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House-wifery School. 



Housewifery Schools. 



Of these we have 



38 public housewifery schools in the country districts, 



!4 in the towns, 



16 private mostly in the towns. 



Total 68 housewifery schools. 



The public housewifery schools in the country districts are owned 

 and carried on by the County Councils. Some of them are entirely in- 

 dependent schools, some are combined with the agricultural schools and 

 some with the continuation schools. Most of them are full boarding- 

 schools and the victualling is at the expense of the counties. 



The public housewifery schools in the towns are owned by the 

 town-council. They are as a rule not boarding-schools but the pupils 

 eat one or two meals in the school and live at home. 



All public housewifery schools have a grant of three-fourths from the 

 state under somewhat the same regulations as the agricultural schools. 



The private housewifery schools have a grant from the state under 

 different regulations from those applying to the public schools, and the 

 grants do not constitute so large a part of the expenses as in the case 

 of the public schools. 



The most of the housewifery schools have courses of about 5 

 months, but of late the tendency has been to make the courses longer 

 (10 months). Some of the schools in the country districts have, how- 

 ever, longer courses, up to i year, while some have shorter courses, 

 down to 3 months. 



