Audit details and salary plan for 1874 school funds and emigration
The audit for the half-year ended September 29 1874 reports transfers of 14 3431 7s 6d from capital to general for furniture and fittings for new schools, and surcharges on emigration and outfit payments to cheque signatories. It covers motions on pupil teacher pay scales and debates on school accommodation and Ascension Day observance. The Education Grant breakdown for England in the year to March 31 1874 lists amounts to Church of England, British Foreign School Society, Wesleyan, Roman Catholic, board and parochial schools plus administration and inspection costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Morgan
F. Peek
Canon Gregory
Manchester
Moiiday
Watts
Phil Mall
Tae
England
Church of England
British Foreign School Society
Prize Day at the Alexandra Orphanage in Hornsey Rise
Princess Mary of Cambridge visited the Alexandra Orphanage with Lady Adeane and Colonel Greville to award prizes to 115 children. The event featured performances by boy musicians, a formal address, and donations toward building the schoolroom infirmary and laundry. The afternoon included prize distribution for needlework writing reading spelling arithmetic and neatness with Mr. Measom’s thanks and royal approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Mary of Cambridge
Elizabeth Adeane
Colonel Greville
Alexandra
Hornsey Rise
Duke‘of
York
Caledonian-road
Soul
Mary
St. Saviour’s
Camberwell
Measom
Duke of Cambridge
Frederick Barlow
Royal
Mr. Saunders
British and Foreign School Society
G. Measom
House of Hanover
Foreign Miscellany Highlights European Telegraphed News
Reports from Varzin and Paray le Monial note Prince Bismarck's return and a large pilgrimage with 20 000 visitors. Berlin denies abolishing the Official Press Bureau while a Cape Diamond Fields rebellion is resolved without a Capetown expedition. Italian celebrations mark constitutional anniversaries as Victor Emmanuel reviews troops. Bancroft Longfellow and Stokes receive honors. Ohio Republicans discuss Washington's term limit, Beecher trial notes, and tobacco crop failures. Insanity case of Mrs Lincoln and a Tagus drowning disaster are reported along with Fiji measles outbreak and Mormon decay observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Varzin
Paray-le-Monial
Paris
Orleans
Berlin
Foreign Office
Ministry of the Interior
Cape Diamond Fields
Capetown
Prince Bismarck
Vienna
England
Moniteur
Committee of Thirty
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Turin
D’ Aosta
Epee
George Bancroft
Washington
United States
Henry Longfellow
William Stokes
University of Dublin
Ohio
Tilton-Beecher
Evarts
Mr. Beecher
Virginia
Lincoln
President Lincoln
Chicago
Robert Lincoln
Tagus
Lisbon
Daily News
Carregado
Castanheira
Fiji
Levuka
Dido
Sydney
Ratu Savanaca
Thakombau
Roko
New Zealand
Ovalau
Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Utah
Young
Globe
Odger to contest Merthyr Tydvil if Fothergill retires
George Odger accepts invitation to contest Merthyr Tydvil should Mr. Fothergill retire. City of London moves to restore Epping Forest to the people. City Solicitor notices enclosure holders since August 1851 to remove fences and reopen land. Unclear exact area affected but may restore much of the forest formerly deemed lost after Sir George Jessel’s ruling last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Odger
Merthyr
George Jessel
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