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which 437 acres were for recreation grounds, 140 acres for 

 sewage farms, and 123 acres for burial grounds and cemeteries. 



Local Authorities in Scotland {Technical Education}, 190 1-2. 

 [Lf.C. 159.] Price jd. 



This return indicates that the total amount of the residue 

 grant paid to county councils, burgh councils, and commis- 

 sioners of police burghs, in Scotland, in respect of the year 



1900- 1 was ,£79,449, of which ,£56,1 10 was allocated to pur- 

 poses of technical education, and ,£23,339 to the relief of rates. 

 Out of the 33 county councils 22 applied the whole of the grant 

 to technical education, and 7 a part of it, while 4 applied the 

 grant wholly to the relief of rates. Of the 206 burghs and 

 police burghs, 54 applied the whole and 73 a part of the residue 

 grant to technical education ; 79 applied the whole to relief of 

 rates. 



No amount was applied to the building or maintenance of 

 science and art schools, art galleries, or museums out of the 

 local rate under the Public Libraries Acts. The total amount 

 available for purposes of technical education during the year 



1901- 2, including balance in hand, contributions under Sec- 

 tion 2 (5) c. of the Education and Local Taxation Account 

 (Scotland) Act, 1892, bank interest, &c, was £77,7 33, and the 

 total amount expended was ,£58,407, of which ,£13.577 was 

 handed over to Secondary Education Committees. 



Technical Education {Application of Funds by Local Authorities). 

 [H.C. 200.] Price is. yf. 

 This return shows the amount spent on technical education 

 by local authorities in England and Wales— with the exception 

 of five which have made no return — during the year 19O1-2. 



