Technical ^ducdtion in AgriciiUure. Ill 
general taxation of the country. If tlie grant had been placed to the reduc- 
tion of rates alone, the question would arise whether Parliament would con- 
sider itself justified in iraposing a new taxation upon the community to 
reduce the burden upon the ratepayers. It is impossible to say what answer 
Parliament might make to such a question ; but if this grant should be 
applied to the establishment of important educational work which would be 
beneficial to the whole community, it becomes almost morally certain that 
it would be incumbent upon any Government that might be in power at the 
time not to deprive the local authorities of the grant. AVe are, therefore, 
justified in suggesting to Local Authorities that it would be a shortsighted 
economy to apply the grant solely to the reduction of the local taxation. 
The best way of securing the fund will be to see that it is used for the 
purpose for which it was originally granted, by stimulating existing institu- 
tions in the work which they are now doing, by adding a scientific and 
practical side to schools, and providing new schools where such do not now 
exist. 
Public Funds applicable to Agricultural Education. 
The sources from whicli moneys applicable to purposes of 
agricultural education may be derived are varied. In the fii'st 
place, moneys come direct from the Treasury,' from which source 
certain sums of money are allotted to University Colleges. In 
so far as the normal instruction in these colleges is given to the 
agricultural student, to that extent must the Treasury grant be 
regarded as applied to agriculture. The Treasury further sub- 
sidises the Scotch Universities. A possible source of considerable 
revenue is now also to be found in the Education Department. 
In England the Privy Council, under the New Code of Educa- 
tion, permits of instruction being given in agriculture to children 
in village schools, and it also permits of the establishment of 
evening classes in agriculture. In Scotland the Education 
Office supplies the sinews of war through the Scottish Educa- 
tion Department. Then, again, there is the Science and Art 
Department, South Kensington, which assists agriculture 
through its ordirfary Science Classes. It also aids agriculture 
through the medium of Training Colleges for teachers, one of 
the alternative subjects which teachers in training may take 
being the Principles of Agriculture. It further assists agri- 
culture through the Normal School of Science, now a part of 
the Royal College of Science. Another and distinct source is 
afforded by the Charity Commission, which has control of 
endowed schools, and several of these endowed schools are occu- 
pied at the present time in improving the quality of their 
' Under the operation of the Intermediate Education (Wales) Act, 1889, 
the Principality is in advance of England. Sec the Manual on Intermediate 
and Technical Education (Wales), by Thomas Ellis, M.P., and Ellis Griffith. 
