The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-09
EDUCATION ~ AUSTRALIA.
liberal Appropriations for Schools Mad
nv fhe

liberal Appropriations for Schools Mad
by the State.
The large item Of the state expend.
iture in New South Wales represent the
annual cost, SO far as the government
of that colony is concerned, of educa-
ton, science and art; and it is notice
able that, notwithstanding the strength
of the democratic element in the
colonial legislative assembly, the state
expenditure for such purposes is rarely,
If ever, objected to. The amounts ex.
pended during 1894 were as follows:
Public instruction, e675,o69; Sydney
grammar school, 1880; Sydney uni
versity, 920.59s; affiliated colleges,
CLASS; st. Andrews College building
fund, 6 1914; Women's college, $500;
Sydney observatory, e4,o46; free pub
lie library, G 9,572; Australian museum,
e 5,744; National art gallery, e5,0e1,
Art Society of New South Wales, G 500;
Royal Society of New South Wakes,
G 500; Linnean Society of New South
Wales, C 100; New South Wales ZoOlog-
ical society, 500; Field Nat;ralists'
association, 6 30; Royal Geographical
society, 6 81; board of national inter
changes of state publications, 6 400;
Imperial institute C,ondon), e1s;
revision of lists of New South Wales
fishes, aS7; official history of New
South Wales, e1,304; work ON New
South Wales orchards, 6 100; in aid of
various educational institutions,
eS,0S0; maps for Mechanics institute,
SIS; miscellaneous, 4,061; forming a
total of e 741,37s.
In addition, sum of 6 1916 fer works
in connection with the Sydney Tech
meal college, and another of 1000 for
public school buildings were voted from
the loan estimates, the whole represent
ing over G75o,CO0 expended for pun
poses connected with the intellectual
advancement of the colony. In proper
ton to the population and amount of
public revenue, the state expenditure In
this direction in New South Wales is
larger than in any other country; but
it does not represent the whole cost of
the various institutions mentioned, as
several receive extensive support from
private sources. Thus, the total cost Of
the Sydney grammar school during 1894
was e9.o43, of which only e2,3oo was
betrayed by the state. In like manner
the annual expenditure of the Sydney
university exceeded the amount of
state assistance by G 1894. From this
it will be seen that the liberality exer-
cised by the state does not tend to dis
courage, but rather to stimulate, pTi-
vate endeavor. There are in the colony
17S schools Of art, 81 mechanics insti-
tutes and literary institutes, each Of
which is entitled to a government sub
Bidy of 6 1 for every 6 2 raised by sub
scription, and of e 1 for every 6 raised
for building purposes.
In connection with these institutions
Is library for the use of members, for
the colonists are reading people; not
only have the various townships and dis
tricts their own local papers, generally
well edited and maintaining a high
moral tone, but immense numbers of
British and foreign newspapers, maya
zines and other publications are i'm
ported weekly, and find an immediate
The works of British an-
thors are most largely in demand. In
the Sydney free library the improved
tastes of the general COM
munity is illustrated by the character
of the works lent to readers, the classifi-
cation OF which during 1894 was as fol-
lows: literature and coll
lected works, 22,t35 volumes; prose
works of fiction, 1921 volumes; peri
odical and serial literature, 1904 vol
umes; natural philosophy. science and
The arts, 1871 volumes; history, antiqui-
Iies, etc. SASS volumes; biography and
1910 volumes; mis- |
7,665 volumes. It will be |
seen that, contrary to the rule in many !!
British free libraries, works Of fiction |
termed less than one-fifth of the vol |
lmes issued, fact in accordance with |
he experience of previous years.-St. |
Louis Globe-Democrat.