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Educational Statistics.

Primary Schools in Great Britain.

Years.	Number of Schools Inspected.	Number of Children who can be Accommodate.	Average Number of Children in Attendance.	Number of Children Present at Inspection.	Expenditure from Grants.
1851	2,310	374,303	271,126	256,888	£164,312
1855	4,800	811,794	537,585	569,076	369,602
1860	7,272	1,320,248	884,234	962,932	724,403
1861	7,705	1,396,483	919,935	1,028,690	813,442
1862	7,569	1,476,240	964,849	1,057,426	774,743
1863	7,739	1,512,782	1,008,925	1,092,741	721,386
1864	7,891	1,521,457	1,011,134	1,133,291	655,036
1865	8,438	1,677,808	1,057,745	1,246,055	636,806
1866	8,753	1,72,208	1,082,055	1,287,604	649,007
1867	9,340	1,837,307	1,147,463	1,391,100	682,201
1868	9,894	1,970,610	1,241,780	1,527,655	680,429
1869	10,337	2,076,344	1,332,786	1,639,502	773,839
1870	10,949	8,215,235	1,453,531	1,780,528	840,336
1871	11,465	2,357,025	1,547,195	1,866,009	903,978
1872	12,713	2,665,157	1,651,425	1,954,463	1,107,431
1873	13,954	3,963,185	1,783,730	2,144,710	1,313,078
1874	15,671	3,344,071	1,985,394	2,487,756	1,424,878
1875	16,957	3,636,114	2,175,522	2,631,389	1,566,271
1876	17,787	3,946,775	2,340,277	2,830,523	1,881,776
1877	18,118	4,189,867	2,511,096	3,050,897	2,127,518
1878	19,291	4,505,818	2,782,454	3,383,148	2,463,283
1879	20,169	4,727,853	2,980,104	3,570,473	2,732,067
1880	20,670	4,842,807	8,155,534	3,738,728	2,854,067
1881	21,136	5,002,110	3,273,501	3,848,011	2,978,224
1882	21,362	5,157,406	3,436,416	4,033,114	3,101,028
1883	21,630	5,304,144	8,500,351	4,203,902	3,247,725
1884	21,892	6,482,410	8,721,366	4,443,889	3,403,674
1885	21,976	6,658,819	3,826,980	4,513,491	8,664,174

Primary Schools in Ireland.

Yrs.	Number of Schools in Operation.	Number of Pupils on the Rolls.	Average number of Pupils in Attendance.	Expenditure from Grants and Rates.
1865	6,372	922,084	321,209	£341,438
1866	6,453	910,819	316,225	355,094
1867	6,520	913,198	321,683	360,094
1868	6,586	967,563	354,853	375,546
1869	6,707	991,335	358,560	377,712
1870	6,806	998,999	359,199	399,475
1871	6,914	1,021,700	363,850	400,012
1872	7,050	1,010,148	355,821
1873	7,160	1,020,130	373,371	603,715 (15mos.)
1874	7,257	1,006,511	395,390	533,140
1875	7,267	1,011,799	389,961	556,487
1876	7,334	1,032,215	416,586	595,393
1877	7,370	1,023,617	418,063	640,502
1878	7,443	1,036,742	437,252	645,487
1879	7,522	1,031,995	435,064	670,917
1880	7,590	1,083,020	468,557	690,231
1881	7,648	1,006,259	453,567	707,458
1882	7,705	1,083,298	469,192	709,661
1883	7,752	1,081,136	467,704	718,908
1884	7,832	1,089,079	492,928	730,973
1885	7,936	1,075,604	502,454	768,969

Expenditure from Parliamentary Grants for Primary Schools.

Taken in Biennial Periods for Great Britain only.

