'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1860-61' [‎42v] (80/164)

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EDUCATION.
SIND.
On the introduction into Sind of the Income Tax, it was found necessary
to suspend the collection of unlegalised local funds.
General. T j )e regu j t j iag been) as re gards Education, that,
while some schools were closed, and some checked in their progress to maturity,
others have been kept open by the persuasion and exertions of District officers.
Proof was thus at once given to the theory that the self-supporting school,
like the Municipal or self-governing principle, has but a nominal existence;
and that the real maintenance and direction of such experiments are in the
hands of the State. Nor is this all. The prevalence of cholera throughout the
Province has driven away numbers of pupils. This result is intelligible when
it is borne in mind that there have been reported no less than 6,000 deaths
from the disease in the Province, which is usually free from the visitation.
In English Schools the result has been somewhat different. They have
not been affected by local funds, for the rule which
English Schools. applied to these did not apply to Municipalities,
and where Government afford no aid to English Education, the Municipal
Commission supplies its place ; while, as regards the appearance of cholera,
this occurrence has not had very palpable influence on the schools at Kurrachee
and Hydrabad, however much it, may have had effect in diminishing the
number of students elsewhere.
At the large towns of Thattah, Sehwan, and Larkhana, the establishment
of English Schools is contemplated, with the aid of Municipal funds. The
Municipality of Sehwan has already placed a grant of Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. forty per mensem
at the disposal of the Educational Department for this purpose, and it is in
tended to appoint a master at an early opportunity. A fixed allowance has
been made for the maintenance of schools in Sind, to cover the publication of
Vernacular books, and to meet contingent educational expenditure.
GENERAL SCHOOL STATISTICS.
1 wo new Anglo-Vernacular schools have been opened at Nassick and in
English Education. Bombay. The table forming Appendix B shows
the comparative state of English School Education
during the year now passed and the previous year. The result is an increase
of 2 schools and 455 scholars.
Government having sanctioned the application of funds saved by the clos-
Vernacular Education. mg of schools to foundation of new Vernacular
schools, and the transfer of schools from one place
4