ON THE TKAClIINt; Of SCIE.Ni K I.N j;i,i:>[ENTAUY SCIKJOI..- 



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lii'port of the. Ctnaiiilttee, cDiislsliu;/ of Dr. .1. H. (Ilakstonk 

 iSecretari/), Mv. William Siialn, .Mr. Stki-iikx JioLKNi:, .Miss 



liYDLX 1)K('KKI{, Sir .loilN l.ri'.LOCK, IhirL, Dr. II. W. CltossKK^-, 

 Sir IIlmiv K. J\oscoi;, .Mi'. .Iamhs JIiivwuod, (t)ul Professor N. 

 SroiJY .Maskklynt, apijolntcd for (he puvpo-se of coiilliin !ii<j tJic 

 ■iiKjii'iricK rpJalnxj h> Ike i('aclih)<j of ScUnice iii ElcmcDhii'if 

 Hchouh. 



SiNi i; tl'.c I'cappointiiHMit of your Cominiltco at Soniliport no legislation 

 alli'cliiiy; tlu! tuacliiny' ot sciciieo in eleniciihiry scjliools lias taken place, 

 iiiul it is yet too early to estimate tlio whole iiillucnco ol" tlic Ediieation 

 ("ode of 18i-!2 in that resjiect. Some indications, however, liave been 

 giitlicred from the l!liio-i»0!ik and from some of the hiri^'o IJoards. 



The lirsi eifeet of the ehany;i; of Cud(! npon the teacliing of science is 

 shown in the return (if the Mdueation Department for this year; but as 

 the tabulated statements only extentl to AuL;'ust ol, ISSo, they eoiitaiii 

 uicroly the results of those examinations that were? made of schools whicli 

 caiiie under th(> new ("ode between 7\pril 1 and Auynst 1, If-'S^, or about 

 'JS per cent, of the whol(\ Tlio following conclusions may be drawn : 

 1st. Klemeiitary science was taken up by scarcely any schools e.vaminccl 

 (lui'Iiii^ thcsi> months, the number of departments that took it up as the 

 sciMiiul class subject being only 15, while :),98S took up geography, 1,(M-}- 

 ffijirls) needlework, and lli history. It must be remembered that 

 ut'ogiaphy is more scientitic than it Avas before, but needlework is rapidly 

 displacing it; in girls' schools. 'Jnd. The exclusion of the Fourth Standard 

 from instruction in sjiecilie subjects has reduced the number of scholars 

 so taught by .")(;•(( per cent. : but the remaining -io'I- per cent. — that is to 

 say, the children in Standards V., VI., and \'l I. — do receive a lar^'cr pro- 

 jiortion of .scicntilic teaching. TIk^ actual number of children examined 

 during these four months in the mathematical and scientiOc speciti(r 

 subjects is given in Column I. of th(! following table; Column II. gives 

 tlie estimated number who would have been examined under the old 

 Code; Column 111. the number of those who would have been above 

 Standard JW 



SuLji'i-l-. 



Al.ii-el.rn .... 

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 .Mi'r]i;uiics, f^clienie A. 

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 .\niinal I'hy.sieloL^y . 

 Ilnlaiiy . . ' . 



.\i;ric'ulture (jiriiieiiiles nt) 

 Chemistry 



Sciimd, Liulit, anil ticat . 

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700 



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Comjiaring Columns I. and II., it will be seen that the actual number 

 cxaniiucu in these subjects is not much less than would have beeu 



