TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. Ill 



Sunday Schools. 



Manchester and Salford 17 per cent, of the population. 



Rutlandshire 16 



York 12 



Liverpool 6 



Day and Evening Schools. 



York 17 per cent, of the population. 



Rutlandshire 15 



Liverpool 13 



Manchester and Salford 10 



There are as many endowed or charity schools in Rutland as there are 

 parishes, but the majority are not superior to dame and common 

 schools, and in two thirds of the number no books are provided. 

 The teachers are generally of irreproachable character ; and the dame- 

 schools, in quiet, cleanliness, and orderly habits, afforded a very gra- 

 tifying contrast to the schools of the same class in Manchester and 

 Liverpool. Industrial education was very limited, but the girls were 

 generally found sewing or knitting, and in many schools the boys 

 learned to knit. The attendance of pupils is very irregular, as they 

 are frequently detained to assist in farm labour at seed time and har- 

 vest. Out of 53 parishes, 46 have Sunday schools : the teachers are 

 generally paid, and are most frequently masters and mistresses of day- 

 schools. There is, however, a great want of systematic visitation. 

 Good school-books are much wanted ; and though the teachers are 

 generally moral and respectable, they are not so systematically trained 

 as to be fit to impart a good education. 



Contributions to the Educational Statistics of Birmingham, by a Local 

 Committee. Read by Francis Clark, Esq. 



Mr. Clark stated, that a local committee had been formed to inves- 

 tigate the statistics of the borough of Birmingham, preparatory to the 

 meeting of the British Association ; but that in consequence of several 

 unfortunate circumstances, and particularly the recent riots, which had 

 engrossed the attention of the more active members, several heads of 

 inquiry had been abandoned, and the information on others was 

 meagre and imperfect. A Report on the general state of Education 

 in Birmingham, prepared by Mr. Wood, agent to the Manchester Sta- 

 tistical Society, was found to be incomplete, and was, in consequence, 

 withheld by the committee*. The Educational Returns presented by 

 Mr. Clark comprised, 1. A return of the numbers, arrangement, and 

 standing of the boys in the Free Grammar School of Edward VI. ; 

 2. A return from the Blue Coat School ; 3. A return from the Park- 



* This return was prepared for the Birmingham Statistical Society of Edu- 

 cation. It has been recently published in the London Statistical Journal, 

 (April, 1840,) with the sanction of a General Meeting of the Society. 



