BY THE ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION. 799 



progress of the extension of the city, has become very- 

 valuable. 



1562. {Marquis of Lansdowne.) The endowments are not 

 either from Congress or from the State in which the insti- 

 tution is situated ? — In the case of Columbia College, the 

 grant was from the State of New York ; and in many other 

 cases the States furnish aid to the universities. 



1563. I think you said that in the primary schools the 

 cost of education depended upon the regulations of the 

 individual State ? — Yes, in all cases. 



1564. Are you aware that elementary science enters into 

 their course in any of the States, or in any of them more 

 than the rest ? — No, I am not familiar with the amount of 

 teaching in the different States. I have not paid sufficient 

 attention to that subject, but, as Professor Huxley remarks, 

 the great sale of scientific books, and the higher instruction 

 given to teachers would lead one to sifppose that a good 

 deal of scientific instruction is given, although it may not 

 be necessarily required. 



1565. I think you said that there was a government officer 

 called the Commissioner of Education. I presume that 

 there would be some record in his department as to the dif- 

 ferent kinds of education given in the different States ? — 

 Yes, I think by application to him when I return I might 

 get the statistics, and I will forward the statement to this 

 Commission if it is required. 



1566. {Chairman.) Does Congress exercise any control 

 over the application of the funds dispensed by the Smith- 

 sonian Institution ? — No. 



1567. The only connection between Congress and the In- 

 stitution is that a certain number of Regents are appointed 

 from the House of Representatives and the Senate ? — But 

 these Regents are responsible to Congress for the conduct 

 of the Institution. 



1568. Are you in the habit of making any annual returns 

 to Congress of the manner in which the funds have been 

 applied ? — Yes, an annual report is made, and that would 

 form a pamphlet a little larger than this before me, and, in 

 order to take advantage of the liberality of Congress, an 

 appendix is added to this report, consisting of translations 

 from foreign journals, of semi-popular information such as 

 would be important to the teachers of the country, and to 

 meteorological observers. About 15,000 of these reports 

 are printed at the expense of Congress, and about 4,000 are 

 given to the Institution for distribution amongst teachers 



