The New York herald., 1870-02-08

legislative Information The documents are, accord.
ing 70 routine, dated almost full year back
blue book, containing the annual report ol the
Cominttee OF Council on Education Tor Inc year
sol-9s. has been published for the Information OF
farllanenL From this document IL appears that
during the year TO winch report refers there aad
peen an increase on the return OF me year preYousN
III the number OF schools or departments OF scAoois
actuaily inspected amounting 10 l,ooo, ana ~ .uc
nnmDer OF children amounting 10 lo3aso. lbere
was also Increase OF 1s2 cerihcated teachers loo
assistant teachers ana 5ds pupil teachers the aver
age attendance OF day pupils at schools IN Enslahu
ana Wales actually inspected aud aided with grants
ioi ioi their maintenance during tho past year Was
slosl which IL only AZ per cent OF the population,
roughly estimated, and 1t thus appears that 81 every
eleven children Of laborlng classes at SCHOOL the
average numoer OF those attending III the past
year was about iour. further examination shows
that out OF every 100 children present day 22.3
disqualified either by age or the number or attend
ances lor individual examinations; that OF the re-
naming III the number actually presented for
examination was o6.3 and OF those Wbo passed
without failure In any one OF the subjects 42.s
Inc House OF Commons olnces cost total or
toaoos, or an increase OF fI9 the estimate Tor
the year lso7-6s. Tue Chairman Of Committee OF
ways ana Means receives a saary Of II 500: the
OF the Speaker E2 3S5, and that or the serseantat
Arms 81, so3 sum Of fI2 600 is required Tor VIII
nesses attending committees, OF 60 600 Tor shorthand
hand writers OF Tue House or Lords; OF "a 800 FOR
roads or sl 100 Tor fuel and lights ana Or 500 Tor
Incidental expenses, which includes f2Jo for pest
age: There are M rory,nine % persons employed IN The
parliamentary paper shows that IL appears rom
1 the bank weekly return that In the year ending
with June, 1865, the amount or Bank ot England
notes held by the public varied RON f21 $4,000 III
lhe middle OF December TO f24 994,O00 Ia the middle
| Of october. ana the bullion held varied from
| Els, e94, 900 IN May TO s23 4yy 900 in October.
When last previously noticed the monthly statement
OF british paupeilsm showed that there were $4,000
persons on the relief lists of England and Wales;
mat was tle number Ut Lady Day, 1868. AT the end
| oi May, according TO the Poor Law Boards recent
| account, there were 935 900 paupers IN receipt OF
reei, excluding paupers IN lunatlc asyluns ami
| grants Hence $4,000 must nave returned 10 the
rtQ nh IN INA ~ anfA AtrlNa md Ma
| Nevertheless the recipients Of relief are.n0w
| numerous tnan tney were In May, 1860 1867. fhe
| number or paupels Az the end or May, 1906, was
s4s,sIs May 1907, 800, 256 May, 1868 5l7. Com.
pared Win 1855 we are relieving 9GODO compared
Win ieb. "a, 900 more than we did AZ those dates.
| Ihe return showing tne expenditure rom the poor
rates on ln-inantenance and outdoor relief III Eng
lana and Wales In the hall year ending ut Lazy Day
lats, states tuat IL amounted to H. i6d-Nil,
flsS35l Tor n.nalntenance aud II. s3s lis for out
door relef.oeinS an increase OF e.S per cent over
the expenditure IN The corresponding hail OF 1867.
\ sCoTLAND's REPORT.
At the request OF the Scottish Association for Dlf
I fuslng Information on Important Social questions
paper on ''scotiands Danger and Duty, as seen III
| tae Iignt OF Pauperism and the Poor Laws,n was
Notwithstanding he sci out hy saying all that had
been stated to the contrary by poor law ofcias he
believed the tendency oi the poor law OF lss5
| loster pauperisn and 10 degrade the poverty
stricken. In the year ending litn OF May, 1858, no
lever than 243,8al persons were returned by the
| Board or supervision as having received parochial
| reeT, ana making u deduction or l7,as6 for those
| who mad been entered rs casual paupers more taan
|
sons wno had been actually relieved 10y the parocna
| boards during last year-a numbcr cons slGrabiy
larger than the population Of Edinbnrg and Leith,
or Ia tie proportion OF one 10 every thirteen aud
naf OF The entire population OF Scotland.
