In reply to Miss Nightingale’s question, “Whether we can civilize the
native people without killing them?” it is gratifying to be able to
assure her, that in Ceylon the native population, both of Singhalese
and Tamil race, instead of declining and dying off before the European
settlers, is rapidly increasing, and that the number both of our
schools and scholars would be far greater than it is, if only we had
the means of maintaining them at command.