. The earth and its inhabitants ... 849 . . 21,001 3,274 21,202 45,477 1-2 1853 20,756 2,821 8,714 32,291 11 1858 13,246 2,850 3,350 19,446 0-7 1863 15,799 2,438 3,285 21,522 0-7 1871 11,946 2,184 2,257 16,387 0-5 1877 11,942 2,009 2,300 16,251 0-5 1879 12,525 2,090 2,207 16,822 0-5 X Dawson Bums estimates the beer, wine, and spirits consumed in 1873 at 152,478,920 gallons,being equal to 7,260,000 gallons of pure alcohol. The enormous sum of £126,000,000, or £3 16s. a head,was expended, according to him, upon drink. 472 THE BRlTISn ISLES. to 1818, in wliich year rarllamont for the first time c
. The earth and its inhabitants ... 849 . . 21,001 3,274 21,202 45,477 1-2 1853 20,756 2,821 8,714 32,291 11 1858 13,246 2,850 3,350 19,446 0-7 1863 15,799 2,438 3,285 21,522 0-7 1871 11,946 2,184 2,257 16,387 0-5 1877 11,942 2,009 2,300 16,251 0-5 1879 12,525 2,090 2,207 16,822 0-5 X Dawson Bums estimates the beer, wine, and spirits consumed in 1873 at 152,478,920 gallons,being equal to 7,260,000 gallons of pure alcohol. The enormous sum of £126,000,000, or £3 16s. a head,was expended, according to him, upon drink. 472 THE BRlTISn ISLES. to 1818, in wliich year rarllamont for the first time concerned itself witlithe subject, the establishment of schools was left to private initiative. In183:3 an annual grant of £20,000 was voted, and increased in 1839 to£30,000, its dispensation being intrusted to a Committee of the Privy Council,who appointed inspectors to report on the schools desirous of participating inGovernment aid. These and other measures, more especially the establishment of Fis- 232.—Education.\l nu The shading exhibits the proportion of adults unable to write. Under 3 5 to 10 10 to 20 JO to 30 30 to 40 Over 40 per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. training colleges for teachers, had powerfully promoted public education ; butthey had shown, too, that voluntary efforts were not sufficient to meet thewants of all children of school age. Hence the Act of 1870, which provided forthe establishment of board schools in all those districts in which the schoolaccommodation was insufficient, and adopted compulsion as a means of fillingthe schools. A similar Act for Scotland was passed two years afterwards. Asto Ireland, it had already been provided with a system of national schools. STATISTICS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 478 The system of higher education as now existent is by no means the outcome ofa plan laid down in advance. It is due to the initiative taken by religious bodies,educational societies, and private individuals, and Parl
Size: 1488px × 1679px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectgeography, bookyear18
