Inn and Staple Inn respectively which are outside the said borough of Finsbury. 3. The city division (4) shall include the area comprised within the parlia mentary borough of London, except those parts of Furnival's Inn and Staple Inn which are within such borough.

4. The division of Marylebone (7) shall include the parliamentary borough of Marylebone and the parish of St. John, Hampstead.

5. The division of Lambeth (5) (*) shall include the parliamentary borough of Lambeth, all those parts of the parishes of Lambeth and Camberwell outside the boundary of the said borough, and the Wandsworth district as described in Schedule B., Part 1, of the "Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855."

6. The division of Greenwich (4) shall include the parliamentary borough of Greenwich, and all those parts of the parishes of Greenwich and Woolwich and of the districts of Plumstead and Lewisham as described in Schedule B., Part II., of the "Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855," which are outside the said borough of Greenwich.

(b) That is, the school board for London shall be a body corporate, with a perpetual succession and a common seal, and with power to hold land without any license in mortmain.

(c) The first election was held on 29th November, 1870; the second on 27th November, 1873; the third will be held on 28th November, 1876.

(d) These sections will be found in the Appendix.

(e) The returning officer was the Recorder of London.

(f) The vestry clerk of one of the parishes in the division was generally named as the deputy returning officer.

(g) The first chairman of the school board for London was Lord Lawrence. At the end of the first three years he retired, and was succeeded by the present chairman (Sir Charles Reed). Both chairmen were chosen from the members of the board.

(h) In case of any default or neglect of any vestry or district board to pay the amount required, the Metropolitan Board of Works have power to appoint persons to levy the rate, which persons are to have the same powers, remedies, privileges, &c., as the overseers.

Section 38, Act of 1870.-Payment of chairman.-The school board for London may pay to the chairman of such board such salary as they may from time to time, with the sanction of the Education Department, fix (a).

(a) The school board for London have up to the present resolved that their chairman shall not be paid a salary.

Section 39, Act of 1870.—Alteration in number of members.—If at any time application is made to the Education Department by the school board for London, or by any six members of that board, and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Department that the population of any of the divisions mentioned in the fifth schedule to this Act, as shown by any

(*) Lambeth henceforth will return 6 members,

census taken under the authority of parliament, has varied materially from that shown by the previous census, or that the rateable value of any of the said divisions has materially varied from the rateable value of the same division ten years previously, the Education Department, after such inquiry as they think necessary, may, if they think fit, make an order altering, by way of increase or decrease, the number of members of that and any other division (b).

(b) In accordance with this section, the division of Lambeth will at the triennial election in 1876, have the number of its representatives raised to six (instead of five, as originally settled).

SECOND SCHEDULE, ACT OF 1870, THIRD PART.

Rules for election of school board in metropolis.

1. If any person be returned for more than one division he shall, at or before the first meeting of the school board after such election, signify in writing to the board his decision as to the division which he may desire to represent on such return, and if he fails so to do the school board shall decide the division which he shall represent; and upon any such decision the office of member for the other division shall be deemed vacant. Such vacancy shall be filled up by an election to be held in manner directed by an order made under the power contained in the first part of this schedule.

2. The provisions in the first part of this schedule shall apply in the case of the school board in the metropolis (c).

3. The provisions in the first part of this schedule with respect to the proceedings in the case of no members being elected for a school district shall not only apply to the whole of the metropolis, but shall apply to the case of no members being elected for any particular division, with this qualification, that the Education Department shall not proceed as in the case of a school board in default, but may direct that persons may be elected by the school board to be members for such division (d).

4. In the places named in Schedule (C.) (e) to "The Metropolis Management Act, 1855," the expenses of the election shall be paid out of the local rate, and such rate or any increase of the rate, may be levied for the purpose.

5. The day for the retirement of members from office shall be the first day of December (ƒ).

6. Any casual election shall be held on the day fixed by the school board, and shall be an election for the division a member for which has created the vacancy (g).

7. If any vacancy is filled up by the school board the election shall be by the whole school board.

(c) The first part of the second schedule contains the "Rules respecting the Election and Retirement of Members of School Boards," which will be found under their proper headings.

(d) The alternative is that the Education Department may appoint another day for the election.

(e) Schedule (C.) will be found at p. 27.

(f) As the elections are held in November, the new members will be able to come into office immediately on the retirement of the old board. Members are elected on the day fixed for the election, and although in the case of a contested election, a few days may intervene before the board is finally settled, yet their powers will date from the 1st of December.

(g) As almost all casual vacancies will henceforth be filled up by the board, Rule 6 is virtually repealed.