	1869.	1871.	1873.	1875.	1877.	1879.	1881.	1883.	1885.	1886.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Examination and Attendance of Scholars-England and Wales	504,286	607,644	848,319	1,093,378	1,415,140	1,961,017	2,213,633	2,467,915	2,850,581	2,965,006
Do., Scotland				119,400	252,975	322,620	359,479	332,734	414,248	424,480
Grants to School Boards				317	499	716	1,334	2,444	3,790	4,352
Do., Scotland				498	1,751	3,279	3,346	4,816	6,396	5,555
Payments to Teachers	75,985	94,182	107,888	45,972
Reformatory, Night and Industrial Schools	564	696	869	315
Building and Furnishing Schools, or Training Colleges	35,979	28,375	111,834	35,839	149,273	104,854	33,288	9,757	1,257	3,811
Payment of Children's Fees						4,632	7,628	5,479	303	10
Grants to Training Colleges	70,808	81,584	104,963	116,632	125,184	132,307	134,923	138,285	141,534	142,300
Inspection	58,509	62,273	79,602	93,805	121,345	139,542	156,697	166,518	176,800	183,091
Administration	22,437	25,527	32,077	45,432	50,784	56,176	60,640	62,301	61,318	61,814
On Organization of Districts			19,231	7,601	2,816	420	227	281	108	85
Education Board (Scotland)			1,486	5,200	5,300	2,253
Miscellaneous	5,271	3,697	6,809	1,882	2,451	4,714	7,029	7,466	8,271	11,804
Total	£773,839	£903,978	£1,313,078	£11,566,271	£52,127,518	£2,732,067	£2,978,224	£3,247,996	63,664,606	£3,802,308

Appropriation of Grants to Schools of Each Denomination, &c.

	1839 to 1872.	1873.	1874.	1875.	1876.	1877.	1878.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
School Board Schools		14,287	52,319	90,232	173,779	316,907	451,566
Grants to School Boards			208	816	1,505	2,784	4,154
Church of England Schools	8,098,788	757,860	784,228	822,565	879,945	1,019,218	1,133,415
Undenominational	1,327,3051	143,512	157,056	235,887	253,817	283,286	304,050
Wosleyan Society	656,953	71,959	77,222	235,887	253,817	283,286	304,050
Roman Catholic	533,930	63,900	72,766	82,273	94,620	111,878	128,866
Parochial Union	78,323	120	120	120	120	120	120
Scotch—
Kirk (Established)	1,429,092	74,556	70,004	52,521	55,545	55,199	54,678
Free Presbyterian	1,429,092	41,756	44,995	32,180	31,234	34,038	35,272
Episcopalian	1,429,092	6,440	44,995	32,180	31,234	34,038	35,272
Public Schools	1,429,092		13,638	96,222	224,578	346,680	354,930
Administration		117,972	133,743	145,858	163,805	190,216	198,299
District Organization	29,928	20,716	18,579	7,602	3,404	2,332	505
Other Payments	84,799
	£12,189,118	£1,313,078	£1,424,878	£1,566,276	£1,882,352	£2,362,658	£2,665,855

	1879.	1880.	1881.	1882.	1883.	1872 to 1883	1839 to 1883.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
School Board Schools	538,068	627,081	706.429	813,408	858,020	4,642,096	4,642,096
Grants to School Boards	4,158	3,917	4,890	8,658	7,733	38,823	38,823
Church of England Schools	1,178,282	1,235,104	1,252,017	1,317,804	1,311,909	11,692,347	19,791,135
Undenominational	208,392	240,00	250,59	248,40	247,882	3,273,848	5,258,006
Wosleyan Society	106,086	107,648	111,024	111,957	114,671	3,273,848	5,258,006
Roman Catholic	132,961	147,657	149,357	162,886	161,831	1,308,995	1,842,925
Parochial Union	120	120	150	120	120	1,350	79,673
Scotch—
Kirk (Established)	46,582	30,139	28,442	28,206	27,890	523,762	6,993,641
Free Presbyterian	31,791	18,788	18,338	18,216	18,261	369,250	6,993,641
Episcopalian	31,791	8,501	9,866	9,393	10,181	369,250	6,993,641
Public Schools	310,643	327,054	314,288	312,048	313,798	2,613,879	6,993,641
Administration	205,731	216,206	224,462	228,571	232,695	2,057,558	6,993,641
District Organization	300	228	256	283	150	54,355	84,283
Other Payments	4,350					4,350	39,149
	£2,767,464	£5,963,343	£3,059,378	£3,259,690	£3,305,141	£26,580,613	£38,769,731

