B. (2) Annual Return of Diseases treated in the Medical Col- Annual Return for 1853 of Diseases treated in the Medical College Out-door Dispensary,... Return of House Patients of the Eye Infirmary from 1st August to 31st December 1853, Annual Return of Sub-Assistant Surgeons the Medical College and admitted to the Return of Native Doctors educated at the Secondary Class of the Medical College for the year 1853, Final, Test, and Honor Examination Questions with the Answers of the most proficient Students, Result of the Examination for Junior Scholarship, Result of the Junior Scholarship Examination of the Calcutta Mudrissa for 1853-54, Class Lists Senior Scholarship Examination for 1850, Class Lists Senior Scholarship Examination for 1851, Class Lists Senior Scholarship Examination for 1852, Class Lists Senior Scholarship Examination for 1854,... ccclxviii tion Department for the official year 1853-54, ...ccclxxxviii REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF EDUCATION, For 1854.55. Constitution of the Council on the 26th of January 1855. President. THE HON'BLE SIR J. W. COLVILE. Members. THE HON'BLE J. P. GRANT. H. RICKETTS, Esq. C. ALLEN, Esq. C. BEADON, Esq. RAMGOPAUL GHOSE, Esq. RAMA PERSAUD ROY, Esq. H. WOODROW, Esq., MEMBER AND SECY. To SIR, THE HON'BLE F. J. HALLIDAY, Lieut.-Governor of Bengal. THE present Report brings down the proceedings of the Council of Education to 27th January 1855, and extends over a period of two years and three months. b The two principal events which engaged the attention of the Council during this time were the proceedings with reference to the Presidency College and the plan of the extension of Vernacular Education. The correspondence on the former subject has been printed in the XIVth. number of the Selections of the Bengal Government, and that on the latter is still with Government, and consequently cannot be introduced into the present Report. The Council recorded the following minutes on the removal of the Hon'ble J. R. Colvin, Dr. Changes in the Council. Forsyth, the Hon'ble F. J. Halliday, Dr. Mouat, and Baboo Russomoy Dutt :- The Hon'ble J. R. Colvin and Dr. Forsyth, Resolutions dated 29th October 1853. "The Council regret the loss of the very valuable and active services of Members of their body, of the Hon'ble J. R. Colvin, and Senior Surgeon J. Forsyth. "The long connection of Mr. Colvin with Education in Bengal, as a Member, some years since, of the late General Committee of Public Instruction and recently of the Council of Education; the deep and active interest exhibited by him in all matters connected with the duties of those bodies; his eminent acquirements as an Oriental Scholar and an intimate acquaintance with the existing state of all classes and sects of the Natives of Bengal, imparted the highest value to his counsels "The regret felt by the Council at the loss of so skilled and efficient a colleague is more than compensated by the knowledge that the elevation of Mr. Colvin to a far loftier sphere of action and usefulness has increased the opportunities at his command of advancing the cause and progress of Education. "In Mr. Forsyth, the Council lose an esteemed co-adjutor who has for several years aided them with his valuable advice and assistance in the government of the Medical College. 66 'His long services in the difficult and responsible position of Examiner of that Institution entitle him to the warmest thanks and acknowledg ments of the Council, while his high professional character, sound judg |