There are nearly forty thousand certificated teachers at work; and 3214 students are being prepared in forty-one Training Colleges. The expense of education at different places varies remarkably, and apparently without any intelligible principle. Thus the income per scholar from voluntary contributions in Voluntary Schools, and from rates in Board Schools, is in certain selected towns as follows:-- Voluntary contributions. Rates. L s. d. L s. d. London 0 9 0-1/4 1 9 9 Brighton 0 11 7-1/2 0 17 7 Birmingham 0 5 3-3/4 0 13 10-3/4 Bradford 0 2 11-3/4 0 13 2 Sheffield 0 2 4-3/4 0 9 8 Manchester 0 4 7 0 10 10 We submit the above figures and facts to the reader's consideration, and we are compelled to confess that we do not find ourselves in a condition to offer a satisfactory solution of the difficulties which they suggest. We should probably have expected that London would be in an exceptional position with regard to this as to many other matters; but the magnificent manner in which its Board contributions exceed those of any other town quite baffles us; it will be observed that the odd shillings and pence of London more than pay the whole expense at Sheffield. Possibly the practical difficulty of understanding this economical anomaly may have had something to do with the results of the late Board election in London.