"For several years this school has been in great want of a good Oordoo teacher. On the appointment of Balkissen Mutti, as the third master, this want was in a great measure supplied, he being fully capable of instructing the higher classes in that language, and which duty he performed with great satisfaction. On his removal to the Patna School, as second master, he was succeeded by Mr. Hanvey, who is not sufficiently qualified in Oordoo, to supply his place. The study of Oordoo is of about the same importance in this school, as that of Bengali in others; but good teachers are not obtained with equal facility. If it be not expedient to make an additional appointment, with the permission of the Council, I would suggest, that as at Patna, they are already supplied with a good Oordoo teacher, the services of Balkissen Mutti will not be so valuable at that place as they would be at Bhaugulpore, and if an arrangement could be made of such a nature, that he should return to Bhaugulpore, with an addition of ten rupees to his former salary, so as to make it equal to that which he receives at Patna, and for Mr. Hanvey to be transferred to Patna, on his present salary, it would be beneficial to the school at Bhaugulpore, and not injurious to that at Patna.

"There are no candidates at the Bhaugulpore school for junior scholarships at the coming examinations. Though the attainments of the boys of the first class are not of a high order in the subjects they have read, they generally pass a creditable examination. Neither algebra, nor geometry, have yet been studied by them, and the other subjects are a little higher than those of the first class of a junior school of the Colleges. On hearing them read a few passages from Poetical Reader, No. 2, my first impression was that they read with difficulty, but in Prose, they read much better, and generally with a good pronunciation. Their knowledge of history extends to about one hundred and forty-three pages of Marshman's Brief Survey, the answers to the questions from which, though not very comprehensive, were generally correct and expressed in good language, they have also a good knowledge of the geography of Europe and Asia, and answer questions upon the maps without hesitation, they showed fair abilities of writing English by their translation of a few sentences from the Bagh-o-Bahar, they are able to answer easy questions from the rule of three, in arithmetic, and also to go through some of the operations in the simple rules of vulgar and decimal fractions. In the addition however of fractions, the most of them did not know the application of the principle of the least common multiple, or the use of the greatest common measure, nor were any of them able to divide one decimal fraction by another. The best boys of the class are Pursotum Sen, aged sixteen, Nityanund Roy, aged fourteen, and Shaik Dhunoo, aged fifteen.

"Of the second class, thirteen boys were present, they were examined in reading, from Prose Reader, No. 4, of which they have gone over one hundred and twenty-five pages. The explanations given, were generally satisfactory. The parsing was also good, and from their translation of a short fable in Oordoo, they show fair progress in their knowledge of English. Their examination in geography was not so satisfactory, as in other subjects, about four of these boys were able to answer questions on Europe and Asia, and to point out places, &c. on the maps; the others have not made much progress, beyond mere definitions. In arithmetic they had gone over the compound rules of multiplication, division, and reduction, and the rule of three, the answers to the questions,

were generally correct, but the methods of operation of some were faulty. I think also that this class ought to be reading something higher in history than Pinnock's Catechism of Greece.

"Twelve boys of the third class were present. The subjects of study being seventy-eight pages of Prose Reader, No. 3, twenty-four pages of Chambers' small book of geography, a considerable portion of Lennie's grammar, and arithmetic as far as the rule of three. They read pretty well and give the explanation of their lessons in an intelligent manner, and their answers to general questions in geography, from the class book, were satisfactory. They seem to be generally deficient in arithmetic, only two boys being able to answer the questions that were put to them, which were exceedingly simple from compound multiplication and reduction.

"In the fourth class seventeen boys were present, each of whom read a few sentences with good pronunciation from Reader, No. 2. They do not yet explain their lessons in English. They are learning the four fundamental rules of arithmetic and grammar from Wollaston's book.

"Twenty-nine were present in the fifth class, which is divided into three sections, in various stages of progress.

"The library is in very good condition, and the school furniture is in good repair.

"The school house is also in good condition, needing few repairs."

The Local Committee forwarded no detailed statement of the Local Commit- general examination, as Mr. Assistant tee's Report. Professor Brennand had examined the school a few days previously to the occasion. To his report of the school the committee referred for fuller information. The following are their remarks:

"Mr. Brennand, who was deputed for that purpose by the Council of Education, having examined the school only so late as last week, instead of going over the same ground in this letter, the committee would beg to refer to his report which will furnish in detail all the information required. They desire me, however, to make the following general observations as to the present state of the institution and its future prospects.

