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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

The following table shows the numbers of graduates and of non-graduates on the staffs of the various schools, inclusive of the head-master or head- mistress : —

, Men Teachers Women Teachers Attached Visiting Attached Visiting Gradu- ates Non- Gradu- ates Gradu- ates Non- Gradu- ates Gradu- ates Non- Gradu- ates Gradu- ates Non- Gradu- ates Boys' Schools. Girls' Schools. Mixed.Schools. 4,165 35 205 3,285 85 587 545 829 42 2,410 2,590 358 117 1,534 150 925 10,472 1,782 107 401 14 471 3,885 326 Total. 4,405 3,957 1,416 5,358 1,801 13,179 522 4,682

For inspection and examination of secondary schools in "Wales and Monmouthshire there is under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act of 1889, an Intermediate Education Board of 80 members, appointed by the Councils of the Counties and County- Boroughs, the school governing bodies, and other bodies interested. The number of schools examined in 1897 was 80, bein<y 19 for boys, 19 for girls, 36 dual, and 6 mixed. The number of pupils exarnined was 6,427, of whom 3,007 were girls. By virtue of the Act of 1889 rates are levied, the proceeds of which are available for the endowment of Intermediate Schools, and the Treasury is empowered to pay to each of the counties and county-boroughs a sum equal to the amount provided by the rates within their respective areas. The Exchequer contributions under the Local Government (Customs and Excise) Act of 1890 have also in Wales been almost entirely applied to Intermediate Education. In Scotland, the burgh schools of various names, grammar schools, high schools, &c. , are administered by the school boards. There are also endowed schools and schools under private management which give secondary educa- tion. In 1898 83 schools were under inspection, 31 of them being under school boards, 25 endowed schools, and the remainder under private management. There 'were 16,262 candidates for leaving certificates, .5,022 being from 76 higher class schools, and the remainder from higher departments of state-aided schools. The total receipts of the 29 higher class public schools in the year ended 15 May, 1897, amounted to 99,942Z. ; this included income from endowments, school fees (32,792Z.), loans (19,711Z.) and contributions from burgh or other funds. For Ireland there is an Intermediate Education Board, with a yearly income of 38,982Z. in 1897, besides local taxation revenues, amounting to 50 842 Z. Its functions are to examine all candidates who present themselves. In' 1897 9,605 students (7,182 boys and 2,423 girls) presented themselves for examination, as compared with 8,711 in the previous year, and 6,952 in 1881. In 1897 results fees, amounting to 48,870Z., were paid to the managers of 367 schools. In connection with the Government Science and Art Department there were in 1897, in addition to classes in ordinary schools for science and art education, 2,424 science schools, with 197,796 pupils. The number of art schools and classes was 1,849, and the number of students 146,720. The Parliamentary