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REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE, ETC. 



totals naturally include most of the courses already enumerated in the 

 Table quoted on p. 306. 



An interesting point here is that the demand for Science classes varies 

 as between one district and another, e.g. : 



The comparatively high percentages in Scotland and the East Midlands 

 are noteworthy, also the low percentages in London, South Wales, the 

 South-East, and West Midland districts. 



It may be of interest to note the classes in natural sciences at the evening 

 institutes and colleges (i.e. classes for people engaged in some occupation 

 in the daytime, who attend classes organised under schemes for technical 

 or part-time education). These classes are conducted by Local Education 

 Authorities under the Regulations for Further Education. 



Expressed as percentages, these figures show that 4 per cent, of the classes 

 (having 3 per cent, of the total students) are in natural sciences. The 

 Science subjects taken are : 



