none of the distractions of large towns it is specially suited for development of a sound and healthy Collegiate life.

The College building is a handsome structure formerly used for the worship of the Goddess Saraswati. By a registered trust deed the late proprietress endowed the College with an annual income of Rs. 6,100 chargeable on certain of her estates in the districts of Birbhum and Santhal Parganas. The management of the College is in the hands of a committee.

This College has been affiliated up to the Intermediate Examination in Arts under the new Regulations in the following subjects:-English, Bengali, Logic, History, Sanskrit, Mathematics and Physics. Of the optional subjects taught all combinations are allowed.

All

The tuition fee is Rs. 4 per month. Five free studentships are granted according to the rules of the College to deserving students in each class. Government Scholars are admitted free. The number of students in each class being limited they receive an exceptional amount of individual

attention.

There is a Hostel attached to the College pleasantly situated outside the village and is under the charge of a Resident Medical Superintendent. The monthly charge for each boarder is about Rs. 9.

INSTRUCTIVE STAFF.

Principal and Professor of English, Dharmadas Dutt, M.A., M.R.A.S.

This College was originally founded by Babu Gopalchandra Lahiri, who in 1898 added the F.A. classes to his school teaching up to the Entrance standard and called the Pabna Institution. In 1906 the management of the College which obtained the new name of "Pabna College was made over to a committee elected by the public. In August, 1911, with a view to commemorate the loving memory of the King-Emperor Edward VII, the College was named after His late Imperial Majesty. New buildings for the College and its Hostels were erected in 1915-16 on a spacious site on the river Ichhamati

at a cost of over a lakh of rupees, a substantial portion of which (Rs. 50,000) was contributed by the late Rai Banamali Ray, Bahadur, Zemindar of Tarash.

The constitution of the Governing Body of the College has recently undergone a thorough change. New rules have been adopted with the approval of Government, under which the management of the College is vested in a committee consisting of :

(i) The District Magistrate of Pabna, President, ex-officio.

(ii)

(ii)Three nominees of Government.

(iv)

(v) One nominee of the eldest male descendant of the late Rai Banamali Ray, Bahadur.

(vi) One member elected by the other donors and subscribers of the College.

(vii) The Chairman of the Pabna Municipality, ex-officio.

(viii) The Principal, Edward College, Secretary, ex-officio.

(ix)

Two members elected by the retiring Governing Body.

(x) (201) themselves, one from the Arts and the other from the Science

(xii)

Two members elected by the Professors of the College from among

Department.

The College teaches the following subjects up to the standard of the Intermediate Examination :

I.A.--English, Bengali, Sanskrit, Persian, Mathematics, Logic, History, Chemistry and Physics.

I.Sc-English, Bengali, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

The tuition fee is Rs. 5 a month. An additional fee of Re. 1 a month is charged from Science students. The boarding charges amount to about Rs. 12 per mensem.

Five per cent of the students on the rolls are admitted free, besides Government scholars.

There are two scholarships, called the Banamali Jubilee Scholarships 'named after their donor, Rai Banamali Ray, Bahadur, of Tarash, Pabna, of the value of Rs. 8 a month, and originally tenable for two years at the Rajshahi College, have been made tenable at the Edward College also from the year 1906-07. They are open to two best and poor students who pass the Matriculation Examination-one from the Pabna Zila School and the other from the Serajgunge H. E. School and who fail to obtain a Government scholarship. INSTRUCTIVE STAFF.

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COMILLA VICTORIA COLLEGE.

AFFILIATED, 1899.

It is aided by Government and has been endowed by H. H. the Maharaja of Tipperah.

CONSTITUTION.

Board of Trustees.

H. H. the Maharaja of Tipperah.

The District Magistrate of Tipperah.
Rai Anandachandra Ray, Bahadur.

GOVERNING BODY.

1. The District Magistrate of Tipperah,-President.

2.

H. H. the Maharaja of Tipperah, to be represented by the Officer-incharge of Chakla Rosnabad Estates.

3.

4.

Babu Satischandra Ray,-Secretary.

Babu Satyendranath Basu, M.A., Principal. 5. K. G. Mohiuddin Faraque, Esq., M.L.C.

College fee, Rs. 5 a month for Intermediate and Rs. 6 for B.A. Classes.

HOSTEL.

A Hostel is attached to the college and placed under the control of a Superintendent, who is a Professor of the college.

SCHOLARSHIP.

Maharaja's Scholarship"-A scholarship of Rs. 15 a month, tenable for two years at this college is awarded by His Highness the Maharaja of Tipperah to the student who passes the I.A. Examination in the 1st Division and does not obtain a Government scholarship.

