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Rh dents are not confined to Calcutta, and it’sits [sic] immediate vicinity, but come from distances of 50 or 60 miles; few of them have connexions in the city, or the means of maintaining themselves without assistance. It is necessary therefore to furnish them with some small provision, especially as it is highly desirable to attract this particular description of persons, with the view of diffusing through the widest circle, the advantages of native education, and a just appretiation the enlightened views of the Government.

secure the preference of the stipendiary allowance to those most needing it, it is a rule that of the whole number of students at any time on the Foundation of the College, not more than one third shall be fixed residents in Calcutta; the remainder are to be the sons of individuals inhabiting any part of the provinces subject to this Presidency without the limits of the Metropolis. But with reference to the existence of a similar Institution for the convenience of the inhabitants of the upper provinces, a preference is given in the Calcutta College, in the event of competition for vacancies, to natives of Bengal and Orissa, the previous qualifications in other