The following is Rule 4 of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1870 (Part I.).

4. Any such order [i.e., order made by the Education Department], so far as relates to the metropolis, shall supersede any provisions contained in the Acts relating to the election of common councilmen, and in the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, and the Acts amending the same,

Local board of Oxford.

Instead of the council of the borough being the authority to ask for a school board, &c., the local board has that power, and one-third of the members of the board are to be elected by the University.

Section 93, Act of 1870.-Provision as to Oxford.-In the case of the borough of Oxford, the provisions of this Act relating to boroughs shall be construed as if the local board were therein mentioned instead of the council (c); if a school board is formed in the borough of Oxford, one third of the school board shall be elected by the University of Oxford, or the colleges and halls therein, in such manner as may be directed by the Education Department by an order made under the power contained in the second schedule to this Act.

(c) A resolution for a school board must be passed by the members of the local board of Oxford, and not by the council of the borough. One-third of the local board are elected by the University, so this Act provides that one-third of the school board shall be elected by the same power.

United districts.

When districts are united the school board is elected by the whole united district, and every qualified voter in each of the constituent districts will be entitled to as many votes as there are members to be elected for the united district board. Two or more adjacent parishes may pass separate resolutions in favour of a school board for a united district.

Section 45, Act of 1870.-Constitution of school board in united school district. The provisions in this Act respecting the constitution of the school board shall apply to the constitution of the school board in a united school district, and the name of the district shall be such as may be prescribed by the Education Department.

Section 46, Act of 1870.-Election of school board in united school district. In a united school district the school board shall be such number of members elected by the electors of the district as may be specified in the order forming the district, subject nevertheless to alteration in the same manner as in the case of any other school board; and every person who in any of the districts constituting such united district would be entitled if it were not united to vote at the election of members of a school board for such constituent district shall be an elector for the purposes of this section, and the provisions of this Act respecting the election of a school board in a district shall extend to the election of such members.

Section 47, Act of 1870.-Arrangements on formation of united district. -Where any part of a proposed united school district includes any district or part of a district in which there is a school board already acting under this Act, or where a united school district is dissolved, the Education Department may by order dissolve the then existing school board, or make all necessary changes in the constitution of such existing school board, and may by order make proper arrangements respecting the schools, property, rights and liabilities of such board, and all arrangements which may be necessary.

Section 11, Act of 1873.-Amendment of 33 & 34 Vict. c. 75, ss. 12, 40.— The provisions of sect. 12 of the principal Act shall extend to authorize the Education Department, if they think fit, to form a united school district, and upon such union to cause a school board to be formed for such united school district, in like manner and under the like circumstances as it authorizes them to cause a school board to be formed for any school district (d), without making the inquiry or publishing the notices required by the principal Act, but after such inquiry, public or other, and such notice as the Education Department think sufficient: Provided that a resolution in favour of union shall be passed in each district separately, and if a school board has been elected in any such district, by the school board.

(d) That is, that two or more adjacent districts may pass resolutions in favour of having one school board formed for all the districts, and a school board may be formed for such united district, although it may possess the requisite amount of public school accommodation. Each district must separately pass the resolution in favour of union.

Contributory districts.

The election of members to represent contributory districts on school boards may be made in one of two ways:—

1. If the district which is to be made contributory to the school owning district has a school board of its own, this school board appoint the persons who are to represent it in the school owning district, and these persons may, but need not, be members of the contributory district board.

2. If there is no school board in the contributory district the ratepayers elect the members to represent them on the school owning board in the same manner as a school board would be elected for the parish.

In either case, whether the contributory members are elected by the ratepayers or chosen by the board, they hold office and retire with the members of the school owning board, e.g., school board for school owning district was elected on (say) 1st January, 1874, the contributory district, however, did not elect members to represent it on the school owning board till January, 1875; nevertheless, the members of the contributory district will retire on 1st January, 1877, when a new election must be held by the contributory district, or by the school board (if there be one) for the contributory district, of members to represent it in the school owning board.

Section 50, Act of 1870.—Election of members by contributory district.— Where one school district contributes to the provision or maintenance of any school in another school district, such number of persons as the Education Department (having regard to the amount to be contributed by the contributing district) direct shall be elected in the contributing district, and shall be members of the school board of the school owning district, but such last-mentioned district shall, except so far as regards the raising of money and the attendance of children at school, be deemed alone to be the district of such school board; such members shall be elected by the school board, if any, or, if there is none, by the persons who would elect a school board if there were one, in the same manner as a school board would be elected.