§ SIR JOHN GORST (Cambridge University)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether the Board of Education will institute an examination into the physical and mental condition of samples of children taken from London schools, similar to that instituted in Edinburgh and Aberdeen by the Royal Commission on Physical Training (Scotland).
(Answered by Sir William Anson.) I have conferred with the President of the Board on the subject of the proposed examination. He and I are both fully sensible of the importance of such an inquiry; but the mode in which it should be conducted, and the extent of the
| Year. | Sums received. | Amount expendefd. | ||||||||||
| Local Government Act, 1889. | Local Taxation Act, 1890. | Section ii (6) of The Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892. | Total received. | |||||||||
| £ | s. | £ | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1889–90 | 169,000 | 0 | — | — | 169,000 | 0 | 0 | 129,886 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 1890–91 | 247,000 | 0 | 40,000 | — | 287,000 | 0 | 0 | 257,644 | 19 | 9 | ||
| 1891–92 | 318,200 | 0 | 40,000 | — | 358,200 | 0 | 0 | 344,082 | 17 | 3 | ||
| 1892–93 | 53,387 | 18 | 40,000 | — | 93,387 | 18 | 0 | 76,046 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1893–94 | — | 40,000 | 18,017 | 15 | 7 | 58,017 | 15 | 7 | 68,394 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1894–95 | — | 40,000 | 10,357 | 2 | 8 | 50,357 | 2 | 8 | 65,832 | 11 | 6 | |
| 1895–96 | — | 40,000 | 3,667 | 10 | 1 | 43,667 | 10 | 1 | 52,777 | 19 | 0 | |
| 1896–97 | — | 40,000 | — | 40,000 | 0 | 0 | 57,308 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 1897–98 | — | 40,000 | 16,202 | 0 | 11 | 56,202 | 0 | 11 | 69,684 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1898–99 | — | 40,000 | 5,379 | 12 | 2 | 45,379 | 12 | 2 | 22,084 | 19 | 0 | |
| 1899–1900 | — | 40,000 | 64,036 | 15 | 5 | 104,036 | 15 | 5 | 57,547 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1900–1 | — | 40,000 | 45,191 | 4 | 1 | 85,191 | 4 | 1 | 41,269 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1901–2 | — | 40,000 | 49,277 | 18 | 3 | 89,277 | 18 | 3 | 68,182 | 19 | 0 | |
| 1902–3 | — | Not yet received | — | 80,294 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| The balance at present standing to the credit of the fund is £88,680 7s. 9d. |
§ inquiry, must be matters for consideration. I hope to be able to make a statement on the subject when the Education Estimates come on for discussion.