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Number of Committals for Criminal Offences, Convictions, and Acquittals, from 1840 to 1885.

	England and Wales.			Scotland.			Ireland.			United Kingdom.
Years.	Committals.	Convictions.	Acquittals.*	Committals.	Convictions†	Acquittals.	Committals.	Convictions.	Acquittals.	Committals.	Convictions.	Acquittals.
1810	27,187	19,927	7,235	3,872	2,909	920	23,833	11,194	12,621	54,892	34,030	20,776
1811	27,760	20,280	7,452	3,562	2,667	869	20,796	9,287	11,494	52,118	32,234	19,815
1842	31,309	22,733	8,553	4,189	3,145	1,004	21,186	9,874	11,284	56,684	35,752	20,841
1843	29,591	21,092	8,470	3,615	2,584	988	20,126	8,620	11,488	53,332	32,296	20,946
1844	26,542	18,919	7,586	3,575	2,719	825	19,448	8,042	11,383	49,565	29,680	19,794
1845	24,303	17,402	6,870	3,537	2,679	827	16,696	7,101	9,568	44,536	£7,182	17,265
1846	25,107	18,144	6,935	4,069	3,065	948	18,492	8,639	9,822	47,668	29,848	17,705
1847	28,833	21,542	7,251	4,635	3,558	1,042	31,209	15,233	15,952	64,677	40,333	24,245
1848	30,349	22,900	7,423	4,909	3,689	1,196	38,522	18,206	20,286	73,780	44,795	28,905
1849	27,816	21,001	6,786	4,357	3,274	1,063	41,989	21,202	20,767	74,162	45,477	28,616
1850	26,813	20,587	6,238	4,468	3,363	1,081	31,326	17,108	14,203	62,607	41,008	21,522
1851	27,960	21,579	6,359	4,001	3,070	907	24,684	14,377	10,288	56,645	39,026	17,554
1852	27,510	21,304	6,176	4,027	3,018	975	17,678	10,454	7,206	49,215	34,776	14,357
1853	27,057	20,756	6,265	3,756	2,821	907	15,144	8,714	6,390	45,957	32,291	13,562
1854	29,359	23,047	6,271	3,994	2,989	979	11,788	7,051	4,711	45,111	33,087	11,964
1855	25,972	19,971	5,967	3,630	2,689	902	9,012	5,220	3,777	38,614	27,880	10,646
1856	19,437	14,734	4,672	3,713	2,723	951	7,099	4,024	3,064	30,249	21,481	8,687
1857	20,269	15,307	4,927	3,840	2,920	898	7,210	3,925	3,273	31,319	22,152	9,098
1858	17,855	13,246	4,576	3,783	2,850	891	6,308	3,350	2,940	27,945	19,446	8,407
1859	16,674	12,470	4,175	3,472	2,563	880	5,865	2,735	3,109	26,011	17,768	8,164
1860	15,999	12,068	3,907	3,287	2,414	846	5,336	2,979	2,383	24,672	17,461	7,136
1861	18,326	13,879	4,423	3,229	2,418	800	5,586	3,271	2,292	27,141	19,568	7,515
1862	20,001	15,312	4,651	3,630	2,693	928	6,666	3,796	2,846	30,297	21,801	8,425
1863	20,818	15,799	4,986	3,401	2,438	953	6,078	3,285	2,773	30,300	21,522	8,712
1864	19,506	14,726	4,753	3,212	2,359	833	5,086	3,000	2,058	27,804	20,085	7,644
1865	19,614	14,740	4,842	3,117	2,355	757	4,657	2,661	1,967	27,388	19,756	7,566
1866	18,849	14,254	4,572	3,003	2,292	694	4,326	2,418	1,882	26,178	18,964	7,148
1867	18,971	14,207	4,741	3,305	2,510	771	4,561	2,733	1,803	26,837	19,450	7,315
