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124 intended for the sons of princes and men of high social position.

Technical Schools.— In an agricultural country like the Panjab there is not at present any large field for technical schools. The best are the Mayo School of Art and the Railway Technical School at Lahore. The latter is successful because its pupils can readily find employment in the railway workshops. Mr Kipling,

Fig. 42. A School in the time preceding annexation. (From a picture book said to have been prepared for the Maharaja Dalip Singh.)

the father of the poet, when principal of the former, did much for art teaching, and the present principal, Bhai Ram Singh, is a true artist. The Government Engineering School has recently been remodelled and removed to Rasul, where the head-works of the Lower Jhelam canal are situated.

Female Education.— Female education is still a tender plant, but of late growth has been vigorous. The Victoria