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education has either been entirely neglected, or who have received but 

 a smattering of learning. As their stay at school must at least be brief, 

 they ought to confine themselves to the subjects of reading, writing, and 

 arithmetic or, as they are sometimes termed, the three R's as taught 

 under the system of education in national schools under Government 

 inspection. 



Closely connected with the success of a night-school are the terms and 

 rates of payment. Inasmuch as the pupils are dependent upon weekly 

 wages, they should be allowed the opportunity of making weekly pay- 

 ments, as they feel more directly the value of the instruction they receive 

 when thus identified with their contributions. All experience has 

 proved that much larger payments are made at shorter periods than at 

 long ones. The rates of payment ought to be within the reach of all, but 

 not so low as to make the education given undervalued. 



