In 1845, Lord Hardinge granted an additional annual sum of nearly a lakh and a half more; which, with the increase of Schooling Fees and other minor receipts, raised the funds at the disposal of Government for Educational purposes to rather more than seven lakhs per

annum.

To the above may be added 50,000 rupees a year sanctioned by the Court of Directors in 1849, on the recommendation of the Governor General, for the support of the Vernacular Schools of the North Western Provinces. The expenditure on account of the College at Roorkee for the education of Civil Engineers, has also lately been transferred from the Educational fund to the general

revenue.

The following is a condensed statement of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Educational Department for the year 1848-49. It is given instead of that for 1849-50, the Returns for which year are not complete, the expenses of the Medical College, of Dacca College and of Kishnaghur College being omitted from the latter.

+ To Medical College, Normal School, and Bhagulpore School.

The foregoing statement will be found to vary in some respects from that contained in the printed Reports. The

object being to exhibit as nearly as possible the actual yearly income and outlay, certain items, such as "refunded charges" and "recoverable advances," have been cancelled. In the statement of Receipts for Bengal, the sum under the head of "Interest" is diminished by 13,883 Rs., which is now entered in the Agra Account to which it properly belongs. And in all cases, annas, have for the sake of condensation and clearness, been omitted from the separate items, and collected with other small sums under the head of "other Items."

The Disbursements for Bengal include the expenses of the Medical College, which had risen from 82,822 rupees in 1846-47, to 1,17,945 rupees in 1848-49. The cause of this increase is not clearly explained. It only appears that during these two years, there was an increase of the charges on account of the "Establishment" alone of the Medical College, of 10,000 rupees; and an entirely new item begins to figure in the Financial Statement, of 14,723 rupees as "Batta &c. to the Professors and others." This "Batta" is a luxury which none of the other Colleges enjoy.

The Disbursements sometimes exceed and sometimes fall short of the income. In 1838-39, they were considerably in excess. The balance was restored by Lord Auckland's Grant. In 1848-49, the expenditure was again in excess of the income, which compelled the Educational authorities to contract their efforts.

The only obstacle to the further extension of Education in India, is the limited amount of the Funds at the disposal of Government for Educational purposes. Many applications are received for the formation of new Anglovernacular Schools, which the Council of Education are unable to comply with for want of funds. In reply to an application of this kind very recently, the Council promised their "countenance," if the inhabitants would build a School-house and pay all expenses. It would be well if it went no farther. But the same necessity, "which has no law," has led the Council to abolish useful appointments such as that of Inspector, to close some of the Schools and to pare down the expenditure in others, to refuse pensions to those engaged in the Educational service, and to refuse leave of absence to England under any circumstances without resigning one's appoint

ment and thus forfeiting all claim to salary during the period of absence.

It is well known that the Court of Directors are not fond of spending money upon any new scheme. They weigh the matter well, and proceed with caution. To Lord Auckland's demand for an additional lakh and a half of rupees, the Court replied that there appeared to be no room to doubt that the adoption of his Lordship's views would involve an increase of expense. It was added, "to this we are prepared to submit." In 1849, the Court, on being apprised that the Governor General had allowed the sum of 7,676 rupees to be charged to the general revenue, on account of the Vernacular Schools of the North Western Provinces, desired that no further expenditure should be authorized "without our previous concurrence."