ABSTRACT

This chapter focuses on a note compiled by Mr. Colvin, containing a condensed view of the principal facts, and of occasional notices of some considerations suggested by them, which relate to the general progress and present condition of the plans of native instruction as pursued in different parts of India. Mr. Adam says12 of the condition of our English scholars, “Extraordinary efforts have been made to extend a knowledge of the English language to the Natives, but those who have more or less profited by the opportunities presented to them do not find much scope for their attainments which on the other hand little fit them for the ordinary pursuits of native society. The diversion of funds from particular Institutions was admitted as a measure which might or might not be proper, and there is a reservation for the pledges and assurances “that may have been given” to some of them.