284 



REPORT — 1884. 



examined under the old Code, when the Fourth Standard was included ; 

 but the number of girls who have taken up domestic economy is 10,800 

 less. If we compare Column I. with Column III., which embraces the 

 same Standards, it appears that double the number of children have 

 passed in these mathematical and scientific subjects. This is, no doubt, 

 mainly due to the fact that English literature and physical geography are 

 removed to the category of class subjects. The great gain has evidently 

 been to the study of algebra, that subject and Euclid being taken up by 

 about eleven times as many as previously took up mathematics. Animal 

 physiology and botany have also largely increased. Mechanics is about 

 the same, while of the new subjects magnetism and electricity has 

 proved itself the favourite, while agriculture, chemistry, and sound, light, 

 and heat follow in order. The only subject that has actually lost ground 

 is domestic economy, which is no longer obligatory in girls' schools if a 

 specific subject is taken. 



The following table gives the number of passes in specific subjects 

 made by the London School Board children in 1881-2, and in 1883^. 

 The second column gives the estimated number of those that were made 

 in Standards above IV., corresponding to Column III. in the previous 

 table. 



Subject 



Algebra 



Euclid and Mensuration 



Mechanics 



Animal Physiology. 



Botany ... 



Agriculture (principles of) 



Chemistry 



Sound, Light, and Heat 



Magnetism and Electricity 



Domestic Economy 



} 



Totals 



1881-2 



Standard IV. 

 and upwards 



213 



48 



8,667 



534 



9,597 



19,059 



Over 

 Standard IV. 



101 



23 



4,094 



252 



4,533 



9,003 



{ 



1883-4 



3,113 

 139 

 165 



5,657 

 686 

 299 

 198 

 179 

 825 



3,478 



14,739 



The following information has been furnished from the Manchester 

 School Board : — 

 I. Class subjects. 



