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as may seem most expedient, the superintendance of all the Government Seminaries,[1] the official correspondence of which with Government is to be conducted through them.

Though the Committee cannot of course exert any authority over private Schools, they are at liberty to communicate with and encourage all persons, Native and European, who may be engaged in the management of such Institutions, and to afford their assistance in providing for the safe custody and improvement of any funds which may be directed to the object of education by individuals.

The Committee were consulted, and their sentiments adopted by Government in the principal points of the new arrangements, relating to the Sanscrit and Mohomedan Colleges.

  1. These are described in the Appendix.