68 Technical Education* 



They had been told that it would be unfortunate for it to be 

 connected with the Town Council, inasmuch as they would be 

 swamped with rates, but the Act providing a penny rate was 

 passed for the purpose of limiting the rate to a penny, though 

 of course he knew there had been efforts to make the rate two- 

 pence. He thought, however, that it would be unfortunate if 

 they were permitted to tax the ratepayers in this way, because 

 it would have the effect of checking voluntary efforts and con- 

 tributions. With regard to having one building, he certainly 

 would not go in for swamping all the others into one institu- 

 tion. His idea was to have a central building containing the 

 necessary appliances for the other institutions which would 

 gather round the museum, and that the municipal committee 

 should be the directing authority, having their central building 

 equipped with such appliances, apparatus, models, examples and 

 diagrams, as may be necessary to aid and stimulate the efforts 

 of any or all the schools or classes established throughout the 

 town for the promotion of any form of Technical Education. 



