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Number of Children learning

Number of Children learning Number of Children

Number of Children on the
Books, aged

14

24

12

17 13

17

21

52 63 32 28 2120 8 6 3 173 184 164

Llangyfelach

52

.

30

Llanidloes, N. S.
Mixed

170

0

Four classes, with four monitors. 2. Discipline good. 3. Methods of the old kind. 4. fu-
struction very limited in extent, no booka of secular reading being used inthe school,
and arithmetic being carried no further than the four rules at the time of my visit.
Some improvements in this respect greatly wanted. The children, however, answered
fairly in the subjects they were questioned in. 5. The mistress has been over the
school 20 years; salary 38., and house rent free; a lady by birth. 6. The school-room
is used as the vestry to the church; a large and handsome room, well suited to the
purpose. Everything very clean, children particularly so, and well behaved. Appa.
ratus and maps wanted. Twelve girls are here educated and clothed on the Wynn
foundation. An infant school much wanted.

Llangeitho.-Inspected 31st July, 1849. On arriving in this remote district, I found
the school-house to have been erected nearly two years ago, and to consist of a room
25 feet by 15 feet by 9 feet, with a master's house of two rooms adjoining the church-
yard; but it has never been finished nor opened. The clergyman of the parish informed
me that hitherto he could only raise 81. per annum in subscriptions, and that the Dis-
senters having opened an opposition school, he had found himself unable to open this.
The children had never paid pence to any Church school, nor had they paid to the
Dissenters' school when it was first opened; now, however, the children do pay at the
latter school. There is, however, a good expectation of funds being raised for perma-
nently supporting the school. The parish contains 31 small freeholders out of the 35
persons entitled to vote in it, and all these freeholders are dissenters. The grant made
by the Committee of Council in 1846 for building this school was 821.

Llangeler.-Inspected 16th July, 1849. School for the time being closed; a new room
contracted for, and money granted for it by the Committee of Council, but not yet
built. Situation stated to be convenient for the wants of the parish, which is purely
agricultural. The school will be away from the parish church nearly two miles. It is
doubted whether any but a moderate salary can be raised in the parish for supporting the
teacher.

Llangenau.-Inspected 28th June, 1849. 1. Organization: under a master and mistress,
in separate rooms (man and wife), each in four classes, but not under regular monitors.
Moderate. 2. Discipline fair, but requires improvement. 3. Methods fair. 4. Instruc-
tion rather limited in extent, and moderate in character. It might be easily elevated
in this school. First class in each school learn geography, and sing, but not from notes.
5. Master and mistress respectable in conduct, and fair in acquirements, but deficient in
training. Salary for both jointly 401. per annum, and a house. Rooms new and good,
desks and furniture sufficient; maps wanted; books of secular reading much wanted.
Everything was very clean. Children were quite unnerved at my appearing among
them, and answered sadly at random. It is entirely an English school, and no Welsh is
understood by any child in the parish.

Llangoedmor, Girls'.-Inspected 23rd July, 1849. 1. Organized under one mistress, in
four classes, with three monitors. The ladies of the committee superintend daily. 2.
Discipline good, girls clean, but made to cut off all their hind hair, by order of the
committee; a practice which I consider as erroneous. 3. Instruction good as far
as it goes, but of very limited extent. The books used are-the Bible; Instructor
No. 1, Natural History; Testament; Christian Knowledge Society Stories, 1 and 2;
Bible Lesson Book; Union Spelling Book; Reading Book, 1; Third Class Book, and

innator, in four 2. Dis

langrancy,Inspected Bath July, 1840.
classes, with four monitors, relieved out of eight children, for boys and girls.
elpline well and carefully maintained. Children clean, and fairly clad, considering
the remoteness and poverty of the district. 3. Methods good, though not of the
modern kind. Master makes up by great energy and skill for any deficiency of
method. 4. Instruction: two in the first class learn History of England, and Lennie's
English Grammar. Scripture history taught to all. First class do dictation on slates.
Reading of children fair, writing moderate, arithmetic fair. Geography taught to
first class, who answered well in it. Welsh and English taught concurrently in
this school; and children able to translate freely from English into Welsh. The master
gives all his explanations in Welsh. 5. Master, Peter George, aged 33, trained three
months at Newport, Pembrokeshire; one of Madame Bevan's masters, and a very sensible
man. Salary 307., paid by Madame Bevan's trustees. About to be removed.
No other
appointed in his place. 6. Room built in 1846, 39 X 18 X 15 feet, flat ceiling; very
clean, and well kept; well ventilated, light and cheerful. One row of desks against
wall; children in squares. This school is one of the best I have seen; but is going to
be closed immediately, as the master is to be withdrawn, and as no system of payment
and subscriptions has been organized in the parish.

