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proposed you to me as a colleague I had little hope that you 

 would give up your valuable time to the task. I was never 

 more rejoiced than when you consented, although I only 

 knew then how much character your reputation would give 

 the Commission. Since that time I have learnt that your 

 loyal support as a colleague and your advice on all matters 

 of business have been almost of equal value as your ability 

 as a man of science. 



I have repeatedly and again to-day told Mundella my 

 feeling on the subject, and I shall be delighted if he finds 

 some way of showing you that the Government are as sensible 

 as I am of what you have done for the Commission. 



Yours faithfully, 



B. SAMUELSON. 



With regard to the preparation of the Report a 

 most difficult and tedious task had I not invited 

 several members of the Commission and our indefatig- 

 able secretary to visit me during my summer holidays, 

 on more than one occasion at Graythwaite, on Winder- 

 mere, it would, I believe, never have been licked into 

 shape. Here we worked steadily at it, and at the finish 

 Mr. Swire Smith, Mr. Magnus, and myself gave the 

 last touches to our recommendations at Sir Bernhard 

 Samuelson's country house in Devonshire. After the 

 publication of the Report, several of the Com- 

 missioners made it a part of their duty to popularise 

 the various matters brought forward, and to make the 

 conclusions and recommendations arrived at widely 

 known, by addresses and speeches delivered through- 

 out the country either on the inauguration of schools 

 or on the occasion of the distribution of prizes. I 

 was not behind my colleagues in this missionary work, 

 and in the ten years which succeeded the work of the 

 Commission I addressed audiences in the following 

 places: 1882, at Burslem ; 1883, at Manchester, 

 Torquay, Bradford, and Dundee; 1885, at Keighley, 

 Manchester, Chester, Nottingham, and Liverpool ; 



