1872. QUEENSLAND. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL EDUCATION, FOR THE YEAR 1871. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND. BRISBANE : BY AUTHORITY: JAMES C. BEAL, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREET. QUEENSLAND. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL EDUCATION, Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command. To His Excellency The Most Honorable GEORGE AUGUSTUS CONSTANTINE, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Queensland and its Dependencies. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, The Board of Education beg to submit this their Twelfth Annual Report, together with a Statement of Accounts. During the year 1871 nothing occurred to impair the feeling of satisfaction with which the Board reviewed their experience of 1870. The same desire to enjoy the advantages of the liberal system of education established in the Colony has continued to manifest itself with if possible increasing earnestness; similarly strenuous efforts have been put forth towards the establishment of schools in districts not previously supplied; and the alacrity displayed by parents in availing themselves of existing facilities has not in any way diminished. The following is a précis of Statistics connected with the Board's operations during the year, as compared with 1870 |