Appendix referring to Mr. Payne's paper on Primary Instruction. See p. 245. I. GENERAL RESULTS OF INSTRUCTION IN READING, WRITING, AND ARITHMETIC IN GREAT BRITAIN. (REPORT, 1866-7.*) Children of all ages present at the examination Qualified for examination ... 1,287,604 Children over six years of age. Present at the examination, about ... 1,000,000 Failed to pass 139,172 (c) 567,514 Passed the examination Not presented for want of sufficient attendance. Actually unable to pass the examination (a+b+c) ***It appears, therefore, that those who passed in the six standards taken altogether were only about 65 per cent. of those examined, and only about 43 per cent. of the whole number over six years old present. II. RESULTS OF THE FINISHED EDUCATION. Children over ten years of age. The "education" of the great mass of the children ends at ten or eleven years of age, and therefore consists in what they have learned by that time. We see above, that of children over ten (about 28 per cent. of the number over six) examined, about two-thirds (1) pass in one or other of the standards. But as about half of these cannot pass Standard IV., their education for life consists in reading and spelling indifferently, and doing short division sums; while that of the upper half consists in somewhat better reading and spelling, and doing sums in compound rules, practice, or bills of parcels. As, however, these better educated children constitute only one-third of the number above ten examined (65) we conclude that two-thirds leave school furnished only with the barest elements of instruction; that is, that after a school course of at least four years (2748 hours), two out of every three, on leaving school, are found not to have accomplished the object for which the whole system was devised. The machine fails twice as often as it succeeds. 86567 204232 But we further see that as only 15,867 children pass in Standard VI., only about one in sixteen (167) of those who, being over ten, are about to leave school, reaches the topmost round of the ladder; fifteen out of sixteen fall short of it. 1000000 Lastly, we see, in reviewing the results of the whole scheme, that in our schools generally, only 1 in 63 (587) of the children above six years of age is able to pass Standard VI., so that if two such scholars are found in any one school of 63 children, there must be another school somewhere in which the ratio is only 1: 126. * This Report is taken as typical. The ratio between numbers and results scarcely varies more than two or three per cent. in ten years. INDEX. Addresses Opening Address by the Right Hon. Lord Napier and Ettrick, K.T., 1 Jurisprudence and amendment of the law, by Sir John Duke Coleridge, Q.C., M.P., 28 Education, by George Woodyatt Hast- Health, by Dr. H. W. Acland, F.R.S., Economy and trade, by Sir John Bow- Repression of crime, by J. H. Kennaway, M.P., 186 Ace, Rev. Dr. Reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts of England and Wales, 184 Acland, Dr., F.R.S., D.C.L. Address on health-idea of health, 64; typical provisions for health, 66; disease as it affects nations, 68; comparative national health, 78; health administration, 79 Acton, William. A medical midnight mission in the streets of Birmingham, with a view to estimate and improve the moral condition of our inland towns, 381 Agricultural improvement, 96 - labour, 94 by Sir Baldwyn Leighton, Bart., 393; by William Morris, 401; by E. L. O'Malley, 403; discussion, 405 Anthony, Rev. F. E., observations on primary instruction, 254; on the training of teachers, 268 Appendices, 527 Arbitration in the settlement of national disputes, by Thomas Beggs, 434 Arnold, Arthur. Free trade in land, 460 Arthur, Rev. William, observations on primary instruction, 256; training of teachers, 268; secondary education of girls, 273 Atmosphere, means of preserving purity of, by W. J. Cooper, 379 Baker, T. The prevention of disease, 351 Baker, T. B. LI. Is it desirable to adopt the principle of cumulative punishment? 191; the past and future of our dealing with crime, 233; observations on cumulative punishment, 197; industrial day schools, 202; primary aim of punishment, 214 Balkwill, F. P., observations on a court of international arbitration, 126 primary aim of punishment, 216 Ball, William, observations on a court of international arbitration, 126 Bastard, T. H., observations on agricultural labour, 409. Bate, C. Sperce, F.R.S. On scientific education in middle-class schools, 284 Batten, J. W., observations on the evidence of accused persons, 117 Beer, William. The training system in use in the Royal Navy, 312 Beggs, Thomas. Arbitration in the settlement of national disputes, viewed in relation to the events and results of the late war, 434 Bennett, E. M. On the Elberfeld poor law system, 518 Bennett, J. N., observations on agricultural labour, 413 Biggs, C. H. W. Why are the results of our primary instruction so unsatisfactory? 258 Birmingham, a medical midnight mission in the streets of, by William Acton, 381 Books, statistics of, 104 Botley, W., observations on direct and indirect taxation, 390; agricultural labour, 416 Bowring, Sir John, LL.D. Address on economy and trade, 88; national progress, 89; necessaries of life, 93; agricultural labour, 94; art of cooking, 95; recreation of the middle classes, 95; agricultural improvement, 96; emigration, 96; post-office statistics, 97; telegraph messages, 96; savings bank, 97; railway statistics, 99; statistics of crime, 101; reformatories, 101; drunkenness, 102; lunacy, 103; statistics of books, 101; international hostilities, 105; intemperance and vice in the army, 105; phenomena of life, 105; international arbitration, 106; observations on direct and indirect taxation, 389, 392; on agricultural labour, 416 Browning, Lady, observations on industrial day schools, 203; on direct and indirect taxation, 392 Brian, T. C. Is it desirable that defendants in criminal proceedings should be competent or compellable to give evidence in their own behalf, or on behalf of or against others jointly indicted? And is it desirable that the husband or wife of an indicted prisoner should be competent or compellable to give evidence in favour of, or against the accused, or any person jointly indicted? 