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already been made in educating the public both in methods and subjects, but a 

 good deal more remains to be done. •„ , •, 



It may be expected, for instance, that the registration of teachers ■will lead to 

 increased" efficiency in secondary schools, and that the would-be teacher, fresh 

 from college, will not get his training by practising on the unfortunate children 

 he may bt"told oil' to teach. It may also be expected that such increased efficiency 

 will have to be vouched for by the thorough inspection which is now made under 

 the Board of Education Act, bv the Board, by a university, or by some such 

 recoo'nised body. It again may be expected that parents will gradually waken 

 up to the meaning of the teacher's register and the value of inspection, and that 

 those schools will flourish best which can show that they too appreciate the 

 advantages of each. ... 



I have to crave pardon for having failed to give an Address which is in any 

 way sensational. I have thought it better to review what has been done in the 

 past within my own knowledge, and with this in my mind I cannot but prophesy 

 that the future is more than hopeful, now that tlie public is beginning to be 

 educated in education. It will dtmand, and its wauls Avill be supplied. 



APPENDIX. 



Number of Schools of Science and their Grants. 



' In 1902 124,300;. was paid. 



Nitmher of Schools teaching Shortened Course of Science. 



Year No. 



1902 127 



1903 184 



Number of Laboratories recognised. 



Grants paid for Science Instruction. 



