1850.] 



Education in Madras. 



393 



Rs. per annum 1,109, which are appropriated to the support of 20 

 teachers of theology, &c. and one Mussulman school, which has land 

 for its support yielding annually Rs. 20, 



Tanjore. — There are in this district 44 schools and 77 colleges, 

 which are supported by his Highness the Rajah. There is no school 

 or college endowed particularly by the sircar ; but the free schools 

 maintained by the mission established in Tanjore, are stated by the 

 Collector to possess a surramaunium, the annual value of which is 

 estimated at Rs. 1,100. 



Tricliinopoly. — There are in this district seven schools, which 

 possess endowments in land to the extent of 46 cawnies granted by 

 former governments. 



Malabar. — There is in this district one college supported by the 

 Zamorin Rajah, which has also some land attached to it. 



The Collectors of the undermentioned Districts made returns to 

 the following effect : 



Salem and Ooimbatore. — It is admitted by the Collectors of these 

 districts that public endowments for the advancement of learning 

 have been diverted from their original purpose or resumed. In the 

 former district the value of land so diverted is estimated at Rs. 384 ; 

 in the latter at 2,208. 



Bellary. — The Collector of this district, submits, that although 

 none of the institutions for education at present existing in it derive 

 support from the state, " there is no doubt that in former times, 

 especially under the Hindoo governments, very large grants, botli in 

 money and in land, were issued for the support of learning ;" and 

 he further states his opinion that many of the Yeomiahs and Sho- 

 triums which are now held by Brahmins in the district, may be 

 traced to this source. Of the correctness of this suggestion, the 

 Revenue Board appears to entertain considerable doubts. 



Canara. — The late Principal Collector of this district stated gene- 

 rally, that there are no colleges in Canara for the cultivation of ab- 

 stract science, neither are there any fixed schools and masters to 

 teach them. There is no instance known of any institution of the 

 above description having ever received support in any shape from the 

 former government. In Canara, education is conducted so much in 

 private, that any statement of the number of private schools, and of 

 the scholars attending them, would be of little or no use, but on the 

 contrary, rather fallacious, in forming an estimate of the proportion 

 of the population receiving instruction. 



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