116; observations on primary aim of punishment, 215 Brick and tile yards, inspection of, by George Smith, 516 Briggs, Thomas. How far ought taxa tion to be direct or indirect? 388 Brown, Joseph, Q.C. Ought railway companies and other carriers of passengers to be liable to an unlimited extent for the acts of their servants? 129; observations on liability of carriers for negligence, 140 Browne, T. L. Murray. On the police cells of London, 217 Bulteel, Christopher, F.R.C.S. The Public Health Act, 1872, with special reference to Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse, 359; observations on sewage poisoning, 318; sanitary laws, 329 Campbell, Hon. Dudley, observations on the evidence of accused persons, 119 Carpenter, Miss Mary. Is it desirable that industrial day schools should be established? 198; on industrial day schools, 198, 203; observations on the secondary education of girls, 272; cumulative punishment, 195; industrial day schools, 205 Charity organization, mendicity, and repression, by Hamilton Whiteford, 228 Charlton, Professor, observations on the training of teachers, 268 Cheap literature, suppression of low, by R. Reynolds Fox, 236 Childs, Christopher, observations on the evidence of accused persons, 118 Cholera and the cattle plague, 375 Clark, H., observations on agricultural labour, 410 Clarke, T. Chatfield. How far does recent legislation render new regulations necessary for the training of teachers in elementary schools? 259; observations on the training of teachers, 268 Cleansing of sewers and purification of sewage, by General Scott, 377 Coates, Miss, observations on the training of teachers, 268 Case-law, 32 Collier, W. F. Punishments in education, 304; observations on agricultural labour, 412 Coleridge, Sir John D., Q.C., M.P. Address on jurisprudence and amendment of the law, 28; law reform, 28; digest of law, 31; code of law, 32; jurisdiction of courts, 35; final appeal-House of Lords, 36; Judicature commission, 41; minister of justice, 42; prospects of legislative action, 44; observations on the evidence of accused persons, 120; court of international arbitration, 128 Collins, Rev. C. M. E. On diminution of the frequency of imprisonment, 221 J. B., observations on the evidence of accused persons, 119 J. H., F.G.S. Remarks upon the mineral wealth of Cornwall, 475 Colonial Question, The, by Edward Jenkins, 142; by F. P. Labilliere, 156; by William Westgarth, 157 Comparative national health, 78 Compulsory labour, substitution of, for imprisonment, by Mrs. Meredith, 235 Rev. Dr. Stock, 121; by M. Dunant, 123; discussion, 125 Cowan, Rev. W. D., observations on industrial day schools, 205; on the primary aim of punishment, 213 Cox, Mr. Serjeant. What ought to be the primary aim of punishment-to deter, or to reform? 207; on industrial day schools, 204; primary aim of punishment, 216 Craigie, Captain. What principles ought to regulate local taxation and administration? 417 Crime. The past and future of dealing with, by T. B. Ll. Baker, 233 statistics of, 101 Cumulative punishment, by T. B. Ll. on Davenport E. G., observations agricultural labour, 433 Dealing with crime, The past and future of, by T. B. Ll. Baker, 233 Digest of law, 31 Devon and Exeter reformatories and industrial schools, by A. H. A. Hamilton, 235 Devonport, The Public Health Act, 1872, with a reference to, by Christopher Bulteel, 359 Diminution of the frequency of imprisonment, with the view of increasing its deterrent effects, by Rev. C. M. E. Collins, 221 Direct or indirect taxation, by E. C. Macqueen, 383; by John Noble, 385; by Thomas Briggs, 388; discussion, 389 Disease as it affects nations, 68 Can a court of international arbitration be formed with a view to avoid war, and if so, in what way? 123 Dwellings of the rural population, 22 Eccentricities of recent sanitary legisla tion, by William Hope, V.C., 376 Ecclesiastical courts of England and Wales, reform of, by Rev. Dr. Ace, 184 Education and employment of the blind, by Miss Paul, 311 female, Objects of, by Mrs. A. Lewis, 310 of females, 310 of girls, 51 proportionate or symmetrical system of, by W. Cave Thomas, 288 Education, scientific, in middle class schools, by C. Spence Bate, F.R.S., 284 Elementary education, 61 Education Act, 4 Education Act of 1870, and the codes, by Rowland Hamilton, 309 Elberfeld poor law system, The, by J. N. Bennett, 518 Endowed Schools Commission, 59 Evidence of accused persons, by Dr. Waddilove, 110; by T. C. Brian, 116; discussion, 117 Exeter and Devon reformatories and industrial schools, 235 Factories and workshops inspection, with reference to brick and tile yards, Female education, the objects of, by Final appeal, House of Lords, 36 tive measures in quarantine as applied to cholera and the cattle plague, 375 Ford, C. R. Observations on industrial day schools, 204; primary aim of punishment, 214 Fowler, R. N., M.P., observations on a court of international arbitration, 127 Fox, R. Reynolds. On the best means of suppressing the low cheap literature of the day, 236 S., observations on direct and indirect taxation, 392 Free trade in land, by Arthur Arnold, 460 Freeland, H. W. On copyhold law reform, 177; observations on liability of carriers for negligence, 139 Fuller, Francis. On the improved utilization of the land, 517 Gore, George, F.R.S. On the present relation of science to the British Government and public school education, 279 Gould, W. Do Tracy. On treatment of prisoners before trial, 220 Greenway, Henry, M.R.C.S. A new mode of hospital construction, 378 Hamilton, A. H. A. The Devon and Exeter reformatories and industrial schools, 235 Hamilton, Rowland. The Public Elementary Act of 1870 and the codes, 309; observations on primary instruction, 253; training of teachers, 267; primary aim of punishment, 216 |