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INSPECTORSHIPS:-

Appointment of additional Inspector of Schools in Scotland, and

Assistant Inspector of Schools in England

112

COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION:

Appointment of new Committee

113

CORRESPONDENCE, &c.

On Questions of GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, and on BUILDING

GRANTS and ANNUAL GRANTS.

115

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION:-

1. Notice as to distribution of future volumes of " Minutes”

2. Letter to Her Majesty's Inspector of Training Schools, Rev. 11.

Moseley, suggesting that attention of Principals should be directed

to study of Decimal System for Coinage and for Weights and

Measures

115

BUILDING GRANTS:-

1. Letter as to erection and maintenance of a School at an Incumbent's

sole e.rpense

116

2.

116

3.

4.

definition of term " local contributions"

grants not made towards building for Sunday Schools

liability of school buildings to be assessed to poor-rate

grants not made for simple maintenance of

school buildings in repair -

117

5.

117

118

119

120

121

ANNUAL GRANTS:-

1. Circular Letter to Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, as to exer-

cises in Elementary Drawing

2. Reply to an inquiry as to examination in Latin

3. Circular Letter to Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, as to Grants

to Industrial Schools

4. Letter inquiring as to assistance to be expected towards establishing

Industrial School; with reply thereto

5. Circular Letter to Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, as to their

reports on applications for Retiring Pensions

6. Extract from Instructions to Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools,

with a view to detect and prevent instances of collusion between

candidates undergoing examinations for Certificates of Merit and

Queen's Scholarships

7. Replies (3) to inquiries as to employment of Pupil-teachers on Sundays

8. Inquiry as to rule for calculating Average Attendance; with reply

thereto

9. Letter as to selection of Training School by Pupil-teacher, being a

cundidate for Queen's Scholarship; with reply thereto

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, &c.

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132

134

134

135

136

1. Tables showing Expenditure, classified (a) according to object of

Grant, and ) according to denomination of recipients, for year

ended 31 December 1854, and from 1839 to 1854; and Balance

Sheet of all Disbursemients actually paid between 1 January and

31 December 1854, and also between 1839 and 1854

2. Summary of Grants awarded in aid of Erection, Enlargement, or In-

provements of School Buildings (Elementary and Normal Schools),

in year ended 31 December 1854; (with explanatory tables)

3. Summary of Grants awarded in aid of Purchase of Books and Maps

in year ended 31 December 1834

4. Table showing number of Male and Female Certificated Teachers

actually employed in teaching; number of Assistant Teachers ap-

pointed under Minute of 23 July 1852; and total number of Pupil-

Teachers under apprenticeship, with number in each year of ap-

prenticeship; corrected to 31 December 1854

5. General Summary of Results of Inspection for year ended 31

August 1854

6. General Summary of Aggregate Annual Income and Expenditure (as

returned by Managers) of an ascertained number of Schools enu-
merated in foregoing Table No. 5, exclusive of grants from Com-

mittee of Council on Education
7. Summary of a Return for England and Wales, showing Population

between ages of 5 and 15; number of Schools of each Denomination
under Inspection, up to 31 December 1853; number of Scholars
whom such Schools are capable of accommodating; number of
Scholars in Average Attendance; and Comparison of number of
Schools and Scholars, under Inspection, with number returned in

Census of 1851

8. Statement of Annual Grants awarded to Training Schools, from

1847 to 1854 inclusive, on account of Certificated Students and

Queen's Scholars

9. Statement of Grants of Retiring Pensions paid to Teachers of Schools

under Inspection,-up to 31 December 1834

10. Statement of Grants to Schools of Industry, for Industrial Purposes,

-up to 31 December 1854

11. Detailed Statement (under Counties) of sums expended from Par-

liamentary Grants for Education in Great Britain; in Building,

Enlaryement, Improvements, or Fixtures of Schools ; in Books and

Maps; in augmenting Salaries of Certificated Teachers; in Stipends

of Assistant Teachers; in Stipends of Pupil-teachers and Gratuities

for their special instruction ; and in Cupitation Grants ;-between

years 1833 and 1854

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139

140

141

143

For Detailed Statement of Annual Grants to Elementary Schools, vide APPENDIX.

