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COLLECTOR, TRICHINOPOLY TO BOARD OF REVENUE:
23.8.1823
(TNSA: BRP: Vol.959 Pro.28.8.1823 pp.7456-57 Nos.35-36)- Information having at length been obtained on the
subject of your letter of the 25th July 1822, I do myself the
honor to submit the result. The annexed statement drawn up in
correspondence with that which accompanied your letter, will
show the number of native schools and colleges in this district,
and the number of scholars male as well as female Hindoos of all
castes, and Mussulmans, who are educated in them. - The scholars generally continue in the schools from the
age of 7 to 15 and the average yearly expense of education is
about 7 pagodas. There are no schools or colleges in this district
for the support of which my public funds are appropriated, and
in institutions for teaching Astronomy—Theology or any other
science. - In the talook of Jyalore alone, and no other, there are 7
schools, which were formerly endowed by some Native
Government with between 44 and 47 Cawnies of land for the
maintenance of the teachers.
Trichinopoly, G.W. Saunders,
23rd August, 1823. Collector.
(Statement on following page)