बउिरु 夺霄 o, Western Provincts, and it is, I think, still current, (p. 884), প্রাচীন ও বর্তমান প্রাথমিক শিক্ষাঙ্গথেয় ক্ষুলনা করিয়া তিনি এইরূপ *ष्ठ ¢कt* कग्निकtश्म : The departmental schools are mostly relics of the old village system, but they have neither the vitality nor the noefulness of their originals. The old village school was a part of the village municipality, and was ti:e object o solicitulo to the beads of the community. It had, in tuany instances, rent-free lands, and was to far self-supporting. The rent-free iands hivo since deen resuined by Government or by the Zeminder ; the vilinge panchaynts are either non-existent, or powerles) for good or sor evil, howing no control over the village ochool ; and that which thrived under the immediate inspection and control of the resident village head-men deeply interested in its welfare, now &epends solely on the exertion of the Guru, or locks to the Depnty Inspector of Schools, for its existence. ... Tho subjecfs taught were iiof mysty-writing and arithmetie completed the whole course i but the writing included letter-forms and ordinary business forms, and the srithmetic included a great deal of mental arithmetic and ready reckoning, and zemindery, mercantile and trade-accounts, The old school was useful, because it supplied what was wanted the new one teaches much that is aubservient to no immediate useful purpose to the
