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Remarks on the Amount of 



[No. 38, 



Char Shumbah, and Shaban, to present each pupil with a verse 

 written on a painted scroll. These scrolls are termed " Ecdijan" 

 and, on inquiry of the 8 or 10 Zeengars who prepare them for the 

 Schoolmasters, they tell me that they sell at each Eed about 2,200. 

 There is no similar custom amongst the Hindoos to admit of our 

 inquiring how many pupils they may have, but the above custom of 

 the Mahomcdans enables us to show that instead of having over- 

 rated the amount of Scholastic instruction in Madras, it is proba- 

 bly considerably greater than what has been stated. 



Showing tfte Proportion of Scholars in Elementary ScJiooIs, to the 

 ichole Population in different European countries. 



Scholar. Inhabitants. 



Berne, Canton of Switzerland, - 



1843 



1 



in every 4 3 



Thurgovie, 



1837 



1 



j» 



4*8 



Vaud, „ >» - . - 



1S44 



1 



j » 



0 



St. Gall, ,. * - 



1 



X J^tO 



i 

 i 



)> 



0 0 



Argovie, „ „ - 



ls4o 



l 



)> 



5-5 



]Seuchatel, „ „ - - - 



1838 



1 



>> 



o 



Lucerne, ,, » - 





i 

 l 



>> 



6 



Schaffhouse, ,, ,, 



- 1844 



1 



>> 



c 

 O 



Geneva, „ 



1S44 



1 



n 



h 



Zurich, „ fS - 



1 CQ3 



looo 



l 



t > 



o o 



Fribourg, ,, ,, - 





i 

 i 



»> 



fog 



bolotnurn, „ ,, - 





i 

 i 



j» 



7 



Saxony, „ „ - 



lo41 



l 



ft 





oix QeparLinciiia ui xiduuc \vwjMXj} - 



1843 



J. 



)> 



6 



TTirtemberg, - 



1838 



1 



» 



6 



Prussia, ------ 



- 1838 



1 



>> 



6 



Baden (Duchy), - - - - 



1838 



1 



>» 



6 



Overyssel (Province of Holland,) - 



- 1838 



1 



JJ 



6 



Drenthe, ------ 



1838 



1 



>> 



6 





- 1838 



1 





6-8 



Tyrol, - - - - - - 



1843 



1 



>J 



7-5 





- 1837 



1 



JJ 



7 





1834 



1 



JJ 



7 



Holland (generally,) - 



- 1838 



1 



JJ 



8 





1831 



1 



JJ 



8 







1 



J> 



8 







1 



>5 



8-5 



Austria Proper, - - - - 



- 1843 



1 



IJ . 



9 



France (generally,) 



1843 



1 



JJ 



10-5 





- 1836 



1 





10-7 







1 



JJ 



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