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the Science and Art Department, and present themselves at the usual 

 May examinations in chemistry. 



For every pass in the elementary or advanced stage a payment of 21. 

 for a first class and 1/. for a second class is made, subject to a deduction 

 of 4s. if the same pupils have within the previous six months been 

 examined and have obtained grants through the Whitehall Department 

 for chemistry as a specific subject. 



For honours 4L and 21. for a first and second class respectively are 

 granted. 



In pi-actical chemistry the following grants are made : — 



21. and 11. for first and second class elementary respectively 

 Bl. „ 21. „ „ advanced ,, 



4Z. „ M. „ „ honours „ 



The conditions are : — 



(a) That the teacher is qualified as above. 



(l) That he has given at least 28 lessons during the session. 



(c) That each candidate has received 20 lessons. 



(cl) That the candidate does not present himself in more than two 

 subjects. 



Stringent conditions are also made as to laboratory accommodation 

 and the provision of apparatus, and grants are made for these purposes. 



The teaching is under the inspection of the South Kensington in- 

 spectors, who are only four in number. They are assisted by ' acting 

 inspectors,' consisting of officers of the Royal Engineers, who may inspect 

 classes in the neighbourhood where they are for the time stationed. Such 

 inspection is, however, as a rule, merely ' statistical ' as to apparatus and 

 laboratory fittings. 



The syllabus of the examinations which regulate the teaching are too 

 well known to need repetition here. They have been much improved in 

 recent years by the ci'eation of an 'alternative first stage,' consisting of a 

 course of chemistry of common things. 



An outline of suitable experiments for illustrating the courses, drawn 

 np by Sir Henry Roscoe and Dr. Russell, is issued by the Department for 

 the guidance of science teachers. 



Organised Science Schools. — The teaching of chemistry in elementary 

 schools is further influenced by the Science and Art Department by 

 means of 'organised science schools.' Under the regulations of the De- 

 partment the scholars of an elementary school (provided that it is not 

 receiving aid from the Whitehall Department on their account) may be 

 formed into an organised science school. For this purpose a course of 

 purely scientific instruction (with the addition of drawing) is laid down. 

 The course includes substantial instruction in chemistry. 



For the pupils of such schools who register 250 attendances on the 

 full course, and pass in one subject proper to each year, a capitation grant 

 of 10s. is made in addition to what may be earned at the usual May 

 examinations. Payments are not made for more than four years. The 

 conditions are somewhat different for evening schools. 



'Organised Science Schools' exist in some largo towns, as Birming- 

 ham, ]Manchester, Leeds, Brighton, and Middlesborough, the total number 

 in the country being twenty-three. 



Statistics. — The following statistics show the number of pupils receiving 

 instruction in chemistiy in classes registered under South Kensington, 



