764 Notes and Correspondence. [ Oct., 
“ Queen’s Medals,” (as these rewards are termed,) to successful com- 
petitors at the Annual Examinations; but, for the names of these, we 
must refer our readers to the published Report of the Department. 
From the last Report it appears that the number of Science 
Classes, Teachers, and Students is on the increase, and it was our 
intention to devote an article in our present number to the question of 
the extension of Science instruction as it is undertaken by the State— 
to the relations, in fact, of the Department of Science and Art to the 
community at large. 
The Report has, however, been so recently issued, and so many 
grave questions are involved, that we must for the present defer the 
consideration of the subject. 
We hope, however, shortly to be able to deal with the matter in 
an impartial spirit, and all communications which we may receive 
from Science Teachers, or the promoters of Science Classes in regard 
to the working of their Schools, or the operation of the various 
“Minutes” which have from time to time been issued by the Com- 
mittee of Council on Education, will receive our earnest consideration. 
Such communications will enable us to arrive at correct conclusions, 
and to reflect the opinion of a large body of hard-working-men of 
Science, who, as far as we know, possess no other suitable medium for 
the expression of their views on matters connected with their material 
interests. 
