* Prior to 1898 such Grants were paid by the Department of Science and Art. + These Grants are distributed in relief of fees, together with the amounts allocated for that purpose under the Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act. 1890, and the Education and Local Taxation Account Scotland) Act, 1892. In former years such grants were paid by the Department. Science and Art. TABLE 2 TABLE showing Number of SCHOOL-HOUSES built, enlarged, or improved, with Aid from Parliamentary Grants; Total Amount granted; Total Amount raised by Promoters; Total Amount expended; and Number of CHILDREN for whom Accommodation has been provided ;-Years 1839 to 1887 inclusive. 8 2,675,838 15 135,575 I 7 75,322 5 6,662 o 12,563 7 5 71362713942 154296 37864 219729 5339 4277 31584 5411 46611 18966 18219 185880 43275 266340 199,336 17 9 8815 9978 111,937 19 7 15113 1660 355661387 959 1619 563 4528 10202 10937 16732 2223 40094 5480 5127 10,577 13 17,681 7 13085 698 24390 96 1599 640 1019 3522 Public Schools Church of Scotland Schools 235 56 Free Church Schools Episcopal Schools Roman Catholic Schools 0 2,328,006 2 5 3,015,372 13 5 29483 30641 183345 41337 284806 7347 5870 34211 6187 53615 36830 36511 217556 47524 338421 + Held in separate buildings, and separately managed. * Exclusive of Training Colleges. In which separate head teachers are employed. At the rate of 8 square feet of superficial area per child. The figures in this group of columns are confined to those cases in which the area of the schoolrooms has been increased. The total number of schools enlarged or improved includes a considerable number of cases in which fixtures, or the like, have been provided without any extension of area. Total 1402 189 237 1146 327 1004 498 687,366 11 STATISTICS OF ANNUAL GRANT SCHOOLS. TABLE NO. 3. Showing the POPULATION in 1901, the NUMBER of DAY SCHOOLS (ELEMENTARY and HIGHER GRADE) on the ANNUAL GRANT LIST on the 31st August, 1901, the ACCOMMODATION, and the NUMBER of SCHOLARS on the SCHOOL REGISTERS and in AVERAGE ATTENDANCE in those SCHOOLS. N.B.-The population of Scotland in 1901 was 4,472,000. One-fifth of that population, representing the estimated number of children who might be on the Registers, is 894,400, and one-sixth, being the estimated number of scholars who should be in average daily attendance, is 745,338. STATISTICS OF ANNUAL GRANT SCHOOLS-continue ·. TABLE 4.—TOTAL NUMBER of DAY SCHOOLS (ELEMENTARY and HIGHER GRADE) on the ANNUAL GRANT LIST on the 31st August, 1901; the NUMBER of DEPARTMENTS, ACCOMMODATION, AVERAGE NUMBER of SCHOLARS in ATTENDANCE, and the NUMBER of SCHOLARS on the REGISTERS in those SCHOOLS, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO AGE. DENOMINATIONS. In Public Schools' In Schools connected with Church of Scotland Free Church Episcopal Church Number of under separate Management. 2,788 24 Boys. Girls. 3 Mixed. Total. is provided. Boys. Girls. Total. 2,765 3,203 804,871 288,080 267,222 555,302 Number and Per-centage of Scholars on the School Registers, aged * Including 34 Higher Grade Schools, with accommodation for 9,721, and an average attendance of 9.270 out of 3,518 scholays ou Registers of these. 67 were 12 and |