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ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL MISSION COLLEGE.

(Formerly C. M. S. College.)

FOUNDED, 1865; RE-FOUNDED, 1899.

The Collge was originally founded as the Cathedral Mission College in 1865 at 22, Mirzapore Street. It was re-founded in 1899 under the name of Churches Missionary Society's College. The College moved to its present

premises at 33, Amherst Street in 1908. It was raised to the B.A. standard and the present name adopted in 1914.

The College is affiliated to the B.A. standard in English (Honours), Bengali, Sanskrit, Philosophy, History (Honours), Mathematics, Economics and to the I.A. standard in Chemistry.

About 250 students are admitted, so that the classes are small enough to admit of close individual attention. Every student receives private tuition in each subject once a fortnight. At present there is Hostel accommodation for about 160 students. Games or Physical drill are compulsory. Religious instruction is a part of the College curriculum

The College stands in spacious grounds. The buildings are large, airy and thoroughly up to date in equipment of every kind. Nirmalendu Hall of Learn. ing contains a good library, and a bright and comfortable Common Room. The College grounds provide a field for foot-ball, cricket and hockey, three tennis, one basket ball court, one volley ball court. There are three Fives courts and a gymnasium. The hostel buildings are commodious and lighted throughout by electricity. Each student has a separate furnished room. There are two dining rooms for Hindu students. Christians, Mahomedans, Buddhists, Brahmos and others dine in Hall. The mess arrangements are in the hands of the students. The Principal, Vice-Principal and several Professors reside in the Hostel with the students.

I.A. Classes-Rs. 6 per mensem, Chemistry Re. 1 extra. B.A. ClassesRs. 7 per mensem.

Hostel.

Rs. 8 per mensem, inclusive of electric light. Mess Rs. 10 per mensem. Athletics Rs. 5 per annum. Common Room Rs. 2 per annum, Magazine. Re. 1. Medical Attendance Re. 1 per annum, payable in advance. Caution moneyCollege Rs. 5 and Hostel Rs. 5.-returnable when the student leaves.

Admission Fee-College Rs. 6, Hostel Rs. 3.

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COTTON COLLEGE, GAUHATI.

AFFILIATED, 1901.

The College was established in 1901 as a purely Government Institution during the administration of Sir Henry Cotton, after whom it has been named and is under the control of the Director of Public Instruction, Assam.

Originally started as a second grade institution teaching up to the F.A. standard it was housed in a building created by Government at a cost of over half a lakh of rupees. The short history of the college is one of steady growth since the establishment, due chiefly to the keen interest taken by Sir Lancelot Hare and Sir Archdale Earle, in extending its sphere of usefulness. In 1909, when Assam formed part of Eastern Bengal, B.A. and B.Sc. Classes were first opened and a new Science block was added to the main building. Since 1912, when Assam was reconstituted into a separate administration, the College has undergone further expansion. Honours classes in different branches of studies were opened in 1914 and numerous additions have been made to meet increasing demands, a new block having been added for the exclusive accommodation of the Arts Section. The College has a large Science Theatre with wellequipped Chemical and Physical Laboratories, a good Library and a common room for students provided with leading periodicals and newspapers. At a distance of half a mile from the College there is a spacious play-ground entirely belonging to the College and the Collegiate School.

COURSES OF STUDY.

The College is affiliated to the University up to the M.A. standard in English (Group A), to the B.A. and B.Sc. Honours stage in English, Economics, Mathematics, Philosophy, History, Sanskrit, Physics and Chemistry, and to the B.A. Pass standard in Arabic and Persian. In Intermediate in Arts and Science it is affiliated in English, Mathematics, History, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Logic, Physics, Chemistry and Vernacular Composition.

Connected with the College under the control of the Principal, there are two separate Hostels for the Hindus and the Mahomedans under the supervision and management of four Resident Superintendents. The College Hostels have now accommodation for 276 boarders. The cost of of living in the Hostels ranges from Rs. 10 to 11 according to market fluctuations. A visiting Medical College Officer is in charge of the Hostels and looks after the health of the boarders.

The fees levied in the College are Rs. 5 monthly tuition fee and Rs. 5 admission fee. There is a limited number of free studentships which are awarded to deserving students. Junior Scholarships are awarded to the residents of the Assam Valley, upon the results of the Matriculation Examination. Senior Scholarships of the value of Rs. 25, 20, 15 and 10 are also awarded on the results of the Intermediate Examinations.