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The education problem occupies a large place in the minds of His Highness's government to-day, and no stone is being left unturned that is likely to hide under it the secret of the illiteracy of the masses in the Nizam's Dominions.

Says the new Census : — "The proportion of literates per one thousand persons in Hyderabad State is 28, which compares very unfavourably with the figures for the Central Provinces and Behar, and the Bombay and Madras Presidencies, and the Baroda and Mysore States.

Hyderabad. .  . . 28

Bombay. .  . .    70

Madras. .  . .    75

Baroda. .  . .   101

Mysore. .  . .    63

Central Provinces and Behar     33

Not long ago His Highness's government engaged the services of an English educational expert from British India, and after