1868	20,091	15,033	5,015	3,384	2,490	859	4,127	2,394	1,709	27,602	19,917	7,583
1869	19,318	14,340	4,945	3,510	2,592	884	4,151	2,452	1,682	26,979	19,384	7,511
1870	17,578	12,953	4,577	3,046	2,400	673	4,936	3,048	1,872	25,560	18,401	7,122
1871	16,269	11,946	4,283	2,948	2,184	690	4,485	2,257	1,911	23,702	16,387	6,884
1872	14,801	10,862	3,901	3,044	2,259	744	4,476	2,565	1,884	22,321	15,686	6,529
1873	14,893	11,089	3,757	2,755	2,110	571	4,544	2,542	1,981	22,192	15,741	6,309
1874	15,195	11,509	3,649	2,880	2,231	654	4,130	2,367	1,748	22,205	16,107	6,051
1875	14,714	10,954	3,714	2,872	2,205	647	4,248	2,484	1,748	21,834	15,643	6,109
1876	16,078	12,195	3,841	2,716	2,051	607	4,146	2,343	1,789	22,940	16,589	6,237
1877	15,890	11,942	3,903	2,684	2,009	642	3,870	2,300	1,559	22,444	16,251	6,104
1878	16,372	12,473	3,864	2,922	2,273	652	4,183	2,293	1,877	23,477	17,039	6,393
1879	16,388	12,525	3,835	2,700	2,091	606	4,363	2,207	2,146	23,451	16,823	6,587
1880	14,770	11,214	3,516	2,583	2,046	541	4,716	2,383	2,319	22,069	15,643	6,376
1881	14,786	11,353	3,401	2,441	1,832	581	5,311‡	2,693	2,443	22,541	15,883	6,425
1882	15,280	11,699	3,520	2,469	1,943	578	4,301	2,255	1,923	22,030	15,897	6,021
1883	14,659	11,347	3,273	2,567	1,916	551	3,025	1,740	1,202	20,251	15,003	6,026
1884	14,407	11,134	3,220	2,610	2,085	568	2,925	1,546	1,300	19,942	14,765	5,088
1885	13,586	10,500	3,029	2,537	1,956	528	2,850	1,573	1,191	18,973	14,029	4,748

Hence it would appear that comparing 1840 with 1885 the number of Committals fell in England and Wales from 27,187 to 13,586, in Scotland from 3,872 to 2,537 : in Ireland (where the population has decreased by no less than 3,268,082) from 23,833 to 2,850; and in the whole United Kingdom from 54,892 to 18,973, a reduction of 65 per cent., though the population increased in the interim by 10,220,392. On the other hand, however, it is to be observed that, since the Criminal Justice Act of 1855, a great number of cases formerly sent to Sessions or Assizes are now summarily disposed of by the Magistrates. The proportions of Convictions to Committals in 1840 and 1885 seem to have been in England and Wales respectively 73 and 77¼ per cent.; in Scotland 75 and 77 per cent.; in Ireland 47 per cent, in 1840, and 55 per cent, in 1885; and in the United Kingdom 62 and 74 per cent. For the whole period of 46 years the Committals were in England and Wales 954,842, Convictions 716,944, or 75 per cent.; in Scotland, Committals 155,851, Convictions 117,439, or 751/3 per cent.; in Ireland, Committals 505,544, Convictions, 259,946, or 511/3 per cent.; and for the whole kingdom, Committals 1,616,238, Convictions 1,094,328, or 672/3 per cent.