FOOTNOTES:
[1] Thus, to take a few prominent cases, Colwyn Bay, Bethesda, Portmadoc, Barmouth, Bala were known officially as parts of the civil parishes of Eirias, Llandegai—Llanllechid, Ynyscynhaiarn, Llanbedr, Llanycil respectively.
[2] The Blue Book of 1902 gives the following returns:—
| County | Boards | Rates over 9d. | Highest | Lowest (school owning) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglesey | 34 | 20 | 23d. | 4·4d. |
| Carnarvon | 30 | 20 | 25·5 | 1·5 |
| Merioneth | 20 | 15 | 26·8 | 5·9 |
In Anglesey the expenses of administration were £850 11s. 2d.
In 1882 two parishes in Carnarvonshire, Criccieth, and Llanllyfni, levied rates of 39·4 and 44 pence respectively. (See Blue Book, 1883.)
[3] But I cannot find the phrase in the Annals xiv. 29; or in the Agricola.
CHAPTER III
VAGRANT
“Sports like these
In sweet succession taught e’en toil to please.”
Goldsmith.
So we fought a hard fight for two months or more, and began to see our way more clearly. It was then that I learned a lesson, which lasted me through my official life and did me much good service: the advisability of taking the public into one’s confidence. People like to know what is going on; and, if there is to be disagreement, it is better to have it early, when explanation will generally put matters right or effect a compromise. At that time this was a hateful doctrine in the eyes of Whitehall officials: they said it “led to correspondence.” My experience is in the opposite direction: why should men write letters if they know the facts? If official inference from the facts is wrong, they ought to write. I lived to see the “free and open” policy generally adopted, and commended by My Lords.