72 Education as connected with Agriculture. 
Four weeks' Housekeeping Account, from November 5 to December 3, 1861. 
£ s. d. 
Baker .. .. 1,552 lbs. bread 1115 4 
Miller .. .. 140 lbs. flour 13 0 
Butcher .. 1,055^ lbs. meat 26 1 11 
Brewer .. 36 gallons beer 1 16 0 
„ .. 64 gallons cider 2 0 0 
Coals .. .. 75 cwt 4 13 9 
Dairy butter and esgs 4 5 2 
„ .. 133 quarts of milk 0 11 6 
Grocer .. 14§ gallons of oil, &c. &c 10 18 6 
Green-grocer .. potatoes and vegetables .. 3 19 . 4 
Sundries 1116 
Washing 2 18 
Wages 6 18 0 
£ s. d. 77 5 8 
43 bovs, four weeks at 8s. .. 68 16 0) r , 1( , ft 
3 masters „ 10s. .. 6 0 0) '* 10 
6 servants — i 
52 total. 
21. 19s. 8d. excess on our average, but this included 2?. charged to head 
master for a private party. 
1055j lbs. of meat consumed by fifty-two persons in four weeks, being 
36 j lbs. less than I lbs. for each person per diem. 
1692 lbs. of bread and flour, ditto, being about 1| lb. for each person 
per diem.* 
Remarks by the Editor. 
A few words of explanation gathered from the Appendix to 
Lord Fortescue's Book may be of service, and first it may be 
remarked that the scheme contemplates the creation of 300 
shares of 25/. ; therefore 75 such shares are still to be disposed 
of; if these should be taken up the mortgage and loan might be 
paid off, and a balance of 900/. remain in hand. 
It appears that the aggregate of the boys' payments from the 
first to the end of 1863 nearly balances the outgoings for salaries 
and board ; but for the year 1863, the boys' payments exceed 
" Salaries" and " Board" by nearly 114/. In 1863 there were 
50 boarders ; the present year starts with 60. 
The records of this institution show how it has gradually 
moulded itself on the requirements of the times and the 
dictates of experience ; and in this point of view it is interesting 
to compare its existing financial position with the scheme 
* Mr. Brewer, steward to Earl Fortescue, examined these accounts from 
Aug. 15 to Dec. 31st, 1801, and certified that, allowing 9/. 10s. for extra expense 
at the opening of the new buildings, the expense for board, service, and washing 
averaged 8s. per week for each boy, and 10.?. per week for each master. 
