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impetus to the labours of teachers and students, such as the founders of 
the scheme never anticipated ; for there are no limits to the good work that 
it might originate and accomplish. 
Let it be our endeavour, then, to give to it that publicity which we 
consider so desirable, and to indicate the mode in which those who have 
not yet been made acquainted with its existence may participate in its 
advantages. 
“ The Department of Science and Art is now the constituted machinery 
for giving State aid to certain branches of instruction in Art, and in 
certain definite subjects of Science.”* 
These subjects are : — 
I. Geometrical Drawing, &c. 
II. Mechanical Physics. 
III. Experimental Physics. 
IV. Chemistry. 
V. Geology, Mineralogy, &c. 
VI. Zoology. 
VII. Botany. 
VIII. and IX. Navigation, Nautical Astronomy, Physical 
Geography ; 
and the State grants pecuniary aid to teachers who have passed an ex- 
amination in these branches of Science at South Kensington, and have 
obtained a certificate of competency, as well as valuable and honourable 
prizes (elegantly bound books, medals, &c.), to successful students, in 
whatsoever manner they may have been educated, — that is to say, whether 
by certificated or uncertificated teachers, or by self-tuition. The aid to 
certificated teachers consists of “ certificate allowances,” and “ payments 
on results,” the first-named being a sum of money for each pupil 
taught (up to a certain number) ; and the second, a further sum for every 
pupil who obtains a prize, the amount being regulated by the nature of 
the prize, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd class, and limited only by the teaching 
capabilities of the master, and the numbers and industry of the students.f 
The prizes of the last-named, known as “ Queen’s Prizes,” consist of 
the scientific works of Owen, Faraday, Lyell, Tyndall, Carpenter, &c., or 
the more popular ones of Gosse, Darwin, Rymer Jones, Lardner, and 
others ; and besides these they may, by greater assiduity, obtain “ Queen’s 
Medals,” of gold, silver, or bronze. 
We cannot enter further into details, and must conclude this portion of 
our subject by stating that the examination of teachers takes place annually 
at the South Kensington Museum, London, about the middle of November, 
the State defraying the travelling expenses (including cost of living in 
* This extract is from a lecture delivered at the South Kensington 
Museum, February 4, 1861, by Captain Donelly, R.E., Inspector of Science, 
“ On the Promotion of Science Instruction, by the Department of Science 
and Art.” — It may be obtained by applying to Henry Cole, Esq., C.B., 
Secretary of the Science and Art Department, South Kensington. — 
Price 2d. 
t As regards the income to be derived by teachers from Government 
grants, we believe that it ranges from £20 to £100. 
