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The state of domestic instruction.

Thana Daulatbazar.—The number of families in which domestic instruction is given is 354, of which 201 are Hindu and 513 are Musalman families. The number of children receiving domestic instruction is 326, of whom 265 are Hindu and 61 are Musalman children.

Thana Nanglia.—The number of families in which domestic instruction is given is 207, of which 197 are Hindu and 10 are Musalman families. The number of children receiving domestic instruction is 285, of whom 267 are Hindu and 18 are Musalman children.

Thana Culna.—The number of families in which domestic instruction is given is 475, of which 414 are Hindu and 61 are Musalman families. The number of children receiving domestic instruction is 676, of whom 595 are Hindu and 81 are Musalman children.

Thana Jehanahad.—The number of families in which domestic instruction is given is 360, of which 295 are Hindu and 65 are Musalman families. The number of children receiving domestic instruction is 539, of whom 435 are Hindu and 104 are Musalman children.

Thana Bhawara.—The number of families in which domestic instruction is given is,235, of which 223 are Hindu and 12 are Musalman families, the number of children receiving domestic instruction is 288, of whom 275 are Hindu and 13 are Musalman children.


Section XVI.

General Remarks on the State of Domestic Instruction, including a View of the Amount and Proportion of Instruction amongst the entire juvenile Population of the teachable Age.

First.—When I was in the Rajshahi district I ascertained the number of families only in which domestic instruction was given to the children, without noting the number of children in each such family. In the localities subsequently visited, this omission, it will have been seen from the preceding section, was supplied, and the average number of children receiving domestic instruction in each family is subjoined—

City of Moorshedabad . . . . . . 1·388
Thana Daulatbazar . . . . . . 1·279
Thana Nanglia . . . . . . 1·375
Thana Culna . . . . . . 1·423
Thana Jehanabad . . . . . . 1·219
Thana Bhawara . . . . . . 1·225