15. Jodoonauth Mookerjee, Examination. Railway Company. Admitted into Normal School. Ditto. 11. This class was examined by the Secretary to the Council of Education. He reports as follows: "The class consisted, at the time of examination, of fifteen boys, of whom three were candidates for scholarships and three absent from sickness. Their ages averaged from sixteen to twenty years: one boy had been eleven years in the College, another nine, and the remainder from one to four years. The attendance of the class during the past session has not been satisfactory, the most regular pupil, Andrew Manly, having been absent twelve times, and the least regular, Sreeram Mookerjee, a junior scholarship-holder, ninety-nine times in addition to holidays, so that he only received instruction during 167 days in the entire year. Much of this arose from sickness and other unavoidable causes, such as the difficulty, occasionally amounting to impossibility, of traversing the great distance between the College and the houses of the students during the heaviest period of the rains, when the neighbouring villages were partially flooded; yet a little more zeal and exertion on the part of the boys might have been devoted to overcoming the difficulties and discomforts inseparable from the pursuit of knowledge, even under the most favorable circumstances, in this country and climate. There are at the present moment two students in the Medical College, of whom one lives at Barrackpore, and the other across the river at Serampore, a distance of rather more than fifteen miles from Calcutta, and neither of them have during the last two years, been absent from their lectures half as many times as the most punctual of the Hooghly pupils. "The small number of pupils present at the examination was satisfactorily accounted for by the gradual dispersion of the greater part of the class during the year, six having succeeded in obtaining appointments as junior teachers in the Education Department, two having obtained stipendiary studentships in the Normal School after exami nation, one having been admitted to the stipendiary class of the Medical College, and two transferred to the regulation class. Five withdrew during the year. "This class has always been esteemed the worst in the College, and taking into consideration the unfavourable nature of the examination passed by them last year, the large number who have been provided for, after strict investigation into their qualifications, must be regarded as highly favourable to the Institution. "The first day's examination was on the portion of English History read during the year, and consisted of the seven questions noted in the margin. Written replies were returned to the questions. 1. At what period of English History did Alfred flourish? Specify the state of England at that time, as well as the most remarkable events of Alfred's career. 2. Detail the effects, social and political, of the Norman conquest. 3. What were the intellectual characteristics of the 13th century, as mentioned by Mackintosh. 4. What is meant by the war of the Roses: mention the cause of its origin, and the manner of its termination. 5. Detail briefly the most prominent circumstances connected with the rise and progress of the Reformation in England. 6. What circumstances led to the establishment of the Commonwealth? 7. The character of Cromwell. "The answers were generally much superior to those of last year, and although some few were very poor in the amount of information contained in them, none were disfigured and disgraced by the outrageous errors and absurdities of the former occasion. "No one attempted the 3d ques-. were those of Prosuno Chunder tion, and the most prominent errors Ghose and Lalla Bycuntolall. "The second day's examination was on Literature and viva voce: it consisted of passages selected from the portions of prose and poetry studied during the year, which each pupil was required separately to read and explain. The result was on the whole satisfactory, many of the faults formerly pointed out having been corrected with evident care and attention. Two or three, however, still read very badly, and the most prominent failing of most was in clearness and conciseness of expression-the matter was evidently understood, but explained in a clumsy manner, with considerable hesitation and periphrasis. This remark applies only to the three most deficient pupils in the class, and these have, as might have been anticipated, been the most frequent absentees. "The worst examination was passed by Bistochunder Mookerjee, who committed several mistakes. The third day, Saturday, October 2d, was devoted to a written paper PROSE-BACON'S ESSAYS. 1. "The poet that beautified the Sect that was otherwise inferior to the rest, said yet excellently well," &c. Who is the Poet alluded to? What the Sect? What the inferiority, and who were "the rest?" 2. Explain fully and illustrate the meaning of the following passages? (a) There be three degrees of this hiding and veiling of a man's self; the first closeness, reservation, and on Literature, which compris. ed the questions noted in the margin, all of them taken from portions of the text books recently read by the students. secrecy when a man leaveth himself without observation (c) "The Master of superstition is the people, and in all superstition wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice in a reversed order." MENTAL PHILOSOPHY. "The replies were not very detailed, but were much better than of last year. Explain and illustrate as fully as you can the subjects of a school boy of sensation and perception? POETRY (POPE.) 1. "When first young Maro in his boundless mind, Who was young Maro, and what was the work referred to? Mention