Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee.
P. W. D.

AFFILIATED, 1864.

The Thomason College was founded in 1847 by the.Hon'ble James Thomason, Lieutenant-Governor, N. W. P. It is designed to sup

ply the Public Works Survey Departments with Assistant Engineers, Overseers, Sub-Overseers, Estimators, Draughtsmen, and Head Artificers, and to furnish professional works either on loan or purchase through its Library, Press, and Book Depôt.

The College contains three principal classes, viz., an "Engineer Class," an Upper Subordinate Class," and "Lower Subordinate Class," open to candidates of all ranks and classes-intended to recruit the Engineer, Upper Subordinate, and Lower Subordinate Departments of the Public Works Department. It also conducts examinations of outsiders for several grades of the P. W. D.

Engineer Class.

The Course lasts two years, when the passed students receive certificates as Assistant Engineers of the P. W. D. The first eight passed students (whether European or Native) receive appointments as Apprentice Engineers on Rs. 100 a month the remaining passed students are not guaranteed appointments. Candidates for this class must be between the ages of 18 and 22. and must all pass a compe titive entrance examination in language, literature, history, mathematics and Elementary drawing and physical science.

All European students pay a college fee of Rs. 10 monthly. Three Scholarships of Rs. 50, one of Rs. 40, and one of Rs. 35 per mensem, tenable for two years, are annually open to native students. Several valuable prizes are given annually; one of Rs. 1,000 to the best student; one of Rs. 250 and one of Rs. 100 for the two best native students; besides two prizes of Rs. 100 and five of Rs. 50, open to all.

Upper Subordinate Class.

The College Course lasts two years, when the passed students receive certificates as Sub-Engineers or Overseers of the P. W. D., and are then sent for a year's probation on to the Public Works as "Apprentice Overseers," after which, if approved, they are appointed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade Overseers in the P. W. D.

All candidates for admission must pass a competitive entrance examination in English reading and writing, arithmetic, elementary geometry, mensuration, and drawing, and in Urdu and Hindi; and Civilian candidates must be between the ages of 18 and 24.

Soldier students receive a "college allowance" of Rs. 11 monthly. Three Scholarships of Rs. 30 each, and three stipends of Rs. 10 each, all tenable for two years, are annually allotted to students of 2nd and 3rd grades respectively.

Students of third grade, if not stipend-holders, pay a college fee of Rs. 1-8 monthly. College prizes in each of the principal subjects of the course are annually given.

During the "apprentice year," a "staff allowance" is given to soldier students, raising their pay to a total of Rs. 80, together with free quarters and the usual "family allowances." Second and third grade apprentices receive salaries of Rs. 60 and 40 respectively; free quarters are also given to those of the second grade.

Lower Subordinate Class.

This Class, intended for natives of India only, consists of Soldiers and Civilians. Most of the students remain for one year only at College, and if successful, receive certificates as Sub-Overseers, Estimators, or Draughtsmen of 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade, according to qualification, and are appointed to the P. W. D., according as vacancies occur there is no guarantee of appointment. Six of the most promising students are each year selected for a further year's training. They have the preference in selection for vacancies.

The Entrance Examination is competitive, and in the Urdu language. For Military candidates it comprises reading, writing, and arithmetic; and for Civilian candidates, for class A, elementary mathematics, Indian history, and geography, and the use of English figures and words. For class, B, a recommendation by an Executive Engineer that the candidate is a useful man only is required. Civilian candidates for class A, must not be more than 22, nor less than 18, years of age. Military students receive a "college allowance" of Rs. 5 monthly. There are two scholarships of Rs. 20 a month and four of Rs. 15 for students selected for second year's training. For first year students, Class A, there are sixteen scholarships of Rs. 5, and for Class B. twelve of Rs. 10 a month. Non-stipend-holders pay a college fee of Rs 1-8. College prizes in each of the principal subjects of the course are annually awarded.

Note-There is every probability that the course for this class will be reduced to one year or a year and a half, and very considerably altered.

Courses of Study in principal Classes.

