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152 nevolent perseverance; and surely if the consciousness of having done good can furnish consolation, at the dying hour, his reflections must have cheered him in his awful extremity, and soothed the pangs of dissolution. was succeeded in the charge of the Government Schools by, who assisted by , followed his footsteps, with equal ability and judgment. The endeavors of these Gentlemen were, at first, chiefly directed to the introduction of further improvements in Native Education, the plan of instruction approaching, as nearly as possible, to that adopted in the National Society’s Schools in England, with the modifications suggested by local circumstances, and some ingenious and expedient additions made by the new Managers.

system having now reached a stage of matured improvement, the superintendants were directed to impart it as a model in every practicable degree to the Schools supported by Natives. This plan of proceeding had been acted upon with great success by the Calcutta School Society (an Institution, the formation of which, and of the School Book Society will shortly be