John William Colenso

Arithmetic Designed for the Use of Schools: to Which is Added a Chapter on Decimal Coinage John William Colenso

Since this book was first published, some considerable additions have been made to it, besides further modifications, with a view to correcting any defects which experience has from time to time detected, and bringing it up to the requirements of the present day. These have been carried out under my sanction and superintendence, and to my entire satisfaction, by theE ev. J. Hunter, formerly of theN ational Society sT raining College, Battersea, and chiefly at his suggestion; and I consider that the book has been much improved by them. I have taken the opportunity, however, of my being in England for a few weeks, to insert some additional pages on theM etric System of Weights and Measures, the principles of which, by a rule of the Council of Education in force in 1872, were required to be taught to all children of Standards V. and VI. in schools under the control of the Government. The rule in question has, however, been since rescinded, as requiring too much from elementary schools, while the use of theM etric System has not yet been rendered compulsory by A ct of Parliament. But the general adoption of thatS ystem in England is only, it seems plain, a question of time. J. W. NATAL. London: December 2i, 1874.
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