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develope equal aptitude for imbibing knowledge, with those whose
parents possess brains of a higher type of development. If this be
so, it would be more scientific to advance the Educational Standard,
with the advance in the mental capacity of the pupils, rather than
to expect complete ignorance to be transformed in a single generation
into an intellectual vigour, which can absorb all that is taught in the
higher standards. Education could not then be charged with causing
disease and death, as it has been in many instances of late.
Meteorology. The mean temperature of the air during the
quarter was 52.i°. The highest temperature recorded was 82.6° on
June 27th, and the lowest was 27.0° on April 23rd. Rain fell upon
34 days to an aggregate of 4.20 inches.
I have the honour to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOSEPH LOANE.
To the Board of Works,
Whitechapel District.