17 DECEMBER 1887, Page 40

The Schools of Greater Britain,' by John Russell (W. Collins),

con- tains an account of the " educational systems of the Colonies and India." The information, we need hardly say, is highly interesting. In Australasia, the average cost per head of State instruction is £5 16s. 11d. The State furnishes nearly two millions sterling towards the expense, while the school fees amount to something lees than £100,000. In New Zealand, indeed, school fees hardly exist, the total paid in this way being only £658. In Ontario, on the other hand, the grant per head of school population is only 4s. 6d.