

THE CITY OF SYDNEY. 



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THE ENTRANCE TO A STA IK SCHOOL 



weather, and to admit also of classes being held 



out of doors. In addition to the public schools 



the Roman Catholics have also several excellent 



private schools. 



Under the care of the Government there is 



also a large technical school, in which most of 



the lectures are delivered in the evening. This 



institution, previously supervised by a board, is 



intended to give instruction to artisans, especially 



the young, in the theory as well as in the practice 



of their respective trades. More than a thousand 



students are already in attendance at the different 



classes, and the number is rapidly increasing. In 



place of the cumbrous premises used at present, 



which are for the most part rented, and since the 



Department of Public Instruction has assumed the 



sole control, there is being erected a large and 



commodious college fitted with all the most ad- 

 vanced and modern scientific and educational 



appliances. This institution will occupy a central site at Ultimo, a suburb immediately 



adjoining the Railway Station, and within five minutes' walk of the suburban trains. 



The Government has also a High School in the city, close to Hyde Park. Admis- 

 sion is by examination ; the education is not gratuitous, but the fees are low. The 



school is intended principally for the more 

 promising children from the public schools, and 

 is intended to facilitate their preparation for the 

 University. The public Grammar School is on 

 the opposite side of the Park and adjoins the 

 Museum. It gets from the Government the use 

 of the building and an annual endowment of 

 fifteen hundred pounds ; it has accommodation 

 for four hundred boys. The situation is con- 

 veniently central, but the premises, though 

 largely altered, are old-fashioned, and the area 

 for recreation is limited. As an educational 

 institution this school has been very successful, 

 and has sent to the University many prizemen. 

 The Sydney Public Library, which has 

 recently undergone complete and thorough reno- 

 vation, is at the corner of Bent Street and 

 Macquarie Street. The institution was originally 

 a private subscription library, which embar- 

 rassed itself by an undue expenditure in 

 A STATE SCHOOL CLASS-ROOM. building. The Government took the property 



