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186 was the want of superintendence. If it had been continued, it was essential to its usefulness that there should be some effectual supervision over the teachers and over the system of instruction; and with that view an attempt was made to form a committee of superintendence amongst the gentlemen resident at Bauleah; but it was found impracticable.

Some account of the means and amount of female instruction is indispensable, but on this subject I have been able to collect very little information.