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of the income from the penny rate under the Act of 1889, and 

 the additional penny rate under the act of last year. The 

 purposes on which the money is to be expended will be deter- 

 mined by the Department and not by the City Council. 

 As the powers and duties of the Science and Art 

 Department in Ireland and the administration of grants 

 for teaching art and science will be transferred to the 

 new department, the usual result fees and grints hitherto 

 paid are still available, from which we may calculate upon an 

 increase of ^f 1,000, and, if the local contribution from the rates 

 is only id in the £\^ a total income of ^^i 5,000 a year may be 

 calculated upon, exclusive of pupils' fees, provided that the 

 ^55,000 is divided mto two equal portions by the department.* 

 Attention was called to the fact that the " department will not 

 approve of any scheme that is not assisted from money provided 

 by local authorities or from local sources," and that the financial 

 aid under the Act will not be limited to any one institution, 

 and the amount to be given to the Central School will depend 

 upon how far it will be conducted in harmony with all the 

 other local educational agencies. 



Mr. Gray strongly advocated the immediate formation of a 

 composite managing committee, and said that it was shown by 

 the records of Europe and America that when the agencies 

 employed for the management and maintenance of educational 

 institutions are limited to municipal control such institutions 

 are rarely successful, but similar institutions become living 

 realities when they command the liberality and active exertions 

 of individual citizens in their private personal capacity, un- 

 trammelled by the formalities of office. Hence it will be very 

 desirable that a good Composite Committee- should be formed 

 to draft the scheme and carry it into execution, as has been 

 found to work well in all the chief towns of the kingdom, and 

 in the County Council. The appointment of a composite 

 executive committe in Belfast was recommended by the Chief 



*The Department has for the present apportioned ;^20,ooo to the County Boroughs, 

 ;^20,ooo to the Rural districts, and keep in reserve ^ 15,000. 



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