1884.] 
On Technical Education. 
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system that allowed them to teach in the way they consi- 
deied best; but as long as they can display no independence 
of thought in teaching, as is the case under the present 
system, but are obliged to walk and make their pupils walk 
in the paths of Science the Examiner lays down, pupils will 
not pay for the instruction. 
The cost of the efficient inspection and examination I 
ptopose, the travelling expenses of the Examiners, the capi- 
tation fees of the Teachers, would not amount to the sum 
it costs at present for the Permanent, the Occasional , the 
Acting Inspectors, the Director and Assistant-DireCtor of 
Science, the Official and Professional Examiners, the travel- 
ling expenses, and the sum paid for payment on results. 
And by employing Councillors to advise and aid the Minister 
of Education, an ordinary Secretary with a small staff of 
Clerks would only be required at South Kensington ; hence 
another large saving, and to this would be added a large 
saving on stationery and printing. 
It has been announced in the public press that the Evi- 
dence and Report the Technical Comissioners are about to 
issue will occupy five volumes : these may be issued, but if 
the present system remains unreformed they will be of no 
permanent benefit to the country. How and where we 
fail is obvious to those who have given time and attention 
to the subject. It is at all events my objeCt in writing these 
Articles to point out the cause of our failure. 
(To be continued.) 
