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others, indeed this is proved by their imitation of European Arms, 

 Ship building, &c, and by the very remarkable fact of two Natives, 

 named Soobaroidoo and Venkatareddy of Dowlaiswarum having, in 

 the preliminary exhibition held at Rajahmundry, exhibited two 

 working models of Steam Engines made by themselves ; upon which 

 the Right Honorable the Governor in Council observes — " It will 

 " not be the least valuable result of the large Engineering Works 

 " in the district, that they have tended to introduce among the Na- 

 " tive community a taste for Engineering Mechanics, and a know- 

 " ledge of the subject which, especially at the present time, is like- 

 " ly to be most valuable." At the same meeting a Power Loom 

 imported by Mr. G. H. Faulkner, was the great point of attraction, 

 and its operations were earnestly watched by thousands. 



19. In conclusion " the Board consider it of great importance 

 " that (these) difficulties should not be overlooked, but they view 

 " them not as symptoms of ultimate failure, but as indications that 

 " the measure must be carried out with steady perseverance, and 

 " that no want of success at the outset must be allowed to cramp 

 " the efforts of Government." It remains only to add that the pro- 

 posed measures for the improvement of the several districts, as well 

 as the lists of their products and the prizes to be awarded for 

 them, as well as the results which are obtained, should be printed, 

 in order that the information may be generally diffused. 



20. The two preliminary meetings in the districts of Guntoor 

 and Rajahmundry, having been as satisfactory as could have been 

 expected with so little previous notice, it has been proposed to hold 

 during the year 1856 nineteen agricultural exhibitions in different 

 districts of the Madras Presidency, and as the Governor General 

 in Council has confirmed the expenditure of 58,000 rupees for the 

 purpose, the measure promises to be as useful as any other public 

 work in India. 



Connected with the correspondence respecting the establishment 

 of an Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures at Madras, and of others 

 for the distribution of prizes for agricultural products in the pro- 



