The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-03 00:00:00

THE EPUCATIUN GRANT.

The vote about to be taken for public education in Great
Britain during the current year (£842,119) is the large-st
ever granted; and the vote for Ireland will raise the entire
grant this year to more than £1,100,000. The estimate is
framed according to the old code, and every school ad-
mitted to aid before July next will receiVe its next grant
as if the system had remained unchanged ; but schools ad-
mitted to aid after July will fall under the revised code,
and it is fair to add that this causes a charge of £13,501)
which would, under the old code, have belonged to next
year, because while the grants to pupil-teachers \info not
payable at the time of their admission, the new grants ob-
tainable for the examination of the scholars in reading,
writing, and arithmetic will have to be paid at once for tilt)
year ending at the date of inspection. In Great Britain
in 1861 the grants for building amounted to £99,506 to meet
£207,043 voluntarily subscribed, and additional school
accommodation was provided for 47,103 children. The
pupil-teachers increased from 15,535 to 16,277, and the snm
of £301,826 was paid to them, or for their being taught—at
sum which brings the expenditure upon them since 1859 up-
to more than £2,000,000. The capitation grants, from 3s, to
6s. on children attending school 176 days, amounted in
1861 to £77,239, and the vote now to be taken is to be
£86,000 ; the payment was made on 316,226 children, being
4215 per cent. of the children attending 5,199 schools—an.
increase of 64,220 children that year. The sum of £1,177
was paid in respect of 5,656 scholars above 12 years old
attending night schools (connected with day seh,olS under
inspection) on 50 nights. The number of certificattvl
teachers in charge of schools at the end of 1861 was 8,698,
an increase of 987 over the previous year; nearly £130,0004
was paid in direct augmentation of their salaries, and the
vote proposed this year is £142,000. The number of
students in training colleges increased 21, and was 2,847 at
the end of the year; the vote is £lOO,OOO, as before..
Small grants are made (£1,600 will now be voted) for in-
dustrial departments of common elementary schools having
land, kitchens, laundries, or work rooms attached to them.
Uncertified ragged schools are also aided, but the grant
is to be reduced to £2,500. The total number cif
elementary day schools visited by her Majesty's in-
spectors in 1861 was 7,705, and school-rooms under sepa-
rate teachers 10,900; and there were present 1,023,690
children—an increase of 65,758 over 1860. Adding 32,4-81
children inspired in 442 Poor Law schools, and 6,226 in.
67 of industrial schools, the total number of children was
1,066,207. Of the £813,441 expended from the public purse
upon the schools of Great Britain in 1861, £495,471 went
to schools connected with the Church of England, £7B 353
to those connected with the British and Foreign School So-
ciety, £37,775 to Wesleyan schools, £32,787 to Roman Ca-
tholic schools in England and Wales, and £2,408 in Scot-
land, which latter country also received £53,393 for schools
connected with its Established Church, £38,829 for Free
Church schools, and £6,052 for Episcopal Church schools.
The establishment in London and the inspection cost
£67,185.

COUNTRY .31A1KL S.

WAKEFIELD—MAY 2
The wheat trade is very dull, and although a decline of
is per quarter from the prices of last Friday would be con-
ceded, millers buy very sparingly. Barley in favour of the
buyer. Beano, oats, and dialling fully as dear.