BOYS EDUCATIONALLY CONSIDERED. 
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BOYS EDUCATIONALLY CONSIDERED. 
ABSTRACT OP A LECTURE BY MR. CHARLES JAGO, F.R.G.S. 
(Read February 21st, 1884.) 
This subject was treated under the following heads : 1. Boys of 
the past — What has been done for them 1 2. Boys of the present 
— What is being done for them] 3. The future of our boys — 
their field of labour. 
In conclusion the lecturer observed, "What to do with our 
boys " is now become a question of great national and social im- 
portance. The last census report classifies the population under 
their several occupations : 
647,000 are in the professional class. 
1,804,000 „ domestic „ 
980,000 „ commercial „ 
6,373,000 „ industrial „ 
14,787,000 „ unoccupied „ 
Are our boys being fitted for these occupations 1 Will they as 
future men be able to compete on equal terms with their fellows on 
the Continent and in other parts of the world 1 These are ques- 
tions not easily answered; and the ominous number of 14,787,000 
entered as unemployed, coupled with the statistics of the rapid 
growth of our population, points pretty directly to the cause of 
anxiety for our boys' future. It is stated that where our population 
has increased 30 per cent., the national wealth to support that 
increase has risen 100 per cent., which would account for better 
paid and more regular employment. 
But the increase during this century from 153 persons per square 
mile to 446 in 1881 conclusively proves that, in spite of the emi- 
gration of millions, the population is outgrowing our island, and 
must eventually go abroad and extend that Greater Britain beyond 
the seas, where class distinctions are little heeded, if only the immi- 
grant has sinews of strength, heart of oak, and brains of proper 
calibre. 