From the annual accounts OF the Clyde Trust. u
appears thar the trade OF the port OF Glasgow mas
been IN a nourlsn!ng condition. From the Isl OF
July, 1867 to the 3oth OF June, 1900 the revenue
yielded by the port amounted 10 Gli3 SO lis ID as
compared with Ei3ls92 H. Co. for the year previous
leaving balance III favor OF lod76s IL 3l3 las.
As the ordinary expenditure amounted 10 only
l q III n III
i295s9 los. Id. large snare oi this Increase Is due
to me ioregn trade there having Ueen an increase
IN imports from foreign countries Of 073 tons and
| IN exports OF $500 TONS fne coastwse imports
increased 4s7o TONS but the exports -
! tons. During the year 3,71l sailing vessels. o
4s2, l6s tons, entered the harDor, compared with
S'32 vessels OF 44o 40 tons, In the previous sear
or steam vessels there were during tue wear H. 43
arrivals, representing l,334, ,453 Tons being al IN
crease OF 277 vessels ana 81, ,5i7 tons over s yea.
return.
| Taz COLONIAL EMPIRE OF BRITAIN.
There are forty.eight colonies unuer the British
Crown. They lie scattered throaen every degree .
| attude and Longitude, through every zone, iron
the Falkland Islands IN the far south TO the froze
regions Of British North America within the Arctl
Circle. They are OF every age, constitution an
| physical condguration. There IL Newfoundian
which she has ne!d Tor three centuries. There
Queensland, which she mas settled within ten year.
There ~ Gibraltar with iLs strict military rule, an
Victoria with a constitution az democratic AZ tina
or the United States. There are the snow wastes !
Labrador and the ''cinder heapn OF Adel; The syic
groves OF Ceyion ana she fur trappsr's run IN tb
| HUDSON Bay Territory: there 10 the Iort eSs .
Malta and the plantations Of jamaica III. conti n
/ OF Australia and the rabbit warren OF aen.o ana
There are colonies which have been settled peace
ably, colonies which nave been cenei 10y treaty
colouies which have captuated In war. There ar,
colonies for planters ana colonies for con-
/ vets, co,Onie3 for sheep breeders and co o.
! aies for soldiers These torty-elsh, cots mes
may be arranged IN Elk groups Europe
| which includes Gibraltar. Malta ana ae.lgoIano ;
| Asia, which comprises Ceyon, Hong Kong, Ac
straits Settlem ,ats and Labuan; Africa, BY whIcd
| they include the settlements the est coast lie
Cape ana Natai, and the Islands Of st. Heieua and
| Mauruus; British America, when comprehends
| Bermuda, British Guiana and the talk aad sla l.
10 adcnon TO tnat great dominion whica stretch IS
! rom Newfoundland 30 vancouver islana; lhs WesI
Indies, by WHICH are meant not only the ands bu,
also honduras; AND Australia, wn!ca consists Jl
Australia prorer and New Zealand
1 JRIsH-AnERiCAS VIEW.
Or the present condition Of this yast outside en-
pire an Irish raGca! ..rreconclaben has Iuss writ
ten thus
Some vaunter has said tina. the sun never acts or
| the British emplr3 Ihs historian or the present
| time viii have to modify she hoass Il WI! 81 cl
hfu 10 record that the sun never sets eA diaanec
tlGa tD the British empire az Will Dc seen. ILcrS
Ia
Disafection In irelani
/ Disanectiou in lnaia,
| Dlranection IN AUSTRALASIA,
Usalection IN canada and
I HI5anaCttgl "A the Cane q Good