Llangyfelach.-Inspected 13th March, 1849. 1. A mixed school, under a master, boys
and giris sitting promiscuously; some quite infants, others 14 and 15 years of age. 20
children admitted by subscribers, being at the rate of one for every pound subscribed.
2. Very indifferent. 3. Not good, nor can they be while the school is thus organized.
There is a great want of books and apparatus. 4. Rather in arrear. No reading
books but the Bible, but in this the children read, and answer well. English grammar
taught to upper class. Writing bad, and much too small. In arithmetic, some are in
proportion and fractions. Most of the elder children know their tables well. 5. The
master is an intelligent, active man; good tempered, anxious to do his duty, and might
become a good teacher, if sufficiently aided by a mistress and monitors. 6. Room
badly ventilated, and dirty; much too small. Children are all Welsh, and speak
Welsh, but understand English. The girls should be separated from the boys in a
school, by themselves.

Llanidloes.-Inspected 18th October, 1849. 1. Organized under one master, for boys
and girls, and one mistress to teach sewing. 2. Pupil-teachers apprenticed, and now at
end of first year; in six classes, with a monitor to each out of the first class. These
monitors are not relieved, but receive extra instruction along with the pupil-teacher
candidates. Classes all sitting at parallel desks, in divisions of four desks each.
Classes not in squares, except for the girls when they work for the afternoon. 2. Fair;
not much trouble experienced with the children. The master is a mild-tempered man,
and seems to have the good will of the children. 3. Professed to be the same as at
Battersea. 5. The master's forte lies in music-his piano in his temper: he is the
parish organist; he keeps his pupils fairly attentive, and is said to be much liked both
by them and by their parents. The mistress is the master's wife. 6. The room is
tolerably well ventilated, though it might be improved in this respect. Fair in point of
light and cleanliness. The children are stated to come from very poor parents, and are
rather badly clad. Only a portion of the children pay school-pence, the parents
alleging excessive poverty; but, as it is a manufacturing town, this excuse can hardly be
admitted. Books and apparatus-larger maps wanted, other apparatus sufficient.
Desks and furniture-fair. Infant school greatly wanted."

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5. Master and Mistress.

6. Special.

This

ench greatly wanted.
school deserve
Laxilwchaiarn. Inspected 27th July, 18949. This school Is, for the time being, in
abeyance. It was erected with a grant of 401. from the Treasury, and subscriptions, on
lease of 99 years, in 1835, at 2s. 6d. rent; it being stipulated in the lease that it should
be conducted, "as far as practicable," on the principles of the National Society. One
of Madame Bevan's masters was appointed to it, and it has been opened at various
seasons since 1835, always with considerable success, though more than a mile from the
village. It has not been open now for nearly two years; when there used to be 70
children attending it. I took the liberty of recommending the rector to apply to the
landowners for an annual subscription; to organize a scale of payments in the parish;
to get the site of the school changed, if possible, for one near the village; and to set
up with a master of his own. The actual building is a good one, 35 X 22 X 15 feet,
and cost 70%. One story high, earthen floor, fitted with desks.

Llanwyddelan.-The school of Llanwyddelan is not yet erected, although a grant was
allowed by the Committee of Council on Education for that purpose in 1845. Efforts,
however, are now making in the parish to remedy this state of things.

Case

Llanycil.-Inspected 24th August, 1849. School in abeyance; built on ground with
a bad title; Jesus College, Oxon, holds the ground in trust and cannot convey.
has been referred to Privy Council already. It is in contemplation to form Bala into a
district of Llanycil parish, and to set up a good school in that town, which is one mile
distant from Llanycil. The Bishop of St. Asaph has been consulted, and a subscription
set on foot for this purpose. One of Madame Bevan's masters had the school open for
some time, but not of late years. Room built in 1838; would not hold 40 children.
Loughor.-Inspected 12th March, 1849. 1. Mixed school, under a master and mistress
(man and wife), with a joint salary and a house rent free. 2. Tolerable, but would be
much improved by monitors, and different arrangements. 3. Moderate. 4. Rather
backward; great difficulty said to be found in retaining children, on account of the
temptations held out by the wages they can gain in the collieries and works, at an
early age. Maps, apparatus, and books, are greatly wanted in this school. 5. The
master is an acute, sensible man, tolerably well informed, and thinks of going in for
his certificate. The mistress is a quiet woman, fit to superintend the sewing. 6. The
school requires to be enlarged, and divided into separate rooms.

