(a) For the years 1912-1914 the figures relate to 31st January of the year: for 1920 and subsequent years they relate to 31st March.

(b) Prior to 1923 and for 1926 Part-time Teachers were counted once for each school in which they served. (c) Information not available.

1,065

163,247 232,005 126,210
165,143 236,226 | 122,965

Compilation of these Statistics suspended
during the War.

187

149 176

798,881
793,194
381,837 380,874 7€2,711
286,140 307,069 593,209
263,051 293,777
277,581 317,180 594.761
288,324 331,417 619,741
721 183,183 264,895 103,888 243,853 418,877 377,663 796,540
674 204,063 267,116 120,291 274,423 447,209 419,358 866,567
456 222,875 245,165 110,441 247,323 432,427 393,833 826,260
130,612 218,278 101,894 208,965 355,210 304,726 659,936
130,966 227,100 105,212 226,501 372,403 317,525 689,928
141,274 241,864 112,891 239,388 394,887 340,706 735,593
165 143,127 249,448 117,409 260,230 408,897 361,482 770,379

262,509 273.482

No. 33.-EVENING AND SIMILAR SCHOOLS. (a)

Number of Students(b) who attended at any time during the year.

Age

at date of first registration for the Session.

12 years. 15 years. 18 years. 21 years.

Number of

Registered Students on account of whom Grants were paid.(c)

In

Single

Grouped Subject
Courses. Courses.

Information not available. 255,025 583,276

(a) The statistics relate to Evening Schools as defined in the Board of Education's "Regulations for Technical Schools etc." (Ch. 2).

(b) Students who attended more than one School are counted separately in respect of each School which they attended; the number of individual Students was therefore less than the number given in the table.

(e) Students who attended more than one Course are counted separately in respect of each Course which they attended: the number of individual Students was, therefore, considerably less than the number given in the table.

PUBLIC EDUCATION-ENGLAND AND WALES.

No. 34.-DAY TECHNICAL CLASSES AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTION COURSES.

(a) The terms "Day Technical Classes" and "Technical Institution Courses" in this table bear the meaning assigned to them in the Board of Education's "Regulations for Technical Schools, etc." (Ch. 3). Institutions in receipt of grant for the year ended 31st July, 1912, under the "Statement of Grants available from the Board of Education in aid of Technological and Professional Work in Universities in England and Wales are not included in the figures for that year. Medical Schools have also been excluded throughout.

(a) "Junior Technical Schools" were first recognised in the school year 1913-14. Before that year, schools of this type had been recognised as "Day Technical Classes."

(a) Includes receipts from the War Office in respect of Military Occupation of school premises.

(b) Includes expenditure in respect of Military Occupation of school premises.

Elementary Education.

Grants to
other
Bodies.

(a) The figures for non-County Boroughs and Urban Districts are not included for 1921 and subsequent years, except so far as the expenditure of the County Councils includes sums paid over to those authorities for disbursement.

(b) In years prior to 1921 these receipts correspond to amounts which are ultimately included twice under "Payments" viz., as payments both by the contributing authority (included under "Contributions to other Local Authorities") and by the Authority to whom the amounts were contributed. From 1921 this applies only to the extent to which the figures in Col. 4 represent receipts from Counties and County Boroughs.

No. 40.-EXPENDITURE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OUT OF THE

YEARS

ENDED

Grants to 31st MARCH. Local Education Authorities.

NOTE.-Owing to changes in the Grant system, figures for the above Table are not available for years prior to 1913-14.