These vary very much, but include mathematics, civil engineering, surveying, drawing, and Urdu for all the above principal classes,— the extent read being of course very different in each class,-besides experimental science and photography for the Engineer class.

Native Military Surveying Class.

A class of 25 native N. C. O. and Sepoys of the Q. O. Guides Corps are annually passed through a ten months' course in simple Military Engineering and Surveying.

[With the exception of the small college fees above noted, the instruction in College is entirely gratuitous.]

Outside Examinations.

The College holds also examinations, and grants certificates (of qualification only) for the grades of Assistant Engineer, Sub-Engineer, 1st grade Overseer, Assistant Examiners of Accounts, and 4th grade Accountant of the P. W. D., for all candidates who present themselves under certain rules.

Subsidiary Departments.

These are

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A free PUBLIC LIBRARY containing over 13.500 volumes.

A large PRESS which executes printing, binding, lithographs, and woodcuts, for the College, Government, and public.

3. A BOOK DEPOT for sale of the College publications and Textbooks.

4. A VOLUNTEER COMPANY: all European Civilian students are enrolled in the College Volunteer Company.

Staff.

The principal Staff of the College is as follows:

For further detailed information, see the Thomason College Calendar published at Roorkee, N. W. P. price Rs. 4-12.

Government Engineering College, Howrah.

AFFILIATED, 1880.

The College was opened on the 5th April 1880, and is under the control of the Director of Fublic Instruction of Bengal. All classes of the community are admitted, and the course of instruction is adapted to the requirements of the following:

(1.) Civil Engineers.

(2.) Mechanical Engineers.

(3.) Civil Overseers.

(4.) Mechanical Overseers.

Pupils for the two higher classes are admitted on producing a certificate of having passed the University Entrance Examination: their theoretical course, including three hours daily in the shops, is completed in four years, and the fifth or last year is spent by Civil Engineers at Akra to learn brick-making, and on works in actual course of instruction, by Mechanical Engineers, in supervising actual work in the shops.

For admittance to the lower classes there is an Entrance Examination, but any candidate who has passed the University Entrance Examination in English and Mathematics is admitted without fur ther test. The theoretical course for these classes, including 4 hours daily in the shops, continues for 3 years and the remaining 13 year is spent by Civil Overseers as by Civil Engineers, whereas Mechanical Overseers work entirely in the shops during the last year and a half.

With regard to fees and Scholarships the following is extracted from the resolution issued with the Calcutta Gazette, dated 17th December, 1879.

In regard to the charge for education at the institution, the Lieutenant-Governor has decided, after careful consideration, that the fee for the two higher engineering classes shall be Rs. 8 per mensem during the four years of their instruction in class, but that existing students of the Civil Engineering Department of the Presidency College, who may elect one of the engineering courses in the new institution, may be allowed to continue their studies on a payment of Rs. 5 a month. For Civil Overseers the charge will be Rs. 3 per mensem during the 3 years of their instruction in class, and for draftsmen the fee will be the same. No fee will be charged to any student after the completion of his theoretical course. The Mechanical Overseer class will consist exclusively of regular apprentices, who must be boarders; and the charge will be for Europeans and Eurasians, up to 30 in number, Rs. 5 each per mensem, and for natives up to 40 in number Rs. 3 per mensem; but apprentices may be received in excess of that number on payment, if Europeans and Eurasians, of the full fee of Rs. 15 per mensem, and if natives, of Rs 8 per mensem. Existing Dehree students who join the institution will be allowed to continue on the terms on which they were originally received.

The Lieutenant-Governor has decided that one scholarship of Rs. 20, three of Rs. 15, and six of Rs. 10, tenable for two years, shall be given annually to students entering the Engineer classes of the institution; and that scholarships of the same number and value shall be again competed for at the end of the second year's course; provided that the number of scholarships awarded does not exceed one half the number of candidates presenting themselves for examination. These scholarships will be given independently of the scholarships now open to those who pass the Entrance Examination of the University. For the Civil Overseer classes ten scholarships of Rs. 7 per mensem, tenable for 3 years, subject to diligence and good conduct, will also be granted annually; provided, as in the Engineer classes, the number of scholarships awarded does not exceed one half the number of candidates.