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INSPECTORS' REPORTS FOR 1854.

NORMAL SCHOOLS :-

Reports, by-

(1) Rev. H. Moseley, on National Society's, Diocesan, and other Train-

ing Schools for Schoolmasters

(2) Rev. F. C. Cook, on National Society's, Diocesan, and other Train-

ing Schools for Schoolmistresses

(3) J. Bowstead, Esq., on British and Foreign School Society's Training

School in Borough Road, London -

(4) J. D. Morell, Esq., on Wesleyan Training School in Horseferry

Road, Westminster

319

358

373

ENGLAND AND WALES.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CONNECTED WITH CHURCH OF ENGLAND:-

387

398

426

455

466

489

General Reports, by-

(1) Rev. F. C. Cook, on Schools in Counties of Middlesex, Hertford,

Bedford, and Buckingham

(2) Rev. H. W. Bellairs, on Schools in Counties of Gloucester, Oxford,

Warwick, Worcester, Hereford, and Monmouth

(3) Rev. F. Watkins, on Schools in County of York

(4) Rev. E. Douglas Tinling, on Schools in Counties of Dorset,

Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall

(5) Rev. M. Mitchell, on Schools in Counties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk,

Cambridge, and Huntingdon

(6) Rev. J.J. Blandford, on Schools in Counties of Lincoln, Nottingham,

Derby, Leicester, Rutland, and Northampton

(7) Rev. W. H. Brookfield, on Schools in Counties of Kent, Surrey,

and Sussex, and in Channel Islands

(8) Rev. W. J. Kennedy, on Schools in County of Lancaster, and in

Isle of Man

(9) Rev. J. P. Norris, on Schools in Counties of Chester, Salop, and

Stafford

(10) Rev. D. J. Stewart, on Schools in Counties of Northumberland,

Durham, Cumberland, and Westmoreland

(11) Rev. W. Warburton, (no General Report) on Schools in Counties

of Berks, Hants, and Wilts

(12) Rev. H. Longueville Joncs, on Schools in Wales

498

516

532

552

585

588

BRITISH AND OTHER PROTESTANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLs not CONNECTED

WITH CHURCH OF ENGLAND:

General Reports, by-

(13) J. D. Morell, Esq. (in Northern and Eastern Counties)

609

(14) M. Arnold, Esq. (in Midland Counties)

620

(15) J. Bowstead, Esq. (in Southern and Western Counties)

627

ROMAN CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (IN GREAT BRITAIN):-

General Reports, by-

(16) T. W. M. Marshall, Esq. (Southern District)

(17) S. N. Stokes, Esq. (Northern District)

SCOTLAND.

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CONNECTED WITu ESTABLISHED CHURCH:-

General Report, by—

(18) E. Woodford, Esq., LL.D.

683

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NOT CONNECTED with EstABLISHED CILURCH:--:

General Report, by-

(19) J. Cumming, Esq., LL.D.

716

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CONNECTED with Episcopal CHURCI:-

General Report, by—

(20) Rev. T. Wilkinson

726

PRIZE-SCHEMES :--

Special Report, by-

Rev. J. P. Norris, on Prize-Schemes of Mining and Manufacturing

Districts of Cheshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire

733

APPENDIX.

ANNUAL GRANTS :-

Detailed Statement of Annual Grants, conditionally payable in

year ending 31 October 1855, on account of Pupil-teachers (with

names of Apprentices, and month in current year in which

Annual Examination is to be held); also for Augmentation of

Salaries of Certificated Teachers; for stipends of Assistant

Teachers; and for Retiring Pensions

769

CALENDAR OF CERTIFICATED TEACHERS:-

Annual Calendar (completed to 1 January 1855) of Schoolmasters and

Schoolmistresses who have obtained Certificates of Merit; with

Appendix showing results of Examinations at Christmas 1854

881

CALENDAR OF REGISTERED TEACHERS:-

Annual Calendar (completed to 1 January 1855) of Schoolmasters and

Schoolmistresses who have passed examinations for Registration -