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136 object of the founder to produce from this seminary well qualified officers for the Courts of Justice has never been attained to the extent of his expectations. Owing to the apathy and neglect of the natives at the head of the College, and the want of efficient European supervision and judicious incitement to exertion, the exercises of the College soon became little more than nominal, and its ample resources were dissipated among the superior and subordinate drones belonging to the Establishment. This state of things was represented to Government in 1812, and a partial remedy was applied, but up to the year 1820, the Institution was wholly useless as to purposes of general education. The more prominent defects in it’sits [sic] system of tuition and discipline were about that time corrected. Among other essential improvements, a balance of nearly 7,000 Rupees from the allowance granted by the Government, unexpended at the end of the year 1819-20, was appropriated to the formation of a library, and a Secretary was appointed to the Institution, whose duty it was to conduct it'sits [sic] internal arrangement, under the controul of a Committee of the Company’s Servants. The revenue of the College