| Description | <p>Copy dispatch No. 170, dated 16 July 1861, from S F Dickson, School Commission Office, to the Colonial Secretary, regarding school returns in reply to Florence Nightingale's inquiry. Appended to the dispatch are copy circular letters from the School Commission to head teachers throughout Colombo, with instructions to gather statistics; and letters from head teachers in Colombo and Chilaw reporting on the difficulties of compiling returns.</p>
<p>These dispatches and letters form Enclosures 2 & 3 of Dispatch No. 143.</p> |