The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-19 00:00:00

IV. EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND ART.

The aggregate of the fourteen votes in this class is
722,812/. while that of 1853 was only 598,423/., and
that of 1852, 470,762/. The principal votes are the
following—
(1.) Public Education i❑ Great Britain.—For this

object 263,0001. is the amount proposed. The total
amount to be expended (including as its largest item
130,0001. for the annual stipends of pupil teachers and
gratuities to their instructors) is 343,3731. ; but a
balance in hand is taken as applicable to the diminution
of the estimate. .

(2.) Public Education in Ireland.—The vote pro-
posed is 193,0401. the largest item being 92,0001. for
salaries to teachers of national schools. There is an in-
crease, but not a very large one, on the votes of the last.
two years.
(11.) British Museum.—For this establishment the
vote is 55,2251, nearly the same as those of 1852 and
1853 ; but a charge of 101.1421. for buildings occasions
an excess of about 78,0001. in the total required for the
current year. The principal item is 61,0001., as the
amount required for the erection of a building within
the quadrangle of the Museum, for the purpose of
affording increased accommodation.- For " cases and
all other fittings" the additional sum of 25,0001. is asked,
making the total charge under this head nearly 160,0001.

v. COLONIAL, CONSULAR, AND OWED FORRIGN
SERVICES,.

Under this class 17 votes are included. The tot 44

asked for the current year is 333,4601., and as that
voted in 1852 was 369,318, there is a decrease ic.if
3,858/. On comparison with the vote of 1852 thete it
also a decrease, but not of equal magnitude. The Civil
establishments provided for by this vote are principally
situate in North America, the West Indies, AfricO.
Australia, and China ; but the salaries of all consuls and
the extraordinary expenses of ministers at foreign Courts
are also included. The amount charged for the Consular
service is 156,8651., and there has been no great varis-
ti on in recent years. There is a trifling increase at St.
Helena, but considerable reductions are to be notioed
almost all the other colonial establishments, owing to the
transfer of charges to local revenues. In the case of
New Zealand, the vote, which was 10,0001. in 1852,
and 5,0901. in 1853, has now wholly disappeared, and
the estimate for Western Australia is rapidly dind-
nishing.

EICAPrTULATION.
1852-3. 1853-1 1854.5.
Clams I.
Class 11 ..
Class 111.
Cl ass IV
Class 'V 309,318 ... 347,321 ... 333,4
24,445,738

Total 13,7r37,918 £4,171,984
liiervi,e estonnt.-s fear the current year :
Comprire,l with 1552-3 V67,820
2;3,751
C;.mpared with 1853 4

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THE 'WEATHER AND CROPS.—The wheat crop; in the
neighbourhood of York appear strong and healthy,'
but oats and barley, which were 8,1%V11 late, in conse-
quence of the drought, are backward, and on the higher
lands some of the barley does Lot look very promising.
Potatoes also are back ward : a large bra adth has been
planted with this esculent this year, having taken the
place of chicory, which used to be extensively grown in
this district, but is now being abandoned, on account .of
the reduction of the duty on the foreign-grow, root.
Meadow land, under good manarzement, looks well, and
promises a heavy crop, but seeds and artificial grasses
are very scanty and bare. The price of both beasts and
sheep has lately advanced in York market, the former
from 6d to 9d. per stone, the latter_
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TioSrTOthcKe BeehNdKeise.
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opera-
tion in about six weeks from this date
an-
other step has just been taken by which Meanwhile
a considerable
amount of bank-note circulation is eoonomised, the daily
balances due among
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various private banks being now
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of bY balk-notes, the Bank of England, instead