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That although the rooms will not commodiously contain many more than 200 Children each, it is proposed to extend the admissions to 250, as experience proves, that from various causes a proportion of one-fifth of the number of Scholars is generally absent. That the funds for the support of these Schools, and the number of Children at present under instruction, are as followsDonations £806. 7s. 6d. Annual Subscriptions £282. 12s.Boys 140. Girls 156.

That the local Subscription of Canterbury is increasing daily, and that no doubt is entertained of its becoming sufficient to educate all the Children of both sexes, who may be brought to the Schools: that admission seems to be sought for, and received with thankfulness by the Parents, and that the Children themselves repair to the Schools with cheerfulness, and appear very happy in them.

The Committee further report upon the progress of the Madras System through the Diocese, that in those few Schools from which reports have been obtained, upwards of 700 Children are educated.

That at Petham a commodious School-Room has been built by WILLIAM BALDOCK, Esq. at his own expence, by whose decease since the pious work was completed, the Society have lost a very liberal benefactor: that the funds provided for the support of this School, and the Children under instruction in it, are as follows

Annual Subscriptions £58. 2s. 6d.-Boys and Girls 100.

That at Wittersham the best room which the place afforded has been procured by the Rev. Mr. CORNWALLIS: that the funds by which it is supported, and the Children under instruction in it, are as follows

Annual Subscriptions £64.-Boys and Girls 100.

That at Tenterden the System has been very usefully applied, as, in addition to the Children sent to School free by the Subscribers, many persons of middling stations have gladly embraced the opportunity of sending their Children also, paying a small sum quarterly for their education: that the want of a room at present confines the

numbers, but that the Vicar has a prospect of procuring two, when they will be immediately augmented to 300. That the funds for the support of the School, and the Children under instruction, are as follows

Donations £5. 5s. Annual Subs. £75. 12s.—Boys & Girls 150.

That at Sittingbourne want of room is complained of. That the funds for the support of the School, and the Children at present under instruction, are

Annual Subscriptions £106. 178. 6d.-Boys and Girls 100.

That at Chatham a School is lately opened, but no return made.

That Cheslet, Reculver, and Heath have united to form a School for the common benefit of their poor Parishioners, and have made proposals to that effect to the Diocesan Committee; and that Preston next Wingham has sent in proposals also.

The Committee conclude with stating, that though these are all the Schools, with the Conductors of which any correspondence has been carried on, they have the satisfaction to know that since the establishment of the Society, Schools upon the New System have been formed in most of the Towns, and in many of the Parishes in the Diocese, and that, in these Institutions, several thousands of the Children of the Poor are now receiving a suitable education, and are enjoying the very important advantage of contracting an early habit of attending divine service.

YORK DIOCESAN SOCIETY:
INSTITUTED 1812.

THE Committee report that, for the purposes of their Central Schools, they have obtained, on moderate terms, through the kindness and liberality of Lord GRANTHAM and the MERCHANT TAYLORS' Company, two large and commodious apart

ments, which were opened, the one for Boys in May, 1812, and the other for Girls, in January last; that by the kind attention of the Bishop of DURHAM, Teachers to organize these Schools were obtained from his munificent establishment at Bishop Auckland: That at both the Central Seminaries young persons are trained for Teachers, four of whom have been already sent out to Schools in different parts of the Country; and that amongst the Children at the head of the Schools a very promising succession, completely adequate to the wants of the Diocese, is coming forward. That both Schools have been conducted to the satisfaction of the numerous Visitors and the Parents of the Children, to which, in the Girls School, the unremitting attention of several Ladies has not a little contributed; and that whatever prejudice might at first arise from the novelty of the System, has been wholly removed by the experience of its advantages; that the Schools are in a very flourishing condition, and the funds for the support of the Society, and the number of Children at present under instruction in the Central Schools, are

Donations £2001.9s. 6d. Annual Subscriptions £318. 10s. 6d. Girls 130.

Boys 240.

