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to £1 7 175., according to the number of evenings they are 
employed assisting at examinations. 
Organising Teacher in Science, at £1 is. per 
diem, or £2 2 s. when delivering a LeCture... £350 
The following belong to the Art as well as the Science 
Division : — ] N 
Professional Examiners, paid by day and 
for piecework £10,400 
Inspectors of Schools ... ... ... ... 1,865 
Occasional Inspectors at £2 2 s. and £3 3s. per 
diem, and Acting Inspectors at £1 is. per 
diem, and one Inspector who is also Lec- 
turer in the Normal Science School at £750 
a year 4,800 
Lecturers paid by the LeCture, and grants in 
aid of the Instruction of Science Teachers 
at Provincial Colleges ... ... ... 500 
Travelling : — 
For General Administration, Schools of Science 
and Art, Circulation, Exhibitions, and Col- 
lections of Local Schools, and South Ken- 
sington, Bethnal Green, and India Museum 6,420 
Temporary Clerks, Copyists, &c. ... ... 8,700 
We will add one or more items in the Science division : — 
Payment on Results Science Schools... ... £49,500 
Payments to Local Secretaries and Assistants 1,500 
Payments to Special Local Secretaries and As- 
sistants ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,800 
Science grants and prizes 4,600 
To give an entire list of the multifarious items would, I 
am afraid, make it unreadable to most people ; but I think 
1 have given sufficient to show that this worse than worth- 
less system costs the country yearly a very large sum of 
money. If the system I propose was adopted, the items I 
have given, and many others, would be abolished, and the 
money that would be expended would be expended in a 
healthy manner. The teachers would be paid by capitation 
fees, and they would be encouraged to look to the fees of 
their pupils as a part of their salary ; and good and efficient 
teachers would secure paying pupils if they were under a 
