a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. 52 10 020 0 0 6 9 0 1 1 0 4 8 317 8 080 0 0 3 0 0 63 12 0 8 0 020 0 0 3 6 9 0 10 0 1 13 3 10 8 0 67 0 0 1 15 0 33 12 0 7 9 020 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 9 1 5 0 6 14 0 40 0 0 1 9 0 28 0 0 7 2 0 5 0 0 2 8 0 2 2 0 1 4 0 6 0 0 25 0 0 0 14 0 21 0 8 Per 200 22 13 920 0 0 6 10 8 0 12 9 3 10 226 10 8 40 0 0 3 0 0 50 00 Section III.-Education. *Alike under Hindú and Mahomedan rule there were no schools expressly supported by the government. The condition of keeping schools was not annexed to grants of money and ináms for the support of Brahmans. Many of them, however, did teach both Sanskrit and Marathi, in some instances gratuitously, but far more generally for payment. The fees were adapted to the circumstances of the pupils' parents, ranging from one anna to a rupee or more. Sanskrit was taught only to Bráhmans. Those of lower caste were taught Maráthi and Arithmetic. No outcaste was ever admitted into any school. Under the Mahomedan government there were schools in which the Arabic of the Korán, and also Persian and Hindusthani, were taught; but these schools were not supported by Government, nor were fees exacted from the pupils. The Munshis who taught them were supported by wealthy men as a work of merit. The monthly allowance is said to have been ordinarily Rs. 4; and the condition of the payment was that all who came as pupils should be taught gratuitously. This is the cause of the greater difficulty now found in getting payment of the fees in Hindustháni than in Maráthi schools. The Mahomedan boys have always been taught gratuitously, whereas the Hindú boys have been accustomed to pay. Other schools were of a more private kind. Rich Mahomedans frequently entertained Munshis in their own houses as tutors to their own children, and allowed the sons of their less wealthy neighbours to come to their houses at the time of teaching, and participate in the benefit. But up to 1861 (writes Mr. J. H. Burns), when education became the concern of the State, the occupation of teaching was looked upon as derogatory, and metaphorically designated grazing (cattle). Thus it never got beyond mere rudiments with most of the pupils. We have nevertheless a stock of good writers and excellent accountants raised by the few indigenous schools or by private household tuition. The village writers, several literate deshmukhs and patels among the Hindús, many well-to-do traders, the kázis and other Mahomedans, all represent the results of private education. The British Educational Department in Berár was established in June 1866, when there were 35 schools in the province, with an attend ance of 1,881 pupils, 5 of these schools being of the middle class, and the rest of the lower class. In March 1870 the schools had increased to 341, and the pupils to 14,898. Of these 2 are High Schools (one at Akola and the other at Amráoti, the sadar stations of the two Divisions), with an attendance of 217 pupils ; 44 middle class schools, with an attendance of 3,747 pupils; 267 lower class schools, with an attendance of 10,148; and 27 female schools (of which 18 are for Hindú girls, and 9 for the daughters of Mahomedans), attended by 730 pupils. A Normal * From a Memorandum by the Rev. J. Aitken, Inspector of Schools. Education. Education. School was opened on the 1st of July 1869 at Akola, for the training of Hindustháni and Maráthi masters. Of the 14,898 pupils now under State instruction.— 10,383 pupils are learning Maráthi, 1,895 do. do. Hindusthani, Military. Section IV.-Military. The only troops located within the Haidarábád Assigned Districts are those of the Haidarábád Contingent. The following statement shows their strength and the stations they occupy : Elichpúr. 4th Regiment of Infantry, Detachment 3rd Cavalry H. C. (one troop), No. 3 Battery of Artillery. Akola. Detachment of one hundred and forty rank and file of 6th Infantry. Amráoti. Detachment of one company of 4th Infantry. * 56 pupils. |