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administration and some other respects, the expenditure of the Board
will admit of large reductions without impeding the work of popular
elementary education in the Metropolis; and that the Board be urged
to reduce its expenditure accordingly."
2.—"That the various Rating Authorities in the Metropolis be
invited to call the attention of the Ratepayers in their several districts,
in such manner as they may deem best, to the facts referred to in the
foregoing resolution, and to the paramount necessity of securing and
supporting at the forthcoming election of the School Board, candidates
of administrative ability pledged to carry out the provisions of the
Elementary Education Acts with a due regard to economy."
3.—"That the chairman be requested to sign, on behalf of the
Conference, a Petition to the House of Commons for the appointment of
a Select Committee to inquire into the expenditure of the School Board
for London."
4.—"That the several Vestries and District Boards of Works in
the Metropolis be also requested to Petition for the appointment of a
Select Committee by the House of Commons to inquire into the
expenditure of the School Board for London."
This Board concurred with the above resolutions on their being
submitted to them, and directed that a Petition, in form supplied
by the Honorary Secretary of the Conference, should be presented,
as under: —
"To the Honorable the Commons of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled.
"The humble Petition of the Board of Works for the St. Saviour's
District, under their Common Seal, sheweth—
"That your Petitioners are required by law to raise the sums of
money assessed from time to time by the School Board for London
upon the St. Saviour's District towards meeting the deficiency in the
School Fund of the said Board.
"That the attention of your Petitioners has been drawn to the
continuous and enormous increase in the amount of the Precepts of the
School Board for London.
"That the increase in the expenditure of the Board is not wholly
due to the increased number of scholars, but is largely due to an
increase in the cost per scholar.