“ With a view still further to promote and encourage the diffusion of knowledge among the humbler classes of the people, the Governor-General is also pleased to direct that even in the selection of persons to fill the lowest offices under the Government, respect be had to the relative acquirements of the candidates, and that in every instance a man who can read and write be preferred to one who cannot. ”

“ The appointment of all such candidates to situations under the Government will be immediately communicated by the appointing officer, to the Council of Education, and will by them be brought to the notice of Government and the public in their annual reports. It will be the duty of controlling officers with whom rests the confirmation of appointments made by their subordinates to see that a sufficient explanation is afforded in every case in which the selection, may not have fallen upon an educated candidate whose name is borne on the printed returns. ”

“ The appointment of an inspector rendered it necessary to modify in some degree the functions of the Local Committees. The Circular Order of the 25th July 1844, No. 16, conveying the intimation of these changes to the several Committees will be found in the Appendix No. 1. ”