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In Great Britain (but not in Ireland) the attendance of deaf children between the ages of seven and sixteen years is compulsory by law. By the higher education section of the Education Act of 1902, Education authorities are enabled to grant scholarships for the technical training of the deaf after the age of sixteen, and these scholarships are the means of some of the brighter pupils having another year at such schools as. Oak Lodge. By the Act deaf children may be sent to school at the age of five years and earlier by consent of the Board of Education. Teachers generally are emphatic in their approval of our legislation by which the compulsory age is extended from six years to, where necessary, twenty-one years, and many expressed to me a hope that similar legislation would be passed in Great Britain. In conclusion, 1 desire to express my thanks to the High Commissioner for New Zealand and to his staff for their very material assistance to me during my visit to England. J. E. Stevens, Director. Approximate Colt of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (850 copies), £3 15e.

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