Machynlleth, Boys'.-Inspected 29th August, 1949. 1. Organized under one master, and
divided into five classes, with two monitors to each class relieved weekly from first
class. The first class do extra work, and come after school in the evening, as well as
before school in the morning, to answer to the master. They draw maps remarkably
well. This seems a favourite occupation with them. 2. Good. 3. Same as the Central
School methods, Westminster. 5. The master does his duty, from what I learn, in the
school, and his knowledge is sufficient for the position in which he is placed. 6. The
school buildings are undergoing repair, a grant towards which has been made by the
Committee of Council. They are commodious, well situated, cheerful, and tolerably
clean. I have recommended the committee to increase the payments of the children,
only very few paying at all, the bulk of the school coming gratuitously. If this were
done (which the circumstances of the town will warrant, wages being from 1s. 6d. to 2s.
per diem) the expenditure and income would balance. The tradesmen's sons pay the
master for their tuition. An infant school is greatly wanted in this town.
Machynlleth, Girls'.-Inspected 18th September, 1849. 1. Organized in four classes with

ter Majesty Treasury
terpil agatur tile school, under the Wate of Tech Dee., Jean.
Alerthyr Cynog-Inspected 20th June, 1949, 1. Organized under a master in four
classes; a monitor occasionally used. Number of papils usually attending 36, viz.,
20 boys, 15 girls; but it was hay harvest at the time of my visit, and the school was
disorganized, so that no fair return of numbers could then be made. 2. Fair under the
circumstances of the case. 3. Methods very moderate, because the master has not been
trained, and requires information. 4. Instruction: first class and second class read the
Bible; arithmetic-one in practice and proportion, one in compound multiplication, one
in compound addition; third class read Vyse's spelling-book, six boys learn numbers;
fourth class read from cards, and learn to make figures; writing-six on paper, all the
rest on slates. 5. Master a cripple in the legs, aged 30, an intelligent and good-tem-
pered man, requires training and study. Salary made up from 161. subscriptions, and
payments from 18 to 20 farmers' sons of 4s. to 68. per quarter each, and of school pence.
6. The school does not appear to have received any pecuniary aid from Government-
I know of none that requires it more. It is held alternately, six months at a time, in the
church of Merthyr Cynog and in the chapel of Capel Dyffryn Honddu, in the same
parish; this alternation being insisted on by the subscribers. I. Dillwyn Llewelyn, Esq.,
of Penllergare (Glamorgan), is the principal subscriber. The population 830, but the
district is very large, running up into the Mynydd Epynt hills. The two churches are
three miles and a half distant from each other. The school is in want of all kinds of
maps and apparatus, broadsheets, pictures, &c.; especially are two school-rooms wanted;
and, in fact, two separate schools. The children acquitted themselves fairly, considering
the newness of the matter. Welsh is the language spoken, and some answered in
Welsh. The master wishes to improve himself, and to read.

Merthyr Tydfil, St. David's N. S., Boys'.-Inspected 15th June, 1849. 1. Organized
under one master, in seven classes with seven monitors, relieved once in three weeks;
it would be better that they should be changed weekly. There are three rows of
parallel desks in the room; classes are sometimes in squares. 2. Discipline fair,
considering that the population, from which the children are drawn, is peculiarly
rough in general habits, dirty, and much demoralized. 3. Methods fair; but not yet
fully developed, as the school has been opened only six months (at the time of my
visit). 4. Instruction moderate, and as yet limited in extent; but will improve in this
respect, as the school becomes more solidly established. 5. The master has been trained
at Westminster, and appears equal to his work. 6. The school is a new building, of
good design, and commodiously built, but requires additional ventilation, which might
be furnished by means of dormer-windows, or lanterns, in the roof. Many children
absent on account of the prevalence of cholera in the town. An infant school is greatly
wanted to draw off the younger classes from this school. The children
week
ld.
pay per
each; but their parents could afford to pay double this sum at least.
Merthyr Tydfil, St. David's N.S., Girls'.-Inspected 16th June, 1849. 1. Organized
under one mistress, in seven classes with seven monitors, relieved periodically. 2. Disci
pline seemed good, judging from the general behaviour and appearance of the children
during my visit. 3. Methods good. 4. Instruction at present very limited, because
the school has been open only six months (up to the period of inspection), and is not
yet fairly got into the regular routine. 5. The mistress has been trained at Westmin-
ster. and seems intelligent, lively in disposition, and patient. 6. The room is new,
similar to that for the boys. Children pay ld. per week each. An infant school is
greatly wanted.

Number of Children on the
Books, aged

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Number of Children learning

Number of Children learning Number of Children

888

20 53 65 65 118 159 86

222 20 20
120

130

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44 86 86 19