Thirty-four other trades are also represented, besides the children of artisans.
The Awards of the Science and Art Department to the school in 1877 and in 1885, will shew the more recent progress of the school.
| 1877, Medals, Prizes, and Scholarships, | 110 |
| 1885””” | 320 |
| 1877, Certificates | 157 |
| 1885” | 658 |
Of these prizes and certificates, 40 prizes and 273 certificates were last year awarded for examinations in the advanced sections, including painting, design, drawing from the figure, modelling the figure, history of ornament, anatomy, etc.; the total of awards obtained by all the 198 Schools of Art in the United Kingdom being only 205 prizes, and 1,924 certificates.
By the munificence of “the anonymous donor,” the Corporation are enabled to offer the following free admissions and scholarships tenable in the school for two years:—
Eighty free admissions to the Branch Schools; Fifty free admissions to the Central Schools; Ten scholarships of £5 per annum; Two scholarships of £20 per annum; Two scholarships of £40 per annum.
Chapter III.
LIBRARIES: PAST AND PRESENT.
BY J. D. MULLINS.