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teachers, we have grave doubts whether he understands the capacity 
of the class of persons (the industrial classes) for whom his 
examination papers are framed, or he would not ask them to tell 
him what is the latitude of the mouths of the four largest rivers in 
China! We should like to have the information ourselves, merely 
out of curiosity, for it would not be of much benefit to us if we 
possessed it. 
The heads of the Science Department will do well to encourage 
the Science Teachers’ Association, for the gentlemen who constitute 
it are of the people and among the people, and they combine with 
a large amount of scientific knowledge a thorough acquaintance 
with the wants of the masses. They are far better able to advise 
those who have the disposal of the public money than scientific 
men, however eminent they may be, who are absorbed in their 
theories and researches, and are from their very pursuits unable 
to adapt themselves to the requirements of those whom the 
Science and Art Department is intended to benefit. We recommend 
the Council of the Association to make it as accessible as they can 
to the teachers, many of whom are not wealthy, and cannot afford 
to lay out much money without a tangible return; but if the 
subscription be low enough (and we really see no reason why it 
should be more than nominal), it ought to be, and no doubt will 
be, joined by every Science teacher in the three kingdoms. 
The next Annual Meeting is to be held in Manchester. 
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