superintendents of this branch of the 

 institution, capable of affording the pupils instruction in Ma- 

 thematics, Natural Philosophy, and European literature in 

 general : and that, until their arrival, we be authorized, tem- 

 porarily, to fill these situations by the most competent per- 

 sons to be procured, on such salaries, within these amounts,, 

 as we may find practicable. 



" From the statement given by me in a previous part of this 

 minute, it will be perceived that these, and all the other ad- 

 ditional expenses proposed by me, to render efficient this 

 most important and interesting branch of the institution un- 

 der our charge, will not exceed an expenditure of Rupees 

 103,150, for the improvement of public instruction, through- 

 out the extensive territories under the Government of Ma- 

 dras. The Honourable the Court of Directors have autho- 

 rized funds being placed at our disposal adequate to the ob- 

 ject in view, and, in laying before the Board the following 

 return submitted by the India House to Parliament, I refer 

 to it with confidence to shew, that, compared with the libera- 

 lity which has distinguished the sister presidencies for this 



