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| Salaries of teachers, . . . . . | £283,023 |
| Rents and taxes, fuel, light, and cleaning, books and stationery, repairs, etc., . . . . . | 132,225 |
| 10 per cent. of Authority’s offer for furniture, . . . . . | 4,832 |
| | £420,080 |
| Deduct 47 per cent. of teachers’ salaries, . . . . . | £133,021 |
| Deduct 52 per cent. of other expenditure, . . . . . | 71,270 |
| | 204,291 |
| Net cost to ratepayers of Glasgow. . . . . | £215,789 |
In this connection the state of Ireland may be alluded to. The foolish boasting of our politicians that the Irish question was solved when our Government came to agreement with the Irish rebels has been shown by the subsequent events to be utterly out of place. A settlement appears to be further off than ever. The curse of God seems to be on that miserable country. Crime and lawlessness are rampant, while the authorities look on powerless to stop the evils that abound. The Roman Catholic Church might help to put an end to the murders and robberies that are continually taking place, but so far as one can judge it is doing little or nothing to help in putting down these crimes.
* Grant approximately.
The state of our country and Ireland calls for humiliation, penitence, and heart searching all round.