Some of the enormous funds at the disposal of the City Companies are to be utilised for the public benefit, in a man ner which may exert an important influence on the future of the country. The u City and Guilds of London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Education,” has this week commenced operations with a guaranteed income of £12,000, which will probably ere long be increased to ^20,000. The ■ plans include the establishment of a central school with an adequate staff of professors, and annual grants to metropolitan and provincial trade schools to be applied in the way of exhibitions for students in technical classes, and in the development of a system of technological examinations.ATimM n i-h I _ .___ A.______ __ 1