other bodies and two experts, one being a woman, co-opted by the Council itself. The bodies thus represented are: the London School Board, the City and Guilds of London Institute, the London Parochial Charities Foundation, the Headmasters’ Association, the National Union of Teachers, and the London Trades Council. Mr. Sidney Webb was elected chairman, Dr. W. Garnett was appointed secretary and organiser, and the superintendence of the domestic economy work was given to Miss Ella Pycroft. The Board has been most successful in its work, and a very complete scheme of technical instruction in London is being gradually evolved. Since the Board’s work is educational it is natural that this side has been specially emphasised in those Polytechnics which have been founded since its establishment, _i.e._ those at Battersea, Chelsea, North London and the City. The help given by the Board to Polytechnics may be thus stated: 1. Equipment grants made from time to time for specific purposes. 2. A fixed contribution of £1000 a year. 3. Three-quarters—not exceeding £500 a year—of the principal’s salary. 4. 10 per cent. on the fixed salaries of the teachers. 5. 1d. for each hour’s attendance of each student. 6. 15 per cent. on all voluntary subscriptions and donations from private sources. Provided that the total payment to any Polytechnic under 2, 3, 4, and 5 does not exceed £3000, and under 6 does not exceed £2000. The Polytechnics are really subsidised from five different sources: private generosity, city companies, ancient and hitherto misapplied charities, part of the proceeds of the ‘beer and spirit tax,’ grants from the South Kensington Department. Dreary as are such enumerations of names and figures, there is a special interest attaching to this particular set. The aggrieved ratepayer is apt at times to point to these splendid buildings as an example of the way in which his hard won money is being squandered, quite regardless of the fact that those papers he abhors have never contained any appeal for money for this purpose. London has never levied a technical education rate, thanks to these other sources of income which have given her citizens so much without any sacrifice on their part. The beer and spirit money has acted the part of a fairy godmother to London men and women.