A kind of Superintendent of schools has been appointed for this district 8 number of men at work under him securing the necessary statistics with a view to opening up free schools in the villages in the district. A list of all the villages of ten families or more has been made giving the number of families, temples or other buildings lable for echod purposes, the names of the leading men,, and the cumber of children of school age. A map of the district has also been made and forwarded with the other information gathered to the Provincial Director of Government Schools. At least some effort is being made toward systematization, and this is to be commended, though it may be many years before the proposed plans for free schools on the Western model can be put into effect.
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