3. High Trade School... ...... A. Mathematical and Mercantile (1.) Mathematics and Mechanics, Plan of Study in detail, and practice in B. Engineers' School,, C. Machinery School, ......... II. College for the Building Trades,... III. College of Agriculture and Forestry 1. Institution in Hohenheim,.. A. Agriculture and Forestry Acu D. Special Agricultural Courses, (4.) Agricultural Instruction fo V. School of Art-workmen,.. VII. Elementary Public Schools,. Population and National Industries,... General System of Public Instruction, SYSTEM AND INSTITUTIONS OF SPECIAL I. Special State Schools for the Public S 1. Polytechnic School of France.... 2. Government Schools of Application 3. Corps and School of Civil Engineer II. Government Institutions in aid of A 1. Conservatory of Arts and Trades... 2. Government Schools of Arts and T 2. Schools at Chalons, Angers, ni III. Special Corporate, Communal, and 1. Central School of Arts and Manufa 2. St. Nicholas Institute, at Paris,... 3. Communal and Departmental Sche 1. La Martinière Technical Scho- 2. Schools for Watchmaking,....... 4. School of Ribbon-designing ar 2. Instruction in Architecture an (1.) Architectural Section in S (2.) Central School of Archite ... (2.) School of Drawing for Women at Paris,.... (3.) Central Union, Museum, and College of Industrial Art, (5.) Drawing in Public Schools,... (1.) Primary Schools; (2.) Normal Schools,, 4. Instruction in Music, Government Conservatory of Music and Declamation,.. V. Special Schools of Commerce,.. 1. Superior School of Cominerce at Paris,.. 2. Commercial School of Paris Chamber of Commerce, 3. Commercial Course in Municipal Schools, Specimen of Lessons in Legislation Usuelle,. 1. General Survey of the System and Institutions in 1848 and 1868, VI. Special Schools and Encouragement of Agriculture.. Historical Development of Agricultural Schools, 2. Agricultural School at Grignon,.... 3. Agricultural School of Grand Jouan,....... 5. Rural Economy in Primary Schools,. 4. School of Forestry at Nancy, . 6. Agriculture in Secondary Special Schools,. VII. Special Schools for the Mercantile and Military Marine,. 1. National School for Orphans of Seamen,. 2. Scholarships for Sailors,...... 3. Naval Apprentice Schools,... 4. School for Boatswains and Under-Officers,... 5. School for Naval Engineers and Stokers,. 6. Naval Drawing School, 7. Schools of Navigation and Hydrography,. 8. Naval School at Brest,.. 9. School of Naval Architecture,. 10. School of Marine Artillery,.. 11. Boar. Hydrography,.. VIII. Laborains of Original Research, and Practical School,.. PAGE. 508 509 510 511 511 512 513 529 529 531 532 533 533 539 540 541 545 545 545 559 569 571 572 573 577 578 579 581 581 585 586 587 590 592 594 594 595 (2.) School of Mechanical Art, Woolen Manufacture, and Design, at Verviers,.. 607 607 608 609 609 609 610 611 613 614 614 614 614 615 613 (1.) Superior School of Arts and Manufactures at Ghent, (3.) School of Applied Mechanics, Steam-engine, and Industrial Drawing, at Tournai, 614 Higher Technical Instruction,.. 619 624 (2.) Superior School of Mines at Liege..... 617 (4.) School for Stone-cutting at Soignies, 617 (5.) School for Mechanical and Building Constructions at Courtrai,. 617 (6.) School for Foremen of Manufacturing Establishments at Liege,. 618 618 619 619 619 620 620 620 (2) University School of Engineering, Manufactures and Architecture, at Ghent,.... (3.) School of Mines at Hainault,. 3. Schools of Commerce and Navigation, (1.) Superior School of Commerce at Antwerp, ... (2.) Schools of Navigation at Antwerp and Ostend,. 4. Agricultural Institutions and Instruction,.... 621 621 621 622 623 623 627 629 629 629 630 (1.) Academies and Schools of the Fine Arts,. 1. Historical Development,.. 4. Forestry School at Bouillon,.... 5. Institutions and Instruction in the Fine Arts, Drawing, and Music,.. PAGE. 631 632 633 634 634 637 637 1. Conservatoire of Music in Brussels,. 2. Present Organization, Official Classification.... Admission-Revenues-Expenditures,.. Government Aid to Art and Science in 1867, (2.) Methods of Instruction in Drawing,... 1. Elementary Instruction,..... 2. Higher Instruction, (3) Public Instruction in Music,.. 637 645 645 645 646 647 648 650 653 658 659 670 681 2. Conservatoire of Music in Liege,. 681 3. Conservatoire of Music in Ghent, 5. Schools and Societies of Music,... 4. Competition for Prizes for Musical Composition, 689 €89 6. Music in Public Schools,.... 689 690 (9.) Special Course for Surveyors, 3. Schools of Mining and Miners,. (1.) Higher Institution for Mining Engineers, (2.) Lower Schools of Mining,.. 4. Commercial Academy at Moscow, 5. Schools of Agriculture and Forestry,.. (1.) Higher Agricultural Academy at Gorygoretsk, 6. Schools of Law, Surveying, and Topography,. (1.) Imperial Law School for Government Clerks,. (2) Constantine School of Surveying, 7. Schools for the Civil and Diplomatic Service, XXVI. SWITZERLAND. System and Statistics of Public Instruction,.. SCHOOLS AND CLASSES OF SPECIAL INSTRUCTION,.. 1. Technical Institute at Lausanne,.. 2. Industrial School for Girls at Neuchatel,. 3. Industrial School for Boys at Lausanne,. 4. Federal Polytechnic School at Zurich,.. (1). Historical Development,... Report of Committee of Federal Council, 1852, Law creating the Federal Polytechnic School,.. Regulations of Federal Council in 1869, (2.) Programme of Studies for 1856-7... GREAT BRITAIN. INTRODUCTION. THE BRITISH EMPIRE consists of the British Islands (generally designated Great Britain, and Ireland); Indian Possessions; Australia and New Zealand; Dominion of Cananda, and other large possessions in North America, and the West Indies; and various colonies and settlements which dot the whole surface of the civilized world with forts and government houses, over which floats the meteor flag of England. The following table exhibits the extent, population, finances, and commerce of the different portions of this great Power: Various Settlements... Totals..... 4,605,302 245,539,733 £139,168,337 £903,280,039 £776,504,464 The British Isles consist of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and Ireland, with a population in 1869 of 30,873,682. England is divided from Scotland on the north by the Cheviot Hills and the rivers Tyne aud Solway, and from Wales by the Severn and the Dee. The western part of England was known to the Phoenicians, and was resorted to by them for its tin, four centuries, or so, before Christ; and hence the whole country was known by the name of Cassiterides or Tin Islands. When invaded by Cæsar (B. C. 55) it was called Britain, or some time Albion. The Romans subdued all England, and parts of Scotland and Wales, but did not reach Ireland, although its existence was known to them. In the third century, when the power of Rome was on the decline, an officer called the Count of the Saxon Shore was appointed to withstand encroachments from the opposite coasts; about the year A. D. 410, the Britons revolted, and the Romans abandoned the island, after a rule of 450 years. The Britons, being divided into as many hostile States as they had cities, were unable to resist the fresh hordes (now called Saxons and Angles) that poured into the island, and |