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Table J 12.—Summary op Expenditure by the Government on Manual and Technical Instruction during the Year ending 31st March, 1915. Capitation— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. AT=v,, lc .i;„ot,„„ti„r. J Publio-school classes .. .. 30,329 0 0 Manual instruction .. 1 0 , , , . ,'... „ „ ( Secondary-school classes .. 1,678 0 0 32,007 0 0 ( Special classes .. .. .. 9,005 0 0 m v ■ i ■ Associated classes .. .. 8,629 0 0 Teohn,oal lnatruot,on Day technical schools .. .. 18,854 0 0 { College classes .. .. .. 2,053 0 0 38,541 0 0 Free places at classes other than those at day technical sohools .. 6,522 0 0 . 77,070 0 0 Subsidies on voluntary contributions— Manual instruction .. .. .. .. .. 193 0 0 Technical instruction .. .. .. .. .. 5,427 0 0 .. 5,620 0 0 Home-soience bursaries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,142 0 0 Grants— Buildings, equipment, and rent— « Manual instruction .. .. .. .. 3,205 0 0 Teohnical instruction .. .. .. .. 20,572 0 0 23,777 0 0 Material for teohnical classes .. .. .. .. .. 2,093 0 0 25,870 0 0 Railway fares, Ac.— Instructors of classes .. .. .. .. .. 2,023 0 0 Students .. ... .. .. .. .. 340 0 0 Free pupils .. .. .. .. .. 2,117 0 0 Publio-sohool pupils attending manual-training centres .. 4,566 0 0 .. 9,046 0 0 Examinations— Soience and art, Board of Education, London .. .. 66 0 0 Technological, City and Guilds of London Institute .. 409 0 0 .. 475 0 0 Inspectors— Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 957 0 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. .. 171 0 0 .. 1,128 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 800 120,359 0 0 Less recoveries (examination fees, &c.) .. .. .. .. .. 178 0 0 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. '£120,181 0 0 * This total inoludes £8,270 from national endowment revenue. The total expenditure by the Government by way of oapitation, subsidies, and grants was for manual instruction £35,405, and for technical instruction £73,155. The expenditure for the previous year was respectively £35,290 and £64,198.

Table J13.—Science Examinations of the Board of Education, London, and the Technological Examinations of the City and Guilds of London Institute, 1914.

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Subjects of Examination. Number of Entries. Number of Passes. Science Subjects. 3 Practical geometry and graphics —Lower Practical mathematics- —Lower Theoretical mechanics, solids—Lower Machine construction and drawing—Lower .. Applied mechanics (materials and structures) —Lower Applied mechanics (materials and structures) —Higher Applied mechanics (machines and hydraulics)—Lower Heat engines—Lower Building-construction —Lower Building-construction —Higher Magnetism and electricity —Lower 3 2 1 15 18 1 13 8 25 6 13 5 13 7 2 19 3 3 Totals, 1914 105 55 Totals, 1913 ,. 70 ni