The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-19 00:00:00

£907 18 10

Amount received on account of
the High School, and the Pre-
paratory School attached to it £3569 17 6
Expendedin teach-
ers' salaries and
Books
Salaries & accounts
not yet paid 502 5 3
£3229 4 2

£340 13 4

Leaving to the credit of the Institution.. £1248 12 2

In the last report your Committee stated that the debt
then owing on the building amounted to £1500; since that
time the Committee, with considerable exertion, raised and
paid off the sum of £977 ; but, in consequence of the rapid
increase of the Lower Day School, your Committee was
obliged to fit up and furnish the entire of thr basement story
for its accommodation. Additional rooms had also to be
prepared and fitted up for the High School, and the Pre-
paratory Department attached to it. These additions, added
to the expense of building a wing to the eastern side of the
Institution, has caused an outlay of nearly £1500., making
the debt on the building amount to upwards of £2OOO.
The Directors have made arrangements for raising the sum
of £l5OO. by mortgage on the building, for the purpose of
paying off a portion of the debt, the remaining £5OO. they
hope will be obtained from those who may become Life
Members or Donors to the Building Fund. The Directors
recommend their successors to use their utmost efforts to
pay off this small balance of the debt without infringing on
the annual income, upon the judicious management of which
the increased efficiency, welfare, and permanence of the In-
stitution depends.
The report then proceeded to give a very detailed account
of the different departments of the institution. The EVEN-
ING scnooLs have been increased during the year from
nine to fifteen separate departments, giving instruction daily
to 560 pupils. The mathematical department has increased
from 151 to 202 pupils ; and an additional mathematical class
of 30 pupils has been recently formed. The mechanical draw-
ing class consists of 47 pupils ; the landscape and perspective
drawing classes of 160 pupils. The classes for architectural
drawing and descriptive geometry have been remodelled, and
placed under the care of Mr. John Smith. The figure and
ornamental drawing and modelling classes had been languish-
ing from the deficiency of casts and models. The committee
therefore resolved to erect a sculpture gallery, for the recep-
tion of casts from the Elgin Marbles, and such other appro-
ved ancient and modern statues as could be procured. The
building of the sculpture gallery has been contracted for, and
will be ready for the use of the-pupils immediately after the
midsummer holidays. The hope of so soon obtaining these
advantges has operated powerfully on this department,—an
increase in the number of pupils from 26 to 40 has taken
place. The ornamental painting department has increased
from 25 pupils to 36. A class has been formed, for affording
instructions to our shipwrights iu the principles of naval ar-
chitecture. The English and writing departments, have in-
creased from 71 to 117 pupils. The chemical class consists
of 40 pupils. The philosophical class consists of only 10
members. The French class consists of 40 pupils. The extra
fees in this class have been reduced from £1 Is. to 10s. 6d.
A class for the study of the German language has been esta-
blished. It has not yet been numerously attended. In closing
the report on the evening schools the committee regret the
late and irregular attendance of many of the students ; and
they allude to the great importance of these schools, as a
means of obtaining at a cheap rate, knowledge of a high and
varied character.