(8) Morris College, Nagpur. (9) Christian College, Allahabad. (10) Maharaja's College, Jaipur. (11) Central Hindu College, Benares (for a period of 5 (III) IN LAW. A-(Up to all Standards.) Muir Central College, Allahabad. B.-(Up to the LL.B. Standard.) (1) University School of Law. (2) Canning College, Lucknow. (3) Bareilly College, Bareilly. (4) Government College, Jabalpur. (5) Agra College, Agra. (6) Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh. (7) St. John's College, Agra. (8) Meerut College, Meerut. (9) Christ Church College, Cawnpore. (11) Morris College, Nagpur. A.-(Up to the M.A. Standard.) I. MUIR CENTRAL COLLEGE, ALLAHABAD. AFFILIATED IN ARTS, 1888; IN SCIENCE, 1896 and 1897; IN LAW, 1888. In 1870-71, Sir William Muir, the LieutenantGovernor, acceding to a generally-expressed wish, invited the co-operation of the Cheifs and Feudatories of the Province of Agra and the territories adjacent in founding a Central College at Allahabad, the Seat of Govern. ment. His proposal having been warmly responded to, the College was temporarily opened in a hired building on the 1st July, 1872. The foundation stone of the Muir Central College was laid by Lord Northbrook in 1873. and the College was opened by Lord Dufferin on the 9th April, 1886. It is built in a modified Saracenic style, and cost nearly nine lakhs of rupees. This institution admits all classes of students who have passed the University Entrance Examination, and is affiliated in Arts, Science, and Law. The Course of instruction embraces the University requirements for degrees in those branches. The tuition fee is Rs. 8 per mensem in the first and second year classes; Rs. 10 in the B.A. and Rs. 12 in the M.A. classes. A fund of sixty-nine thousand rupees in Government 3 per cent. notes, the endowments of H. H. the Nawab of Rampur, the Maharajas of Vizianagram, Rewah, Fanna, Charkhari, and others furnishes a number of local scholarships of various amounts. There are also minor stipends for the assistance of poor and deserving students. The late Nawab Ali Asghar Khan, C.S.I., of Rampur, by a waqf-nama, dated 13th November, 1872, endowed scholarships to the value of Rs 50 monthly to be given to students who pass in Arabic. There are also the two following gold medals: The Peary Mohan Gold Medal for Science; and Nil Kamal Mittra's Gold Medal for Sanskrit; one awarded in every alternate year. Also, a prize of Rs. 40 is awarded annually to the best student in the first year class and Chaudhri Dhyan Singh and Maulvi Hyder Husain's prize is awarded annually to the best Sanskrit and Persian student alternately. Professor of History Saligram Dwivedi, M.A. Junior Profr. of History and Maheshwar Prasad, B.A. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BENARES. AFFILIATED IN ARTS, 1888; IN SCIENCE, 1896. Queen's College, Benares, is supported by Government and is under the control of the Director of Public Instruction, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. It is divided into College and School Departments, the former under the immediate charge, and the latter under the supervision, of the Principal. ENGLISH COLLEGE. This College, teaching Arts up to the M.A. Standard, and also affiliated in Science, has a School Department attached to it. The tuition fees vary from Rs. 10 to Bs. 8 per mensem in the College and from Rs 3 to 4 annas in the School Department. Each class has its fixed rate of fee. The College and School are accessible to all classes on payment of an entrance fee of Rs. 2 and Re. 1-8 respectively. Government scholarships are awarded according to the results of the University and departmental Examinations. There are also local scholarships, amounting to about Rs. 150 per mensem, in the College Department. Connected with this College is a Boarding-House for district students. Besides twenty-one English Teachers, one Writing Master, two Pandits, two Maulvis, one Drawing Master. III. CANNING COLLEGE, LUCKNOW. AFFILIATED IN ARTS, 1838; IN SCIENCE, 1896; IN LAW, 1888. This College, founded by the Taluqdars of Oudh in memory of the late Earl Canning, was opened on the 1st of May, 1864. The institution comprises three departments, the College proper, a Law Department, and an Oriental Department, in which only Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic are taught. Canning College is supported by the Taluqdars of Oudh aided by Government. By a Sanad, duly executed, the Taluqdars unanimously endowed the College in perpetuity with a percentage of the revenues of their taluks. This sum, amounting on an average to forty-one thousand rupees per annum, is collected by the officers of Government, and is deposited in the Government Treasury for the use of the College. A Government grant-in-aid to the amount of twenty-five thousand rupees is also enjoyed by the College. The total income from endowment, grant-in-aid, invested funds and fees aggregates eightyone thousand rupees per annum. The institution is open to all classes, and its object, as declared by the rules is to impart instruction in the English Language and Literature, in Mathematics and Science, in Law and in the Oriental Classical Languages. Its management is vested in a Committee consisting of the Commissioner of Lucknow, the Deputy Commissioner, the Inspector of Schools, Oudh Circle, District Judge, the Executive Engineer, the Principal, and the representatives of the Taluqdars. The fee for the College classes is Rs. 6 for the Intermediate class, Rs. 7-8 for the B.A. class, and Rs 9 for the M.A. class. The Committee reserve to themselves the right of admitting Oudh students to the free list, or of admitting them on a modified fee. The fee for the Law classes is-for Art students Rs. 4 for the first year and Rs. 6 for the second year, and for outsiders Rs. 5 for the first year and Rs. 8 for the second year. The admission fee is Rs. 3 for all classes. In addition to Government scholarships, there are local scholarships to the value of Rs. 170 per mensem. |