'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎152v] (36/148)

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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1909.
1910.
number of primary vaccinations is due to the high figures for last year, 0win
to*the prevalence of small-pox; elsewhere there was an increased nu . ab9f J
primary vaccinations.
59 Though there were outbreaks of contagious disease m all districts
there was a marked decrease in the ravages of rinderpest, the mortality fro m
thicli was less than a third of the mortality of the preceding year. T h ou gh
the disease appeared in 13 districts it assumed serious proportions m Eharwar
alone The number of inoculations was correspondingly small In Sind there
was a considerable increase in deaths from surra.
60. There was a marked expansion in all. branches of educational work
durino* the year. The number of persons under instruction m both public and
private institutions was 850,293, an increase of 57,734 or over 7 per cent. Of
this figure public institutions which are under Government inspection contrl
buted over'54,000. The percentage of all pupils under instruction to the
general population now stands at 3-3, the highest^ figure yet reached. The
number of institutions rose by 843 or 5‘7 par cent. The total expenditure from
all sources amounted to 1234 Mkhs of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. or 54 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees more than in the
preceding year and more than one-half of this increase was absorbed by primary
education. The increase in expenditure from Provincial Funds alone was
24 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees and the percentage on the total of expenditure from this source was
4o’5 in .British districts, and 39'7 if Native State territory be included.
Although important proposals for the improvement of the University curricula
were under discussion throughout the year, very little progress had been made
before its close. The extent to which, apart from general policy, Government
is interested in higher education in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. is indicated by the fact that
74 per cent, of the expenditure on affiliated Arts Colleges and 98 per cent, of
that on Professional Colleges is defrayed by Government. Examination results
show no great variation from those of the preceding year, the principal features
being the large proportion of failures at the Matriculation, the comparatively
small number of aspirants for degrees in science and the greater measure of
success attained by the latter in comparison with candidates for degrees in arts.
The number of lady students at Elpbinstone College has increased so consider'
ably that special arrangements are said to be required for dealing adequately with
them. In the 548 secondary schools over 70,000 pupils were undergoing instruc
tion. The year was not marked by any open dis plays of insubordination or indis
cipline on the part of the pupils, but recent events have shewn that many pupils
and e^-pupils of High Schools have taken an active part in political agitation
of the most debased kind. It is hoped that the efforts made to interest parents
and guardians in school-life wall tend to check such tendencies. Measures for the
reform of secondary education are under consideration with the object of reliev
ing the courses from the dominance of the Matriculation examination, revising
the curricula, providing suitable text-books and improving the prospects of
assistant masters. The effect of the special grant for the spread of primary
education, which amounted to Us, 1,14,000, was evident in the increase of over
per cent, in the numbers of both institutions and pupils. The total expendi
ture on primary education amounted to nearly 514 Hkhs of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , of which
Government contributed nearly 19 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , an increase of nearly 3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . There
has been a wholesome extension of the facilities for elementary instruction, and
in some parts of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. there are indications that for the present further
extension cannot he made with advantage, and that it may be more desirable
to concentrate available funds on improving the prospects of the masters,
which object Es. 2,42,000 were allotted during the year compared with
Bs. 48,846 in the preceding year. Experiments have been made with the view