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XVII COLLECTOR OF VIZAGAPATAM TO BOARD OF REVENUE: 14.4.1823 (TNSA: BRP: Vol.947 Pro.1.5.1823 pp.3847-50 Nos.6-7)

1. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Secretary's letter of the 25th July last requiring a Statement of Schools and Colleges in this District.
2. Having now acquired the desired information I beg leave to forward the statement which is drawn out according to the prescribed Form. Waltair Collector's Cutcherry, J. Smith, 14th April 1823. Collector . (Statement on following pages) 171

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XVIII COLLECTOR, TRICHINOPOLY TO BOARD OF REVENUE: 23.8.1823 (TNSA: BRP: Vol.959 Pro.28.8.1823 pp.7456-57 Nos.35-36)

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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) 184