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ment. It was felt to be a hardship in such cases 

 that the schools should suffer a pecuniary loss,, 

 when the results were ; or might become, satisfactory, 

 simply because the teacher did not happen to be 

 certificated. To meet this difficulty, a scheme was 

 devised under the patronage and support of the 

 Baroness Burdett-Coutts, with the approval of the 

 Education Department, for grouping a certain 

 number of such schools together within a limited 

 area, with a thoroughly well-trained certificated 

 master over them all, whose duty it should be to 

 visit each school during the week, to superintend, 

 direct, and test the work in various ways, giving 

 advice and instruction where necessary, and gene- 

 rally acting so as to further by every possible means 

 the efficiency of the schools placed under his 

 supervision. One of such tentative schemes was 

 tried in the East Riding, Nunburnholme being 

 one of the five schools chosen for the purpose in 

 the neighbourhood. For five years Mr. Morris 

 acted as general manager of these schools for the 

 Baroness Burdett-Coutts, and engaged the services 

 of a competent master. For two years grants 

 were received from the Government for the schools 

 worked under this system, and the results were, on 

 the whole, very satisfactory. But changes came ; 

 possibly " another king arose " in high places, and 

 Mr. Morris was informed that the grant must for 

 the future not be looked for. This was naturally 

 felt to be a grievance in face of the good results 

 which had taken place through the working of the 



