'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎206v] (144/148)

Chap, VII.
instruction.
Special classes.
Ka'iomedans.
Aboriginal and
hill tribes.
Depressed classes.
Effects of plague.
Na rubers.
Cunduct, etc.
Licenses.
Health.
Industries.
Education.
Expenditure.
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1909.
1910 .
18. In the KtCjkum^r College, Rajkot, the number cfkumars increased by i , .
Three appeared for the diploma and passed. ^ The Gonddl Girdsia College had 63 v. n f, 1 *
5 less than in the preceding year, and the Talukdari Girdsia Sc ioo at Wadhwdn had 67 pi 8 ’
an increase of 11 In addition, 254 children o these classes attended^ ordinary geeo P ^
schools and 2,399 attended primary schools _ Pdlakdan childien at school increased f rom
to 817 in Ahmedabad, from 68 to 94 m Kaira and froin 24 to ^ in Broach. The GodU
T^lukddri School had 32 pupils and the Scott Colege at Sadra had ol. In Sind the Tali
boys attending the Sind Madrasseh declined from 26 to 2 . Pw
19. The total number under public instruction increased from 114,732 to
Those in Professional Colleges decreased frqm 46 to 39; those in special schools remained ’III
The number in Arts Colleges rose from 106 to 124 ; in secondary schools from 4,587 to 5
L9. Tn ivrivni.e institutions innlndiria. IT ' r. ’
, 020 .
Schools
in primary schools from 109,338 to 119,242. In private institutions including Koran
the number of Mahomedans was 41,619 against 37,857 in the preceding year.
20. The number of pupils increased from 15,915 to 18,077, of whom 12,577 were i n r
N orthern Division and 2,785 in the Central^ Division. In Native States in the Norther!
Division the number of pupils rose from 1,876 to 2,083.
21. The total number of pupils increased from 18,349 to 22,062, of whom 1179Q
including 1,240 girls were from the Central Division. Two were in Colleges, ]3g j n
secondary schools, 7 in training schools and 12 in industrial schools. In the
Divis : on the advance made in the education of these classes by the Local and Municipal Boards
^ r.rt+inor,blo In Sbnri the TTnr Schools have decreased from 7 to 2, the number ^ - "
Pupils of the depressed classes are said to be
being 41 against 127 last
this figure is uncertain.
year.
oS: pupils
233 but
22. 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. including Sind and K^thiawdr the death-rate from plague was 1 189
(including 35 teachers) against 1,175 in the preceding year.
Yeravda Reformatory School.
1. At the beginning of 1909, 179 boys were under detention, of whom 150 were in tbs
the Reformatory and 29 serving out on license. Fifty-nine boys were admitted during the year
8 were re-captured, includiug 1 who escaped in the preceding year. The number of boys discharged
on expiration of sentence was 34. The number of those discharged by order of Government^ou
having atta ned the age of 18 or for other causes was 7. Twelve boys escaped. At the end of
the year 189 were under detention, and of these 25 were serving on license. The average daily
number was 155*2 against 152 for the preceding year. Of the 189 boys, 7 were under 12 years
of age, 46 under 14, 94 under 16, and 42 of or under 16 years. Of the 59 admissions,
47 had been convicted of the t and 8 of house-breaking. Three had been convicted thrice
previously, 5 twice and 17 once.
2. r J he conduct was satisfactory. The total number of offences was 19, mainly minor
breaches of school rules. In only two cases was flogging administered. Eleven licensed boys
escaped from employers and 1 boy escaped from the Peformatory. Of the 44 boys discharged in
the course of the year, reports have been received in the ease of 43 , shewing that 10 are engaged
m trades l earn ^ them in the Reformatory, 17 are engaged in other occupations and 9 are
residing with parents. Four cannot be traced.
3. Twenty-nine boys were serving on licenses at the beginning of the year and 35 were
sent out duiing the year, 15 were discharged, 11 escaped and 13 were returned (8 for unsuit
ability 1 for sickness, 1 for theft and 3 for unsatisfactory conduct). Twenty*five were on license
on the last day of report.
to
4. This was a year of good health. Thirty boys were treated in the hospital. Owing
prevalence of small-pox in the neighbourhood all the establishment was vaccinated.
5. Boys are taught carpentry, smithy, painting, varnishing, book-binding and gardening,
receiving instruction for four hours a, dav in omr ^ mu*. oavniners for
*1 i ~ ^ e j ; j } v cn ULIBUIIJM. UUUI
eac 'oy receiving instruction for four hours a day in any one of them. The net earnings —
e yeai came 0 Rs, 914 against Rs. 1,135 last year. The profit from agriculture was Rs. 791
against Rs. 768 last year. 0
6 . Out of 74 pupils examined in Standards I to V, 60 passed in all heads. Eight boys
(Tpassed 01 ^ ^ ra< ^ e ■^ sarr ^ Ila 4i 011 of the Sir Jamsetji Jijibhai School of Art and
7. The net cost to Government was Rs. 18,200 against Rs. 20,038 for the preceding year.
2* Literature and the Press-
F ° r pfe^es^fpubSiJn^fw °, n . Nativ f Jesses published in the Bombay 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. and tables under Printing
rresses and Publications punted m Part VII of the Statistics of British India.
1.—Books and Periodicals.
1 D i Umb A r registered during the year under report was 2,073 a n a |°i
were i3nT / ear * 0£ the total publications 1,253 were books and ^
375 in 0 »®-kund re d and thirteen of the books were written in Eng^
37o m Gujardti, 333 in MarAthi, 72 in Sindhi, 58 in Urdu, 38 in Hindi, 17 in Kanarese, lD
^09-1910-.
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were b 1 ' 1
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I was 96,63