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Rh folios for the enlightenment of the people, and the consequent impropriety of contributing towards the printing of them out of the limited fund which had been set apart for the purpose of national education.

Both Sir Charles Metcalfe and Lord Auckland, who have presided over the administration of India since Lord departure, have given their full and cordial support to the education committee in carrying into effect the plans of the last-mentioned nobleman. It is not likely that three such men should be mistaken on a point to which, from its important bearing on Indian interests, they must have given a large share of their attention.

The last authority to which I shall advert is the highest that can be had recourse to on Indian affairs. The Bengal government had reported certain measures adopted by it for the reform of the existing oriental colleges, and the establishment of the new Sanskrit college at Calcutta, and on the 18th February 1821 the court of directors,