ON THE TEACHINa OF SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 167 



however, met with little approval, and was withdrawn in July along with 

 several others. 



The reason generally given why legislative and executive changes 

 have not been made during the year is that the Government is waiting 

 for the Report of the Royal Commission on the working of the Elementary 

 Education Acts of England and Wales. Since the Manchester meeting 

 the Royal Commission have published another volume of evidence, and 

 an analysis of the whole ; but they have not yet finally settled their 

 recommendations. 



In the meantime public opinion has considerably ripened upon the 

 subject of scientific and practical education. This is evident by the 

 earnest manner in which it is now discussed by politicians and teachers, 

 and in the columns of the periodical press. 



Appendix I. 

 Technical Schools (^Scotland) Act, 1887. 



Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, 

 in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 

 as follows : 



I. This Act may be cited as the Technical Schools (Scotland) Act, 

 1887, and shall in so far as consistent with the tenor thereof be construed 

 as one with the Education (Scotland) Acts, 1872 to 1883. 



II. This Act shall commence to have effect in each parish and burgh 

 in Scotland from and after the next ensuing triennial election of a school 

 board therein respectively, and shall apply to Scotland only. 



III. (1.) A school board may pass a resolution that it is expedient 

 to provide a technical school for its district, and thereupon may, subject 

 to the provisions of this Act, provide such a school accordingly, and pay 

 the expenses of providing and maintaining the school, including the 

 expense, if any, of providing tools, apparatus, and drawing and other 

 miaterials, in so far as the same remain the property of the school board, 

 out of the school fund. The subjects to be taught in the school shall be 

 such as may from time to time be approved of by the Scotch Education 

 Department. 



The school board shall fix the school fees to be paid for attendance at 

 each technical school under their management, and such fees shall be 

 paid to the treasurer of the board, and a separate account shall be kept 

 of the amount of the fees derived from such school, and it shall be lawful 

 for the school board, if they see fit, to pay to the teachers of a technical 

 school the fees derived from such school, and to divide the same among 

 them as the school board shall determine. Any deficiency which may 

 exist on the technical school account shall be payable out of the school 

 fund provided under the Education (Scotland) Acts, 1872 to 1883. 



(2.) If the resolution is not confirmed as hereinafter mentioned, it 

 shall not be carried into effect, and shall not be again proposed until the 

 expiration of not less than twelve months. 



IV. A resolution of a school board, as in the last section mentioned, 

 shall be of no effect unless and until — 



(1.) It is confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the school board held 

 after the resolution has been published in the prescribed manner, and 



