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xxviii Subjoined are extracts from the reports of the various examiners, detailed tabular statements of the results of the senior and junior scholarship examinations being appended to this volume at p. p. clxii to clxxxv.

Mr. Thwaytes stated that—

The medal was accordingly awarded to him.

The following is the Reverend K. M. Banerjea's report on the Vernacular Essays:

Mr. Kerr reported that—

"The answers of the Hindu College in Literature appear to be superior this year to those of the other Colleges. The answers of Rajinder Nauth Mitter are remarkably good, and not less so those of Omesh Chunder Dutt, both of the Hindu College.

"It may be remarked generally that the students of the Hindu College write more correctly and with more fluency and freedom than the students of any of the other Colleges, arising, it may be, from local circumstances in their favor, such as the large English population of Calcutta, which makes English almost the Vernacular language of the place.

"The best Essays are those written by Mohendro Laul Shome of the Hindu College, and Isser Chunder Dass of the Hooghly College. As the subject of the Essays possesses local interest, and as it may be not uninteresting to some, both in this country and in England, to know the opinions of intelligent young natives of India on such a question, I beg to recommend that both of their Essays, which are nearly of equal merit, should be printed in the annual report. The papers of Rajinder Nauth Mitter in Literature, and the forenoon paper in Literature of Omes Chunder Dutt, and the afternoon paper of Mooraly Dhur Sen may also be printed, if the Council deem them worthy of it.