bThe slight difference between this total and that given in the text is explained by the fact that the statistics were taken at different dates in the year and also by the omission of a few schools in the table. CHAPTER IV. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN 1892.1 GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.. Constitutional Monarchy. Total population (census 1891), 37,879,285. a University, exclusive of the colleges. Whitaker's Almanac (1893) gives a total of £200,187 as the combined income of 19 Oxford colleges and £305,061 as that of 17 Cambridge colleges. b The number of students given in the Commissioner's report for 1889-'90, vol. 1, p. 563, is much too small; the figures there tabulated were taken from "Minerva," which in its recent edition has cor. rected the mistake. c Calendar 1892-'93. d Calendar 1891-'92. 1By A. Tolman Smith, specialist in English and French school systems. ED 92 -7 97 |