also the subject of the work? What are the generally received opinions concerning Homer, the time of his existence, and the places which claim the honor of having given him birth? Enumerate his works, mention the subject of each, and specify which in particular you suppose to be referred to by the Poet in the passages above quoted? Who was the Stagyrite? Why was he so called, and why is he particularly alluded to in connection with the work of "young Maro?" 2. Paraphrase and explain the following passages ? "Those Rules of old discover'd not devised "Are nature still, but nature methodis'd; "Nature like liberty, is but restrain'd "By the same laws, which first herself ordain'd." Mention in addition what rules are referred to? "Some to whom Heaven in wit has been profuse "Want as much more to turn it to its use, "For wit and judgment often are at strife 66 Though meant each others said, like man and wife." and indifferent character, two or three were, however, very fair, and afford good promise of future excellence. "The first portion of Mr. Pratt's Senior Scholarship paper in Natural Philosophy was very fairly, and in one or two instances, most creditably answered. "The viva voce reading of prose and poetry was not so good as I expected from the general excellence of the rest of the examination, yet it exhibited a decided advance, and I trust that the failure of the past will not recur, and will prove a stimulus to industry and exertion for the future." K 12. Professor Thwaytes, who examined the same class in Mathematics, reports as follows: "This class in consequence of a number of the students obtaining employment during the last year, was reduced in number to fifteen at the time of examination. "Three passed the senior scholarship examination, five absented themselves from examination, and the remaining eight were examined in the subjects which they had studied during the last year, viz. Euclid, six Books, Arithmetic, Algebra, Plane Trigonometry, Geometry of two Dimensions relating to straight lines, circle, parabola, and ellipse. "Eighteen written questions were proposed, taken from the above mentioned subjects. Fifty marks were allowed for the paper. "The following is a list of the students arranged in order of merit : Gopaulchunder Chatterjee, ... a result by no means satisfactory for a second class in a College, but it must be remembered that none of these students have been in the class more than one year. Shumbhoochunder Banorjee and Gopaul Chunder Chatterjee failed to answer the first question-tried some of the others but failed in most-even their answers from Euclid were very incorrect. "The examiner thinks it absolutely necessary that they should turn their attention to these subjects, without a knowledge of which they can never acquire the higher Mathematics." 13. The examinations of the various classes in the Collegiate School were conducted by the Principal, aided by the Professor of Mathematics, the Head Master, and various other officers of the College. The results exhibited the usual amount of success and failure-the latter chiefly by boys too old for their classes, and unlikely ever to become proficient scholars. The state and promise of the Institution generally, were considered creditable and satisfactory. Hooghly Branch School. 14. The total number of students on the rolls of this school at the close of the year is less by 28 than those of former years, the deficiency being accounted for by a number of students, whose improvement was hopeless, having been struck off, and by the enforcement of the rule for schooling charges at 2 Rupees per mensem for all new admissions during the year. 15. But it is gratifying to state that there is an increase in the number of paying students, and the amount realized on account of schooling fees, in comparison with the previous year as will be seen by the following statement: 16. The examination of the 1st class of the Branch School Annual General was conducted by the Principal, Professor Thwaytes, and Assistant Professor Brennand; and that of the 2d class by the Principal and Assistant Professor Brennand. The remaining classes were examined by other Masters of the College. Their reports represented the school to be in a flourishing condition, and awarded high praise to the various Masters for their successful exertions. The eight best boys of the 1st class were transferred to the College by the Principal. Hooghly Enfant School. 17. The annual examination of the children of this school was conducted by the Principal of the College of Mohammad Mohsin. The following is his report: "This little school consists of 43 children, whose ages range from 3 to 7. It is divided into 4 classes: the 1st consists of five boys, the 2d of 9, the 3d of 12, and the 4th of 17. It is very pleasing to observe the air of happiness and alacrity which is exhibited by these little children at their studies, particularly under the system of simultaneous instruction. They evidently enjoy the singing of the nursery songs. Some of them went through their reading, spelling, arithmetic, and nursery rhymes, with considerable success, though, of course, there is great inequality amongst them, and some two or three are the leaders and pride of the school. Mr. Gomess and the Pundit Nobocoomar Mozoomdar, who assists him, have been very attentive to the children, who are clean in their persons, well dressed, and orderly." Seetapore Branch School. 18. The total number of students on the rolls of this school was 68 at the commencement of the year, and at its termination 86. 19. Mr. W. H. Fox, the head master of the Seetapore Branch School, was requested by the Principal to go through a regular examination of all the classes, and furnish a Annual General |