§ Return showing—
- 1. The expenditure from the grant for public education in England and Wales in the year 1898, upon annual grants to elementary schools;
- 2. The actual number of public elementary day schools on the Annual Grant List, on the 31st August 1898; the accommodation and number of scholars in those schools;
- 3. Detailed statistics of inspected schools, 1897–1998: Public elementary day schools, evening continuation schools, and certified efficient schools; the accommodation, number of scholars, teachers employed, particulars of grant earned, income, expenditure, etc.;
- 4. Summary tables of educational star tistics; and
- 5. Number of school boards under various heads of population.