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Letter from Lewis Pelly, Agent to Governor General for Rajpootana, Camp Chandawul to The Secretary to Government, Foreign Department, Calcutta [2v] (2/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 Feb 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Letter regarding an examination of classes at native schools in Beawur, to assess the progress being made in education, by Lewis Pelly at the request of Reverend Mr Shoolbred.
The letter provides details of the schools, including the numbers of scholars attending them, as well as information on schools in surrounding districts. The letter also gives information on schools under the patronage of His Highness the Maharajah of Jeypore and on the nature of the education being given to the pupils in attendance.
The letter also raises Mr Shoolbred's concerns that there is no manual of practical agriculture available in native languages and highlights the value of an elementory work in this area as well as the possibility of offering prizes for competent individuals who could compose such a work.
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Letter from Lewis Pelly, Agent to Governor General for Rajpootana, Camp Chandawul to The Secretary to Government, Foreign Department, Calcutta [2v] (2/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/76, ff 2-3, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023034616.0x000005> [accessed 28 July 2026]
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- Letter from Lewis Pelly, Agent to Governor General for Rajpootana, Camp Chandawul to The Secretary to Government, Foreign Department, Calcutta
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- 2r:3v
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