"Considering the arrangement of the classes, which appears to them to be very defective, and in consequence of which, but a small portion of the master's time is devoted to teach, the progress made by the boys appears to be fair and satisfactory. There is a decided improvement in their pronunciation since last year. They read with ease and appear to understand what they read, though unable to explain the meaning in English with any thing approaching to facility. Their knowledge of English grammar, with reference to their acquirements in English, is pretty fair, and they work sums in simple rule of three quickly, and generally, correctly. In geography they show their familiarity with places on the maps, and beyond this the class book in use in the school does not teach. There was some difference of the opinion as regarded the writing, but to the majority of the members it appeared judging from the samples laid on the table, that with one exception, the writing was rather stiff and indifferent.

"The material of the lower classes is better, the boys are very young and with more time and attention paid to their studies, than is done, or rather than the master is able to do at present, the committee do not see why this school should not equal any in the Behar Province.

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Having recorded their opinion regarding the present state of the institution, the committee beg to make the following suggestions which they would earnestly recommend being tried, even if the experiment were made only for one year, and they hope to be able to show in their next annual report if the measures they propose are adopted, that the result has been conducive to the improvement of the institution.

"The classes which appear to be unnecessarily split into small divisions, and in consequence of which the lads are deprived of that continued attention on the part of the master, which alone can ensure progress, should immediately be reduced. They would therefore propose that the first and second, and the third and fourth classes should be doubled up into two classes to be superintended by Mr. Mann. For the third class (the fifth at present) they would recommend an additional teacher on a salary of rupees 30 or 40 per month. If the person selected were a native of Behar or the Western Provinces, the services of the Oordoo teacher might be dispensed with and his salary rupees 10 appropriated in part for the second teacher who would also attend to the Oordoo. Until lately, the Council must be aware, that this school was allowed an additional teacher, but both the parties who were employed in this capacity happened to be Bengali, in consequence of which, they could not give instructions in the vernacular of this district.

"This point however (that of abolishing the Oordoo teachership and appointing an assistant to do both duties) the committee would leave entirely for the consideration of the Council of Education. On the subject of his salary, Mr. Brennand proposed that a subscription should be raised for the purpose, which the committee will endeavour to get up, but they would suggest that the assistant teacher be at once sent up on a fixed allowance by the Council, and whatever local subscription may be raised for this purpose, would be paid into the Collectorate Treasury with the schooling fees.

"The committee are very well satisfied with Mr. Mann, and beg to record their favorable opinion regarding the manner in which he has conducted his duties during the year under review."

Visitation Report.

Mr. Brennand forwarded the following report to the Council on the occasion of his visit to the Mozufferpore School:

"I arrived at Mozufferpore on the morning of Wednesday, the 25th September. On examining the school, I found the first class had been reading the books which are assigned for the study of the boys of the second class, of a junior school. This class consists of six boys, all of whom were present during the days of my visit. Their average age is fourteen and half years. Three of them read the Azimghur Reader correctly, and with a good pronunciation, but they are all deficient in the explanation of their lessons. I was at first disposed to think that this arose from the difficulty of the passages selected, but on trying them with one more easy, it was observed, that the meanings of the harder words were not known; their answers not being in the least applicable. They have not been accustomed to explain in English. They are acquainted with etymology and parse pretty well sentences that do not contain words whose meanings are too difficult. In arithmetic, they have gone over the first part of Bonnycastle, as far as the rule of three, and questions from the preceding rules were answered by the majority to my satisfaction. In geography, they have read the portion on Asia in Clift's book, and they know the general divisions of countries, the principal cities, rivers, mountains, &c., and they are able to point out these on the map. The second class, consisting of three boys, is in a very backward state. They read Prose Reader No. 2, but cannot give the explanation of their lessons in English, nor do they know the meaning of the harder words. They have not made much progress in grammar, having got only as far as pronouns, and in geography, being still in the introduction of Clift, but in arithmetic they are at the same stage with the first class. I do not think that the state of the class can be attributed to any deficiency of care on the part of the master; we must seek for its cause, partly in the total neglect of their education, before entering the school. The average time they have been in the school is two and half years, and their average age fifteen and half years.

"The third class consists of a very promising set of boys. They are as far advanced in their reading and explanation as those of the second class, and though they have not yet had anything of grammar or geography, they would easily overtake the boys of the second class in these subjects.

"In the fourth class, there are two sections, which are taken in their lessons separately. They are at different stages of Murray's spelling book, which they explain in the vernacular.