times mistakes were made of a kind tending further to illustrate this novel mode of learning to read. The words the dog barks' were changed by one of the boys into this forenoon.' One or two of the boys could not read the lesson, because they were not present when it was gone over in the class. There are three "The young boys all read better than the old ones. boys, about 15 years old (Abdoor Ruhman, Mahommed Ali and Abdool Bais) who are the worst readers in the class; and as there is not the slightest chance of their ever improving much, or acquiring any thing more than the barest smattering of English, they may be removed from the class. More care should be taken in future not to admit any old boys into the class who cannot read well." Fourth Class." Only one boy in this class reads at all well. Such mistakes are very common as birdes nestes' for birds' nests.' They also read with labor and difficulty, forming in this respect a striking contrast to the smoothness and facility with which the boys in the English department read. "The following two boys may be removed from the class, as they are too old, and give no promise of improvement-Soonaoollah and Khizr Khan." Third Class.-"The examiner has no remarks to make on this class, except that Moghal Jan should be removed from it. He is 16 years' old, and reads very indifferently." Second Class." Three boys of this class can read moderately well. The examiner was surprized to find the class so backward in spelling and explanation. It is quite right to attend in the first place to their style of reading, but the boys of this class, which is the highest but one of this department, should certainly be able to spell well, and might also be expected to explain in English the meaning of most of the words met with in their lessons. "It was again remarked in this class that the oldest boys are the most backward as regards proficiency. The examiner desires to impress upon the teacher to admit to the class no boy of an advanced age. "Tameezooddeen must be removed, as he attends no other class of the Mudrissa. The Anglo-Persian class is designed exclusively for the pupils of the Mudrissa who may wish to learn English, and not for big lads unconnected with the Mudrissa who wish to obtain some knowledge of English, and who are too old to be admitted to the English department of the College." First Class." The pupils of this, the senior, class can read the first part of the English Prose Reader No. 5 pretty well. They can also speak a little English, and they know the meaning of the words in their lessons considerably better than the pupils of the 2nd class do. But still it cannot be said that their style of explanation is perfect or faultless in every respect. The phrase manual employment' was with more ingenuity than correctness explained as 'the employment belonging to man.' "The examiner doubts whether the instruction communicated in the Anglo-Persian class will be of much use to the pupils. They obtain some knowledge of English, which is too slight to have any effect upon the character. Even the mere mechanical knowledge of reading and speaking English imperfectly will soon be lost after leaving school. The instruction, to be of any use, must go far deeper. disposed at present to advise the abolition of the must be admitted, met as yet with much success. sufficient importance to justify a further trial." The examiner is not class. It has not, it But the object is of The names of those who are to receive prizes will be found in the appendix. The annual general examination of the small Persian School at Hooghly was undertaken, at Dr. Sprenger's request, by Mouluvee Suddudoodeen Khan of Annual General Exami nation of the Muktub. the Calcutta Mudrissa. The pupils are reported by the examiner to have passed a good examination : "The English class was examined by Mr. Graves who had no remarks to offer. The following remarks on the English class were made by the examiner last year, but were not forwarded to the Council in time to be printed in the annual report. 'The examiner did not think that much improvement had taken place since last year. The pupils are still reading the Spelling Book No. I., and the English Reader No. I. They had read during the year only two pages of the English Reader, and had carefully learnt it by rote. They should read more, and it is by no means desirable that it should be committed to memory. In reading the lesson, or rather repeating it, nearly all the boys spoke far too rapidly. The object appeared to be who should get over the ground fastest, instead of who should read best. It will be necessary for the Mouluvee to make great exertions in order to bring the class forward.'" Medical College of Bengal. SESSION 1850-51. SIXTEENTH YEAR. UNDER THE IMMEDIATE CONTROL AND SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE COUNCIL OF EDUCATION. D. STEWART, M. D. H. WALKER, Esq. College Council. R. O'SHAUGHNESSY, Esq., F. R. C. S. H. FALCONER, M. D., F. R. S. ALLAN WEBB, ESQ. E. GOODEVE, M. B., W. MARTIN, Esq. ANDREW ROBERTSON, ESQ. F. J. MOUAT, M. D., F. R. C. S. Member, Secretary and Treasurer. The following is a list of the pupils of the English class at the close of the session:* Of the Natives, 9 are Moohummudans, and the remainder In the Military class there are 100 pupils upon the full monthly pay of five rupees, 7 pupils from Assam and 8 from Arracan, making in all 115; of these 89 are Moohummudans, 18 are Hindus, and 8 Burmese: Eighty-nine (89) of the pupils are Natives of the NorthWestern Provinces and Assam, sixteen of Bengal, and eight of Arracan. At the beginning of the session the number was 145: of these 1 died, 9 left the Institution, and 16 were struck off for irregularity of attendance. The following tabular statement shows the attendance of the pupils of the Medical College, during the session 1850-51: The daily average attendance of the Military class, residing in the College, was ...... ...... 108.83. Statement of the number of bodies brought to the College for dissection and operations during the winter session of 1850-51: Number of bodies used for operations, 501 92 Number of bodies used in the examinations, Number of bodies of which no use was made, in conse quence of rapid putrefaction, 23 68 Number of bodies for Lectures, 38 |