6 to past 6 100 15 Singing lesson 5th, 1 Mast and gun-drill, &c. (15 boats (In work-shed, in knot- 2nd, 2; 3rd, , work-shed Work-shed. In winter, the out-door practice to be from 2 to 4, and the afternoon school from Supper In summer.-Recreation, cricket, land-surveying, walks with masters. P. 6top. 7 In winter.-In school, reading, writing, drawing, singing for amusement.-Every 8 Prayers and Hymn. past 7 To dormitories. 1st Master engaged 6 hours; 2nd, 6 and 7 on alternate The lessons of the afternoon school are so arranged as to give some relief to the 1st, 2nd, 4 to 6. In summer, swimming (taught to all) instead of the work in the shed other night tub-washing by detachments of 30 each. days; 3rd, 7 and 8; 4th, 64 and 7}; 5th, 7}. 3rd, and 5th Masters, and might still further be amalgamated, if necessary. past 4 to 6 writing the substance of sermon or lecture. Sunday evenings from past 6 to 8 reading abstract of sermon, and critical and expository remarks of master. By detachments, brush and scrub dormitories, and arrange hamm 12 Drawing from real [3rd, 1 9 to 10. Lecture on the (Out of school (Gallery lesson, religious in struction end of each (Gallery lesson, 1st reading book religious in- or spelling cards struction 60 singing lesson The routine of the Middle School to be regulated by these hours. Som eof those in the first class of to berelieved from the industrial course. Masters for the Lower School, 3; masters for the Middle School, 2: total, 5. As tion, the attendance on the boys of the Upper School out of school-hours. school-duties MIDDLE SCHOOL, by Detachments, on alternate Days. Thursday. Friday. Saturday. Sunday. REMARKS. ocks, clean shoes, dress, wash, and prepare for school. Rise past 6. This work to be finished from 7 to 8 by those on industrial duty for the day. The lessons on natural philosophy, natural history, and drawing, to bear reference as much as possible to nautical affairs, e.g., the theory of tides, drawings of parts of a ship, productions of various climates used in and about a ship. The drawing lessons to be gradually from more difficult subjects. that schoool to learn the rudiments of the navigation course, if sufficiently advanced, and at that time of these masters are lighter than those of the Upper School, they will take, with the latter, in rota APPENDIX D. INDUSTRIAL ROUTINE for LOWER and MIDDLE SCHOOL.-Halfemployed each day from 9 till 12, and from 2 till 6. Those in the tailors' and shoemakers' shops, and in the knotting and splicing shed, to attend gymnastics and drill from 12 to 1, and singing or other lesson in school from past 6 to past 7. When the boys of the Middle School become tolerably proficient in those three industrial duties, that time to be given entirely to school instruction. They will then be taught navigation and French. CORRESPONDENCE relative to IMPROVEMENTS in the SCHOOLS. No. 6. Dr. KAY to the Right Honourable the LORDS of the ADMIRALTY. MY LORDS, Committee of Council on Education, Council Office, Whitehall, December 1, 1841. THE Committee of Council on Education, in compliance with your Lordships' request, dated 10th August, directed their |