XVII 



ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF THE 

 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRO- 

 MOTION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION 



[1887.] 



MR. MAYOR AND GENTLEMEN, It must be a 

 matter of sincere satisfaction to those who, like 

 myself, have for many years past been convinced 

 of the vital importance of technical education to 

 this country to see that that subject is now being 

 taken up by some of the most important of our 

 manufacturing towns. The evidence which is 

 afforded of the public interest in the matter by 

 such meetings as those at Liverpool and New- 

 castle, and, last but not least, by that at which I 

 have the honour to be present to-day, may con- 

 vince us all, I think, that the question has passed 

 out of the region of speculation into that of action. 

 I need hardly say to any one here that the task 

 which our Association contemplates is not only 



