260 



KEPOET 1889. 



largely for the small amount of chemical teaching, but this is also attri- 

 buted to the fact that chemistry is not of the same relative importance in 

 London arts as in those of other large towns. 



At the annual examination in 1888, 341 pupils passed in chemistry as 

 a specific subject out of an average of 51,214 boys and girls in attendance 

 on one or other of the fourteen ' specific ' subjects, or a total of about 

 420,000 children on the school registers. 



In the evening schools chemistry is taught on the lines of the South 

 Kensington syllabus, but only to a very slight extent, the number in 

 attendance not exceeding 100 in 1887-8. 



In the pupil-teachers' schools chemistry is also taught according to 

 the syllabus of the elementary or alternative elementary stage of South 

 Kensington. 



II. Chemistry in Birmingham Board Schools. 



In the thirty-four Birmingham Board schools, with an average atten- 

 dance of 38,000, all boys receive instruction in ' Elementally Science ' in 

 Standai'ds V. and VI. Thus 2,700 boys leai'n mechanics, 550 magnetism 

 and electricity. 2,200 girls learn portions of chemistry and physiology 

 under the name of Domestic Economy. The instruction is given by a 

 peripatetic demonstrator and four assistants, who give a lesson once a 

 fortnight to each school. The lesson is recapitulated by the class-teacher, 

 and the children reproduce it in a composition. 



The teaching of chemistry as a distinct subject begins in a central 

 Seventh Standard school, in which there are 200 scholars, with a head- 

 master and five assistants. 



In May 1887, at the South Kensington examinations, 110 scholars 

 were presented in theoretical inorganic chemistry, of whom only seven 

 failed ; in practical inorganic chemistry 112 were presented, 17 failed. 



III. Chemistry in Manchester public elementary schools. 



(From a return issued by the Manchester Branch of the National 

 Association for the Promotion of Technical Education.) 



Day schools : 



Chemistry as a ' specific ' subject. 



Board Schools .... 

 Voluntary Schools 



Total . 



i 



159 scholars. 

 5 „ 



164 



Chemistry as a science subject (under South Kensington). 



