330 N^W SOUTH WALES. 



Other institutions supported by tlio State, and more or less con- 

 nected with education : 



The Free Public Library. 



Municipal Free Libraries. 



The Australian Museum. 



The National Art Gallery. 



Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. 



Parramatta Industrial School (for girls). 



Nautical School-ship " Sobraon " (for boys) . 



The boys sent on board the " Sobraon " are those whose parents 

 habitually neglect them, or who have been guilty of small offences 

 against the law. They are subject to nautical training and discipline, 

 and receive regular instruction in the same manner as pupils attending 

 Public Schools. The system of treatment has proved itself a most pro- 

 nounced success, a very small percentage of boys taking to evil ways 

 after their discharge from the ship. 



Institutions partly supported by the State : — 



Schools of Arts. 



In nearly all towns of New South Wales Schools of Arts have been 

 established. They receive assistance from the public treasury in pro- 

 portion to the support accorded to them by private individuals. 



Sydney Grammar School. 



This school was established in 1857. It is managed by a Board of 

 trustees, but a portion of the cost is borne by the State. In 1894 the 

 subsidy amounted to £2,299, the number of pupils enrolled was 466, 

 so that the contribution of the Government averaged six guineas per 

 annum per boy. The school is not examined by any Government officer, 

 so that there is no direct way of judging of the merits of the general 

 instruction. Those pupils, however, who proceed from the school 

 to the L^niversity, as a rule, do well, and some take very high places 

 among the competitors for educational honours. 



University of Sychiey. 



The University was founded by an Act of Parliament passed by Mr. 

 W. C. Wentworth, in 1850, providing for the appointment of a Senate, 

 which should have power to engage professors in arts and to confer 

 degrees, after examination, in arts, medicine, and law. 



A piece of land known as Grose Farm, comprising about 130 acres, 

 was given to the Senate in 1855, to serve as a site for the University and 

 fou affiliated colleges. Noble buildings have been erected to furnish 

 accommodation for the University proper. The endowment was origin- 

 ally £5,000 a year. In 1894 it amounted to £14,800. Some large sums 

 of money have been licstowed on the University by private j^ersons, 

 notably \he late Mr. Challis, whose gift amounted to £268,000. The 

 annual expenditure in 1894 was £:J:i,530. 



