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with the Masters, when I addressed them regarding their
work and received in return their views frankly propounded
by them in the presence of the Headmaster.
4.
Building, outhouses and appliances. The building
is amply sufficient for the needs of a much larger school.
Many of the class rooms have at present vacant seats. But
the majority of the rooms are overcrowded with furniture,
leaving a totally insufficient area of floor space for free
movement. Some six class rooms are badly lighted and require
on rainy days the use of gas in the forenoon even in the
middle of summer. Better lighted rooms would be available if they were not occupied as stores or offices or Masters' sitting rooms. The staircases and the floors and windows of
the class rooms are in a fairly clean condition.
But the staff of six coolies employed on the premises appears to eschew the use of soap. The principal latrine of the boys is filthy and insufficiently ventilated. The Masters complained of imperfect fittings, foulness and want of privacy of their own latrine. The boys' lavatory is in a dilapidated and perfectly useless condition. No filter or filtered water is
provided for the boys, and the supply of water from the taps
is insufficient for the use of the coolies. Most of the doors are bedaubed with dirt. Some of the black boards are positively unfit for use. Most of the scholars write on greasy slates with pencils generally unsharpened. The wall-maps are mostly too small and the supply of blank wall-maps is insufficient. Pictures of plants and animals etc. for object lessons are totally wanting. A mineralogical cabinet and a few other appliances for elementary science lessons are in
store