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two cook rooms, (one for Muhammadans and Christians and one for Hindus),
two eating rooms, a store room, a latrine and urinal and a bathing place.
51. Before the Hostel could be opened it became necessary to provide
furniture, a staff, rules and a scale of dietary.
52. Government sanctioned a sum of Rs. 1,248 for furniture (Appendix
XIX).
53. The staff consists of the Sub-Assistant Superintendent, 4 ward
servants, 3 cooks, 2 sweepers, and one durwan. Besides his duties of Manager
of the Hostel, the Sub-Assistant Superintendent was charged with the purchase
of forage and bazar medicines, &c., for the Institution.
He was also the
Students' Gymnastic Instructor. The sanctioned pay of the staff amounts to
Rs. 1,584 per annum (vide Appendix XX).
54. To this should be added Rs. 300 per annum for the Medical attendant
since appointed who visits the Hostel in addition to other duties
55. The rules of the Hostel will be found in Appendix XXI and the scale
of dietary in Appendix XXII. Government sanctioned a maximum outlay for
boarding of Rs. 8 per student.
56. The trouble connected with these preliminaries was very great, and
was not lessened by the behaviour of the students, who when the place was
ready refused to enter on the ground of the expense and for other reasons, the
true one probably being a liking for the greater freedom they had hitherto
enjoyed. However, the prompt punishment of a ringleader created a favourable
impression, and the students turned in and settled down.
57. The victualling of the Hindus was a difficult matter at first, and there
were complaints about the cooking and quality of the rations, but I have got
over them by daily inspecting samples of the food. This food is purchased by
the Sub-Assistant Superintendent (a Brahmin) and a committee of students.
The Hindu cooks are Brahmins.
58. Recently Government sanction has been obtained for the Sub-Assis-
tant Superintendent to take his meals with the students, paying Rs. 10 towards
its cost. This tends to maintain the quality of the food.
59. The chief difficulty has been to get the students to observe habits of
cleanliness in the rooms, &c., but daily inspections and other means have brought
about the desired result.
60. The students have certainly been healthier, stouter, cleaner, and
brighter since they have lived in the hostel.
61. All the students attending the Institution were residents with one
exception, and as his attendance at the lectures was not satisfactory, he was
ordered into the Hostel during the last month of the session.
62. The number of boarders varied slightly owing to some of the students
ceasing to attend (vide Appendix XXIII), but during the last month of the
session 15 students of Class B, and 15 in Class A were residents.
63. The dietary charges during the months of August and September
exceeded the sanctioned grant, as at that time no fixed scale was settled.
During these months an extra charge for victualling the menials was incurred
and therefore fresh sanction to adjust all these expenses had to be obtained from
Government, but no additional grant was necessary, as the savings under the
heads of the students dietary and contingencies were available to meet them.
64. The dietary charges of the students, including the victualling of
the menials during the other months of the year, were under the sanctioned
scale.
65. The latrine, which from its position in front of the Hostel is a
nuisance and an eyesore, has not yet been removed. Government sanctioned
Rs. 250 for the purchase of another site, but Babu Gopal Chunder Dass, the
owner of the adjoining land which it was proposed to acquire for the purpose,
offered to give a piece of land for the latrine only (size of land 17'-3" by 10') free
of cost, but the Public Works Department has since pegged out a larger space,
and this is more than Babu Dass will give.
66. The matter has therefore been referred back to Government, and
sanction has been obtained to re-appropriate the Rs. 250 to purchase gymnastic
apparatus for the students.
67. The connection of the Hostel water-pipes with the main has not yet
been effected, and therefore water has to be carried from the nearest stand-pipe