218 REPORT 1861. 



At the first examination for teachers in November 1859, shortly after the publi- 

 cation of the first minute, 57 candidates came up, of whom 43 were successful 

 taking 65 subdivisional certificates. The next year, 1860, 89 candidates came up • 

 75 were successful, and 121 subdivisional certificates taken. 



If the successful candidate holds an Education-Depai-tment certificate, he is paid 

 on that also in addition to the certificate of the Science and Art Department. The 

 teacher obtains the certificate payments in the following manner : — The classes are 

 examined once a year (see below, Public Examinations) ; and then for every pupil 

 of the artisan class who passes such an examination as will qualify the examiner in 

 reporting that his instruction has been sound, and that he has benefited by it, the 

 teacher receives £4 of his certificate allowance. The artisan class is broadly defined 

 as including all who are in the receipt of weekly wages, and then- children. A 

 pupil on account of whom paj-ment is claimed must have received forty lessons at 

 least from the teacher since the last examination at which payments were claimed 

 on his account. 



A conmiittee must be formed of at least five well-known persons in the neigh- 

 bourhood, who have to give the necessary vouchers that certain conditions have 

 been strictly complied with. Thus, then, for a teacher to obtain the fuU benefit of 

 his certificates, including those from the Education Department, at least a quarter 

 as many students of the industrial classes must pass at the May examination (see 

 fom-th head of inquiry), in one or more subdivisions, as his certificate allowances 

 amoimt to pounds ; if more pass, he receives no more payment under this head, but 

 if less, then for every one under, £4 less. 



2. Public examinations. 



In order to test the efficiency of the instiniction, on the proof of which alone the 

 payments are made to the teacher, an annual examination is held in May simul- 

 taneously all over the kingdom, an evening being fixed for the examination in each 

 subdivision of the seven subjects. 



It is conducted by the conmiittee previously mentioned, to whom the examination- 

 papers for the pupfls in each particular subdivision are sent. 



The results of these examinations are classified by the professional examiners of 

 the department imder three heads, in lists which are published. 



1. AU those who have^jossec? in each subdivision of a subject, — the standard of 

 attainment required being low, and only such as will justify the examiner in re- 

 porting that the instruction has been soimd, and that the students have benefited 

 by it. 



2. From among those who ^j««sef7, those who attained a degree of proficiency 

 qualifying them for the Ist, 2nd, or 3rd-clfT8s Queen's prize. 



3. The six most successful candidates in each subject throughout the United 

 Kingdom, if the degree of proficiency attained be sufficiently high to waiTant their 

 being recommended for Queen's medals. 



The Queen's prizes consist of books to be chosen by the candidates from lists 

 furnished for that purpose, and are imlimited in number. 



The Queen's medals are — one gold, two silver, and three bronze, in each subject 

 for competition, throughout the United Kingdom. 



At the last examination in May there were just 1000 papers, and of these 725 

 were passed, and would qualify- the teacher for pajmient if they were of the indus- 

 trial classes and had received forty lessons ; 310 of these received Queen's prizes, 

 59 Ist-class, 100 2nd-class, and 151 3rd-class, while 4 gold, 21 silver, and 16 bronze 

 medals were awarded. 



Although payments to the teacher are made only on pupils of the industrial 

 classes, others are not excluded from examination. Any person may present him- 

 self or herself, but the local committee is permitted to charge a fee not exceeding 

 2s. Gd. to cover the expense of gas, &c. Such candidates are eligible to receive 

 Queen's pi-izes. 



3. Payments on prizes to certificated teachers. 



Besides the above payment on certificates to the teachers, there are other pay- 

 ments which are not limited in amoimt, as in the case of the certificate allowances. 



For eveiy pupil of the industrial classes who obtains a Queen's prize, the teacher, 

 if he is certificated and has given the pupil 40 lessons, receives a payment — £3 if 

 the pupil obtain a first-gi-ade Queen's prize, £2 if a second, and £1 if a third. 



