( 40 ) candidates should also be able to write letters in Bengali. A similar scheme may be formed for the F. A. Examination. Yours faithfully, GANGADHAR BANERJEE. 23 Frem BABU GAURI SANKAR DEY, M.A. Professor of Mathematics, The General Assembly's Institution. Dated, Calcutta, the 26th January, 895. SIRS, With reference to the two points of your letter dated the 5th January, 1895, I send the following as my opinion :- I. I approve of the proposal to make the vernacular languages the medium of instruction up to the Entrance Standard in History, Geography and Mathematics. 2. I approve of the proposal to make the study of the vernacular languages a part of the curriculum in the F. A. and B. A. Examinations in addition to Sanskrit, Arabic &c. Yours most sincerely, GAURISAN KAR DE G. A. Institution. 24 From BABU GoUR. MoHAN BASAK, Head-master, Mymensing, Zillah School. Dated, Mymensing, the 28th January 1895. GENTLEMEN, With reference to your Circular letter dated the 5th itstant anent the introduction of the vernacular languages into the curriculum of University Examinations, I beg to state that, I fully approve of the proposal to make the vernacular languages a part of the studies for the F. A. and B. A. Examinations, in addition to the second classical languages-Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian, already prescribed for those Examinations. I am also of opinion that in such examinations not only vernacular text-books should be prescribed, but composition in the vernaculars, as also translation to them, should be made a part of the required test. This change, if adopted by the University, would be a great stimulus to the improve
