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which small farms or cottage gardens, the property of managers of schools, 

 are attached, results fees, not only for the book-knowledge evinced by the 

 pupils, but for {a) the degree of merit which the cultivation of the little 

 farm or garden evinces, and (J)) the practical powers of the pupils as agents 

 in the working of the farms. 



This part of the system is working admirably, and is a vast improvement 

 upon the plan, in force until 1875, of a uniform salary of ;^5 or £10 to the 

 teachers of those schools. The fees for the book-knowledge of agriculture 

 in the ordinary National schools are provided in the estimate for National 

 Education generally. In 1881 these fees amounted to ^^"2,309 14^-. 6d. For 

 the work of the Agricultural Department proper, i.e., for the Glasnevin and 

 Munster establishments, and the ninety-three small farms or cottage garden 

 schools, a separate estimate is presented to Parliament. This year (1883) 

 it amounts to i5"4,030. The expenditure upon model farm.s was greatest in 

 1853-4, when, exclusive of interest on the cost of the farm buildings, it 

 amounted to £12,2^0. 



In conclusion, I should, perhaps, observe that at the Glasnevin and the 



Munster farms ordinary agricultural male students 



_ , . continue to be received for practical and scientific in- 



Lonc usio . struction in agriculture. The number of students in 



each of these institutions at present [i.e., January, 



1883] is:— 



I. Munster school : — 



Last session there were eight students, all residents, and paying 

 £"/ los. for each term of four months. 



II. Glasnevin school : — 



(rt.) Twenty-five free students (resident) who obtained their places 



by competitive examination. 

 (b.) Eighteen students (resident), and paying £'/ \os. for each term of 



four months. 

 (c.) Four students (extern) paying £2 for each term of four months. 



The following analysis of the destination of seventy-one free students 

 who attended the Glasnevin farm since August, 1881, if not entirely satis- 

 factory, is curious and interesting : — 



Land surveyor, valuator, etc. - - - - 4 



Land steward, - - - - - 6 



Farming at home, - - - - - IQ 



Gardener, - - - - - - i 



Herd, - - - - - - i 



Farm labourer, etc., at Albert Institution, - - i 



Engaged in charge of engine at Albert Institution, - i 



National teacher, - - - - - 4 



In normal school for training teachers at Drumcondra, - 2 



Other employment, - - - - - 4 



Emigrated with a view to farming, - - - 12 



Unknown, - - - - - -15 



Died, - - - - - - - I 



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