The Committee further report, with respect to the extension of the System throughout the Diocese, that the establishment of District Societies in the principal towns being obviously the most efficient method of promoting this ultimate object of the Institution, and that by which an unity of System and instruction would be best maintained, and a general firmness and confidence produced not otherwise attainable, they made it their first concern to encourage the formation of such Societies. That in consequence of their exertions, two District Societies have been formed, one for the East Riding at Beverley, two others for the two Archdeaconries of Cleveland and Nottingham, at Langbargh West, and East Retford; and that a fourth, which had been established in the large and populous town of Leeds, previous to the formation of the institution at York, has united itself to this Central Society. That considerable Schools are also forming at Dalton near Huddersfield, and at Bingley. That numerous applications and enquiries have been made from various parts of the

Diocese relative to the Society's plan, and to the nature and extent of the assistance which it was in the power of the Central Institution to afford, and that, with the exception of Leeds, assistance in Money and Books has been rendered to the several Societies and Schools above specified, as far as the funds would admit.

From most of these co-operating establishments reports have been received.

The Committee of the Leeds District Society report, that having directed their attention in the first instance to the choice of an airy and central situation for their Schools, and deeming the Tythe Barn peculiarly eligible in both these respects, they have the satisfaction to state that, with the consent of the Dean and Chapter of Christchurch, the Lessee His Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE has, in the handsomest manner, granted a lease of it to the Society for 31 years, at the inconsiderable reserved Rent of £10. per annum, giving them moreover the old materials worth £200.; that upon this scite they have erected spacious Schools, at the cost of near £1200. which were opened in February last, and in which, under the powerful conviction of the vast utility and importance of the Madras System of Education, in a National point of view, from its tendency both to improve the understandings and to regulate the morals of the rising generation, they indulge the hope that the benefits and blessings resulting from it may shortly be extended to that numerous body of Children, who have no other opportunity of instruction than what the Sabbath-Day affords, being persuaded that if this System can be successfully introduced into the Sunday Schools, and those useful Seminaries be incorporated with their Society, they will derive additional vigour from such an arrangement, and be better calculated to answer their charitable purpose. That the funds for the support of the Schools, and the number of Children at present under instruction, are—

Annual Subscriptions £180. 18s.-Boys 320. Girls 180.

The Committee of the East Riding District Society report, that having made diligent enquiries in the town of Beverley for a proper room for the School, they have succeeded in finding one,

which the Corporation have engaged to adapt to the purposes for which it is intended, and to let to the Society at the yearly rent of 14 Guineas: that the School was expected to be ready by the 1st of August last that the funds provided for its support, and the Children proposed to be received for instruction, are— Donations £292. 14s. Annual Subscriptions £78. 5s.-Boys 130.

The Committee of the Langbargh West District Society report, that they are enquiring for a situation upon which to erect a School, and that the funds already received amount to

Donations £333. Annual Subscriptions £10. 10s.

The Committee of the East Retford District Society report, that they have purchased land, and also made a contract for building a School, and that the funds for its erection and support, amount at present to-

Donations £180. 11s. 6d. Annual Subscriptions £73. 12s. 6d.

The Committee of the Dalton Society report, that a piece of ground for the scite of a School has been allotted rent free by the Lord of the Manor, Sir JOHN LISTER KAYE, Bart. and that a plan and estimate of the School is prepared, which, from the dimensions stated, will accommodate near 300 Children: that the Donations towards the erection of the School amount to £320. Ss.

There is no report from Bingley, but the Diocesan Committee state, that the funds already collected for the purposes of that District Society, amount to

Donations £358. Annual Subscriptions £59. 4s.

The Diocesan Committee thus sum up

their report

"Considerable progress has therefore been made in the extension of the system of the National Society in this Diocese. Much, it must be acknowledged, is still to be done, which calls for all the energies of those who wish well to the rising generation, and desire the prosperity of our venerable establishment in Church and State. The design is indeed of the first importance, being intended to a

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