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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt:... the course was rare. The amount of knowledge displayed at the final examination was often surprising, and the general character of the passed students gained for the school, during the first year's of its existence, the high commendation of the Surgeon General. 7. Students are now selected by a Military Committee, which performs its duty when it puts the candidates to the prescribed test in simple reading, writing and arithmetic. Beyond their examination, the Committee has no interest in them; most of them then pass the preliminary year at a dispensary in comparative idleness, and enter the school, demoralised and unfitted for work. To this state of things must be attributed the unsatisfactory results 1 have this year to report. 8. It is perhaps well that on this ocsasion oth'ir testimony is available aa to the worthlessuess of a large proportion of the last set of pupils. 1 find from the recorded results of a test examination held in October last by Surgeon Major John Brake, who officiated as Principal of the School during my absence, that the progress and attainments of the new students after three months' attendance at the school were found to be very unsatisfactory, so much so, that out of 30, he was compelled to recommend the dismissal of 11. The. results of my own examinations just completed, prove that this measure, severe as it may seem, was really too lenient, and that the painful duty of recommending further dismissal remains to me. 9. The general inferiority of these students, however, is, I am happy lo say, not altogether unrelieved by brighter examples. Last year I had to mention with commendation the names of Vishnoo, Daji Ram Chandra, and Maghau Raghoba, all Mahratta Brahmins of Nasrpur. These have continued to do well; and 2 have now passed...