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Anniversary Meeting. 



[Not. 30, 



1st. Tlie establishment of a central technical institution for instruc- 

 tion in the application of science and art to productive industry. 



2nd. The establishment of trade and technical schools in London 

 and in the country. 



3rd. The development of technical education by mears of examina- 

 tions held at the Central Institution, or at other places. 



4th. To assist by means of grants existing institutions in which 

 technical education is being promoted. 



5th. To accept gifts, bequests, and endowments, for the purposes of 

 the Institute. 



The Institute is supported by subscriptions from sixteen of the City 

 Companies, of which the largest contributors are the Mercers, Drapers, 

 Fishmongers, Goldsmiths, and Clothworkers. 



The Institute has been in active operation not much more than a 

 year, and during the last six months the work of the Institute has 

 developed considerably in each of its several departments. These 

 may be considered under the following heads : — 



1. Technical Instruction. 



2. Examinations in Technology. 



3. Assistance to other Institutions. 



1. Since November last, courses of lectures and laboratory instruc- 

 tion have been given in the temporary class rooms of the Institute, at 

 the Cowper Street Schools, under the direction of Professor Arm- 

 strong, E.R.S., and of Professor Ayrton. The subjects of instruction 

 have included Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, with special refer- 

 ence to their industrial applications ; Fuel, Electro-depositions of 

 Metals, and Photographic Chemistry ; General Physics, Steam, Elec- 

 trical Engineering, Electrical Instrument Making, Electric Lighting, 

 Weighing Appliances, and Motor Machinery. 



During the term ending July last, the number of tickets issued to 

 students, most of whom belonged to the artizan class, exceeded three 

 hundred. A considerable accession of students is expected as soon as 

 the building in Tabernacle Row, the plans of which are already 

 settled, shall be erected. This building, which is estimated to cost 

 £20,000, will provide accommodation for schools of Technical Physics, 

 Technical Chemistry, and Applied Mechanics. Many of the day 

 students at these classes are pupils of the Cowper Street Schools, and 

 it is hoped that, by adapting the course of technical instruction to 

 be given in the College to the wants of these boys, a very complete 

 technical school for the children of artizans will have been established. 



The evening lectures and laboratory instruction, which are more 

 advanced and more special, are attended very largely by external 

 students, for whom the present temporary accommodation is already 

 too limited. 



At Kennington, schools have been established in which practical 



